Summer 2010

Baking Basics: A Series of 4 Lessons

Instructor:  Elisabeth Piedmont-Marton

When:  Thurs.;  July 1, 8, 15, 22;  4:30-6:30

Where:  …a kitchen somewhere on campus.

Class size:  10

Course description:  Dazzle your friends and family with homemade baked goods. Never use a frozen pie shell or a cake mix again. Learn baking basics in four hands-on lessons taught on campus by English professor and amateur pastry chef Elisabeth Piedmont-Marton.   7/1,Tarts and Pie Pastry; 7/8, French Cake Basics: torte, genoise, sponge; 7/15, Bread; 7/22, Students' Choice, but something big and ambitious like croissant or strudel dough.

Beginning Ceramics: Handbuilding

Instructor:  Kate Nelson

When:  Mon. & Weds.  May 17,19, 24, 26, June 2;  4:30-6:00

Where:  Studio Arts Building-Ceramics Studio

Class size: 10

Course description:  Using red and white earthenware we will create small hostess dishes (think serving candies, nuts, olives, etc...) and decorate our works with sprigging, sgrafitto and colored slips.

Fun French

Instructor: Don Gregory

When:  Tues. & Thurs.  May 14, 19, 21, 26, 28, June 2, 4; 4:45-6:30

Where:  Mood-Bridwell; Rm. #109

Class size: 15

Course description: "Fun French" is designed to be just that: FUN. Lots of laughs, misplaced syllables, butchered pronunciations.....all the while enjoying one of the world's most beautiful languages. We will try to provide the knowledge of having a grasp of the basics of spoken French. Class members will be asked to speak on a daily basis. The only requirements are attendance and a fun attitude. We will do a lot of the class work from chalk board notes and xeroxed hand-outs. On s'amusera! Come have some fun. 

Introduction to American Sign Language 

Instructor:  Barbara Anthony, Professor of Computer Science

When:   Mon/Wed  May 12, 17, 19, 24, and 26th; 4:30-5:30

Where:  Mood-Bridwell, Rm. #107

Class size: 10

Course Description:  This course will introduce you to the visual-spatial language used by many Deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals. You will learn the manual alphabet, fingerspelling, some basic vocabulary and sentence structures, and how facial expressions are a critical component of the grammar of ASL. Portions of the time will be "voices off" to encourage you to find ways to communicate without spoken words. 

Introduction to Color

Instructor:  Patrick Veerkamp

When:  Mon. & Wed. - May 12,17,19, 24, 26, June 2;  4:30-5:30

Where:  Fine Arts Building, Design Studio (studio 2a)

Course description:  This course will introduce basic concepts related to how we see, interpret, and use color.  Participants will be doing color exercises using paints and color pencils related to such topics as: color composition (including traditional color schemes), partative color, color temperature, color space, situational color, etc.

Light-emitting diodes- can they save the world?

Instructor:  John Ore

When:  May 18, 20, 25;  4:30-5:30

Where:  Fine Arts Center, Heather Hall

Course description:  Our main objective is to introduce today’s premier illuminant- the light-emitting diode.  We will sample the history of man-made lighting technology, ultimately leading to the LED. A discussion of their history will be followed by a comparison with incandescent, fluorescent and other current sources of light. We will finally get to play with some LED lighting fixtures in Heather Hall.

Where There's a Will, There's a Way!  (Incapacity & Dying in Texas)

Instructor:  Nancy Arenson

When:   Tues. & Thurs. – May 13, 18, 20, 25, 27;  4:30-5:30

Where:  Mood-Bridwell, Rm. #343

Class size: 20

Course Description:  1.  What is probate? 2.  Do I need a Will? 3.  What happens if I die without a Will? 4.  Do I need a revocable trust? 5.  What happens if I get Alzheimer’s?  (Guardianship and ways to avoid a guardianship using financial & medical powers of attorney). 6.  My elderly mother has named me as her agent to manage her financial affairs in the event she becomes incapacitated.  What do I do now? 7.  End of life issues.  What is a living will? Do-not-resuscitate order? Is there a difference?  Do I need one?  Which one? 8.  Ethical Wills.