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on line you may pay by check. Make the check payable to RCLL (each course
is $70) and mail to:
Rollins College - RCLL
1000 Holt Avenue, Box 2798
Winter Park, FL 32789
Other Questions? Email us at [email protected] or call 407-646-1577
INSTRUCTOR: Paul W. Jacob
TITLE: The First and Last Freedom: The Teachings of J. Krishnamurti
DESCRIPTION: J. Krishnamurti was lauded as the new messiah or world teacher
and was to be the head of the newly created “Order of the Star of The East”
founded by the Theosophical Society. However, just as he was handed the
reigns of this organization in 1929, he disbanded it. Krishnamurti lived out the
rest of his life questioning organized religion and spiritual systems and
showing people how most of their beliefs are conditioned into them from the
time of their birth. In this class, we will use various books and lectures written
and conducted by J. Krishnamurti to pose difficult questions to ourselves
about what we actually believe, and why.
DATES: Mondays, July 10, 17, 24, 31; from 10:00am to 11:30am
LOCATION: Lawrence Center, Room A, 200 E. New England Ave., Winter Park,
FL 32789
INSTRUCTOR: Robert Bernstein
TITLE: A Course In Miracles
DESCRIPTION: This class is for current or new “Course In Miracles” students.
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Course In Miracles became popular when Oprah Winfrey introduced Marianne
Williamson on her show in 1994 along with her book, A Return to Love; a book
about the course which became number one on the Publishers Weekly nonfiction best-sellers list for 11 weeks. The course contains primarily a workbook
and text, and has published over 3 million copies in over 26 languages. It is an
Eastern, spiritually based thought system for the Western mind. Its purpose is
to provide a way for some people to find their Inner Teacher, their peace of
mind. The course teaches: “Peace of mind is clearly an internal matter. It must
begin with your own thoughts and then, extend outward.” Robert has been a
Course in Miracles student for over 25 years and has been teaching for 15
years.
DATES: Mondays, July 10, 17, 24, 31; from 12:00pm to 1:30pm
LOCATION: Lawrence Center, Room B, 200 E. New England Avenue, Winter Park,
FL 32789
INSTRUCTOR: Mark Freeman
TITLE: Dream Interpretation
DESCRIPTION: Course Goals: As students of dream study you will increase your
knowledge of the literature and current thinking in dream interpretation by
comparing and contrasting various theoretical models, the dream theorist’s
include: Freud, Jung, Perls, Boss, Gendlin, Delaney, and Ullman. Students will
learn the skills necessary to interview their own as wells as other’s dreams.
Along with your classmates you will learn problem-solving strategies using
dream incubation. Overall, the course will take some of the mystique out of
dream interpretation and give students some practical skills to increase selfawareness and promote personal growth through dream examination.
Personal self-disclosure of dream material is a large part of class participation
and discussion.
DATES: Mondays, July 10, 17, 24, 31; from 12:00pm to 1:30pm
LOCATION: Lawrence Center, Room A, 200 E. New England Avenue, Winter Park,
FL 32789
New!
INSTRUCTOR: Mark Freeman
TITLE: Resolving Personal Conflict with Grace
DESCRIPTION:
Unresolved personal conflicts can create anxiety and are troubling
for most people. This class will examine the current thinking on resolving
conflicts in organizations, families, and friendships. Participants will learn and
practice current techniques that facilitate resolving the heart of conflict.
Grace is experienced when animosity is removed and I-Thou relationships
form. This is a new class from Dr. Freeman, who has been teaching our
popular "Dream Interpretation" course.
DATES: Mondays, July 10, 17, 24, 31; from 2:00pm to 3:30pm
LOCATION: Lawrence Center, Room A, 200 E. New England Avenue, Winter Park,
FL 32789
INSTRUCTOR: Anne Gardepe
TITLE: Florida Authors: Then and Now
DESCRIPTION: Do you love to read? This course might be for you! Learn about
four Florida authors, past and present. Read and discuss a selected book by
each. Authors and selected novels include Dust Tracks on a Road, Zora Neale
Hurston; Cross Creek, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings; Razor Girl, Carl Hiaasen and
Mangrove Lightning, Randy Wayne White. Classes will be approximately 2/3
lecture about the author and 1/3 discussion of the book in the order listed. If
possible, please plan to read Dust Tracks on a Road before the first class.
DATES: Mondays, July 10, 17, 24, 31; from 2:00pm to 3:30pm
LOCATION: Lawrence Center, Room B, 200 E. New England Ave., Winter Park,
FL 32789
INSTRUCTOR: Bonnie Ausmus
TITLE: The Art of Basket Making
DESCRIPTION: This month's featured basket will make even Santa say "Ho! Ho!
