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Semester Completed
Posted: 4:15 PM 4/30/2026
We have just completed a successful spring semester, both in number of students served and number of courses presented. If you took some of our courses, we thank you. Even before the spring semester was completed, CLL volunteers were hard at work on the fall semester that will begin in August. Come back to this website in mid-July to learn what new and exciting learning opportunities we have for you. See you then.
Thank You
Posted: 4:00 PM 4/30/2026
We recently sent our mailing list a survey asking if we needed to update our website design. If you were one of the 103 who responded to the survey, thank you. As a group, you overwhelmingly said we should redesign to improve readability and usability. We will post the survey results on the website in the next week or so. We will be redesigning the website over the next two months. We expect the new website to be ready in July when we post the fall semester schedule.
Searching Our Website
Posted: 6:13 PM 10/26/2025
You may search any website, including ours, by entering site:url search terms in the address bar of your browser. For example, to search our site for courses on Aiken history, you would enter site:aikenlearning.org aiken history in the address bar or the search box of your preferred search engine.
2024 Kauffman Award Presented to
Carl Fields
The annual Kauffman Award for outstanding service to the Center for Lifelong Learning was presented to Carl Fields at the annual Earl F. Kauffman Remembrance Day Luncheon, April 24, 2024.
Carl grew up in Newark, Delaware, and Detroit, Michigan. He graduated from
Michigan State.
His academic accomplishments include physics and masters of physics degrees,
including certification as a nuclear engineer.
He worked at Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, designing submarine reactors, Clinton Nuclear Power Station, and SRS, performing safety analysis until retirement in 2004.
Since retirement 20 years ago, he has been a volunteer mainstay of first, the Academy of Lifelong Learning, and then its successor organization, the Center for Lifelong Learning. Over the years, he has brought in a multitude of new classes, taught many classes himself, and served as Curriculum Chair and President along the way.
He remains very active and is a dedicated contributor to CLL's success.
It is our honor to present Carl Fields with the annual Kauffman Award for his dedicated and exceptional service to the organization and this community’s adult education.
Note: This article is an edited version of the remarks made by Center Vice-President Jim Tisaranni when he presented the award.