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September 2007
Distinguished Speaker Series
The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences’ Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences presents
Erin Brockovich at Nova Southeastern University. As part of the college’s Distinguished
Speaker Series, Brockovich will speak on November 1, from 7:00–8:30 p.m. in the Miniaci
Performing Arts Center. Admission is free.
A movie about her first great legal case made her famous around the world, even though she has
never been a lawyer. Julia Roberts won an Oscar for portraying her as a spunky, sassy legal
assistant with endless determination, but she might have underplayed the role. As a file clerk in
the law firm of Masry and Vititoe, Brockovich came across medical records in a file on a pro
bono real estate case and began to look into the matter. Her investigation revealed that the health
of many people from Hinkley, California, had been compromised for decades by exposure to
Chromium 6, a toxic chemical that had leaked into the groundwater from the nearby Pacific Gas
and Electric Company's Compressor Station. The biggest direct action lawsuit of its kind forced
the giant utility in 1996 to make the largest legal settlement in U.S. history, paying out $333
million in damages to more than 600 Hinkley residents.
Brockovich has managed other major lawsuits at Masry and Vititoe as their Director of
Environmental Research, including one for residents in the town of Kettleman, also against
PG&E, that was settled for $335 million. While she has great empathy for the environment, she
spearheaded these suits for humane reasons as well. She said, “I do care a great deal about the
environment but my real work and my greatest challenge is trying to overcome deceits that end
up jeopardizing public health and safety.”
In addition to a small role as a waitress in the film that bears her name, she has also hosted a
Lifetime series, Final Justice, a reality drama series about women who have faced great
challenges. Brockovich next hosted ABC's Challenge America, which motivated people to
support charitable causes. She has also published a book, Take It from Me, Life’s a Struggle but
You Can Win, and worked as a consultant.
On February 21, 2008, the Division of Math, Science, and Technology will present the next
Distinguished Speaker in the series, Nobel Prize winner Eric Kandel, M.D. He won for his
research in the physiological basis of memory storage in neurons. A refugee from the Nazis as an
Austrian Jew, Kandel studied in the United States. His interest in neuroscience led him to
recognize, through experiments, that the physical storage of memory relied on synaptic
connections between neurons. Connected with this research are investigations into the nature of
learning. Kandel describes memory as “a form of mental time travel [that] frees us from the
constraints of time and space.” It is the brain’s amazing ability to store a seemingly infinite
number of facts, figures and experiences, according to Kandel, which enables us to retrieve what
we have learned before the present time.
College News
2007 Convocation
The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences celebrated the beginning of the 2007-2008 academic
year by hosting Convocation on Tuesday, September 4, 2007, at the Miniaci Performing Arts
Center. A reception followed at the Dr. William S. Spears Courtyard Atrium in the Carl DeSantis
Building. At this annual ceremony, the undergraduate student body and the faculty join together
in anticipation of academic excellence and shared intellectual pursuit. The program included
talks by Altaf Ali, Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Florida
Chapter, as the keynote speaker. Kathleen J. Waites , Ph.D., recipient of the 2007 Farquhar
College of Arts and Sciences Full-Time Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award, also spoke.
Other features of Convocation included the Clinic Exploration Program Jacketing Ceremony, in
which participants of the program received their blue jackets they wear while shadowing medical
professionals at NSU clinics. The Dean’s List Scholars Recognition celebrated outstanding
undergraduate students.
Donald Baird, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Division of Math, Science, and Technology,
recently took three NSU undergraduate biology majors to the American Chemical Society’s 83rd
Annual Florida Section Meeting and Exposition (FAME 2007) in Orlando. Student Richard
Wheeler won second place in the Undergraduate Poster Competition and received $100 for his
poster on “The Synthesis of Building Blocks for Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOF): Potential
for Gaseous Fuel Storage.” FAME 2007 included all levels of students and faculty from
chemistry departments across Florida.
The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences, the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
(FLIFF), and the South Florida Irish Studies Consortium are co-sponsoring the first South
Florida Irish Film Festival from September 6–14. The festival features five films shown at
NSU's main campus and Cinema Paradiso in downtown Fort Lauderdale. The films are provided
by Reel Ireland, which is run by the Irish Film Institute.
