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Website Redesign
Posted: 5:26 AM 6/6/2026
Some time in July we will roll out the new design for this website, complete with the schedule of courses for the fall semester. The redesign was guided by modern standards and feedback from you, our students and users, via a survey we emailed to our public mailing list. If you were one of the 115 who responded to the survey, thank you. You overwhelmingly said we should redesign to improve readability and usability. You can read a summary of the survey results here and see a mockup of the new home page here.
CLL Needs New Volunteers
Posted: 6:43 AM 6/3/2026
The Center is run by its volunteers. We are always looking for new volunteers to bring fresh ideas and perspectives to CLL. If you've been thinking about helping your community by volunteering your time and skills, you can now let us know by signing-up! Click here to learn more and link to a downloadable sign-up form. Or just drop by Room 104 in the Business & Education Building and talk with us.
New Classroom for Tech Courses
Posted: 5:35 PM 5/28/2026
For the upcoming fall semester, CLL will be offering its Technology courses in downtown Aiken! Read about it here.
2022 Kauffman Remembrance Day and Award
The Center for Lifelong Learning is continuing Kauffman Remembrance Day, a tradition begun by the Academy for Lifelong Learning, one of the Center's predecessor organizations. Its purpose is to honor the memory of Dr. Earl F. Kauffman, one of the individuals most responsible for the 1989 creation of the Academy and the bringing of senior education to Aiken area. The 2022 Kauffman Remembrance luncheon was held April 21 in the lobby the Etherredge Center at USCA. Aiken Mayor Rick Osbon gave the invocation.
Center President Wayne Rickman emceed the event and reported on this first year of operation after the successful merging of the Academy for Lifelong Learning and McGrath Computer Learning Center organizations into the combined Center for Lifelong Learning.
USCA Chancellor Dr. Daniel J. Heimmermann was the keynote speaker. He shared his views on the university's place in the Aiken community and its plans to better meet the needs of the community and become a bigger and more vital part of the community in the future.
Kauffman Award Presentations
Part of the Kauffman Remembrance Day observation is the presentation of the Kauffman Award to an individual or group that has made significant contributions to the organization. This annual award was begun in 1992, just three years after the Academy for Lifelong Learning was organized in 1989. Past Academy President Harriet Haynes presented the awards at this year's luncheon to Vicki Collins and Jim Brown.
Harriet Haynes Receives Special Recognition
The combining of two diverse organizations with decidedly different modes of
operation into a single Center for Lifelong Learning was no easy task.
It took well over a year of concerted effort by the board members of both
organizations to make this happen. Of all those involved, one stands out as
the key to this integration and our first year success, Harriet Haynes.
Harriet was President of the Academy before the merger and continues to serve on the new Center's board. She designed the committees needed to work on the merger and kept everyone's nose to the grindstone until there was the framework for the new organization. This year she has been the backbone of planning and execution. For these reasons, The Board recognizes Harriet's outstanding efforts and authorizes this special Leadership Award.