PLATO Weekly Update

August 16, 2022

CURRICULUM

FALL COURSES
MARK YOUR CALENDAR – next week Tuesday, August 23:

• The Fall Course Schedule will be posted to the Courses webpage...
• And Registration for Fall courses will begin!

SPECIAL EVENTS 

BREAKFAST GATHERINGS 
NEW! Starting on August 26 at 9:30am, we will offer another monthly Breakfast Gathering on the fourth Friday of each month at the Madison Marquette Café located at 414 S. Baldwin Street. Members and non-members are invited to enjoy coffee and conversation with Hosts Catherine and Peggy. RSVP and learn more here. Note that we will continue to offer a Breakfast Gathering on the second Friday of the month as well – see below.

NEXT MONTH! On September 9 at 9:30am, members and non-members are invited to enjoy coffee and conversation with Host Susan at the UW Memorial Union Terrace. RSVP and learn more here, including parking tips and what to do if rain is in the forecast.

THEATER TRIP
NEW! Registration is open for Titanic – join us on October 16 to see this Tony award-winning musical at the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre. Register and learn more here.

FIELD TRIP
ONE SPACE LEFT – 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 Kohler. Register, view photos and learn more here.

LECTURES  
Check out our archived PLATO Lectures on a variety 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 August 9 – 22 is Pintail Duck, a woodwork by Jim Albright, who shares a bit about his creative woodworking process. 

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 August 16 – 29, 2022

Did You Know... Diana Trujillo Pomerantz is a Colombian-born (January 1980) aerospace engineer at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She leads the engineering team at JPL Rover. On February 18, 2021 Trujillo hosted the first ever Spanish-language NASA transmission of a planetary landing for the Perseverance rover landing on Mars. Trujillo moved to the US when she was just 17 years old, with only $300 in her pocket. She worked in service jobs and attended school part-time for years, eventually earning admission to the NASA Academy, becoming the first Hispanic immigrant woman to do so.

Visit the Social Justice Webpage for much more about Diana Trujillo Pomerantz 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).