Lecture Series
2023 Fall Semester ElderscholarSM Lecture Series:
TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY LECTURES from September 12/13 - October 10/11, 2023
Participants may choose to attend class in the Colket Center or virtually through Zoom Webinar. On-site participants will be served a buffet lunch in the Wortmann Ballroom following the lecture.
(All classes begin at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time)
Check Out the Spring 2023 Lecture Series:
Tuesday, September 12
Quips and Wit: Presidential Humor from John Adams to Joe Biden
Dr. John Selby: Retired, Roanoke College Professor of History
Wednesday, September 13
How to Manage Difficult Conversations
Eddy Smart: Executive Director of The Bridge Institute
Tuesday, September 19
From Rubble to Meadow: The Restoration of a Degraded Site Into an Outdoor Living Laboratory
Dr. Rachel Collins: Professor of Biology at Roanoke College
Wednesday, September 20
Don't Stress: How Stress Affects Us and Why It Matters
Dr. Lauren Kennedy-Metz '14: Assistant Professor of Psychology
Tuesday, September 26
Roanoke to Hollywood and Back
Joe Boucher '87: Director of Student Activities & Colket Center and Adjunct Professor
Wednesday, September 27
Two Foodies in Your Community
John Park and Zach Jackson: Co-Owners of The JPG Agency
Tuesday, October 3
The Firefly Tracheal System: Form, Function, and Modifications Associated with Bioluminescence
Dr. Kristin Dunn: Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
Wednesday, October 4
Performance Skills are Skills for Life: How Music and Theatre Education Sets Us Up for Success
Brynn Scozzari '11: Music Teacher, James Madison Middle School
Tuesday, October 10
Mac and Bob’s Restaurant: How a Business Should Work Alongside its Community
Bob Rotanz '78: Co-Owner and President of Mac and Bob's Restaurant
Wednesday, October 11
Histories of Enslavement at Roanoke College
Dr. Jesse Bucher: Director of Center for Studying Structures of Race and College Historian at Roanoke College
TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES WITH ADVENTURE SCHOLAR
2023 travel opportunities
Adventure Scholar
Inclement weather and cancellation policies are active during on-campus programming.
FOR CLASSES HELD AT THE ROANOKE COLLEGE CAMPUS ONLY: In the event of inclement weather, please call the weather hotline (540) 375-7777 or Community Programs at 540-375-2323 after 8 a.m. the day of the class to verify if the program will run as scheduled.
If the College is closed or closing early, there will be no Elderscholar program that day. If the College is under a delayed opening, or operating on a normal schedule, Elderscholar MAY BE CANCELED in order to protect the safety of the Elderscholars. If the program is canceled due to weather, Community Programs will make every effort to reschedule at a later date.
If the scheduled presenter is not available at a later date, an alternate lecture will be provided.