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CLASS UPDATE: A History of World War II: How the Allies Won the War has been canceled and removed from our list of available classes.

 
 

  • A History of World War II: How the Allies Won the War
  • Dates: 9/20/2024 - 11/8/2024
    Times: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    Days: F
    Sessions: 8
    Building: Kirby Plaza
    Room:
    Instructor: Jerry Sandvick
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  • Extra! Extra! You've Read All About It (1st four weeks)
  • Dates: 9/20/2024 - 10/11/2024
    Times: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    Days: F
    Sessions: 4
    Building: Kirby Plaza
    Room:
    Instructor: Dave Griffin
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    Books (recommended, not required): 

    1. Fascism: A Warning by Madeline Albright, ISBN 9780062802187 

    2. Caste: The Origins of our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson, ISBN 9780593230251

    3. Meme Wars: The Untold Story of the Online Battles Upending Democracy in America by Joan Donovan, Emily Dreyfuss, and Brian Friedberg, ISBN 9781635578638
 

  • The Adams Family
  • Dates: 9/19/2024 - 11/7/2024
    Times: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 8
    Building: Kirby Plaza
    Room:
    Instructor: Heather Sweetland
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    Books (recommended, not required): 

    1. John Adams by David McCullough, ISBN 0684813637 

    2. John Quincy Adams by Harlow Giles Unger, ISBN 9780306822650
 

  • The Good Die Young
  • Dates: 9/16/2024 - 11/4/2024
    Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    Days: M
    Sessions: 8
    Building: Kirby Student Center
    Room: Griggs Center
    Instructor: Fred Friedman
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  • The Indian Child Welfare Act: History and Update (1st four weeks)
  • Dates: 9/19/2024 - 10/10/2024
    Times: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 4
    Building: Online via Zoom
    Room:
    Instructor: Elizabeth Blue
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  • The Russian Revolution: Birth of the Soviet State
  • Dates: 9/19/2024 - 11/7/2024
    Times: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    Days: Th
    Sessions: 8
    Building: Kirby Student Center
    Room:
    Instructor: Chris Thomalla
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  • Unsolved Mysteries and Murders in the Tudor Era
  • Dates: 9/16/2024 - 11/4/2024
    Times: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    Days: M
    Sessions: 8
    Building: Kirby Plaza
    Room:
    Instructor: Cindy McLean
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