Harrisburg Region

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.

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 look at ways people’s identities are stolen or compromised, what you can do if you find you have had your identity stolen, and how to stop theft from occurring. We will review and discuss common scams and frauds.

In this lecture we will look at the development of the Theory of Plate Tectonics and the evidence that supports it. We will then look into the movement of the plates and the effects of that movement. Volcanic types and locations will be explained. Earthquake causes and effects will be described. We will finish with a description of how earthquake epicenters are located.

Jennie Jerome was born to a wealthy family in New York City. She was considered one of the most beautiful women of her time. After meeting Randolph Churchill at a sailing event in England they became engaged after just three days. Her firstborn son was Winston Churchill, the future Prime Minister of England. Lady Randolph was well-respected and influential in the highest British social and political circles. She had numerous lovers including the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII of the United Kingdom. An intelligent and talented woman, she was an author, playwright, interior decorator and famously known for chartering a hospital ship to care for those wounded in the Boer War. She married twice more, one husband being three years younger than her son Winston.

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.

The formation of the powerful Hollywood studios turned Hollywood into a worldwide phenomenon. These “factories” included rosters of extremely talented actors, directors, writers, cinematographers, and a whole host of other creative departments that churned out so many wonderful films. During the Golden Era that spanned the late 1920s until the late 1940s, each studio developed its own specific “personality” or style. We will look at each of the major studios: MGM, Paramount, Warner Brothers, RKO, 20th Century Fox, and the minor ones: Columbia, Universal and United Artists. We will watch scenes from many of their great films. We will also learn how they started to lose their grip on the industry that they created.

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.