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SUMMARY:New Member Orientation - Friday March 8
DESCRIPTION:All members old and new are invited to attend in person or via Zoom\, our New Member Orientation meeting. \nLearn more about the organization including how to meet people\, join events and how you can help the organization – the best way to meet new people! \nIn person meeting is in Room 106 in PUMC.
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/new-member-orientation-friday-march-8/
LOCATION:Hybrid: In-Person at PUMC & via Zoom\, 2810 Providence Rd\, Charlotte\, NC\, 28211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Presentations
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240308T110000
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SUMMARY:Earthquakes - A Lot of Shaking Going On with Kenneth Taylor
DESCRIPTION:TOPIC: Earthquakes — Alot of Shaking Going On\nSPEAKER:  Kenneth Taylor\, North Carolina Geological Survey; N.C. Department of Environmental Quality (NC DEQ) \nTravel over several of time in the eastern half of our country to see the number and severity of earthquakes in the Eastern and Central Part of the US. \n\nBIOGRAPHY \nBorn in North Carolina — Interest in earthquakes began after the 1971 San Fernando in California. I did not feel an earthquake personally until many years later. \nIn 1971\, I lived at Fort Bragg in North Carolina.  That year\, the San Fernando earthquake in California got me excited.  I am a seismologist / geophysicist / geologist.  When I went to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\, I was the Teaching Assistant (TA) for the geophysics professor — Dr. Christine Powell (as an undergraduate). \nAfter getting my undergraduate degree in geology\, I went to the University of South Carolina in Columbia.  With my M.S. I got a job at Teledyne-Geotech in Dallas\, Texas as a research geophysicist.  Teledyne-Geotech made the most advanced borehole seismometers in the world.  We even recorded a volcanic eruption in Mexico with sensors that were hundreds of miles from the volcano. \nAfter a few years at T- G\, I moved with my wife to St. Louis to complete my doctorate in geophysics.  I chased earthquakes across the Midwest as well as recording seismic events in the Arctic Circle.  The team I was part of during the second summer in the high artic recorded the last soviet underground nuclear test. \nI got a Congressional Science Fellowship after completing my Doctorate.  I spent that year in the Washington area as worked for Senator Harry Reid. \nAfter that\, I came back to North Carolina and lived in Asheville\, and Wake County working for the State Government ever since.
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/earthquakes-in-the-carolinas-to-the-midwest-the-past-the-present-and-the-future-with-kenneth-taylor/
LOCATION:Hybrid: In-Person at PUMC & via Zoom\, 2810 Providence Rd\, Charlotte\, NC\, 28211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240313T131500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240313T140000
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SUMMARY:Curriculum Committee Meeting  - March 13
DESCRIPTION:Curriculum Committee Meetings are open to Membership.  \nJoin 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. \nThese meetings are always held on the Zoom platform.
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/curriculum-committee-meeting-march-13/
LOCATION:Zoom Registration Required
CATEGORIES:Board/Committee Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240315T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240315T110000
DTSTAMP:20260415T025508
CREATED:20240226T172205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250123T204057Z
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SUMMARY:Outsmart the Outbreak with Dr. Katie Passaretti
DESCRIPTION:TOPIC: Outsmart the Outbreak: Winning the War Against Future Infectious Disease Threats with Dr. Katie Passaretti\nSPEAKER:  Dr. Katie Passaretti\, Vice President\, Chief Epidemiologist for Atrium Health \nReview factors contributing to emerging pathogens\, past and more recent pandemic successes and failures\, and what we can do better when facing the inevitable next infectious disease threat. \n\nBIOGRAPHY \nDr. Catherine Passaretti completed medical school\, internal medicine and infectious disease training at Johns Hopkins.  She currently is Vice President\, Chief Epidemiologist for Atrium Health and is a Clinical Professor in Internal Medicine\, Section for Infectious Diseases at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/covid-and-pandemic-preparedness-with-dr-katie-passaretti/
LOCATION:Hybrid: In-Person at PUMC & via Zoom\, 2810 Providence Rd\, Charlotte\, NC\, 28211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240322T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240322T110000
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SUMMARY:Why Disengagement from the Middle East is Harder than You Think with Professor Sylvie Toska
DESCRIPTION:GREAT DECISIONS TOPIC: Why Disengagement from the Middle East is Harder than You Think\nSPEAKER: Professor Sylvie Toska\, Assistant Professor of Political Science\, Davidson College \nThe presentation will discuss past and present US interests in the Middle East\, and examine reasons why US disengagement from the region is\, and will continue to be\, difficult. It also discusses failures of US policy in the region and provides policy suggestions for the future. \n\nBIOGRAPHY \nDr. Toska is a Middle East and International Relations specialist with a PhD in political science from Cornell University. \nHer first book\, which is forthcoming with Oxford University Press\, is titled: “Revolutionary Emotions: Emotions and the Spread and Success of Revolt.” This book builds on over 6 years of field work in the Middle East. \nShe is currently working on a second book\, which examine intelligence success and failure in the Middle East.
