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9/24/2003
Contact: K.E. Schwab --
724-738-2199; e-mail: karl.schwab@sru.edu
‘COMPUTER BASICS’ CLASS FOR
SENIORS IN WEXFORD AREA PLANNED BY SRU
WEXFORD, Pa. – Seniors and retired adults interested in
family histories or letters, searching the Internet for information
or just wanting to send e-mail, including photographs, to family
and friends are being urged to consider a special “Computer
Basics” class offered by Slippery Rock University’s
Institute for Learning in Retirement.
The
six-session, two-hour workshops will be offered at SRU’s
North Hills Center, just west of I-79 in Wexford, beginning Oct.
8.
The
course will cover a number of basic computer software programs,
including word processing, spreadsheet applications and how to find
information on the World Wide Web. Classes will also offer
instruction on creating and sending e-mail messages. The textbook
for the course is “For Grandmas Who Do Windows,” by Amy
C. Lowenstein, with “Windows” used as a play-on-words
for the computer software company Microsoft, maker of its line of
“Windows” products.
“SRU’s
Institute for Learning in Retirement is a member-directed
organization providing lively learning experiences for mature
adults who share a love of learning,” explains Dr. Constance
Smith, the ILR’s volunteer executive director. “Courses
range from learning foreign languages to astronomy, bird and
butterfly gardens, international cooking, line dancing, recording
oral histories and a host of other subjects,” she adds. The
program, which also offers classes on SRU’s main campus,
offers four separate courses related to computers to help mature
adults keep up on the latest information.
Smith
points out, “Retirement is not a prerequisite
for ILR membership, nor is prior educational attainment or
affiliation with SRU.”
Now
in its sixth semester of offering non-credit classes, the program,
similar to some 250 nationwide, also includes fieldtrips and a
lunch and lecture series.The non-profit organization
is affiliated with SRU and the SRU Alumni Association. It is also
affiliated with Elderhostel Institute Network. Instructors and
facilitators are unpaid volunteers, many of whom are drawn from the
membership itself. Those willing to serve as a future instructor
should contact the institute.
Fees and related information, including course catalog,
registration materials are available at 724-738-1604 or by visiting
the SRU Web site at
www.SRU.edu/ILR
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