Harrisburg Region

This course provides participants with the information and experiences needed to become more resilient as individuals and as groups. Building on the most recent advances in the psychology of Wellness, students will receive an introduction to recent breakthroughs in the science of personality. This lens of personality will be used to guide participants through a personalized approach to building individual and group resilience.

Current medicine practices protocol-based care as opposed to precision-personalized care. There are over 50 contributors to Alzheimer’s dementia that are identifiable 20 years prior to noticeable memory loss. In this course we will review the risk factors, some simple first steps to reduce your risk of Alzheimer's and more complicated evaluations and treatments to help reverse disease. The diagnosis of Alzheimer's has long been a death sentence, but this approach gives hope for treatment and prevention.

This presentation takes a stroll through the history of Lancaster County from the point of view of the Conestoga River. We will enjoy the beauty of the Conestoga in photographs and look at the effects that settlement of the county has had on the river. The instructor will discuss what steps can be taken to ensure that future generations are able to enjoy this natural beauty.

This course will be for participants to become aware of their feelings, ideas and dreams through the art of storytelling. Participants will be able to use the art of storytelling to verbalize and write about important events and experiences that have taken place in their lives, along with their dreams and goals for the future. The purpose of the course is to help participants express their inner feelings by using the creative art of storytelling.

This course will explore the state of the news media and their audiences today, attempting to examine whether or not truth can be found there, and if so, how people of faith and people in general might be more successful in extracting it.

The American westerns represent the quintessential contribution of American film history. In this course we will follow the rise of this genre from the B-Film days of the silent era and the 1930s, the emergence in the 1940s with darker, serious films, the golden era of the 1950s and the revisionist shift in the late 1960s and beyond. We will examine the iconic characters of these remarkable films: the rugged men and the strong women. We will also look at the core issues of the mythical American West and pioneering spirit that infused this real and imagined world.

This course provides participants with the information and experiences needed to become more resilient as individuals and as groups. Building on the most recent advances in the psychology of Wellness, students will receive an introduction to recent breakthroughs in the science of personality. This lens of personality will be used to guide participants through a personalized approach to building individual and group resilience.

Join us on a DVD travel journey through the Maritime Provinces. The tour includes natural marvels from the New England coast to the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and Prince Edward Island. From puffins and whales to cliffs and falls, we'll enjoy the wonders of all the Maritime Provinces have to offer. The program will conclude with a PowerPoint presentation focusing on specific points of interest.

How do you find specific stars and constellations in the night sky? This lecture will give the participant an understanding of the celestial sphere, the motions of objects in the sky, and how to find objects in the sky. Some of the mythology of the planets, stars, and constellations will be included in this lecture.

The Weaver story is an example of small town American entrepreneurship. Victor Weaver and his wife, Edith, began their business by selling 17 dressed chickens in a suburban Philadelphia farmers' market. As the company grew, Victor was recognized as a visionary and pioneer of new products in the poultry industry, often a step ahead of major companies. When Victor had difficulty establishing a steady labor force, he hired Puerto Ricans. The company provided English classes and cultural awareness training to help these people in transition to the States. He helped establish the first Spanish-American Mennonite congregation in the area. Victor was guided by his Christian faith and remained a humble man whose success didn't change him. He and Edith supported many churches and other causes that benefited his community and beyond.