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Center for Creative Retirement

The Center for Creative Retirement (CCR) is made up of a diverse group of seniors - some retired, some about to retire - for whom education is a life long adventure to be shared with enthusiastic and often new friends. It's a self-governing group which depends upon active involvement of its members for program ideas and modest financial support.

Members, who are considered non-credit students at the College of Charleston, are eligible for:

Weekly meetings from September thru May
Smaller in-depth study groups
Some off-site meetings
Access to the College of Charleston Library
College of Charleston CCR ID
CCR newsletters
Field trips to historical and cultural sites
Monthly luncheons (individual billing) at local restaurants

Location

9 Liberty Street
Charleston, South Carolina 29424

Membership dues

September 2009 - May 2010 $50.00

CCR Tuesdays Meeting Location

St. Joseph's Family Center
1695 Raoul Wallenberg Boulevard
Charleston, South Carolina 29407
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Phone: 843.953.5488

Study Groups

Meet at various venues
$10 Members
$20 non-CCR Members

Senior Citizen Registration

For further information
Claire Robinson
Phone: 843.953.5488

Checks may be mailed to:

Center for Creative Retirement
9 Liberty St.,
Charleston, SC 29424
or you can sign up at the first meeting that you attend.

CCR Program: Fall 2009

Tuesday, September 15

11:30 AM - BOARD MEETING
1:00 PM - "Dealing With Difficult People"
Dr. Stephen Bryant, MUSC
2:30 PM - "Going Deep: 20 Classic Sports Stories"
Gary Smith, Author

Tuesday, September 22

1:00 PM - "Mark Twain, Mugwump at Large"
Dr. James Leonard, English Dept., The Citadel
2:30 PM - "The US and Latin America"
Douglas Friedman, International Studies, College of Charleston

Tuesday, September 29

1:00 PM - "Archeological Finds at Sutton Hoo (A Norse Ship)"
Dr. Bob Reilly
2:30 PM - "Life After Death in the Medieval Norse World"
Dr. Meg Cormack, Religious Studies Dept., College of Charleston

Tuesday, October 6

1:00 PM - "The Barbarian Traditions in Early Medieval European Art"
Michael Haga, Art Dept., College of Charleston
2:30 PM - "The Arts of the New Deal Era"
Joy Morris, CCR member

Tuesday, October 13

11:30 AM - BOARD MEETING
1:00 PM - "The Power of Poetry"
Marjorie Wentworth, SC Poet Laureate
2:30 PM - "What China is Now Doing in Africa"
Dr. John Saunders, Kudu Coffee

Tuesday, October 20

1:00 PM - "Lewis & Clark Trail Today"
Dr. Bill Davis, CCR member
2:30 PM - "Mission of the Charleston Concert Association"
Jason Nichols, President, CCA

Tuesday, October 27

1:00 PM - "France Between The World Wars"
Dr. Joelle Neulander, History Dept., The Citadel
2:30 PM - "Germany Between The World Wars"
Dr. M. B. Barrett, History Dept., The Citadel

Tuesday, November 3

1:00 PM - "Origins of al-Qaeda"
Del Sisson, Dr. Penny Travis, Donald P. Hearth
2:30 PM - "Mount Kilimanjaro: Womens' Journeys"
Polly Epstein, Owner/ Project Liaison, Daniel Island Woodworks

Tuesday, November 10

11:30 PM - BOARD MEETING
1:00 PM - "The Story of the Green Berets"
Dennis Lima, Command Sergeant Major, US Special Forces
2:30 PM - "Mathematics & Linguistics"
Dr. W. Garrett Mitchener, Math Dept., College of Charleston

Tuesday, November 17

1:00 PM - "Your Questions about Charleston's Drinking Water"
Charleston Water System Spokesperson
2:30 PM - "Long Leaf Pine: Paradise Lost?"
Dr. Jean Everett, Biology Dept., College of Charleston

Tuesday, November 24

1:00 PM - "Darwin and the Development of the Theory of Evolution"
Dr. Joel Gramling, Biology Dept., The Citadel
2:30 PM - "Books and More"
Sharon Harvey and Jamie Thomas, Charleston County Library

Tuesday, December 1

1:00 PM - "Folk Remedies"
Dr. Richard Porcher, Professor Emeritus, Biology Dept., The Citadel
2:30 PM - "Project Prothonotary Warbler"
Jeff Mollenhauer, SC Audubon Society

Tuesday, December 8

12:00 - Business Meeting
12:30 - 2:30 PM - LUNCHEON FRANKLIN ASHLEY TRIO