Tri-C Westshore offers free lecture series on how to live a better life

The Westshore Campus of Cuyahoga Community College will explore topics such as health and wellness, personal finance, and arts and culture during its “Learning for Life” lecture series this academic year.

The free educational series offers evening lectures and brown bag lunch discussions at Westshore Campus and Corporate College West in Westlake. Tri-C faculty members and local experts will lead the sessions.

“The ‘Learning for Life’ lecture series enhances the College’s mission of providing high quality and accessible educational opportunities – not just for our students, but also to members of our community,” said Robert Searson, dean of academic affairs at Westshore Campus.

The new series runs through April and expands and builds upon the popular “Year of the Brain” programs offered by the campus the past two years.

Topics, times and dates for “Learning for Life” are as follows:

  • Mental Disease – Myth or Reality. Wednesday, Sept. 23, 7 p.m., in the Westshore Campus Atrium 

  • Brown Bag Lunch: The Anatomy of a Heart Attack. Thursday, Sept. 24, 12:30 p.m., at Westshore Campus, Room 112

  • How to Manage/Multiply Your Finances. Wednesday, Oct. 21, 7 p.m., in the Westshore Campus Atrium

  • Brown Bag Lunch: How to Read Poetry.  Thursday, Oct. 22, 12:30 p.m., at Corporate College West, Room 112

  • The Importance of Gratitude. Wednesday, Nov. 18, 7 p.m., in the Westshore Campus Atrium

  • Brown Bag Lunch: Fast Food in the Middle Ages and Today. Thursday, Nov. 19, 12:30 p.m., at Westshore Campus, Room 112

  • Brown Bag Lunch: Learn How to Learn. Thursday, Dec. 3, 12:30 p.m., at Corporate College West, Room 112

  • How to Deal with Anxiety. Wednesday, Feb. 17, 7 p.m., in the Westshore Campus Atrium

  • Brown Bag Lunch: Topic TBD. Thursday, Feb. 18, 12:30 p.m., at Westshore Campus, Room 112

  • Finance Matters. Wednesday, March 16, 7 p.m., in the Westshore Campus Atrium

  • Brown Bag Lunch: Topic TBD. Thursday, March 24, 12:30 p.m., at Corporate College West, Room 112

  • Brown Bag Lunch: Topic TBD. Thursday, April 7, 12:30 p.m., at Westshore Campus, Room 112

  • Food for Thought. Wednesday, April 20, 7 p.m., in the Westshore Campus Atrium

  • Brown Bag Lunch: Topic TBD. Thursday, April 28, 12:30 p.m., at Corporate College West, Room 112

All of the events are free and open to the public, with no reservations required. The Westshore Campus is at 31001 Clemens Road, while Corporate College West is at 25425 Center Ridge Road (the corner of Columbia and Center Ridge roads).

For additional information, visit www.tri-c.edu/LearningforLife.

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