January 6, 2004

Contact:
Jennifer Meriam, Director
(954) 262-5355
Mara Kiffin, Coordinator
(954) 262-5350
Elizabeth Ninomiya, Writer
(954) 262-5309

NSU's Institute For Learning In Retirement Resumes Sessions, Offering Seniors Opportunities For Personal Enrichment And Enlightenment In The New Year

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - Nova Southeastern University's Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR) will resume its current session on Tuesday, January 6, offering South Florida seniors opportunities for personal enrichment and enlightenment in the New Year.

New and returning members will attend an extensive program of timely lectures, workshops, discussion groups, and field trips. The session will kick off with a discussion of "Music and Culture in the Classic Period," and the Jewish Book Review Series, featuring "The Coffee Trader." Subsequent sessions will feature subjects such as "Civil War," "World Literature," "Asian Philosophy," "The History of the Labor Movement in the USA," and "Physics Revisited," along with discussions of Woody Allen films, and a Writers' Workshop, among many other interesting activities.

Members can take advantage of the opportunity to learn from renowned NSU faculty, exciting peer leaders, and prominent visiting experts in such fields as the humanities, sciences, health, and government, enjoying all of the benefits of being immersed in a university atmosphere, with none of the pressures associated with university life, such as tests, theses and dissertations.

The ILR is a place where members say, "We exercise our hearts, our minds, and our souls." Serving its members for more than a quarter of a century on NSU's main campus in Fort Lauderdale, it was founded to affordably meet the lifelong learning needs of the growing retirement community in South Florida. Learning opportunities at the ILR fulfill many needs of its members after they have retired, providing a welcoming social environment, intellectual challenge and stimulation, entertainment, and companionship. This evolving, year-round program promotes member self-governance to create a broad curriculum of in-class and field trip events.

The ILR convenes four times per week, and all newly retired, semi-retired, or baby-boomers interested in a learning program to stimulate mind and spirit are eligible to join. In addition, all ILR participants may attend two undergraduate classes, with permission of the instructor, free of charge. The ILR is located at NSU's University Park Plaza North, 3424 South University Drive in Davie. For more information, please contact ILR Director Ed Aqua at (954) 262-8472.

Nova Southeastern University, with its main campus in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and student educational centers in Tampa, Orlando, Miami, West Palm Beach, and Jacksonville, Florida, and Las Vegas, Nevada, is the largest independent institution of higher education in the Southeast, and the 10th largest nationally. It awards bachelor's, master's, educational specialist, doctoral, and first-professional degrees in a wide range of fields, including business, counseling, computer and information sciences, education, medicine, dentistry, various health professions, law, marine sciences, psychology, and other social sciences. The university also offers 16 undergraduate majors through the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences. For more information about Nova Southeastern University, visit www.nova.edu.