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This year some courses will be held in various areas of campus. Click here to go to a printable map of the campus, and when you arrive on campus look for the map kiosks located at the various entryways to campus and pick up a printed map.

 

Pivotal Events of the Civil War
Mondays: Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27 and March 5
3-4:30 p.m., Ezell Center, Room 109
Cost: $60

This class will explore five critical events during the American Civil War:

• The Fall of Nashville
• The Battle of Antietam
• The Emancipation Proclamation
• The Battle of Gettysburg
• The battles of Franklin and Nashville

Instructors:  Starley Carr, special agent of the FBI and Dick Garner, special agent of the ATF

Two retired agents with a combined total of almost 60 years of law enforcement will provide a behind-the-scenes account of the life and career of a federal special agent. Actual cases worked by the instructors will be discussed. In addition, background about the agencies will be presented for a better understanding of their respective responsibilities and duties. The presentation will be enriched with videos, Power Point presentations, discussions and even some humor involving investigations of local, national and international interest. 

Suggested reading: Federal Bureau of Investigation website, www.fbi.gov, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms website, www.atf.gov, "Crime in the United States," compiled by the FBI on an annual basis.

Spinning® Toward Weight Loss
Wednesdays: Feb. 8, 15, 22, 29 and March 7
10-11 a.m., Student Activities Center, Spinning Studio
Cost: $60

Instructor:  Emily Harris, Lipscomb University director of campus recreation, certified Spinning coach and NSCA certified personal trainer

This program is not a diet – it’s a plan you can live with!  Whether you are new to the Spinning program or a longtime fan, you’ll experience a new approach to getting fit and losing weight. These five weeks will be all about healthy habits, camaraderie and plenty of calorie-burning Spinning rides. This program is realistic and easy to follow, with a foundation based on sound nutrition principles and safe, energizing Spinning workouts. 

 

Dietrich Bonhoeffer and "The Cost of Discipleship," Part 1
Wednesdays: Feb. 8, 15, 22, 29 and March 7
3-4:30 p.m., Ezell Center, Room 109
Cost: $60

Instructor:  Dr. Tom Seals, Lipscomb University assistant professor of Bible

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a lecturer in theology at Berlin University when he first made his attack on Hitler’s political ideas in 1933. Soon he was forbidden to teach and was banned from Berlin by the Nazi authorities. Bonhoeffer joined the Confessing Church and the political opposition to Hitler, committing himself to the death of Hitler although he was a pacifist. He was arrested in April 1943 and two years later, at the age of 39, after imprisonment in Buchenwald, was hanged by the Gestapo at Flossenburg. Bonhoeffer’s spiritual quality of life, writings, human relationships and death, all mark him as an outstanding twentieth-century believer. This study will center on Bonhoeffer’s book, The Cost of Discipleship.

A textbook will be required and will be available for purchase at the first class meeting.

 

"A Movable Feast:" Paris in the Early 20^th Century
Thursdays: Feb. 9, 16 and 23, March 1 and 8
3-4:30 p.m., Ezell Center, Room 109
Cost: $60

Instructor:  Dr. Kimberly Reed, Lipscomb university professor in English and foreign languages

In the first quarter of the twentieth century, the city of Paris, France, enjoyed a reputation for attracting many of the most innovative writers, artists and composers in the world, such as James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall, Igor Stravinsky and Aaron Copland, among others.  The extraordinary confluence of these artists as they met, consulted, collaborated – and occasionally quarreled – will be the focus of this, with excerpts from books, artworks and DVDs, including A Moveable Feast by Hemingway, Remembrance of Things Past by Marcel Proust, Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation, the PBS documentary Paris: The Luminous Years, archival footage of the scandalous premiere of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, and recordings of music ranging from Cole Porter to Josephine Baker to Copland.

A textbook will be required and will be available for purchase at the first calss meeting.

 

The Adventures of a Portrait Artist
Fridays: Feb. 10, 17 and 24, March 2 and 9
3:15-4:45 p.m., Ezell Center, Room 136
Cost: $60

Instructor: Michael Shane Neal, Lipscomb alumni and professional portrait artist

This class will be based on the personal experiences of Neal, a nationally known portrait artist.  Some of Neal’s past and current clients include: Governor Phil Bredesen, former governor of Tennessee; Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, former US Supreme Court Justice; Senator Bill Frist, former majority leader of the U.S. Senate; Sir Malcolm Calhoun, clan chief, Rossdhu House, Luss, Scotland; Mrs. Frederick Meijer, Meijer Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich.; Martha Ingram, chair, Board of Trust, Vanderbilt University, Nashville; Jerome L. Greene, Columbia University, N.Y.; and Dirk Kempthorne, former Secretary of the Interior.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Register online for any class by clicking here.

 

Print out a registration form by clicking here.

 

This year some courses will be held in various areas of campus. Click here to go to a printable map of the campus, and when you arrive on campus look for the map kiosks located at the various entryways to campus and pick up a printed map.