The schedule includes:
September 6: Panel Discussion featuring professors Jim Doan, Ph.D., Steve Alford, Ph.D., and David Kilroy, Ph.D. of the Division of Humanities in the Parker Building, room 243.
September 8: Adam and Paul, Cinema Paradiso.
September 10: Pavee Lackeen, NSU’s Mailman Auditorium.
September 11: Meeting Che Guevara and the Man from Maybury Hill (short), Parker Building, room 243.
September 12: The Wind that Shakes the Barley, NSU’s Mailman Auditorium.
September 14: Studs, Cinema Paradiso.
The college is offering workshops on Law School Prep for students interested in law school who are not sure how to prepare for and apply to law school. The workshops, free and open to all NSU students, are held September 5,12, and 19 in the Parker Building, Room 2002. Topics covered include:
Where should you go to school?
How should you prepare for the LSAT?
How do you apply?
How do you create personal statements and get letters of reference for applications?
The workshops are run by Tim Dixon, J.D. and Gary Gershman, J.D., Ph.D., associate professors
of legal studies in the Division of Humanities, as well as students from NSU’s Shepard Broad
Law Center.
Mark Jaffe, D.P.M., assistant professor in the Division of Math, Science, and Technology, is
gathering volunteers to assist with “A Day for Children” on Sunday, September 16. The
volunteers will get a t-shirt, letter of recognition of their volunteer work from HPD, and an
opportunity to shadow almost all of the departments from HPD.
Faculty Lecture Series
This series explores the college faculty’s diverse areas of interest in the humanities, biology,
physical science, and social and behavioral sciences. Upcoming faculty lectures include:
“Philosophical Conceptions of Truth,” with Darren Hibbs, Ph.D., assistant professor in
the Division of Humanities, on Tuesday, September 1. Hibbs will provide descriptions
and critical assessments of each of the four dominant theories of truth within the Western
philosophical tradition: the correspondence, pragmatist, coherence, and deflationary
theories. He will then discuss the relevance of the concept of ‘power’ in developing a
theory of truth.
“The Soul of the Psychopath,” with Tom Fagan, Ph.D., associate professor in the
Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences, on Tuesday, October 2. This lecture will
explore the concept of psychopathy and review the traits that make up the psychopathic
personality. A videotaped interview with an incarcerated psychopath will be used to
illustrate the salient features of the psychopath.
“Truth and Power in Modern China,” with Tim Dixon, J.D., associate professor in the
Division of Humanities, on Tuesday, November 13. As the date of the 2008 Olympic
celebration nears, with the expected massive influx of Western press, many wonder what
the Communist Party will do to maintain the façade of “democracy” in the People’s
Democratic Republic of China. Dixon will discuss this issue, as well as the growing
international presence of China in global resource purchases, especially in Africa, and the
influence in international affairs that China’s investments in Africa have created.
“Truth, Power, and the Mexican Cult of Death: The Life and Art of Frida Kahlo,” with
Barbara Brodman, Ph.D., professor in the Division of Humanities, Tuesday, December
4. Frida Kahlo spent most of her adult life reinventing herself in her art. Overlooked,
however, is that her life and work reflect the efforts of the Mexican people to create a
collective identity, a national psyche by which they, after a half millennium, might
rediscover the path to truth and power. Brodman will explore the aspect of the collective
Mexican psyche with which Kahlo most identified, and through which she strove to
discover her own truths and power—the Mexican cult of death.
Faculty Achievements:
Alexandru Cuc, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences,
published:
Alexandru Cuc, Jonathan Koppel, and William Hirst. 2007. Silence Is Not Golden: A
Case for Socially Shared Retrieval-Induced Forgetting. August 2007 (Volume 18, Issue
8, Pp. 657-751)
Thomas Fagan, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences,
published the following:
Thomas Fagan. 2007 Prescriptive authority and preferences for training.
Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 38(1), 104-111.
Thomas Fagan. 2007 License Portability: Do we want it? Professional Psychology:
Research and Practice, 38(2), 187-190.
Thomas Fagan. 2007. Professional education and training: How satisfied are we? An
exploratory study. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 1(1), 13-25.
