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Get your history fix here. Our history classes cover local, state, and world history.

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  Battle of Platte River Bridge Station 

That fateful day in July 1865 that began the Plains Indian Wars forever marked the Wyoming landscape. We will review information about the battle, see ...  View More

Section Number: OLLI

Cost: $12.00

Fees: $9.00

Weekly - Fri 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM (9/27/2019-9/27/2019)

Instructor : Reid Miller 

Location : National Historic Trails Center Location : 
  National Historic Trails Center.

Room :  NHTC

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  Book of Acts and Early Christianity 

The Book of Acts denotes the birth of the Christian Church and records the church’s inception in Israel to it becoming a worldwide movement in the Rom ...  View More

Section Number: OLLI

Cost: $12.00

Fees: $0.00

Weekly - Tue 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (10/1/2019-10/22/2019)

Instructor : Steven Gunderson 

Location : McMurry Career Studies Location : 
  McMurry Career Studies.

Room :  CS 160

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  Galveston Hurricane of 1900 

The hurricane that struck Galveston, Texas, on September 8, 1900, was the deadliest natural disaster in United States’ history. It destroyed or damage ...  View More

Section Number: OLLI

Cost: $12.00

Fees: $0.00

Weekly - Wed 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM (11/13/2019-11/13/2019)

Instructor : India Hayford 

Location : Nolte Gateway Center Location : 
  Nolte Gateway Center.

Room :  GW 222

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  Great Women Artists of History 

It is often said that there were no great women artists in history. Although the lack of education, training, and opportunity limited women’s efforts ...  View More

Section Number: OLLI

Cost: $12.00

Fees: $0.00

Weekly - Mon, Wed 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (10/21/2019-10/30/2019)

Instructor : Cynthia Grieve 

Location : Nolte Gateway Center Location : 
  Nolte Gateway Center.

Room :  GW 218

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  Little Bighorn: Famous Participants 

We will learn the theories about the Battle of Little Bighorn and the participants who were made celebrities because of their roles in the battle. You ...  View More

Section Number: OLLI

Cost: $12.00

Fees: $0.00

Weekly - Mon, Tue, Wed 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM (9/16/2019-9/18/2019)

Instructor : Monte Henrie 

Location : Nolte Gateway Center Location : 
  Nolte Gateway Center.

Room :  GW 222

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  Martin's Cove History 

Visit Martin’s Cove historic site with experts from the Cove and the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center. Learn about the emigrants that pass ...  View More

Section Number: OLLI

Cost: $12.00

Fees: $8.00

Weekly - Wed 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM (9/11/2019-9/11/2019)

Instructor : Jason Vlcan 

Location : Field trip Location : 
  Field trip.

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  Matchmakers, Spies, and Code Breakers 

Meet daring women who became spies,tireless codebreakers, and helped the Allies win World War II. Laugh as you enjoy the story of two young women who ...  View More

Section Number: OLLI

Cost: $12.00

Fees: $0.00

Weekly - Mon 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (10/21/2019-10/28/2019)

Instructor : Carol Chapman 

Location : Nolte Gateway Center Location : 
  Nolte Gateway Center.

Room :  GW 223

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  Meet the Beatles 

The Beatles dominated the 1960s and are still culturally and musically important today. Their fame and talent morphed into a phenomenon known as Beatl ...  View More

Section Number: OLLI

Cost: $12.00

Fees: $0.00

Weekly - Wed 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM (10/30/2019-11/20/2019)

Instructor : Carol Hall 

Location : Fox Skelton Energy Institute Location : 
  Fox Skelton Energy Institute.

Room :  EI 125

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  Mental Illness or Eccentric Genius 

Examine the historical and current science on women and mental illness. Look at some famous women and the odd, incredible behaviors they exhibited. Pe ...  View More

Section Number: OLLI

Cost: $12.00

Fees: $0.00

Weekly - Mon, Wed 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (9/30/2019-10/2/2019)

Instructor : Cynthia Grieve 

Location : Nolte Gateway Center Location : 
  Nolte Gateway Center.

Room :  GW 223

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  Older Than Dirt 

This popular class is a great introduction to working with fossils. Work in the lab and take a fieldtrip to look for fossils. Fossils collected will r ...  View More

Section Number: OLLI

Cost: $12.00

Fees: $15.00

Daily - Tue,Wed 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (9/24/2019-9/25/2019); Daily - Thu 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (9/26/2019-9/26/2019)

Instructor : JP Cavigelli 

Please read: Field Trip: Thursday, 9/26/2019 8-5pm

Location : Multiple Location : 
  Tate Geological Museum. 
  Field trip.

Room : Multiple  Room : 
  TM 123. 
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  Pekin Duck 

Unable to duck away from an increasingly interconnected world, China ran afoul of the hungry imperial powers in the 19th century. At the dawn of the 2 ...  View More

Section Number: OLLI

Cost: $12.00

Fees: $0.00

Weekly - Mon, Wed 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM (9/16/2019-9/25/2019)

Instructor : Tom Smyth 

Location : Fox Skelton Energy Institute Location : 
  Fox Skelton Energy Institute.

Room :  EI 125

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  Pekin Duck 

Unable to duck away from an increasingly interconnected world, China ran afoul of the hungry imperial powers in the 19th century. At the dawn of the 2 ...  View More

Section Number: OLLI

Cost: $12.00

Fees: $0.00

Weekly - Tue, Thu 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (10/22/2019-10/31/2019)

Instructor : Tom Smyth 

Location : Fox Skelton Energy Institute Location : 
  Fox Skelton Energy Institute.

Room :  EI 125

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