PLATO Weekly Update

May 10, 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.

SUMMER COURSES
Registration begins today, Tuesday, May 10. Course lists are now available on the Summer Course Schedule page.

PLEASE NOTE 
The Tuesday, May 17 Whither the State class is cancelled.

NEW ARTICLE 
Paula McKenzie shares her experience of being a course coordinator in her article, A Coordinator's Perspective, posted on the Curriculum Showcase.

SPECIAL EVENTS

BREAKFAST GATHERINGS
THIS FRIDAY! Meet fellow PLATO members over coffee on Friday, May 13 from 9:30 - 11:30 am at The Marquette Hotel Café, 414 S. Baldwin Street. Find menu, directions and RSVP details here.

FIELD TRIPS 
SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE! 15 places remain for our guided tour of the newly-renovated International Crane Foundation Headquarters. After lunch on your own in downtown Wisconsin Dells, we tour the Aldo Leopold Shack and Farm. Review the required COVID-19 Protocols and learn more and register here. 

COVID-19 Protocols for this Field Trip:

· Persons wishing to wear a mask are encouraged to do so.

· Neither site we will visit requires mask wearing.

· Health protocols are subject to change closer to the time of this field trip.

· You are asked to stay home if you are not feeling well. Please contact the trip organizer to inform them of your decision.

LECTURES  
Check out archived PLATO Lectures on a wide range of topics.

QUESTIONS FOR PLATO LEADERSHIP

This first in a quarterly series of questions for PLATO leadership is answered by President Kathy Brown about the year she is completing and links to her newly published PLATO annual report.

ELECTION RESULTS FOR PLATO 2022-23 BOARD

The annual election is now completed. Congratulations to President Rod McKenzie, Vice President Mike Kernats, Secretary Patricia Herrling, Treasurer Jatinder Cheema and new At-Large Director MaryJo MacSwain. The PLATO Board is composed of five officers, standing committee chairpersons, and five At-Large Directors. In lieu of an annual meeting, please see the link above for the PLATO Annual Report for fiscal year 2022.

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 May 3 – 16 is Kitchen Match, a short (true!) story written and narrated by Thomas Schlicht.

SOCIAL JUSTICE EVENTS & READINGS

Select from a range of topics and formats 

for your Spring reading, viewing, or listening, 

curated by PLATO's Diversity Awareness Committee.

DID YOU KNOW? for May 10 – 23, 2022

Did You Know… Victor Jerome Glover (b: April 30, 1976) is a NASA astronaut from the class of 2013 and pilot on the first operational flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon to the International Space Station (ISS). Glover is a commander in the U.S. Navy where he pilots an F/A-18 and is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School. He was a crew member of Expedition64 (ISS November 16, 2020 - May 2, 2021), serving as a station systems flight engineer and completing three space walks. 

Visit the Social Justice Webpage for much more about Victor Jerome Glover 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).