Gary Gershman, Ph.D., associate professor in the Division of Humanities, will moderate a
panel discussion as part of the Prayer in America forum, on Thursday, September 6, in the
Sherman Library. After an opening reception and a screening of the two-part documentary
Prayer in America, Gershman will moderate a panel discourse featuring interfaith leaders,
students, and members of the South Florida community. The discussion will focus on the role of
prayer plays in the lives of Americans confronting crises and tragedies. The documentary was
inspired as a companion to the book One Nation Under God: The History of Prayer in America
(Doubleday, 2005) by James P. Moore, Jr.
Professor Matthew He, Ph.D., director of the Division of Math, Science, and Technology,
earned international accolades during the summer of 2007 with projects, publications, and
leadership roles that highlighted his broad spectrum of expertise in the science and mathematic
fields. At the University of Rome, Italy, during his visit from May 19–June 3, He presented a
series of research lectures to graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and faculty on
computational biology and bioinformatics. The lectures included topics on genetic codes,
attributive mappings, and stochastic matrices. His visit was sponsored by the Universita degli
Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy, and the Italian National Research Council. He also
completed a research paper with Paolo E. Ricci, Ph.D., and William Goh, Ph.D., titled, “On
Tribonacci Polynomials,” which provided a solution to a standing conjecture on the generalized
Fibinacci polynomials in the case of Tribonacci. This research paper has been submitted to an
international journal for its publication.
Michael D. Reiter, Ph.D., assistant director and associate professor in the Division of Social and
Behavioral Sciences, published a textbook for beginning students in counseling and
psychotherapy. Therapeutic Interviewing (Allyn & Bacon/Longman Publishers) is the first
introductory counseling text to focus both on the microskills of therapy so important for
beginning counselors and on the unique challenges a counselor faces according to the context of
setting and client. The book offers foundational strategies, skills, and tools of therapeutic
interviewing along with an understanding of the formats and settings in which students will be
working. Reiter provides novice therapists with a basic understanding of interviewing and
explores with them how they can develop the skills to become a competent therapist.
Jason A. Rosenzweig, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Division of Math, Science, and
Technology, gave a research seminar for the Department of Biotechnology and Bimolecular
Science in the Università degli studi di Milano in Milan, Italy, on June 21. Rosenzweig’s
research seminar was titled, “Optimal Type Three Secretion System Activity of the Pathogenic
Yersiniae Requires Polynucleotide Phosphorylase: A Phenomonan that is Mediated by its S1
RNA Binding Domain.” The work that Rosenzweig presented has been published in both the
Journal for Biological Chemistry (the JBC) and the Federation for European Microbiological
Societies: Microbiology Letters (FEMS).
Eileen Smith-Cavros, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Division of Social and Behavioral
Sciences, co-published:
Kushlan, J. and E. Smith-Cavros. 2007. Human Heritage and Natural Heritage in the
Everglades. International Journal of Heritage Studies. Vol. 13 (Issue 4 & 5), p. 335-349.
Jaime Tartar, assistant professor in the Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences, copublished:
John G. McCoy, Jaime L. Tartar, Alaina C. Bebis; Christopher P. Ward, James T.
McKenna, Mark G. Baxter, Jill McGaughy, Robert W. McCarley, Robert E. Strecker.
2007. Experimental sleep fragmentation impairs attentional set-shifting in rats. SLEEP, Vol. 30, No. 1.
McKenna JT, Tartar JL, Ward CP, Thakkar MM, Cordeira JW, McCarley RW, Strecker RE. Sleep fragmentation elevates behavioral, electrographic and neurochemical measures of sleepiness. Neuroscience 2007, 146:1462-73.
New Faculty 2007-2008
Division of Humanities
William Adams, D.M.A. Adams performed in several operas in New York City and has
previously taught at Clarion University of Pennsylvania and the Conservatory of Performing Arts
at Point Park University. Dr. Adams teaches music appreciation and performance classes while
assisting in development of the new music curriculum.
Michelina Carbonara, M.A. Carbonara received her M.A. from Florida Atlantic University and
is pursuing her Ph.D. in European History at the University of Miami. Her research interests
focus on religion, gender, and sexuality in Renaissance and Reformation Italy. She teaches
history and coordinates adjunct faculty for history and politics.
