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July 26, 2022

July 26, 2022 11:40 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)


PLATO Weekly Update

July 26, 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
Questions? Find answers on the Summer Course Schedule page.

FALL COURSES
Note these important dates:

· Tuesday, August 23 – the Fall Course schedule will be posted to the Courses webpage and registration for courses begins

· The week of September 19 – Fall Courses begin

COURSES PAGE 


SPECIAL EVENTS
 

BREAKFAST GATHERING 
Enjoy coffee and conversation –
 with fellow PLATO members on Friday, August 12 at 9:30am at the UW Memorial Union Terrace. Note – at our July 8 gathering Peet's Coffee was the only open venue so you may want to have a bite to eat before leaving home. RSVP and learn more here, including parking tips and what to do if it rains.

FIELD TRIP
Registration is open! Join us on Wednesday, August 31, for a day in the Sheboygan, Wisconsin area. In the morning we will visit Kohler-Andrae State Park and in the afternoon spend time at the new Art Preserve of the John Michael Kohler Arts Center. Lunch will be on your own at Shops at Woodlake KohlerRegister, view photos, and learn more here.

SAVE THE DATES
Details about more trips coming soon! 

Tuesday, October 4 – A Walk Through Forest Hill Cemetery lead by Bruce Gregg, longtime member of PLATO and of Historic Madison.

Sunday, October 16 – a theater trip to see Titanic at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater.

And planning is underway for another field trip in late August/early September and a second theater trip in November!

LECTURES  
As always, archived PLATO Lectures are available on a variety of subjects.

SPECIAL EVENTS CALENDAR 


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 July 26 – August 8 is Hanging Up My Laundry, a short story by Howard Bowman, narrated by the author himself.

AGORA FEATURE 


OCIAL 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 July 19 – August 1

Did You Know… Matthew Henson was an African American explorer best known as the co-discoverer of the North Pole in 1909 with Robert Edwin Peary. While Peary received much recognition for the accomplishment, Henson, as a black man, was largely ignored in press reports at the time. It took almost 30 years for him to receive the proper recognition.

Born to Maryland sharecroppers in 1866, Henson was orphaned early and had to make his own way. He became a cabin boy on a ship where the captain mentored him in seamanship. Henson was working on land in a hat shop in Washington D.C. in 1887 when he met naval engineer and global explorer Robert Peary. Peary was impressed by Henson’s seafaring credentials and hired him as his valet for upcoming expeditions to Nicaragua, Greenland, and eventually the North Pole.

Visit the Social Justice Webpage for more about Matthew Henson 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).

SOCIAL JUSTICE WEBPAGE 



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