The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at USC Beaufort will offer a special lecture by USC Beaufort English Professor Marshall Kremers entitled, "Exploring Dan Brown's Novel Angels and Demons." The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will take place at the new USC Beaufort classroom facility at Pineland Station Mall, Suite 304B, on August 16. A wine and cheese reception will start at 5 p.m., and the lecture will begin at 5:30 p.m. Reservations are required by calling 208-8247 or 521-4113.
Kremers' lecture will explore how Dan Brown, author of The DaVinci Code, used CERN, the Swiss research lab, and the Vatican to build a suspenseful tale of murder and intrigue, resulting in the novel, Angels and Demons. Kremers will illustrate the lecture with slides of Vatican City and the physics lab at CERN, which features a state-of-the-art particle accelerator.
The lifelong learning program managed by OLLI at USC Beaufort has been in existence for more than thirteen years and currently serves more than 840 members throughout the Lowcountry. OLLI conducts educational programs for senior adults. These not-for-credit classes have no entrance requirements and there are no tests. Members take these classes for personal enrichment. This coming year, OLLI will offer more than 230 classes in a wide variety of subject areas,including arts and culture, ecology, finance, gardening, government, history, literature, music, and science.
OLLI has recently leased and renovated the Pineland Station Mall classroom facility to create a state-of-the-art learning facility that will host OLLI classes during the day, and USC Beaufort Continuing Education Conversational Spanish and English-as-a-second Language classes evenings.
For more information, contact Dan Campbell, program coordinator, continuing education, at 843-208-8249 or campbe35@gwm.sc.edu.
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