Ronald García, M.A. García received his M.A. in Spanish, with a concentration in
contemporary Latin American literature, from the University of Central Florida in 2002. He is
currently earning his Ph. D. in Spanish at Florida International University. His research and
teaching interests include Latino literature and film, contemporary Latin American literature, and
Central American women writers, on which he has published and presented several articles. An
adjunct instructor and lecturer with the Division of Humanities since 2006, García teaches
Spanish.
Daniel Gelbmann, M.F.A. Specializing in technical theatre and scene design, Gelbmann has
held professional positions with a number of theatre companies and has particular expertise in
Asian theatre. He teaches theatre.
Alisa Karten, M.S. With research interests in human communication, rhetoric and semantics,
and women in communication, Karten has been an adjunct instructor and lecturer with the
Division of Humanities since 2000. Karten was awarded the 2003 Farquhar College of Arts and
Sciences Part-Time Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award. She teaches speech and
communication.
Eric Mason, Ph.D. Specializing in rhetoric and composition, Mason’s teaching often
incorporates service learning. His research focuses on how various modalities of composition—
textual, oral, visual, and digital—intersect with the study of culture. He is the online editor of
JAC, a quarterly journal for the interdisciplinary study of rhetoric, literacy, culture, and politics.
He teaches writing.
Lorraine Stanchich, M.A. Stanchich received her M.A. in English and Comparative Literature
from Fairleigh Dickinson University and is pursuing an M.F.A. from Warren Wilson College in
North Carolina. Her first book of poems, Witness, was released in 2003 from Epic Press. Her
writing has appeared in the various journals and anthologies, and she is currently at work on a
historical fiction novel. Stanchich has been an adjunct instructor and lecturer with the Division of
Humanities since 2005. She teaches composition and poetry writing.
Lee Williams, Ph.D. He received his Ph.D. in Spanish, with a specialization in Latin American
literature, from the University of Miami in 2005. Williams conducted a literary investigation in
Uruguay under a Fulbright fellowship in 2003. His novel, Author of Destiny, was published by
Livingston Press in 2002. He teaches Spanish.
Division of Math, Science and Technology
Victor Castro, Ph.D. Castro received his doctorate in physics in 2007 from the University of
Miami. He taught at the University of Miami and Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela. His
research area is in nonlinear dynamics and chaotic systems, and electronic circuits, and their
applications in neural networks and communication.
Jason Gershman, M.A. He received his master of arts in statistics in 2006 and is expected to
complete his Ph.D. in statistics in December from Rice University. His research area is in
biostatistics. Gershman’s current research includes classification of time-course array data. He is
a member of American Statistical Association.
Jose Lopez, Ph.D. received his Ph.D. in environmental biology and public policy in 1990 from
George Mason University. He has published a number of research papers in microbiology. He
has taught biology at Florida Atlantic University, Florida Institute of Technology, and Indian
River Community College.
Steven Patterson, M.S. Patterson received his master’s of science in mental health counseling
with a specialization in athletic training from Palm Beach Atlantic University in 2002. He is
currently pursing his doctor of education in health care education at NSU. Patterson holds the
National Athletic Trainers’ Board of Certification, credentials for the State of Florida, and
additional state licensure in Texas. A NATABOC Certified Examiner for the Board of
Certification, he is also an approved clinical instructor for the NSU Athletic Training Education
Program. Additionally, Patterson holds American Heart Association First Aid/CPR/AEDcertification. He has been actively involved in both regional and national athletic training
associations.
Jeremy Perotti, Ph.D. After receiving his doctorate in chemistry from the University of
California, Irvine, and completing postdoctoral appointments at Harvard University in 2006, and
USC in 2007, he taught chemistry at the University of California, Irvine.
Saeed Rajput, Ph.D. He received his doctorate in electrical engineering from the University of
Southern California in 1992. Rajput served as a faculty member at University of Miami and
Florida Atlantic University, teaching object oriented design and programming, network security,
and foundations of computer science. He published numerous research papers in the areas of
computer security and wireless security protocols. In 2001, he received a patent (US6401206) on
a method and apparatus for binding electronic impressions made by digital identities to
documents and another patent (US6199054) on automated software metering of digital payloads.
Rajput also conducted several funded research projects with graduate and undergraduate students
in speech perception of mobile phones and application security research.
