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Continuance Fall / Winter 2003-2004
Coming and Past Events
Lifelong Learning and Service: An Organization for Older Learners
Officers Elected
The slate of officers for 2003-2005 has been approved by the membership and includes: Chair: Anita Revelle, Institute for Learning in Retirement, Illinois State University; Vice-Chair: Terri Dousias, Lifelong Learners, Prairie State College; Members at Large are Cheryl Barber, Personal and Professional Enrichment Programs; University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Mike Shore, RSVP, Highland Community College; and Mayuko Sterzinger, Heartland Community College. Outgoing President is Sherry Sparks, Continuing Education, John Wood College.
Lifelong Learning and Service is a coalition of community college and university older learner programs. They meet twice each year to share information about involving older persons in educational programs and in service opportunities.
Communications Contest
The Second Communications contest was announced by Lifelong. The categories are Excellence for Instructor, Volunteer, Service, Innovation, or Information (Brochure or Publicity). Those eligible are community college and university programs for older learners. Deadline: December 15, 2003 Contact: ssparks@jwcc.edu or mshore@highland.cc.il.us
Next Meeting
The Winter Meeting will be held on February 26 with video connections between the College of DuPage in the north, the Illinois Community College Board in Springfield, and a location to be announced in the south.
Lifelong was founded in 1992 and is sponsored by the Illinois Community College Board, the Illinois Board of Higher Education, and the Intergenerational Initiative at Southern Illinois University. Organizational representatives are Lynn Neidigh and Preston Morgan (ICCB), and Jane Angelis (Intergenerational Initiative/ SIU Carbondale)
Saving Our Stories History Day Oral History Awards for Family and Multicultural History
Awards
Two new intergenerational categories will be added to the State History Expo in 2004: family history and multicultural history. Illinois students from 6th to 12th grade are invited to submit an oral history about their family or another culture. Four $100 awards will be given to middle school students and high school students.
To Compete for Awards
Conduct an oral history interview with older members of your family or elders of another culture. Include the continent of your interviewee's origin, migration to America and Illinois, the challenges they faced and how they met them, and the traditions that have been passed down to present generations. The papers should not exceed 2000 words and must be submitted through the city fairs of the Chicago Metro History Education Center or the regional fairs of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency.
For additional information visit Saving Our Stories or call 217-782-2981
COMING
December 5-6, 2003 Springfield: Crowne Plaza Illinois History Symposium
Education and Justice in Illinois Featuring: Chicago Celebrates the Kitty Hawk Centennial
www.historyillinois.org 217-525-2781
December 10-12 Chicago: Hyatt Regency Governor's Conference on Aging
The Power of Positive Change Making It Work for You
IL Dept. on Aging
May 6, 2004 Springfield: Capitol Bring Your Ancestors to the Capitol
Saving Our Stories History Day
May 6-7, 2004 Oakbrook: Oakbrook Marriott IL Conference for Volunteer Administrators
Riding the Volunteerism Wave
630-759-4043 peggykozy@aol.com
Coming in the Spring Continuance
Profiles: James L. Kaplan, Chair, IL Bd of Higher Education Brenda Holmes, Deputy Governor for Education
High School History Press Corps Interview: Richard Norton Smith, Lincoln Librarian
Intergenerational Gallery: Articles by students and retirees about their intergenerational experiences.
Lewis and Clark at Camp River DuBois
