Now Is the Time to Register for Community Enrichment Classes
The Millsaps College Community Enrichment Series is now accepting registrations for its fall classes, many of which start in September.
New classes include:
- Eudora Welty In-Depth & Up Close, a class that will focus on Welty's award-winning short stories from A Curtain of Green and The Wide Net; her life and works motivated by her interest in the civil rights movement; and her Pulitzer Prize-winning novella, The Optimist's Daughter, and her memoir, One Writer's Beginnings. The class will meet on Wednesdays from 6-8 p.m. Sept. 22 through Oct. 6.
- Happiness 101: The What, Why and How of Becoming Happy. The class will meet on Thursdays from 6-8 p.m. Sept. 23 through Oct. 7.
- Maille Jewelry, a class that teaches you how to make a bracelet using the byzantine weave. It will meet from 9 a.m. until noon on Sept. 25.
- Peyote beadweaving, a class that teaches how to make a bracelet using the peyote weave. It will meet from 9 a.m. until noon on Oct. 16.
- Alternative Photography, a class introducing the use of large format cameras and alternative photographic processes.
- Pop Classics (Song We Love), a class celebrating the music and lives of favorite composers including Jerome Kern, George Gershwin, Cole Porter and others. The class will meet on Thursdays from 5:30-7 p.m Sept. 23-Oct. 21.
- Zumba, a fitness class that fuses hypnotic and international rhythms with easy-to-follow moves. The class will meet on Wednesdays from 6;15-7:30 pm. Sept. 22 through Oct. 27.
- Perk Up Your Presentations, a class that will allow students to improve presentation skills. The class will meet on Mondays from 6-8 p.m. Sept. 20 through Oct. 11.
- English/European-Style Cottage Border Design, a class about ways to create easy flower borders and use low-maintenance plans for a European-American effect that has a strong southern sense of place. The class will meet from 7-9 p.m. on Sept. 28.
The enrichment series offers 72 classes for the fall. Since 1972, Millsaps College has offered to the greater Jackson community a variety of opportunities through the series. Register online or print a registration form.
The non-credit courses have no prerequisites, no exams and cover a variety of special interest areas. The cost of classes vary, according to the subject and number of times it meets.
Some classes such as To Tell the Truth: Creative Nonfiction, which Ellen Ann Fentress teaches, continue meeting even after the series of classes ends. This class developed a bond and has continued to meet to discuss and workshop their writing.
When author Mary Karr came to read and sign books at Lemuria Book Store in Jackson, members of the class met the author. Karr encouraged class members to continue meeting and encouraging each other.
Fentress said the enrichment class is designed to explore nonfiction forms, including memoir, personal essay, humor, and criticism. Students learn how to generate potential topics and also develop sharper eyes as readers and stronger everyday skills as writers.
For information on the Millsaps Community Enrichment program, call 601-974-1130 or visit www.millsaps.edu/conted.