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/why-disengagement-from-the-middle-east-is-harder-than-you-think-with-professor-sylvie-toska/
LOCATION:Hybrid: In-Person at PUMC & via Zoom\, 2810 Providence Rd\, Charlotte\, NC\, 28211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240329T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240329T110000
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SUMMARY:Multiple Points of Entry with David Fisk
DESCRIPTION:TOPIC:  Charlotte Symphony – Multiple Points of Entry\nSPEAKER: David Fisk\, President & CEO\, Charlotte Symphony \nA newcomer’s guide to the Charlotte Symphony. \nNOTE: Location change. This presentation will be at Temple Beth El. Speaker will be via Zoom. \n  \nDirections to Temple Beth El: \n\nEnter Shalom Park at the light – 5007 Providence Rd.\nAt the T-intersection\, turn right\, then make an immediate right.\nTurn left into parking lots for Temple Beth El.\n\n\nBIOGRAPHY \nDavid Fisk joined the Charlotte Symphony as its President & CEO in 2020. Prior to that he served as Executive Director of the Richmond Symphony in Virginia for 18 years\, having previously held leadership roles in the UK and Ireland with a chamber orchestra\, a symphony orchestra\, an international arts festival and a sculpture park. He holds a bachelor’s degree in music from the University of Manchester\, and a postgraduate performer’s diploma specializing in piano accompaniment from the Royal Northern College of Music\, where he also studied singing\, composition and conducting. \nDavid’s musical life began early\, as a boy chorister for five years at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London\, which made him realize his life would be in music one way or another. Studying cello led to a deep affinity for orchestral and chamber music\, and learning organ at St. Paul’s developed his love of church and choral music into adulthood. Though he started out as a professional musician\, and still continues to play piano and organ to this day\, David made the turn in his early twenties to arts management\, to which he has ever since dedicated his career. \nDavid is married to the Irish opera singer and voice teacher Anne O’Byrne. They live in Dilworth and have two grown children\, both currently studying in Europe.
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/charlotte-symphony-with-david-fiskpolicing-in-2024-with-david-robinson-copy/
LOCATION:Temple Beth El\, 5101 Providence Rd\, Charlotte\, 28270\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240405T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240405T110000
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SUMMARY:Coping with Copyright with Matthew Asbell
DESCRIPTION:TOPIC: Copyright Law\nSPEAKER: Matthew Asbell\, Partner\, Lippes Mathias \nNOTE: This presentation will be via Zoom at Wolfe Hall. \nAs AI takes over our lives\, how are we impacted regarding using materials we may have copied from an online source? Join us for this fascinating topic to make sure you are following the law correctly. \nWith extensive knowledge and background in information technology\, entertainment\, medicine\, and a range of other fields\, Matt Asbell\, works with clients in diverse industries. \nMatt assists clients in clearing\, obtaining\, enforcing\, and defending trademark\, patent\, design and copyrights in the United States and throughout the world\, while also advising on domain names\, social media and related issues. \nMatthew serves as an adjunct professor of law and frequent guest lecturer at Fordham University and The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (Yeshiva University)\, and has taught at Columbia University and the Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economia (ISDE) in Madrid\, Spain. \nHe hosts a weekly podcast on the intangible aspects of business and frequently appears in the media to discuss significant cases and topics relevant to the law surrounding intellectual property. \n\nBIOGRAPHY \nWww.matthewasbell.com\nWww.lippes.com \n  \n 
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/copyright-law-with-matthew-asbell/
LOCATION:Hybrid: In-Person at PUMC & via Zoom\, 2810 Providence Rd\, Charlotte\, NC\, 28211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240410T131500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240410T140000
DTSTAMP:20260415T025509
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SUMMARY:Curriculum Committee Meeting  - April 10
DESCRIPTION:Curriculum Committee Meetings are open to Membership.  \nJoin 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. \nThese meetings are always held on the Zoom platform.
