FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 5, 2002      
Contact: Barbara Brooks (707) 664-2691

Lifelong Learning Institute Begins Spring With Courses on Middle East, Golden Age of Cinema

The 2002 Spring Session of Sonoma State University's Lifelong Learning Institute has begun and runs through the first week in June.

Due to the growing popularity of this program, the Institute is offering a special event for Institute members this session titled "To Your Health: A Health Science Lecture Series" on Mondays, April 8 through June 3 from 10-11:45 a.m.

The Institute offers three eight-week sessions per year (fall, winter, spring) with an array of course subjects taught by emeritus faculty and regional experts. As LLI founder Ed Stolman said at the inaugural welcome, "It's learning for the pleasure of it. No tests, no grades, no homework, only knowledge and enjoyment."

The eight courses for the spring session are:

* Hollywood Studios in the Golden Age of Cinema (Barbara Spear)
* Music and Dance in World Cultures (E. Garder Rust)
* The Middle East, Islam and the West: An Anthropological View (Donna Brasset)
* Music, Politics and Propaganda (Joann Feldman)
* Sexuality and Evolution: Owls, Moles and Platypuses (Bernie Goldstein)
* Shakespeare and the Battle of the Sexes (William Babula)
* Green Versus Gold: Californians and the Land (Clarice Stasz)
* Visions of Sonoma County (Gaye LeBaron)

The 2002 Winter Session of the Lifelong Learning Institute exceeded staff expectations with a record number of students (278, a 17% increase from the inaugural session), who braved the elements to connect or reconnect with other LLI students and experience the growing opportunities for learning at SSU.

For a spring course brochure or additional information, call Johnna LaRue at (707) 664-4170.