Reza Razeghifard, Ph.D. He completed his Ph.D. in chemistry at the Australian National
University in 1997, and continued as a postdoctoral research associate in biochemistry at the
University of Minnesota and later in the Department of Human Biological Chemistry & Genetics
at the University of Texas Medical Branch. In 2001, he joined the Research School of Biological
Sciences at the Australian National University as a postdoctoral, then research, fellow.
Razeghifard pursued research at the Medical School at the University of Michigan, working on
the catalytic cycle of the P450 enzyme.
Deanne Roopnarine, D.P.M. She received her Doctor of Podiatric Medicine in 1989 from Barry
University. She has been practicing medicine since her graduation and has taught at Barry
University, Broward Community College, and NSU. Her graduate work covers a range of topics
in anatomy, physiology, cell biology, immunology, gross anatomy, biochemistry, and
neuroscience. She was board certified in primary podiatric medicine by the American Podiatric
Specialties Board 1992.
Jason Rosenzweig, Ph.D. He received his Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Miami
in 2006. Rosenzweig served as a visiting professor of biology at NSU and has published a
number of research papers in microbiology.
Phyllis Sweeny, Ed.D. Her doctorate in curriculum and instruction, focusing on instructional
technology, has informed Sweeney’s teaching of courses on specialized technology applications.
Having taught at Our Lady of the Lake College and Southeastern Louisiana University, she has
worked with various online teaching systems. Sweeney also completed a $2.3 million grantfunded
project with other researchers that focused on intellectual property policies. Having
published several papers, she is co-authoring a textbook on instructional technology.
Eduardo Veliz, Ph.D. With a doctorate in medicinal chemistry in 1992 from the University of
Kansas, Lawrence, Veliz has published a number of research papers in organic chemistry and
taught at the University of Miami, Miami-Dade College, and University of California, Santa
Cruz.
Bashar Zogheib, Ph.D. Earning his doctorate in mathematics in 2006 from University of
Windsor, Zogheib has taught mathematics at the University of Windsor and at Millersville
University of Pennsylvania. His research area includes velocity-pressure coupling in finite
difference. He has also completed a range of graduate courses in mathematics education from
Wayne State University.
Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Michelle Grillo, Ph.D. Earning her doctorate in criminal justice at Rutgers University, Grillo’s
primary area of research is the study of terrorism, criminal analysis, and local law enforcement.
She has conducted research under the auspices of the Rutgers Center for the Study of Public
Security.
Ellen Krakoff, J.D. Her law degree from NSU led her to a distinguished and varied career in the
practice of law. Krakoff has argued before the US Court of Appeals (5th and 11th Districts), and
served as an adjunct professor at the college since 1994. Featured in Who’s Who in American
Law, and Who’s Who in American Women, Kracoff was awarded the 2007 Farquhar College of
Arts and Sciences Part-Time Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award.
Mindy Ma, Ph.D. With a doctorate in clinical health psychology from the University of Miami
as well as having received a postdoctoral fellowship from the University of Mississippi Medical
Center, she has taught and researched health psychology. Ma has had considerable experience in
program administration as director of a university-based community health program, with
responsibilities including staff recruiting and training, budgetary oversight, and interfacing with
other organizational units in the university. These skills prepared her for her role as coordinator
of the psychology program in the college in addition to her teaching.
Lisa Machoian, Ph.D. With a doctorate in human development and psychology from Harvard
University, Machoian served as the Director of the Gender Studies Concentration at that
university. She is a recognized expert in the area of adolescent depression and has published
extensively in that field. Her ground-breaking book, The Disappearing Girl: Learning the
Language of Teenage Depression, received widespread popular and professional recognition for
its advocacy of careful listening to depressed girls’ self-reflections that reveal their serious, self
destructive behavior as not so much the behavior of deviants, or nonconformists, but rather as
over-conformists to stereotypic notions of femininity. She plans on continuing her research to
include adolescent boys.
Madhavi Menon, Ph.D. She received her doctorate in psychology from Florida Atlantic
University. Her research focuses on processes of social development during middle childhood,
focusing on attachment, aggression, gender identity, and achievement. A major finding from this
research is that high self-esteem encourages aggressive children, as well as avoidantly-attached
children, to rationalize their antisocial conduct.
Glenn Scheyd, Ph.D. He earned his doctorate in evolutionary psychology from the University of
New Mexico in 2006 and served as an assistant professor of experimental psychology at Eureka
College. As a researcher, he has applied the evolutionary perspective to the topic of individual
differences in human mating, writing extensively on the subject of evolution and mate selection.
