“The first section of Betwixt and Between: The Honors Pathway was a crucial step in my assimilation process of becoming a college student.”
Megan Ruggiero, English major
adventures in learning
Adventures in Learning is a community-based program of educational enrichment for adults living in the Kearsarge-Lake Sunapee region. Sponsored by Colby-Sawyer College, Adventures in Learning provides a peer learning experience for those with a vigorous interest in the world of ideas and for those who wish to continue their intellectual growth in an informal setting.
The individuals who are drawn to the Adventures in Learning program seek continued intellectual challenges but also come with a collective wealth of accumulated knowledge. Many have unique skills and professional experience to impart to their peers and thereby provide a ready-made “faculty” of volunteer study group leaders. Courses are non-credit and without exams and are offered over a three to four week or six to eight week period in the summer, fall, winter, and spring. The two-hour weekly, morning or afternoon class sessions are held in such locations as the Colby-Sawyer Library/Learning Center, Tracy Memorial Library, New London Town Office Building, the Community Room at Lake Sunapee Bank, New London Historical Society, The Fells Gatehouse, the Community Room in Newbury, and the Knowlton House Community Room, Sunapee Harbor. New classroom venues are continually being added as the program expands.
Topics for study vary each term, and new courses are regularly created according to the interests and availability of qualified study group leaders. Subjects studied and discussed include history, literature, the sciences, international affairs, current events, and more. Within a very short time, Adventures in Learning participants become friends in a relaxed learning atmosphere where they welcome and respect the ideas and opinions offered by their peers in discussions.
Adventures in Learning seeks diversity in its membership and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religious preference, disability, age, sexual orientation or national and ethnic origination.
For more information about the Adventures in Learning Program, please contact Janet St. Laurent via e-mail at jstlaure@colby-sawyer.edu or at:
Adventures in Learning
Colby-Sawyer College
Colby Homestead
541 Main Street
New London, NH 03257
(603) 526-3690
