{"id":23835,"date":"2021-08-24T18:52:53","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T22:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2021\/08\/24\/neccs-life-long-studies-program-is-back\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T15:22:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:22:47","slug":"neccs-life-long-studies-program-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2021\/08\/24\/neccs-life-long-studies-program-is-back\/","title":{"rendered":"NECC\u2019s Life Long Studies Program is Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_24370\" style=\"width: 215px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2021\/08\/Lifelong-Studies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24370\" class=\"wp-image-24370 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2021\/08\/Lifelong-Studies-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24370\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants in a &#8220;Let&#8217;s Talk Current Events&#8221; Program, pre-pandemic.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Haverhill and Lawrence, MA (Aug. 25, 2021)-Northern Essex Community College\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/ccce.necc.mass.edu\/public\/category\/programStream.do?method=load&amp;selectedProgramAreaId=1020356&amp;selectedProgramStreamId=1020401\">Life Long Studies Program<\/a>, noncredit courses open to adults 18 or older, but especially popular with seniors, will return this fall, after a year-long hiatus, due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Back by popular demand is \u201cLet\u2019s Talk Current Events\u201d, led by Frank Baggs, and \u201cTai Chi\u201d, taught by octogenarian Allen Drelick, a certified Arthritis Foundation Tai Chi instructor, who has been teaching at Northern Essex for six years.<\/p>\n<p>New this fall are \u201cThe Journals of Lewis and Clark\u201d and \u201cCreative Poetry Writing\u201d, taught by Mary-Ellen Morris, and \u201cWater Collage\/Three Dimensional Paper\u201d and \u201cBook-in-a-Box\u201d, led by artist Sandra Golbert, who works in fiber, mostly hand-made paper and hand-dyed silk, to produce sculptures and wall hangings.<\/p>\n<p>Northern Essex History Professor Richard Padova is teaching \u201cThe History of Catholic Worship in Lawrence, MA\u201d which will explore Catholic churches in the city over the years, starting with Immaculate Conception, which was the first Catholic Church in Lawrence, opening 175 years ago in 1846.<\/p>\n<p>Life Long Studies Programs will be taught in a classroom this fall, and everyone will be required to wear masks and socially distance. Programs meet once a week during the day and last for the entire semester or half the semester. Tuition ranges from $50 to $119. All courses will be taught on the Haverhill Campus, except for &#8220;The History of Catholic Worship in Lawrence, MA&#8221;, which is offered in Lawrence.<\/p>\n<p>For a full schedule of Life Long Studies courses offered this fall, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/ccce.necc.mass.edu\/public\/category\/programStream.do?method=load&amp;selectedProgramAreaId=1020356&amp;selectedProgramStreamId=1020401\">the website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you have questions, contact Sandy Zappala, program coordinator, szappala@necc.mass.edu.<\/p>\n<p>NECC\u2019s Center for Corporate &amp; Community Education offers noncredit business, professional, career, and personal development courses as well as professional certificates and computer training for individuals and companies looking for cutting-edge skills, by providing the training that is most needed in today\u2019s workforce. For more information email\u00a0noncredit@necc.mass.edu\u00a0or call 978-659-1200 or\u00a0visit us online<\/p>\n<p>Northern Essex Community College has campuses in both Haverhill and Lawrence. It offers\u00a0approximately\u00a060\u00a0associate degree and certificate programs as well as hundreds of noncredit courses designed for personal enrichment and career growth.\u00a0 Each year,\u00a06,000\u00a0students are enrolled in credit associate degree and certificate programs on the Haverhill and Lawrence campuses; and\u00a0another 2,000\u00a0take noncredit workforce development and community education classes on campus, and at businesses and community sites across the Merrimack Valley.\u00a0 For more information, visit the website at\u00a0www.necc.mass.edu\u00a0or call 978-556-3700.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Life Long Studies Program, open to all ages, but especially popular with seniors, is back after a hiatus due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":25108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[133,190,385,594],"class_list":["post-23835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-programs","tag-center-for-corporate-and-community-education","tag-current-events","tag-life-long-studies-program","tag-tai-chi"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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