Ho!" Are you a basket lover? Have you ever wondered how a basket is made?
Or, wished you knew the secrets and techniques to make a basket of your
very own? Well, this is the class for you! It is a grass-roots, start at square one,
beginners’ class. No experience necessary! All you have to do is be open to
learning with a sense of humor and a little patience. We will start with the
basic basket foundation and work through upending the stakes, weaving and
twining until you have a completed basket to take home. So, why not come
join the fun in addition to accomplishing a new skill/hobby. We would love for
you to join us. But please, register early as class seating is limited.
DATE: Tuesdays, July 11, 18, 25 from 9:30am to 11:30am
LOCATION: Lawrence Center, Room A, 200 E. New England Avenue, Winter Park,
FL 32789
NOTE: Additional $15 fee for supplies due first day of class made payable to the
instructor. Students must have good dexterity in both hands. Students will
need to bring: a hand towel; a ruler or tape measurer; a pen; a pencil; a pair of
scissors; a pair of pliers; super glue; and a flat head screwdriver. The
descriptions and the supply fees would remain the same. The only addition
would be a "lead in" sentence to the class description that would tell what
basket we would be making for that month. Since, I don't know this far ahead
what baskets we will be making, that info will come later.
INSTRUCTOR: Gary Prager
TITLE: Current Events and Politics
DESCRIPTION: This class will discuss the major current events of the day and how
they relate to politics. The topics to be discussed include but are not limited
to the following: 2016 Presidential election; ACC subsidies and King v. Burwell;
gay marriage and impact on religious liberty Obergefell v. Hodges; Iranian
nuclear deal; ISIS; Immigration and the President’s executive orders;
separation of powers; is there a decline in America’s standing in the world?;
voter ID laws; gun laws; is there institutional racism in America?; and any
other matters that are happening at the time of the class and any other
subjects the class would like to discuss. This is a discussion/debate format.
DATES: Tuesdays, July 11, 18, 25; from 11am to 1:00pm
LOCATION: Lawrence Center, Room B, 200 E. New England Avenue, Winter Park,
FL 32789
INSTRUCTOR: Rinat Halon
TITLE: Basic Photography
DESCRIPTION: This course is designed for all camera owners (point & shoot, SLR,
or even a smart phone) who want to understand how to photograph better,
using their own cameras. No previous photography education is required. This
course has class and field work combined. In class 1 we will go over the basics:
getting to know the camera – the language of photography (camera body,
lens, the digital system, ISO, rule of thirds, freezing motion, & depth of field).
In class 2, learn to use pre-set features, and ISO, plus practice what we learn in
class. The third class will be a review of work and the different options to
transfer photos from the camera to the computer, as well as basic editing,
sharing your photos via email, Facebook, and other social media.
DATES: Tuesdays, July 11, 18, 25; from 2:00pm to 4:00pm
LOCATION: Lawrence Center, Room A, 200 E. New England Avenue, Winter Park,
FL 32789
INSTRUCTOR: Rinat Halon
TITLE: Photography II
DESCRIPTION: This course is designed for all camera owners who want to
continue their education in basic photography, using their own cameras. The
basic photography RCLL course is a pre requirement. This course has class
and field work combined. In class 1 we will go over camera functions such as
white balance, metering, black & white captures, using fill flash, & more. In
class 2, we will do a photo tour of Rollins. The third class will be a review of
work and camera options – “how to choose your camera.”
DATES: Tuesdays, July 11, 18, 25; from 4:30-6:30
LOCATION: Lawrence Center, Room A, 200 E. New England Avenue, Winter Park,
FL 32
INSTRUCTOR: Margarita Valenzuela
TITLE: Conversational Spanish
DESCRIPTION: Will review present, past and future tenses. Now, students will be
introduced to reading and comprehension, expanding in conversation about
what they read. Prior exposure a must. This will be a challenging class to
discover beauty on a new language, and experience reading and
understanding Spanish. Pronunciation will be emphasized.
DATES: Fridays, July 5, 12, 19, 26; from 10:00am to 11:30am
LOCATION: Lawrence Center, Room A, 200 E. New England Avenue, Winter Park,
FL 32789
INSTRUCTOR: Robin Wilson
TITLE: Stretch Yourself, I
DESCRIPTION: Flexibility promotes a more youthful body and mind. By blending of
the art of dance, the power of yoga and the science of Pilates. This class is
designed to do just that! The special benefit is that each student will gain the
ability to perform these movements and exercises in the privacy of their own
homes for many years to come.
