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Cancellations
Posted: 10:42 AM 10/12/2025
- Excel 101
- Excel 102
- The Fall of Eagles
- Nuclear Fundamentals
- Home Security
- Home Surveillance
- Introduction to Bicycling Touring
- Rilke's Life and Poems
- A Journey Through the Dark Ages via Chess Moves
- Having Difficult Conversations
Classroom Location Changes
Posted: 10:41 AM 10/12/2025
The classroom location of the courses listed below has changed. If you are registered for one of these courses, please note the change.
- Dining Out in Aiken; Moved to O'Connell Theater in Etherredge Center
- The Erie Canal, moved to Penland 106
- The US/China Trade War; moved to Penland 106
- The Story of Aiken; Moved to B&E Room 116
- Virtual Tour of Aiken County: moved to Penland 106
- Geology of SC; Moved to B&E Room 116
- Witches, Vampires, Superstition; Moved to Penland 106
- SC in the Revolutionary War; Moved to B&E 122.
New Details for Course
Posted: 4:16 PM 10/8/2025
Please see the course description for Edgefield Pottery History for an update regarding the meeting location for an off-campus field trip on November 4 for registered students.
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.