PLATO Weekly Update

June 28, 2022

CURRICULUM

COVID-19 PROTOCOLS FOR COURSES

Current COVID protocols for specific Host Locations for Summer Courses are listed in the Curriculum Showcase.

SUMMER COURSES
Have a question about a Summer Course? Find everything you need to know on the Summer Course Schedule page.

FALL COURSES
Mark your calendar! 

· On Tuesday, August 23, the Fall Course schedule will be posted to the Courses webpage and course enrollment begins that same day!

· Fall courses start the week of September 19.

SPECIAL EVENTS 

Plans are underway to offer exciting events for the Fall season. Stay tuned to the Weekly Updates for more information to come.

BREAKFAST GATHERINGS
COMING SOON! On Friday, July 8 from 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. take in the scenic view of Lake Mendota while enjoying coffee and conversation with fellow members outdoors at UW Memorial Union Terrace. If rain is in the forecast, we will meet indoors – look for Host Sharon Scrattish in the glassed-in lobby to find out where our tables are located. RSVP and learn more here, including parking tips!

LECTURES  
Pique your curiosity with archived PLATO Lectures on an array of topics.

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 June 28 – July 11 is Kohlrabi, a poem by Kate Dike, who memorialized a joyful childhood memory in the act of writing this poem.

SOCIAL JUSTICE EVENTS & READINGS

Select from a range of topics and formats 

for your Summer reading, viewing, or listening, 

curated by PLATO's Diversity Awareness Committee.

DID YOU KNOW? for June 21 – July 4

Did You Know… The 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Abdulrazak Gurnah who was born in Zanzibar, Tanzania and now teaches and writes in Canterbury, England. The Swedish Academy cited Gurnah for his "uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents”.

Gurnah is the first Black writer to receive the Literature Nobel since Toni Morrison in 1993. Gurnah has written 10 novels, including 1994’s Paradise, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and 2001’s By the Sea, longlisted for the Booker. Gurnah’s writing has been noted for pushing back against previous Western takes on the African continent.

Visit the Social Justice Webpage for more about Abdulrazak Gurnah and the titles of his novels plus 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).