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Summer was a busy season for Lifelong Learning. Our classes covered the gamut, from brain science to local women’s history to political campaigns. We hosted a successful film screening and our first International Adventure in Lifelong Learning to Venice, Italy was a rousing success. Demand […]

Even as we welcome the crisp autumn evenings, the Lifelong Learning Program is already planning for the season of revival and renewal! We are excited to welcome returning and new members of the Lifelong Learning community as we offer a variety of educational opportunities. We […]

Summer is the season for travel and adventure! In this spirit of exploration, the Lifelong Learning program is excited about numerous developments in our educational enrichment offerings. Over the next year, our Adventures in Lifelong Learning will take us from the churches of Asheville, North […]

Greetings and Happy New Year! As the Spring 2022  Lifelong Learning term approaches we wanted to make you aware of the current  University COVID-19 protocols. Wake Forest University has updated their Visitor protocols effective December 29, 2021.  These protocols are currently in effect through January […]

Greetings, Lifelong Learners! I am excited to be appointed as the incoming Director of the Lifelong Learning and Liberal Arts Studies MA programs.  I firmly believe continuing education is foundational to the liberal arts and to enriching “the life of the mind”. As we return […]

Dear Friends, As I write it is New Year’s Eve, and I wish for all of you a happy and healthy New Year. Today is also my last day as Associate Dean for Continuing Studies in the Graduate School. And thus I am also stepping […]

Dear Friends, I expect all of us will be happy to see the tumultuous year of 2020 fade into the past. Events have upset so many plans, including our exciting schedule of courses to be held at Brookstown and other venues. We adjusted to online […]

Dear Friends, We are so pleased to be getting back in touch with you, our curious, eager, and inquisitive constituency. Lifelong learners make up one of the most stimulating audiences of participants our teachers enjoy as they present what they know best to a classroom […]

Dear Friends of Lifelong Learning, Five months have gone by since we called off our Spring and Summer courses for 2020.  It’s hard to comprehend what a challenging and difficult time this has been for all of us.  At Wake Forest we have been working […]

Dear Friends, 2020 has gotten off to very disorienting start, to say the least. None of us expected to be plunged into a global health crisis and to have all our plans upended. As we all look for stability, some constants in our lives, I […]