We have booked Leo's restaurant for Friday, April 19, 11:45 a.m. Limited space available! If you register and find you can’t attend, please email LunchBunch@SeniorScholars.net so that we can offer your seat to another member. Leo's Italian Social Southpark location 4720 Piedmont Row Dr. Charlotte, NC 28210
SAVE THE DATE! Enjoy 3 nights in a Blue Ridge Parkway Mountaintop Resort with 75 of your Senior Scholar friends! Engaging lectures by NC Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls and Political Science Professor Chelsea Kaufman. Waterfalls, hiking paths, fresh air, local entertainers, 8 home-style, all-you-can-eat meals! All this for only $285/double occupancy. Reservations start January […]
GREAT DECISIONS TOPIC: Climate Change and Competition SPEAKER: Mark Kelso, Queens University Professor Kelso will discuss how the politics of climate change will impact economics, especially competition among businesses and countries. BIOGRAPHY Dr. Mark Kelso is currently Professor of Political Science at Queens University of Charlotte and the 2017 winner of the Hunter-Hamilton Love of Teaching […]
DATE: Wednesday, May 1, 2024; 10:30 am - 12 pm COST: $10 payable in cash or check payable to Senior Scholars ADDRESS: 700 West 6th Street, Charlotte, NC 28202 (parking available in cemetery) Join fellow Senior Scholars for a walking tour of Historic Elmwood Pinewood Cemetery located in Fourth Ward of Uptown. This tour will […]
TOPIC: The Search for Life Beyond Earth SPEAKER: Rachel Smith, Head, Astronomy & Astrophysics Research Lab, Curator of Meteorites, Professor, Physics & Astronomy. North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences/Appalachian State University. Astronomer Dr. Rachel Smith will use new planetarium software called OpenSpace to journey from Earth to our neighboring planets, to far beyond the solar […]
Curriculum Committee Meetings are open to Membership. Join our monthly Curriculum Committee meetings, via Zoom, to hear about upcoming speakers/events or to suggest speakers you know (or have heard speak) and believe would be of interest to your fellow Senior Scholars. These meetings are always held on the Zoom platform.
TOPIC: Overall Budget on Housing & Homelessness SPEAKER: Dimple Ajmera, Charlotte City Council At Large member Council member Dimple Ajmera will address and share the overall budget regarding housing and homelessness. BIOGRAPHY Dimple Ajmera, City Council At Large, is proud to be living the American dream. With little means, her parents immigrated to the U.S. […]
TOPIC: American Democracy & The Rule of Law in Peril SPEAKER: Michael Luttig, former US Court of Appeals Judge Michael Luttig, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals (ret.) for the Fourth Circuit, retired from the bench several years ago. A well respected conservative jurist, he advised Vice President Mike Pence on and before […]
