 The IU Indianapolis Senior Academy offers fun and meaningful ways to connect with colleagues and the community! Find details and register to participate in all our activities on the Senior Academy website. October EventsFriday, October 4, 10 a.m. to noon, Exodus Refugee Immigration Volunteer Project Volunteer at Exodus Refugee Immigration to sort and process clothing and other donations. Our goal is 10 volunteers. Your friends and family are welcome to join us! Questions? Email ffohhcriK evetS. Tuesday, October 8, 4:30 to 6 p.m., String Theory String Theory participants knit, crochet, and use other string crafts to create useful and beautiful items that can warm bodies and hearts. All skill levels are welcome. Recent donations to the IU Cancer Center, IU Student Outreach Clinic, Exodus Refugee and Immigration Center and Gennesaret Free Clinic were highlighted in a recent Mirror Indy Newsletter.
Wednesday, October 9, 2 to 4 p.m., Fall Social at Covenant Hill Farm As the vibrant colors of fall begin to paint the landscape, join your Senior Academy friends for an afternoon of warmth and camaraderie at Covenant Hill Farm, home of our hosts Michael and Lisa Patchner. Their inspiring tale will surely spark conversation and perhaps even some new ideas for our own paths ahead. Wear comfortable shoes so you can walk some of the farm trails. Wednesday, October 16, 11 a.m. to noon, Book Club Join this on-line discussion of Elisabeth Graver’s novel Kantinka. A dazzling Sephardic multigenerational saga that moves from Istanbul to Barcelona, Havana, and New York, exploring displacement, endurance, and family as home.
November EventsFriday, November 8, 2 to 4 p.m. 2024 Last Lecture
Scott Deal is a professor of Music Technology and Director of the Donald Tavel Arts and Technology Research Center at Herron School of Art + Design. His talk, A Musical Life in the Academy, will highlight impactful people, conversations, and experiences that have shaped his 33-year career. These include what he has learned about staying open to synchronicity, leaning into interdisciplinarity, embracing failure, and finding a teaching style. Professor Deal’s Last Lecture will feature a brief live musical performance on the vibraphone as an introduction. The lecture will include life stories about personal connections, his life’s winding paths, and the most impactful experiences and conversations of his career through which he intends to pass on wisdom he has gained to the university community and the public. He intends to distill 33 years of inquiry, reflection, and service into a lecture that will edify and serve colleagues, students, and the public. The Last Lecture is hosted by the Senior Academy, Office of Academic Affairs, and the IU Foundation. Register at Last Lecture. Wednesday, November 13, 11 a.m. to noon, Book Club Tommy Orange, There There: A Novel (2018) There There follows 12 characters from Native communities as they travel to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in ways they may not yet realize. Together this chorus of voices tells of the plight of the urban Native American—grappling with a complex and painful history, with an inheritance of beauty and spirituality, with communion and sacrifice and heroism. There There was a finalist for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize, recipient of the 2019 PEN/Hemingway award, and one of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years. Future EventsSenior Academy Holiday Gathering – Thursday Thursday, December 12, 2 to 4 p.m. Plan now to attend Senior Academy’s annual holiday party at the Global Village Welcome Center, 4233 Lafayette Road, Indianapolis, IN 46254. This venue features galleries with artifacts from around the world donated by Indy’s diverse global communities. We’ll enjoy heavy hors d’oeuvres and have plenty of time and space to socialize. Registration for the event will be open soon on the Senior Academy Events page. Senior Academy Book Club – Meetings are online the second Wednesday each month, 11 a.m. to noon
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