Do you have specialized knowledge or experience you’d like to share with the community in a lecture or short course? Consider submitting a proposal to FGCU’s Renaissance Academy, Southwest Florida’s premier lifelong learning program.
The Renaissance Academy is seeking new lecture topics and instructors for programs throughout the year at any of the 12 locations in Collier, Lee and Charlotte counties. Administered by FGCU’s Office of Continuing Education & Off Campus Programs, the academy encourages older adults to continue learning, based on the knowledge that keeping the mind intellectually, creatively and culturally active fundamentally enriches and invigorates lives. Single lectures, short courses, day trips, computer classes, film series, life enrichment and travel abroad are some of the programs offered. There are no exams or grades — it’s just learning for the joy of learning with friends, neighbors and peers.
Lecturers may offer single events or short courses in art, business, computer instruction, ecology, environment, government, history, law, life enrichment, literature, music, philosophy, psychology, religion, science, sociology, medicine and U.S. and world affairs. There are no advanced-degree requirements, but prior lecture experience is required as is proficiency with PowerPoint and other visual teaching tools. The academy pays $75 per lecture.
Programs are offered weekdays, evenings and weekends and are typically 75-90 minutes long, with additional time allotted for question and answer sessions.
You can download a course proposal form and find details on current programs at the academy’s website. Forms are also available via mail by calling (239) 425-3272. For more information contact John Guerra, Director of Continuing Education and The Renaissance Academy, at (239) 434-4838 or [email protected].