Note:
Stretch Yourself I on Wednesdays and II on Fridays are two separate
classes. Those wishing to take both must register and pay for each class
separately.
DATES: Wednesdays, July 5, 12, 29, 26; from 11:00am to 12:30pm
LOCATION: Rollins main campus, Annie Russell Dance Studio
INSTRUCTOR: Leslie Halpern
TITLE: Mature Love in the Movies
DESCRIPTION: Once relegated to quirky subplots and May-December romances,
love among the over-50 set has finally taken hold of Hollywood. Romantic
leading roles played by Meryl Streep (67), Diane Keaton (70), Judy Dench
(82), Richard Gere (68), Jack Nicholson (79), Dustin Hoffman (79), and many
others have redefined second chances and later-in-life love. This interactive
class examines shifting perspectives on gender roles, beauty, medicine,
technology and stereotypes as they relate to the cinema. Through film clips,
movie memorabilia, and analysis, and discussion, students will gain insight into
the depiction of onscreen romance and a deeper understanding of the motion
picture business.
DATES: Wednesdays, July 5, 12, 19, 26; from 1:00pm to 2:30pm.
LOCATION: Lawrence Center, Room A, 200 E. New England Ave., Winter Park,
FL 32789
INSTRUCTOR: Michael Savage
TITLE: History of Genocide: “What”, “Why” and “For Whom” from Sparta to
Myanmar
DESCRIPTION:
This in-depth survey of the history of genocide is not a dark,
mournful course, but a discussion of why particular human behavior has
transcended time. It is designed to prompt objective debate rather than
encourage subjectivity and emotion. It will concentrate primarily on
genocidal acts committed in the 20th Century, but it will search for causation
from antiquity to the present. The course will be based on the discipline of
history but it will utilize a multi-disciplinary approach as it seeks cause, effect
and possible solutions to genocide and associated crimes against humanity.
DATES: Wednesdays, July 5, 12, 15, 26; from 3:00pm to 4:30pm
LOCATION: Lawrence Center, Room B, 200 E. New England Ave., Winter Park,
FL 32789
NOTES:
Because of my academic and scholastic credentials, I was deliberately
positioned by the military to witness firsthand, genocide in Rwanda, Sudan,
and Bosnia. These twin experiences, academic and military, I now bring to a
discussion of the intricacies of genocide
INSTRUCTOR: Patricia Farless
TITLE: Women and the Wage Gap in American History
DESCRIPTION: Ever ask yourself why there is still a pay gap between men and
women? This course looks at the history of women, property, wages and the
law from the Colonial period into the 21st Century. In doing so, it considers
how married women were viewed legally and how their legal status barred
them from owning property or their wages. Additionally, it explores the social
and economic limits placed on single women. The course also examines the
fight for economic and legal rights in the 19th Century and how women were
seen as consumers, not providers, thus justifying lower pay for the same
work. Within this consideration, the course will also discuss how women used
the growing economic power of consumption to create greater political
leverage. Finally, it will look at legal changes in the 20th Century that on the
surface offered economic equality, but in the end failed to close the wage gap
between men and women.
DATES: Wednesdays, July 12, 19, 26; from 4:00pm to 6:00pm
LOCATION: Lawrence Center, Room B, 200 E. New England Ave., Winter Park,
FL 32789
INSTRUCTOR: Patricia Farless
TITLE: The Gilded Age in the United States: Bring Us Your Industry
DESCRIPTION: This course examines the rapid economic growth that took place
following the Civil War and Reconstruction. It considers the greed and
political corruption associated with the Gilded Age as the pursuit of “free
labor” ideology became distorted in an economy that saw the rise of
monopolies. In doing so, it looks at the rise of big business and the challenges
these gains posed to farmers, labor and the middle class. Finally, it fleshes out
the shift in legal thought that saw corporations viewed as “persons” and the
establishment of “liberty of contract” and economic substantive due process
as a way to limit state and federal regulations.
