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Ruining Your Day at the Beach

(Recording Now Available!) Join Doug’s class and learn why beaches erode and how rip currents work. You will examine globally collected sand samples, or your own, and learn how to analyze their differences.

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What is an American?  A Personal Inquiry

The question “What is an American?” began in 1782 and persists today. This course uses Hector de Crevecoeur, Mark Twain, and modern journalist George Packer’s “The Four Americans” essay (2021) to animate a discussion of the continuing puzzlement.

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Writing Reminiscences 

Interactive memoir writing course where your 1-2 page writing assignments are shared to the others in the class for encouragement and suggestions.

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Conversations on Race: Community Roundtable Discussion

The community leaders who will be participating in the Round Table Panel that is the final discussion of the Series “Conversations on Race: An American Dilemma” will be: Deborah Short, Program Director of BAAM, Nancy Andrew Director of the Talbot Family Network, and Capt. Anthony Smith, Chief of the St. Michaels Police Department. The discussion will be moderated by Chesapeake Forum Board President, Lynn Randle.