Lifelong Learning program to open spring semester with virtual preview event
By Tabitha Johnston - Chronicle Staff | Feb 26, 2021
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SHEPHERDSTOWN — Shepherd University’s Lifelong Learning program kicks off its spring semester March 15 with a series of classes and brown bag lectures that run through May 7. Due to COVID-19 health concerns, all classes and lectures will occur online using the Zoom platform. A course preview event will take place on Zoom on Monday at 4 p.m.
The spring semester will include a class taught by Ray Smock, “Styles of African American Leadership,” that will examine the rise of leaders within institutions and movements in the 19th and 20th centuries. Another class will explore the music and lyrics of Nobel Prize for Literature winner, singer/songwriter Bob Dylan. There is also a course on horses that will examine the rich history of equine sports in the local area, including dressage, polo and steeplechase.