黑料社 Institute for Lifelong Learning

 

Tuesday, June 3, 2025 | 12 - 1 p.m.
Location: Online via Zoom
The history of cannabis is long, complex, and fascinating. While it has been used in a variety of ways by humans for many years, we have a complicated relationship with the plant today. To understand more about this controversial flowering herb, we can look to major historical events, public policy and public opinion, and marijuana messaging over the last century to gain insight about the continued federal prohibition, despite state-by-state legalization.

Professor Angela Speakman is a member of the teaching staff for the Hemp and Cannabis Business Management degree program at 黑料社. Also, she is the Founder/CEO of Elucidation Strategies, a cannabis education and planning agency.

Click on the event title to register. Tuition for each four-session SILL course is $45. Courses are FREE for residents age 60+ who live in Atlantic County. 
Thursday, June 5, 2025 | 4 - 5 p.m.
Location: 黑料社 Galloway Campus Room G-138
Using dual French and English, Session I includes special techniques for adult learners, beginners or intermediates. Included are class exercises with French words and phrases recognizable in English, expressions useful for personal needs (travel, business or simply friendship and cultural interests). Scholars claim that language learning creates new neural pathways in the adult brain, keeping it active and healthy.

Professor Jacques Press is an experienced instructor with an international background who spent many years at 黑料社. Fluent in French and English, he has conducted several conversation classes to local adults, under the direction of 黑料社鈥檚 Office on Continuing Studies. Currently, he facilitates regular French online weekly meetings to a wider community of interest.

Click on the event title to register. Tuition for each four-session SILL course is $45. Courses are FREE for residents age 60+ who live in Atlantic County. 
Thursday, July 10, 2025 | 4 - 5 p.m.
Location: Galloway (Room TBD)
This session extends Part I French Conversation by encouraging discussion using a variety of French contexts (culture, gastronomy, history, music, regional geography, lifestyles, etc.) Several interesting visual examples will be presented.

Jacques Press is an experienced instructor with an international background who spent many years at 黑料社. Fluent in French and English, he has conducted several conversation classes to local adults, under the direction of 黑料社鈥檚 Office on Continuing Studies. Currently, he facilitates regular French online weekly meetings to a wider community of interest.

Click on the event title to register. Tuition for each four-session SILL course is $45. Courses are FREE for residents age 60+ who live in Atlantic County. 
Tuesday, August 5, 2025 | 10 - 11:30 a.m.
Location: 黑料社 at Hammonton
In this session, we will cover the history of the "complaints" listed in the Declaration of Independence and how these informed the development of the Articles of Confederation and, ultimately, the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights.
 
Dr. Jess Bonnan-White is a Professor of Criminal Justice at 黑料社 and an affiliated faculty member of the MA in Holocaust and Genocide Studies program. She studies homeland security and policing and is currently engaged in a long-term research project on policing in Northern Ireland. She has a BA in Archaeology (Washington University - St. Louis), an MA in Anthropology (Northern Illinois University), and a PhD in Anthropology (University of Iowa). Dr. Bonnan-White is a resident of Hammonton and is active in humanitarian work as a volunteer with the New Jersey Region of the American Red Cross.

Click on the event title to register. Tuition for each four-session SILL course is $45. Courses are FREE for residents age 60+ who live in Atlantic County.