DATES: Wednesdays, July 12, 19, 26; from 6:00pm to 8:00pm
LOCATION: Lawrence Center, Room B, 200 E. New England Ave., Winter Park,
FL 32789
INSTRUCTOR: Robert Bernstein
TITLE: Introduction To Meditation For Everyday Life
DESCRIPTION: This class is good for those new to meditation or those wishing to
review or deepen their practice. You will receive an in depth overview of
meditation: what it is, what it says, how it works. There will be instruction in
several methods so you can find one that feels right for you. We will examine
and discuss thoughts related to meditation from the Dalai Lama, Eckart Tolle,
Marianne Williamson, Ram Dass, Carl Jung and others. Please bring any
quotes you may like, books that have been helpful to you, to share. Meditation
teaches us how to: Love our neighbor as ourself, but, not more, or less, or
instead of ourself, as ourself. Meditation underlines that as Carl Jung wrote:
“The greatest and most important problems of life . . . can never be solved but
only outgrown.” And above all that: there are only two ways to see, to feel, to
experience anything in our lives, with peace of mind or without.
Robert is a 15 year meditation teacher, certified, Integral Yoga Institute, NY.
DATES: Thursdays, July 6, 13, 20, 27; from 1:00pm – 2:30pm
LOCATION: Lawrence Center, Room B, 200 E. New England Avenue, Winter Park,
FL 3
INSTRUCTOR: Yvonne Vassel
TITLE: Your Life In Words, Part II
DESCRIPTION: This class is most appropriate for those who have already begun
the process of writing/recording a Life Story, or taken Part I of Your Life in
Words. It will function as a guided group where writing exercises are given,
your efforts shared, group feedback elicited, and you are assisted through the
personal challenges that often arise when delving into past events, as well as
the difficulty of putting the pieces together in a coherent, interesting
narrative. This class will keep you on the road to completing your project.
DATES: Thursdays, July 6, 13, 20, 27; from 2:00pm to 3:30pm
LOCATION: Lawrence Center, Room A, 200 E. New England Avenue, Winter Park,
FL 32789
NEW!
INSTRUCTOR: Patricia Farless
TITLE: Exploring the Rise of the Modern Right in American Politics: 1964-1992
DESCRIPTION: This course examines the rise of the modern right in politics. In
doing so, it will look at the backlash to modern liberalism beginning with the
Civil Rights Act of 1964. It will also look at the mobilization efforts against
Roe v. Wade, the ERA and the Countercultural Movement. Finally it will look
at the return of Richard Nixon to the national scene with the 1968 Presidential
Election and the rise of Ronald Reagan to the presidency in 1980.
DATES: Thursdays, July 13, 20, 27; from 4:00pm to 6:00pm
LOCATION: Lawrence Center, Room A, 200 E. New England Avenue, Winter Park,
FL 32789
INSTRUCTOR: Ty Arnold
TITLE: Mindful Movement Tai Chi Workshop
DESCRIPTION: This class is an introduction to basic energy exercises and Tai Chi
principles of movement. It is a gentle, simple, safe program with many mental
and physical benefits. The workshop will include the practice of techniques of
a Sun Style Tai Chi Short Form. The practice is slow and gentle with an
emphasis on mindful movement. Experience the gentle movement Forms and
create your own home practice. This is a Beginner Level. The practice can be
done seated or standing. No prior Tai Chi experience is needed. It’s fun, easy
and has many benefits for your mental and physical health. Wear comfortable
clothing and shoes that give you freedom of movement. A bottle of water is
suggested.
DATES: Thursdays, July 06, 20, 27; from 5:00pm to 7:00pm
LOCATION: Lawrence Center, Room B, 200 E. New England Avenue, Winter Park,
FL 32789
INSTRUCTOR: Patricia Farless
TITLE: The Art and Craft of A Historian II
DESCRIPTION: This course implements the skills learned from the “The Art and
Craft of a Historian”. We will read and analyze historiography, monographs
and primary sources. We will share our thoughts and analysis of the
readings. Additionally, we will peer-review the manuscripts of classmates as
well as discuss and prepare conference proposals. Please note that you do
not need a project to take this class. You just need a love of reading and
talking about history and a willingness to give advice and guidance to those
who are working on projects.
DATES: Thursdays, July 13, 20, 27; from 6:00pm to 8:00pm
LOCATION: Lawrence Center, Room A, 200 E. New England Avenue, Winter Park,
FL 32789
INSTRUCTOR: Robin Wilson
TITLE: Stretch Yourself,II
DESCRIPTION: Flexibility promotes a more youthful body and mind. By blending of
the art of dance, the power of yoga and the science of Pilates. This class is
designed to do just that! The special benefit is that each student will gain the
ability to perform these movements and exercises in the privacy of their own
homes for many years to come.
Note:
Stretch Yourself I on Wednesdays and II on Fridays are two separate
classes. Those wishing to take both must register and pay for each class
separately.
DATES: Fridays, July 7, 14, 21, 29; from 11:00am to 12:30pm
LOCATION: Rollins main campus, Annie Russell Dance Studio