Tuition for fall term is $80 with possible additional charges for materials. For this one tuition fee, attend as many or as few of the following classes as interest allows, or you may take one or two courses for $30 each All classes are held in the ILR classroom in Riley Court unless otherwise noted.
Check the ILR home page for cancellations due to weather.
9:00 -10:30 a.m.
Colloquium
Moderator: Guest Presenters
Location: ILR classroom
March 25- April 29
We are starting off the day and week with our ever popular colloquium course. Once again this course will offer a wide range of interesting topics. Participants will learn about Celiac, optical illusions, dragonflies, an apron collection and Coach Carlin Carpenter will share about his newly released book, “Coaching Football Ain’t Easy.” A full summary of colloquium speakers and subject will follow with registration.
10:45 a.m. -12:15 p.m.
Art in Modern Architecture
Moderator: Mary Ann Sullivan, Ph.D.
Location: ILR Classroom
March 25, April 1, 8, and 15 (*Note both art courses serve as one)
Although Mary Ann’s doctorate is in English literature, she also taught art history for more than 25 years at Bluffton University. Her interest in architecture has taken her from modernista architecture in Barcelona to the pyramids of Egypt and Mexico and from Cao Dai temples in Vietnam to medieval churches in France. Her website, focused on architecture and sculpture, has more than 19,000 pictures (which she photographed) and text.
Modern Architecture
This series of illustrated lectures will look at some of the major movements and notable architects of the 20th and 21st centuries. It will begin at the end of the nineteenth century with a discussion of the development of the skyscraper and end with some exciting postmodern and deconstructivist buildings. You can look forward to Frank Lloyd Wright, le Corbusier, and the “International style” marching forward to Gehry, Liebskind, and Coop Himmelb(l)au.
A Virtual Tour of the Toledo Museum of Art
Moderator: Bev Fisher
Location: ILR Classroom April 22 and 29
Bev will be our personal docent she takes us on a virtual tour of the Toledo Art Museum. You will be able to explore and learn of the art in this wonderful museum from the comfort of your chair.
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
The History of the Internet and Internet Vocabulary
Moderator: Sue Knippen
Location: ILR Classroom
March 25, April 1, 8, and 15
There isn’t any part of our life that hasn’t been affected by the Internet and computers. While watching TV, shopping, vacationing, paying bills, listening to the radio, dealing with social security, Medicare, or automobile maintenance, very often someone will ask us, “Do you have access to the Internet?” Just how and why did this phenomenon take over the world? And where did it come from? Is it okay to blog, link, download, and torrent? What’s the difference between a PC and an Apple? This short course, facilitated by a non-computer science/non-electrical engineer person, will discuss historical developments of the Internet and computers, while also providing some user friendly explanations of what some of those crazy words mean.
Touring Bluffton University
This is your opportunity to see a personal tour of some of the major buildings on the Bluffton University campus. No fee required just registration. You do not have to be signed up for the previous course.
April 22: Sommer Health and Fitness Center and Musselman Library
Meet at 1:30 at Marbeck Center (front desk)
April 29: Ramseyer/Neufeld Resident Halls, Yoder Recital Hall, and Sauder Visual Art Center
Meet at Sauder Visual Arts Center at 1:30 p.m.
9:00 -10:30 a.m.
FUN NUMBERS, AND OTHER NUMERICAL THINGS
Moderator: H.W. Enderle
Location: ILR classroom
March 27- May 1
Come have fun with numbers that you were never taught in school. Puzzles, Magic Squares, Palindromes, number sequences and Phyllotaxis, tessellations and a giant Canadian Easter Egg, ellipses and the earth orbit, cartoon made by the computer, your automobile headlights and parabolas. The Golden ratio in art, nature, the human body, architecture and other places, and why are honeycomb cell hexagons? Why is your kitchen tile, squares, hexagons, or triangles? Why are company trademarks ellipses? No headaches, rigors or traumas, just FUN! A small inexpensive calculator would be an asset for this course.
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Spirituality and Elderhood: Exploring Spiritual Disciplines
Moderator: Doug Luginbill
Location: ILR Classroom
March 27- May 1
This course will briefly explore classical spiritual disciplines of Western Christianity with an emphasis on how elderhood is a season of life uniquely suited for the exploration and practice of spiritual disciplines. Discover how such disciplines might ignite spiritual renewal and develop spiritual wisdom in elderhood. Some of the disciplines that will be explored include lectio divina, the daily examen, walking the labyrinth, life review, spiritual retreats, and praying the hours. Participants are invited to actively engage in practices of their choosing throughout the course.
Doug Luginbill is a 1985 graduate of Bluffton University with a B.A. in Religion and Sociology. He received a Master of Divinity from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, IN in 1997. He served as a Christian camp director for 7 years and pastored for 14 years, serving churches in Ohio and Kansas. More recently he completed his training as a spiritual director. Doug is the Director of Resource Development and Church Relations at Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio. He is married to Paula and has two young-adult children, Jonathan and Carissa. We welcome Doug as he moderates his first ILR course.
Book Review
Moderators: Guest presenters
Location: ILR Classroom
March 27 – May 1
A favorite course returns this spring with the ILR Book Review course. Every week promises to be filled with interesting books that will take us to exciting places and meet interesting characters. A full description of the weekly presenters and books will accompany registration.
9:00a.m. – Noon
Movies with Pam: Musicals
Moderator: Pam Grear
Location: ILR Classroom
March 28- May 16
The Development of the Great American Musicals
We will be exploring the evolution of the Broadway musical from Vaudeville and musical reviews to the musical on Broadway, and in the movies: from Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Rogers and Hamerstein, to Andrew Llyod Weber. Come join us and take a break from our trouble world and enter a world where people break into song and dance. We will be seeing the following musicals:
Discussion and hand-outs to follow the movie.
1:30-3:00 p.m.
Introduction to Acrylic Painting
Moderator: Judy Ruen
Location: Lion and Lamb classroom
Develop your painting style, and learn to use color and space to paint landscapes with acrylic paint on canvas panels. No experience required. Course registration is limited to 12 students. Material cost: $10.00
A Clogging Experience – Intro to Clogging
Moderator: Marilyn Bishop
Five weeks - March 28, April 4, 11, 18, 25.
Location: Founder’s Hall stage
It is time to get the body moving as we welcome the warmth of spring. Don’t be concerned to give this a try. This is not the Irish high step version! Wear hard soled shoes.
Registration and course fees (if applicable) are due at time of registration. To register, contact Janet Schumacher, director of ILR at Bluffton University: 419-358-3346 or schumacherjp@bluffton.edu.
Forum programs are held on Tuesday mornings from 11 a.m.-12 noon in Founders Hall. Members of the ILR program are invited to attend the series. There is no charge.
Lunches: You may purchase a lunch for $4.25 at the Marbeck Commons. Tell the clerk you are an ILR member.
