Updates From the Program Director

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 Carolina to the canals of Venice, Italy. We will also […]

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 2022.   If proof of vaccination and booster shot or negative […]

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 to more customary educational experiences, we look forward to offering […]

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 down from my term as Director of the Lifelong Learning […]

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 courses for the Fall, and so appreciate everyone who has […]

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 of people who want to know more. This Fall will […]

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 to get the campus open for Fall and figure out […]

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 hope that our Lifelong Learning classrooms will be high on […]

December 2019 Dear Friends, On behalf of Mimi Komos, April Strader Bullin, and myself, welcome to the Spring 2020 semester of Lifelong Learning courses. As we roll on into a decade that once seemed unfathomably distant, our roster of classes will help us keep our bearings, grow our horizons, and perceive our world more clearly. […]