PLATO Weekly Update 

March 22, 2022

CURRICULUM

COVID-19 PROTOCOLS FOR COURSES

COVID-19 protocols are specific to each host site. Please see the post on the Curriculum Showcase for details or contact your course coordinator.

We are starting to plan for Summer courses now. If anyone is interested in offering a Summer course, please contact Therese Stevens (thmstevens@gmail.com).

SPECIAL EVENTS

LECTURES
Join us on Thursday, April 14th at 1:00pm when Jim Lattis, Director of UW Space Place, will lead an intriguing exploration of the night skies featuring important eclipses, meteor showers and other astronomical events visible in the near future. Dr. Lattis will provide tips on the astronomical use of telescopes and binoculars appropriate to the amateur. This will be a 75-minute virtual lecture and registration is required. 

In the meantime, enjoy our selection of archived PLATO Lectures.

BREAKFAST GATHERINGS
These events are special opportunities to get to know other PLATO members over your choice of breakfast. We will continue to meet at The Marquette Hotel Café, located at 414 South Baldwin Street in the Willy Street neighborhood for the next two gatherings on April 8th and May 13th. Beginning in June, we hope to meet outdoors at Memorial Union Terrace. Mark your calendars for the second Friday mornings! Non-members who are interested in learning about PLATO are welcome to join us.

FEATURED AGORA WORKS

Visit The Agora Features webpage for highlights from this past season, created and curated by fellow PLATO members for your pleasure. 

Our Biweekly Feature for March 22nd - April 4th is Dr. Ackerman's Memory Training Seminar, a short story by Andy Millman.

SOCIAL JUSTICE EVENTS & READINGS

Select from a range of topics and formats 

for your early Spring reading, viewing, or listening, 

curated by PLATO's Diversity Awareness Committee.

DID YOU KNOW? for March 15 - 28, 2022

Did You Know… Ellen Eglin was born in Washington, D.C in 1849. She worked as a government clerk, and for a while as a housekeeper. However she earned a place in history books as the inventor of the clothes wringer, a laundry aid that used two rollers and a crank handle to squeeze out excess water and noticeably sped-up clothes washing and drying.

As a Black woman, Eglin couldn’t get a patent on her own in 1888, so she sold the rights to her invention to an agent for just $18, and made no further profit from her brainchild.  

Visit the Social Justice Webpage for much more about Ellen Eglin & 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).