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February 10 – February 24 Tuesdays2:00 PM → 4:00 PMSessions: 3Instructor: Kaye Lindauer, MS, MLS, MDIV, former instructor, Syracuse University, workshop leader, freelance storyteller, Special Studies faculty, Chautauqua InstitutionLocations: This course will be taught online.Parental preference, youthful conceit, sibling envy, and dream interpretation are all aspects of this biblical story, which will be studied... read more -
September 24 Tuesday11:00 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Mayor Ben Walsh and County Executive Ryan McMahonLocations: This course will be taught online.Our local leaders will update us on how city and county government are addressing current challenges and opportunities, with a... read more -
March 5 Wednesday10:00 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Terrence McGovern, PhD, emeritus faculty, SUNY CortlandLocations: Oasis StudioThis class provides an overview of the founding of Port-Royal (1605), the expansion of the colony, its capture by the... read more -
February 10 – May 19 Thursdays03:00 PM → 04:30 PMSessions: 8Instructor: Shelly Lee, retired teacher, Oasis tutor coordinator, and Jack Welch, Oasis discussion group moderatorLocations: This course will be taught online.Supported by the Foreign Policy Association for over 50 years, "Great Decisions” is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs. The program highlights eight critical foreign policy challenges facing Americans each year. In discussion groups across the country, participants discuss and debate each issue and complete a national opinion ballot... read more -
May 21 Friday2:00 PM → 3:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Matthew Wion, PhDLocations: San Diego Online CourseDo only human beings have rights? What about other animals? Some philosophers use the word “person” rather than human: they... read more -
October 20 Monday10:00 AM → 11:30 AMSessions: 1Instructor: Foster Rubenstein Locations: This course will be taught online.Join us for an in-depth view of America’s frontline agency, whose mission is protecting the American people, safeguarding our borders,... read more -
January 21 – February 4 Wednesdays10:00 AM → 11:30 AMSessions: 3Instructor: David E. Pasinski, M.Div., MA Theology, St. Bonaventure, MA Marriage and Family Therapy, MA Public Administration, Syracuse UniversityLocations: HealthLink RoomWhile there are many worthwhile narratives about the tremendous changes in the intersection of culture and Christian religions over the... read more -
June 21 Tuesday10:30 AM → 12:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Michael Ross, Professor of History, University of Maryland at College ParkLocations: Washington Metro Online CourseUpon his election, President Donald Trump moved a portrait of Andrew Jackson to a place of honor in the Oval... read more -
March 22 Wednesday2:00 PM → 4:00 PMSessions: 1Instructor: Renee-Noelle Felice, story-teller, living-historian, educator and guest lecturerLocations: HealthLink RoomAlong with a history of courage, perseverance, and the unfailing conviction of the rightness of the cause, the suffrage movement... read more -
October 19 – November 16 Wednesday12:00 PM → 1:30 PMSessions: 5Instructor: Charles Coon, MA, retired social studies teacher; adjunct professor of history, Onondaga Community College and SUNY CortlandLocations: Oasis Lecture HallAbolition of slavery in the Americas is a large, complicated, and long story, and these five sessions will look at... read more