{"id":41,"date":"2015-10-13T19:06:02","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T19:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.fau.edu\/lifelongexchange\/?p=41"},"modified":"2015-10-13T21:02:11","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T21:02:11","slug":"welcome-to-the-lifelong-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.fau.edu\/lifelongexchange\/2015\/10\/13\/welcome-to-the-lifelong-exchange\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Lifelong Exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome Lifelong Learners!<\/h3>\n

We hope that you are enjoying your\u00a0first week of classes. We are glad that you visited our blog and we hope that you will continue to come back and read the interesting posts we will have for you over the fall semester.<\/p>\n

So, what is a blog?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A blog (also called a weblog or web log) is a website made up of entries (also called posts) listed in reverse date and time order with the most recent entry appearing first (similar in format to a daily journal). Blogs usually include features such as comments and links\u00a0to increase user involvement.\u00a0Blogs are a good example of social networking using the Internet. There are over 100 million blogs with more entering the blogosphere every day.\u00a0Blogging has become an important part of families, friendships, politics, business and society. The Lifelong Learning Society in Jupiter began this blog to engage our faculty, staff and students in a conversation. We will have several faculty members including Dr. Rabil<\/a>, Dr. Lawrence<\/a>, Dr. Rakower<\/a> and Professor Labovitz,<\/a> to name a few, who will post to our blog over the next few weeks. We will also have several guest bloggers who will contribute posts as well. We encourage you to come back each Tuesday and participate in the dialogue.\"IMG_1508\"<\/p>\n

We have had a busy summer here at LLS and we would like to let you know about the wonderful things occurring in our program. Here are the top three things<\/strong> you need to know about Lifelong Learning in Jupiter:<\/p>\n

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  1. Last year we had more than 27, 000 Lifelong Learning registrations. Amazing! We now have more than 7,800 members and are the largest lifelong learning program in the United States.<\/li>\n
  2. We have more than 100 volunteers and we are always looking for more help. Throughout the year, we will advertise when we have openings for our greeter program or advisory committees. It is important that you receive our email newsletter each Saturday, Interactions<\/em><\/a>, so that you get important announcements and information.<\/li>\n
  3. We are excited to bring to you outstanding university faculty and guest lecturers this semester who will teach a diverse array of subjects, such as “U.S. National Security”<\/a>; “Personality: A Modern Perspective”<\/a>; “Oscar Wilde”<\/a>; “American Mosques”<\/a> and much more. Did you know that some of our faculty members, who are also full time professors in the University, put in more than 14 hours a week into their presentations? In addition to our LLS faculty, we will also have several special guest speakers that we will host in the fall including Dr. Allida Black <\/a>and Alan Gross<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    We are excited for the upcoming year and we look forward to reading your comments.<\/p>\n

    Josette Valenza<\/p>\n

    Director<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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