He was awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship in Personality
Psychology and has served as a peer reviewer for the journal Evolution and Human Behavior.
Teruyuki Tsuji, Ph.D. With a doctorate in comparative sociology from Florida International
University, Tsuji was a research assistant at the Institute of Ethnicity and Immigration at Florida
International University where he worked on a project that ethnographically examined civic
engagement in immigrant and native minority congregations in Miami. From January 1998 to
July 2000 Tsuji was a research officer for the Cultural Attaché, Embassy of Japan in Kingston,
Jamaica through the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In this role he participated in several
economic development assistance programs and expert-trainee exchange program. He has also
served as a research officer for the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Commercial Attaché,
Embassy of Japan, in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, where he was involved in similar
economic assistance programs.
NSU Performing Arts
NSU Performing Arts, which is housed in the Division of Humanities, has announced its 2007-
2008 performance schedule, which includes:
The Women of Lockerbie by Deborah Brevoort
NSU Theatre opens its third season with this drama, inspired by true events. A mother
from New Jersey roams the hills of Lockerbie, Scotland, looking for her son’s remains
that were lost in the crash of Pan Am 103. She meets the women of Lockerbie, who are
determined to convert an act of hatred into an act of love by washing the clothes of the
dead and returning them to the victim’s families.
University Arts Center Black Box Theatre
November 9-11, and 15-17, 2007.
Peace: A Holiday Concert
Presented by NSU Music at the Miniaci Performing Arts Center
December 7, 2007.
Muscle to Bone: Moving the Power Within
An original program presented by NSU Dance at the Miniaci Performing Arts Center,
February 1-2, 2008.
Cinderella, by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein III
This presentation offers the timeless enchantment of a magical fairy tale with the
originality, charm, and elegance of a classic Broadway musical.
University Arts Center Black Box Theatre,
March 28-30, and April 3-5, 2008.
Director’s Festival of One-Acts
The final offering of the year will be a festival of student-directed works.
University Arts Center Black Box Theatre, April 24-27, 2008.
NSU Theatre
NSU Theatre is holding auditions, open to all NSU students, faculty, and staff, as well as
members of the community, for the upcoming production of The Women of Lockerbie. The
production is seeking actors, stage crew, and technicians. All auditions will be held in the
University Arts Center’s Black Box Theatre. Auditions are being held Monday, September 10,
and Tuesday, September 11.
The Promethean Theatre
The Promethean Theatre, a community partner of the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences and
NSU’s professional theatre company in residence, presented Cyrano, an adaptation of the classic
play by Edmond Rostand by Mark E. Hayes. Performances were held in the summer of 2007 in
the college’s Black Box Theatre, situated in the new University Arts Center on main campus.
Directed by Margaret M. Ledford, this production of the classic swashbuckling tale of love and
mistaken identity was set in Miami’s plastic surgery industry.
The Promethean Theatre will present two outstanding productions at NSU:
Red Tide by Juan Sanchez
Second-Floor Auditorium, Mailman-Hollywood Building
October 12–28, 2007
The Violet Hour by Richard Greenberg
Second-Floor Auditorium, Mailman-Hollywood Building
February 29–March 16, 2008
The Lifelong Learning Institute
The Lifelong Learning Institute (LLI) is holding free Open Houses on Tuesday, September 25,
and Wednesday, September 26. Refreshments will be served. The LLI has served the active
retirement community in South Florida for 31 years and continues to grow by offering members
daytime lecture courses, workshops, discussion groups, field trips, and satisfying volunteer and
social opportunities.
Upcoming field trips include:
November 8, 2007: Norton Museum of Art
December 5, 2007: Shark Valley, Everglades National Park
December 13, 2007: Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte, Broward Center for the Performing Arts
January, 31, 2008: Bass Museum of Art, Miami
February 16, 2008: Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers, Broward Center for the Performing Arts
February 28, 2008: Fort Lauderdale International Airport
February 29, 2008: Puccini’s Tosca, Broward Center for the Performing Arts
March 13, 2008: Boca Raton Museum of Art
May 8, 2008: Puccini’s La Boheme, Broward Center for the Performing Arts
