Thrifty courses offered to keep minds active
Issue date: 2/5/10 Section: News
By Tatiana Kundrat
EP Staff Reporter
College--a place people go to earn a higher education, meet new people and see their grandparents.
College Classics is a Midland College program for senior citizens. It is a program that enables its participants to take as many classes as they want in the program for only $25.
"College Classics at Midland College provides a low cost, non-credit opportunity for citizens 50 and over to broaden their knowledge in areas of interest in an informal educational setting," according to the College Classics Mission Statement .
"The students are here to get an education or continue an education and keep their minds active," said Will Morris, dean of social and behavioral sciences and a College Classics teacher since its inception in the spring of 1989.
"I think it's great because it promotes life-long learning, not just for people in their twenties or thirties, but for people who already have their degrees or are retired and don't want to sit at home anymore," said Brenda Cordero, continuing education coordinator.
"It keeps their brain active and keeps them in touch with their friends," Cordero said.
"I like teaching College Classics because the students are interested; they don't necessarily hear very well, some of them, but they're interested and they read," Morris said.
Students are required to pay a one-time $25 registration fee that allows them to take any or all classes in three four-week sessions. The money goes to the mailing of schedules for the program, not in the pockets of the teachers. All teachers in the College Classics program are volunteers and do not receive any money for their time, Cordero said.
"If we didn't have their dedication, there is no way we could have a College Classics program," Cordero said.
"I don't have to grade papers or give grades or anything like that. I'm not on any set schedule so I can take as long or as short amount of time to talk about something as I feel like," Morris said. "It's tremendous freedom."
EP Staff Reporter
College--a place people go to earn a higher education, meet new people and see their grandparents.
College Classics is a Midland College program for senior citizens. It is a program that enables its participants to take as many classes as they want in the program for only $25.
"College Classics at Midland College provides a low cost, non-credit opportunity for citizens 50 and over to broaden their knowledge in areas of interest in an informal educational setting," according to the College Classics Mission Statement .
"The students are here to get an education or continue an education and keep their minds active," said Will Morris, dean of social and behavioral sciences and a College Classics teacher since its inception in the spring of 1989.
"I think it's great because it promotes life-long learning, not just for people in their twenties or thirties, but for people who already have their degrees or are retired and don't want to sit at home anymore," said Brenda Cordero, continuing education coordinator.
"It keeps their brain active and keeps them in touch with their friends," Cordero said.
"I like teaching College Classics because the students are interested; they don't necessarily hear very well, some of them, but they're interested and they read," Morris said.
Students are required to pay a one-time $25 registration fee that allows them to take any or all classes in three four-week sessions. The money goes to the mailing of schedules for the program, not in the pockets of the teachers. All teachers in the College Classics program are volunteers and do not receive any money for their time, Cordero said.
"If we didn't have their dedication, there is no way we could have a College Classics program," Cordero said.
"I don't have to grade papers or give grades or anything like that. I'm not on any set schedule so I can take as long or as short amount of time to talk about something as I feel like," Morris said. "It's tremendous freedom."
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