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/curriculum-committee-meeting-april-10/
LOCATION:Zoom Registration Required
CATEGORIES:Board/Committee Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240412T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240412T094500
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SUMMARY:New Member Orientation - Friday April 12
DESCRIPTION:All members old and new are invited to attend in person or via Zoom\, our New Member Orientation meeting. \nLearn more about the organization including how to meet people\, join events and how you can help the organization – the best way to meet new people! \nIn person meeting is in Room 106 in PUMC.
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/new-member-orientation-friday-april-12/
LOCATION:Hybrid: In-Person at PUMC & via Zoom\, 2810 Providence Rd\, Charlotte\, NC\, 28211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240412T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240412T110000
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SUMMARY:Current Events in Healthcare with Brad Wilson
DESCRIPTION:TOPIC: Healthcare Financing for Medicare/Medicaid \nSPEAKER: Brad Wilson\, CEO Emeritus\, BlueCross BlueShield of NC \nBrad will discuss the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act\, it’s implementation and potential impacts and what President Biden and President Trump are saying about their respective positions are/may be on the Act and other important healthcare issues. \n\nBIOGRAPHY \nBrad Wilson served as CEO of Blue Cross/Blue Shield of North Carolina. Prior to that\, he served as Counsel to the Governor of North Carolina. Brad now teaches business and law at Wake Forest University. He currently serves as interim Director of the North Carolina Museum of History. \nJAMA Network
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/healthcare-financing-for-medicare-medicaid-with-brad-wilson/
LOCATION:Hybrid: In-Person at PUMC & via Zoom\, 2810 Providence Rd\, Charlotte\, NC\, 28211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240419T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240419T110000
DTSTAMP:20260415T025509
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SUMMARY:Affordable Housing with Tom Hanchett
DESCRIPTION:GREAT DECISIONS TOPIC: Affordable Housing\nSPEAKER:  Tom Hanchett\, Community Historian \nCommunity historian Dr. Tom Hanchett is completing a book for UNC Press on the history of one of America’s most pressing issues: affordable housing. He’ll share some of his Charlotte research\, from public housing in the 1930s to today — and looks forward to your comments. \n  \n 
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/affordable-housing-with-tom-hanchett/
LOCATION:Hybrid: In-Person at PUMC & via Zoom\, 2810 Providence Rd\, Charlotte\, NC\, 28211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240419T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240419T140000
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SUMMARY:Lunch Bunch - April 19
DESCRIPTION:We have booked Leo’s restaurant for Friday\, April 19\, 11:45 a.m. \nLimited space available! \nIf you register and find you can’t attend\, please email LunchBunch@SeniorScholars.net so that we can offer your seat to another member. \nLeo’s Italian Social\nSouthpark location\n4720 Piedmont Row Dr.\nCharlotte\, NC 28210 \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/lunch-bunch-april-19/
LOCATION:NC
CATEGORIES:Lunch Bunch,Social Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240422T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240425T170000
DTSTAMP:20260415T025509
CREATED:20231213T163408Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250219T180724Z
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SUMMARY:Wildacres Spring 2024 Retreat / April 22-25\, 2024
DESCRIPTION:SAVE THE DATE!\n\nEnjoy 3 nights in a Blue Ridge Parkway Mountaintop Resort with 75 of your Senior Scholar friends!\nEngaging lectures by NC Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls and Political Science Professor Chelsea Kaufman.\nWaterfalls\, hiking paths\, fresh air\, local entertainers\, 8 home-style\, all-you-can-eat meals!\n\nAll this for only $285/double occupancy. \nReservations start January 19\, 2024 and will fill up fast! \nDetails Here
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/wildacres-spring-2024-retreat-april-22-25-2024/
LOCATION:Wildacres Retreat\, 1565 Wildacres Road\, Little Switzerland\, NC\, 28749\, United States
CATEGORIES:Social Events,Wildacres Retreat
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240426T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240426T110000
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SUMMARY:Climate Change and Competition with Mark Kelso
