This fall, the Vail Centre is partnering with The University of Denver’s Enrichment Program and Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) to provide a unique learning opportunity – DU at the Vail Centre, September 11-16. The Vail Valley is an extraordinary place not only for its awe-inspiring beauty and wealth of activities, but also for the vibrant individuals who are drawn to this mountain community. Offering an enrichment program, the Vail Centre enables intellectual engagement with peers and the ability to discuss a wide variety of timely topics with top academics and renowned intellectuals.
The Vail Centre is committed to providing learning opportunities at all levels in the Valley whether it’s expanding the horizons of business professionals with certificate courses or executive round tables to hone business acumen or offering high-level lifelong learning programs. DU at the Vail Centre will delve into a wide array of topics designed to challenge, inspire and delight the inquisitive mind.
Choose from 14 courses, plus an activity-filled day at Codillera golfing, hiking with a camera, horseback riding, fly fishing or at the spa. For additional information, visit www.vailcentre.org/du-eo or contact Todd Wallis at 720-288-1206. Here is a course list with brief descriptions:
- Bullets to Body Fluids
Justice Through Science From Sherlock Holmes to modern TV shows, we have looked to science to help solve crimes. The answers that science provides are not always clear-cut. - Write Your Story, Change Your Life
We read memoirs for what they teach us about the human condition. But writing a memoir can teach us even more. - The ISIS Crisis, Year II: How Should the World Respond
Understanding the roots of ISIS is essential to pursuing an effective policy. Thinking outside of the box and challenging the received wisdom about the politics and history of the Middle East provides insight. - The Long and Winding Road: Rediscovering the Beatles
Can it really be 50 years since the world was ruled by the Beatles? The course will uncover why their music has the energy, joy, inventiveness and magic to have withstood the test of time. - Nature’s Social Union: Global Perspectives on the Human-Animal Bond
Animals provide some of our most reliable, uncomplicated and valued relationships. Exploring the contribution animals make to our health and well-being helps us understand this connection. - Sustainable Urban Planning: Designing the Intercultural City
American cities nationwide are dealing with numerous issues around environmental and cultural sustainability, as the US will soon become a “minority majority” nation. Explore how urban planning and design might respond to these challenges. - Why Maps Matter: Cartography in American History
Whether made for national conquest or urban reform, to encourage settlement or to investigate disease, maps both reflect and mediate change. - Composers in Love From Bach to Wagner
Bach loved his wife, and wrote music for her, as did Berlioz, Grieg and others. Follow their stories, read their letters and hear their music. - Election 2016: Issues and Implications
The 2016 presidential election is looking to be one of the most consequential and controversial in decades. Examine several aspects of the current election cycle. - The Challenge of an Aging Society
Delve into how a workforce that has an increasing number of elderly provide the social security, health care, long-term care and other services needed by an aging population. - The Writer Within: Under the Influence of Colorado’s Poet Laureate
The class will focus on poetry as a practice whose core purpose is not self-expression, but self-transformation. - Concussions: Myth, Madness and Medical Science
This engaging presentation will demystify brain injuries and decode the most recent laboratory studies. - Music from the Blue and Gray: Songs from the Civil War
Thousands of songs were written, published and sung by soldiers on both sides that were passionate about patriotism, sadness and loss. Discover some of those revealing lyrics and enduring melodies. - Identity and Meaning: Making Sense of Our Experience as Humans in the 21st Century
The connection between politics and personal identity has never been more intense. Electing to act and live meaningfully in the midst of madness.
