Senior College of Central Nebraska
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Senior College provides a diverse curriculum of intellectually stimulating classes and special activities for folks 55 and older in Central Nebraska.
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Senior College Class: Where's My Front Porch?
- Join Stan Dart as he explains the long and interesting history of front porches in “house architecture” since the early days of American settlement to the mor
- Monday Jan 12, 2026
Senior College Class: Nebraska Climate - Has It Changed? Fact or Fiction?
- Join Meteorologist Jerilyn Billings Wright as we’re plunging into Nebraska’s climate history to investigate whether climate change is fact or just a tall tale
- Tuesday Jan 13, 2026
Senior College Class: A Republic If We Can Keep It: 250 Years of Constitutional Democracy
- In this presentation Lina Homberger Cordia examines the global impact of the American Revolution, fittingly, as the U.S. celebrates its 250th anniversary by tak
- Thursday Jan 15, 2026
Senior College Class: The Future of Local News: What Happens After the Newspaper?
- Join Matt Wynn from Flatwater Free Press and explore the rise of nonprofit news, how communities like ours are building new local news models and why trustworth
- Tuesday Jan 20, 2026
Senior College Class: Airline Incidents and Accidents: Is It Safe to Fly?
- Recent months have seen what seems to be a rash of airline accidents and incidents. Is this a trend? What is happening, and why?
- Wednesday Jan 21, 2026
Senior College Class: Water Quality Within the CPNRD
- Join Courtney Widup as she discusses how the Central Platte NRD maintains a groundwater quality monitoring program that collects water samples across the Distri
- Monday Jan 26, 2026
Senior College Class: Cultural Relevant Literacy
- Empower yourselves with the awareness, knowledge, and understanding of the role of culture and identity in the literacy process to enhance the cognitive and rea
- Wednesday Jan 28, 2026
Senior College Class: Seeing Is Not Believing: What You See is Not What You Get
- Visual Illusions have been studied by psychologists for over 100 years. Not only have we learned much about the human visual system, but illusions have taught u
- Wednesday Feb 4, 2026
Senior College Class: W(h)ither American Democracy
- Join Dr. Joan Blauwkamp to discuss how we got here (a little), what is happening now, and what might work to prevent American democracy from withering away.
- Thursday Feb 5, 2026
Senior College Class: The Politics of the Drug War
- Join Dr. Will Aviles for a clear, informative look at the history of the U.S. drug war, why it began, and how it has shaped communities over time.
- Thursday Feb 12, 2026
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