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Senior Scholars - January 20, 2025
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SENIOR SCHOLARS
Current Events
January 2025
Meetings are held at:
Providence United Methodist Church
2810 Providence Road |
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From Steve Lauer, 2025 President …
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Hello again, Senior Scholars. We have begun our spring term and look forward to our weekly opportunities to come together to hear informative and interesting presentations. We hope to provide you additional chances to meet each other, learn together and develop the friendships that make everything more meaningful. Those chances include, of course, our three-day mountain retreat in late April at Wildacres and you’ll learn more details about the program that we plan as the next few weeks unfold. If you enjoy “breaking bread” with other Senior Sholars, our Lunch Bunch organizers are planning those get togethers, which will start shortly.
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Our weekly presentations, of course, have already begun. If you attended our opening session, (due to the weather on January 10, of course, we had to shift that presentation to a Zoom-only format), then you have renewed (or begun) your membership for 2025. If you didn’t and haven’t yet renewed your membership in order to avail yourself of those opportunities, you have three methods to do so, as we detail in these e-mails and on the website. Don’t forget that you’ll need to have your 2025 membership card to attend our meetings.
Membership Renewal
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VOLUNTEER TODAY!
If you haven’t yet finalized and activated your New Year’s resolutions, consider becoming an active volunteer in Senior Scholars. We have urgent need of some capable and interested members for these roles, among others: Second Vice President, a field trip coordinator and a member to help us put out our weekly e-mails to members. Find out more and let us know of your interest at the link below.
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January 24 @ 10:00 - 11:00 am
Department of Earth, Environmental, and Geographical Sciences UNC Charlotte
From the first gold discovered in the United States to the ultra-pure quartz fueling the semiconductor industry, mining has played an essential role in North Carolina's economy for centuries.
Hybrid: In-Person at PUMC & via Zoom
Register For Zoom
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January 31 @ 10:00 - 11:00 am
What did you say? Communication, Problem-solving,
and Intelligence in Birds.
Jeffrey Thomas
Professor of Biology, Queens University of Charlotte
Birds, especially songbirds, say a lot. But what do we know about what they’re saying to each other? And how do they use their communication to negotiate interactions with each other, find food, and learn about their surroundings? Birds offer a rich and fascinating opportunity to explore and define animal intelligence and the complexity of communication systems.
Hybrid: In-Person at PUMC & via Zoom
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New Membership Card for 2025
Congratulations, Senior Scholars Members! You are doing an excellent job of renewing your memberships for 2025 especially with the online credit card option to pay directly on our website:
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If you have not yet renewed, why don’t you log onto our website right now while you’re reading this or as soon as you’ve finished. Simply click on the link above and easily renew with your credit card. If you have been a 2024 member, the renewal cost for 2025 is only $25. You may pick up your 2025 card when you arrive, since that card is required for entry.
As new members join Senior Scholars, they are charged $35. The extra $10 we charge new members covers the cost of printing name badges for them.
Join or Renew Now
If you would prefer to pay by check:
Please mail your check, made out to Senior Scholars at Queens, to our postal box at this address:
Senior Scholars at Queens
1900 Selwyn Avenue, MSC 1409
Charlotte, NC 28274
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Cultural Calendar
Read More
Some events at Queens University may require registration or tickets while others are free.
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