Featured Events - November
November 3 2011 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Information Session with Career Step
Free Informational Session
Thursday, November 3, 2011 6pm
UNM Continuing Education, 1634 University Blvd. NE
Combine your interest in self-paced, online training and a healthcare career. New this fall is the Medical Administrative Assistant. Join Career Step Representatives to learn more on Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 6pm. Career Step also offers Medical Transcription Editor and Pharmacy Technician Online training.
For more information contact Loree Nalin, Program Supervisor, (505) 277-6025, hhs@dce.unm.edu.
November 4 2011 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Grief and Loss: A Changing Perspective
A Special Osher Members - Only Event
Dennis Holland, PhD, will provide an overview of personal grief and how we all naturally respond to the grief process. The impact of changing social views of grief and the impact on individuals will be covered. Topics include: While most people manage the grief process on their own, sometimes "complicated grief" can overwhelm the natural process requiring assistance.
How individuals can best support others going through the grief process.
Challenging the myths and misinformation of grief. Risks of unresolved grief: comorbid depression, sleep disorders and other health risks.
November 4, 2011 10:00am-Noon
Del Webb Alegria Active Adult Community
901 Cottonwood Circle, Bernalillo, NM 87004
Dennis Holland, Ph.D., Licensed Therapist and Specialist in Grief/Loss
For more information call Maralie BeLonge, Osher Supervisor, at (505) 277-6179 or belonge@unm.edu.
Go to Osher Lifelong Learning Institute page
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is an active and self-motivated group of people age 50+ who share curiosity and a love of learning.
Membership Info
The membership fee for 2011 is just $20. Tuition fees vary with the length of the class. UNM tuition remission may be used for classes but not for the membership fee. Members receive free book check-out from the four main-campus libraries and a 10% discount for many Popejoy Hall events and all events at Keller Hall.
November 5 2011 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Moms and Daughters in Partnership Conference
Join us for this fun, one-day event just for girls ages 10-13 and their mothers, grandmothers or other special women in their lives. Girls will learn how to handle peer pressure, self-defense techniques, yoga, and belly dancing. Mothers will join girls for some activities and participate in discussions on how to support tweens and teens as they deal with social challenges, media images, cyberbullying and more. In addition to time together, mothers and daughters will enjoy a buffet lunch and some fun mother-daughter pampering. This event is a gift for all girls entering or soon-to enter middle school!
November 5, Saturday 9:00am-3:30pm
Course: 17800 Section: A
$42 per person For: 1 session
UNM Main Campus
For more information call Naomi Sandweiss, Program Supervisor, at (505) 277-0698 or email naomis@unm.edu.
November 29 2011 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Sicily: Travels through Time
A Special Osher Members - Only Event
Located in the heart of the Mediterranean, Sicily has seen it all: Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines , Arabs and Normans. Successive waves of settlers and conquerors left a remarkably rich architectural heritage. This lecture will offer an illustrated outline of Sicily’s history and architecture up to the 12th Century.
November 29, 2011 10:00am-Noon
Continuing Education, 1634 University Blvd. NE, North Building, Rooms B&C
Kay Young, Humanities Fellow in the U.S. and Europe
For more information call Maralie BeLonge, Osher Supervisor, at (505) 277-6179 or belonge@unm.edu.
Go to Osher Lifelong Learning Institute page
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is an active and self-motivated group of people age 50+ who share curiosity and a love of learning.
Membership Info
The membership fee for 2011 is just $20. Tuition fees vary with the length of the class. UNM tuition remission may be used for classes but not for the membership fee. Members receive free book check-out from the four main-campus libraries and a 10% discount for many Popejoy Hall events and all events at Keller Hall.
