Senior Scholars annual Wildacres retreat is scheduled for April 28-May 1, 2025. For full details and to register for this event, please go to the Wildacres page. TOPIC: Music Therapy: The science, the singing and everything in between. SPEAKER: Meg Johnson, Music Therapy Program Director and Clinical Coordinator, Queens University The presentation will provide an…
How Music Impacts Society with Joe Kendrick
TOPIC: The Levine JCC's Butterfly Project with Lori Semel SPEAKER: Lori Semel, Butterfly Project Coordinator The Butterfly Project was developed as a call to action through education, the arts, and memorial making, which uses the lessons of the Holocaust to educate about the dangers of hatred and bigotry and cultivates empathy and social responsibility. Participants…
TOPIC: Healthcare Delivery, Past, Present and a Future with AI SPEAKER: Dr. Stephen Riggs, Steve Riggs, MD, MBD, FACS; Professor Advocate Health, Wake Forest School of Medicine Vice Chair Department of Urology- Atrium Health Levine Cancer Center, Carolinas Medical Center Healthcare delivery is experiencing unprecedented change and growth. The United states spends more on healthcare…
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: Charlotte Douglas International Airport Update SPEAKER: Jack Christine, A.A.E., Chief Infrastructure Officer, CLT Airport Mr. Christine is overseeing Destination CLT, a five-year, $2.5-$3.1 billion capital program that includes planning, design and construction of expansion of terminal and concourse, and the development of numerous airfield projects. He will provide an update of progress and plans…
TOPIC: Wildlife You May Know SPEAKER: Bob Senn, Certified South Carolina Master Naturalist Presentation with slideshow, and a side of humor, on many of the wildlife seen in North and South Carolina. BIOGRAPHY Bob is a certified South Carolina Master Naturalist. There are five zones in SC and Bob was initially certified for the coastal…
TOPIC: Charlotte Fire Department Update SPEAKER: Battalion Chief Horne Chief Horne will provide us insight into the operations of an agency that is so critical to the safety of Charlotte. This talk, which will be our last educational presentation for the spring term, will serve as something of a counterpoint to last year’s presentation by…