DESCRIPTION:GREAT DECISIONS TOPIC: Climate Change and Competition\nSPEAKER:  Mark Kelso\, Queens University \nProfessor Kelso will discuss how the politics of climate change will impact economics\, especially competition among businesses and countries. \n\nBIOGRAPHY \nDr. Mark Kelso is currently Professor of Political Science at Queens University of Charlotte and the 2017 winner of the Hunter-Hamilton Love of Teaching Award. \nHe received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Murray State University and his doctorate degree in Political Science from Vanderbilt University. \nHe teaches a variety of courses at Queens\, including European Politics\, Campaigns and Elections\, Environmental Politics and Congress and the Presidency. His research interests include environmental policy\, electoral behavior and political leadership. He has published in such journals as Presidential Studies Quarterly and Congress and the Presidency. \nHe will have a chapter on President Obama’s environmental policies in the forthcoming book\, Evaluating the Obama Presidency\, edited by Bose and Fritz. \n 
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/climate-change-and-competition-with-mark-keslo/
LOCATION:Hybrid: In-Person at PUMC & via Zoom\, 2810 Providence Rd\, Charlotte\, NC\, 28211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240501T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240501T120000
DTSTAMP:20260415T025509
CREATED:20240328T170119Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250219T180301Z
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SUMMARY:Field Trip: Historic Elmwood Pinewood Cemetery
DESCRIPTION:DATE: Wednesday\, May 1\, 2024; 10:30 am – 12 pm\nCOST: $10 payable in cash or check payable to Senior Scholars\nADDRESS:  700 West 6th Street\, Charlotte\, NC 28202 (parking available in cemetery) \nJoin fellow Senior Scholars for a walking tour of Historic Elmwood Pinewood Cemetery located in Fourth Ward of Uptown. This tour will be conducted by Bill Bibby\, Director of City Cemeteries for Charlotte. Bill will cover the history of Elmwood and Pinewood Cemetery and brief biographies of well known\, unknown\, and interesting decedents in the cemetery. \nThe cost of $10/person will be presented as a donation from Senior Scholars to Historic Elmwood Pinewood Inc. (HEPI)\, a nonprofit working to restore and promote the historic city owned cemeteries in Charlotte. \nThe walking tour will cover approximately 1- to 1-1/2 miles within the cemetery. \nHistoric Elmwood Pinewood Cemetery
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/field-trip-historic-elmwood-pinewood-cemetery/
LOCATION:Elmwood Pinewood Cemetery\, 700 West 6th Street\, Charlotte\, NC\, 28202\, United States
CATEGORIES:Field Trips,Social Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240503T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240503T110000
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CREATED:20230803T161907Z
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SUMMARY:The Search for Life Beyond Earth with Rachel Smith
DESCRIPTION:TOPIC: The Search for Life Beyond Earth\nSPEAKER:  Rachel Smith\, Head\, Astronomy & Astrophysics Research Lab\, Curator of Meteorites\, Professor\, Physics & Astronomy. North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences/Appalachian State University. \nAstronomer Dr. Rachel Smith will use new planetarium software called OpenSpace to journey from Earth to our neighboring planets\, to far beyond the solar system. \nRachel will discuss some of Earth’s extreme environments and their connections to other worlds where scientists are searching for life. She will also discuss her current research on forming stars and protoplanetary systems across the Galaxy using NASA’s Infrared Telescope Facility on Maunakea\, Hawaii\, with links to exoplanets and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. \nNOTE: This will be a Zoom presentation inside PUMC Wolfe Hall \n\nBIOGRAPHY \nDr. Rachel Smith is Head of the Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Lab and Curator of Meteorites at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. She is jointly appointed as Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Appalachian State University\, and Adjunct Professor at UNC Chapel Hill. \nRachel’s research involves observing forming stars across the Galaxy to better understand the chemical pathways involved in the evolution of planets\, and in the formation of carbon-based molecules needed for life. \nRachel has utilized several large observatories for her work\, and is currently observing massive young stars with NASA’s Infrared Telescope Facility on Maunakea in Hawaii. \nShe has had a long-time interest in the search for life beyond our planet\, and how life began and evolved on Earth.
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/the-search-for-life-beyond-earth-with-rachel-smith/
LOCATION:Hybrid: In-Person at PUMC & via Zoom\, 2810 Providence Rd\, Charlotte\, NC\, 28211\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Presentations
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