PLATO Weekly Update

September 7, 2021

CURRICULUM

Registration Continues for Fall Courses – Check out our Fall Course Schedule which includes 40 courses: 16 in-person, 23 online and one via email. Many are familiar course titles with a few new additions – we even have a course on Saturday!

For those members interested in attending in-person, please review updated COVID-19 protocols listed below. All courses require that participants register with the coordinator so they can be reached via email should there be any updates due to the pandemic. 

COVID-19 Protocols for Courses:

· All coordinators and participants are required to wear masks when inside host locations at all times and to observe social distancing guidelines.

· All coordinators and participants must follow any and all of the host location’s additional COVID-19 Protocols which will be communicated by coordinators.

Currently, Capitol Lakes and Oakwood have additional protocols:

· Capitol Lakes requires all visitors to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and to bring a copy of their vaccination card.

· Oakwood requires all people entering their building to register at the Accushield kiosk. The only entrance open at Oakwood is the main entrance at the Heritage Oaks. You may download an Oakwood campus map on the course description page.

SPECIAL EVENTS

FALL LECTURES
Our fall lecture series will begin on Thursday, September 23^rd at 1:30 pm with "Ask the Weather Guy.” Register here for this this 90-minute Zoom webinar featuring Jonathan Martin, Chair and Professor in the UW-Madison Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. Registration is required to attend.

In the meantime, members can access Past Recordings.

THEATER
Browse a variety of options on PLATO’s Virtual Theater Trips page – and check back as new items are frequently added.

FEATURED AGORA WORKS

Each week, we offer for your enjoyment, a featured piece from contributors to The Agora, PLATO's journal of arts and ideas. This week we present Blue Moon Over Yellow Fields, a collage by Grethe Brix-J. Leer, which shares her deep connection to the nuances of the world, including dusk. 

SOCIAL GATHERINGS

Social Gatherings will resume this fall with in-person breakfasts. 

SOCIAL JUSTICE EVENTS & READINGS
Select from a range of topics and formats 
for your late summer reading, viewing, or listening, 
curated by PLATO's Diversity Awareness Committee.

DID YOU KNOW? for September 7 – 20, 2021

Did You Know…Yang See, who worked as the main liaison between the CIA and the Lao Royal Army during the secret Hmong Guerrilla war against North Vietnam, was the person most responsible for the US Government finally accepting the Hmong resettlement in the US.

Visit the Social Justice Webpage for more about Yang See
and past DID YOU KNOW? features.

DID YOU KNOW? – spotlighting notable contributions made by non-mainstream individuals you might not have learned or read about. Suggestions for inclusions are welcome (send to Kathy at: ksmichaelis@gmail.com)