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Plan Ahead
Posted: 10:19 AM 5/1/2022
Our fall semester schedule will be posted the first week in August. Registration will open on August 17 at 9:00 AM. Plan now to review the classes you want to register for and be ready for Open House on August 17.
Masks Optional
Posted: 11:42 AM 3/26/2022
As of March 28, 2022, wearing a mask in classrooms is optional, per revised guidance from USCA. Individual CLL instructors may request that you wear a mask and/or socially distance in their classrooms.
Member Benefits
Posted: 10:15 AM 2/25/2022
The $35 per semester fee brings you benefits in addition to permitting you to register and attend classes. Click here to go to the updated Member Benefits page to see them all.
Kauffman Recognition
Day and Award
Every Spring the Center for Lifelong Learning holds a Remembrance Day to honor the memory of Dr. Earl F. Kauffman. Dr. Kauffman was one of the individuals most responsible for the creation of the Academy for Lifelong Learning, one of the Center's predecessor organizations, back in 1989. 
(To learn more about Dr. Kauffman and the founding of the Academy for Lifelong Learning, please see our History page.)
Each year on Kauffman Remembrance Day an award is given in Dr. Kauffman's memory, to recognize a group or individual that has made significant contributions to the Center. This recognition has been given annually since 1992, just three years after the Academy's founding.
The Kauffman Luncheon is held in April and is funded via an endowment created by USC Aiken Professor James Kauffman and his family in memory of his father. All Center members are sent invitations and are encouraged to attend. An RSVP is required for event planning purposes.
The 2022 luncheon will be held Thursday, April 21, 12:00 PM until 2:00 PM, in the Lobby of the Etherredge Center on campus.
| Kauffman Awardees | |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Jim Brown |
| 2021 | None (due to covid) |
| 2020 | Vicki Collins* |
| 2019 | Doug Cook |
| 2018 | Doris Hammond |
| 2017 | Jim Farmer |
| 2016 | Nancy Meinhardt |
| 2015 | Laura Anderson & Mary Anne Cavanaugh |
| 2014 | Dick Baxter |
| 2013 | Dr. Deidre Martin |
| 2012 | Vince Coughlin |
| 2011 | Kathy Schultz |
| 2010 | Doug Wilson |
| 2009 | Mike Lythgoe |
| 2008 | Chuck Braun |
| 2007 | LouAnn Ainsworth |
| 2006 | Ray Wright |
| 2005 | Adele O'Connell |
| 2004 | William Scott |
| 2003 | Joan Lacombe |
| 2002 | Arlene Lane |
| 2001 | Elizabeth Hutchins |
| 2000 | Beecher Morton |
| 1999 | Bob Alexander |
| 1998 | Jean Haynes |
| 1997 | Barbara Randall |
| 1996 | (data lost) |
| 1995 | George Gaudaen |
| 1994 | Connie Dunbar |
| 1992 | Kim Wood Woeber |
*Vicki Collins was selected in 2020, but COVID-19 precluded a Luncheon. Unfortnately, Vicki died before the award could be presented to her. It was accepted by her husband at the 2022 Luncheon.
The McGrath Computer Learning Center, the other predecessor organization of the Center, selected a Volunteer of the Year during its years of operation 1999–2021. Each year's awardee was nominated by and voted on by the Steering Commitee. You can see the list of awardees here.