June 2, 2003 :: No. 252
What: |
Free summer offerings from Continuing Learning
Experience feature lectures on topics ranging from eye care
to American history. |
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Where: |
Mackey Auditorium in the Ruby Gerontology Center |
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Schedule: |
Getting a Clear Look at Your Vision
Alternate Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-noon June 3-July 29
Presented by administrators and faculty members of the
Southern California College of Optometry.
June 3 — “An Overview of the Southern California
College of Optometry”
June 17 — “Macular Degeneration-Glaucoma”
July 1 — “Diabetes: What Is It and How Does It
Threaten Our Vision?” and “Why Is It Important
to Get Your Grandchildren’s Eyes Examined?”
July 15 — “Aging! We All Do It! What Can We Expect
From Our Eyes as We Enter the Golden Years,” plus “Unique
Eyewear — What’s New in Materials, Lenses and
Sunglasses?”
July 29 — “What’s New in Laser and Non-Laser
Eye Surgeries?” and “Ask the Doctor! Miscellaneous
Questions and Answers Concerning Vision”
Eclectic Series — Summer II
Alternate Thursdays, 1:15-3:15 p.m. June 5-July 31
Among the presenters will be a CSUF faculty member and
Los Angeles Times art writer.
June 5 — “The Ethics of Death and Dying”
June 19 — “The Ethics of Medical Technology”
July 3 — “Why Everyone Needs an Advance Directive”
July 17 — “Norton Simon: How America’s Most
Controversial Businessman Became the Nation’s Preeminent
Postwar Collector”
July 31 — “The Forbidden City of Beijing”
Review of the 20th Century
Alternate Thursdays, 10 a.m.-noon June 12-Aug. 7
Presented by CLE member and longtime educator Bob Linn
June 12 — “Franklin D. Roosevelt, Part 1 and Part
2”
June 26 — “Franklin D. Roosevelt, Part 1 and Part
2” (continued)
July 10 — “Biography of Eleanor Roosevelt”
July 24 — “The 1940s”
Aug. 7 — “The Cold War Begins |
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Cost: |
The series is open to the public free of charge. |
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Background: |
CLE is a self-governing university support group
of almost 800 retired and semiretired individuals dedicated
to the pursuit of lifelong learning. |
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Media Contact: |
CLE at 657-278-2446 |