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• Ethical Issues in Healthcare- $30.00, Tuesday Mornings 9- 10:30 am, September 15, 22, 29; October 6, 13, 20, 27; and November 3- An interactive discussion of several topics in the ethics of health care and health care delivery. Topics will include: informed consent and refusal, advance directives (living wills and durable powers of attorney for health care), privacy and confidentiality, allocation of scarce resources, genetics issues, reproductive issues (including overzealous in vitro fertilization), and the right to health care. (8 weeks), William B. Bondeson, MU Curators professor of philosophy
• Estate Planning: What You Need to Know—and a Whole Lot More- $30.00, Tuesday Mornings 10:30 am – Noon, September 15, 22, 29; and October 6, 13, 20- The class will provide participants with up-to-date, comprehensive information for creating and managing their estates. Attendees will receive easy-to-understand and straightforward information for organizing their estate plans, and materials provided. The following topics will be discussed: Preparing to plan: things to consider before setting up your estate plan, Non-probate transfers, All about wills, All about trusts, Other estate plan documents: durable power of attorney—health care directive, general power of attorney, Basics of the probate process, Advanced estate planning documents, questions and answers (6 sessions), Christopher L. Kespohl, JD, MBA, was born and raised in Columbia. He is a graduate of Hickman High School; Westminster College, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration; and MU where he received law and masters’ degrees.
• Eight Geniuses Who Changed the World: Serious and Lighter Notes on Their Lives, Loves and Laurels- $30.00, Wednesday Mornings, 10:00 – 11:30 am- September 16, 23, 30; October 7, 14, 21, 28 and November 4- The focus is on eight modern geniuses—and a few of their contemporaries—whose innovations have changed our lives: Charles Darwin—His theory of the origin of the species by natural selection changed the way we view humans’ place in the universe; Albert Einstein—Time’s Man of the Century, whose theories on space, time and matter revolutionized our ideas about the cosmos; George Bernard Shaw—“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” He helped women recreate themselves and their roles; Frank Lloyd Wright—“Every great architect is—necessarily—a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age.”; Harry Truman—“The buck stops here.” This “simple country boy” helped save the world from communism.; Henry Ford—Fortune magazine’s Entrepreneur of the Century wanted a car (any color as long as it was black) in every garage and a decent paycheck for all.; Rachel Carson—Time magazine cited her as one of the 100 most important people of the 20th century. The New York Times headline read “Silent Spring Is Now Noisy Summer: Pesticides Industry up in Arms Over a New Book.”; Margaret Sanger—Birth control for everyone despite the Comstock laws. Course content will be augmented by photos taken during the instructors’ many travels. (8 sessions), Wayne Anderson, PhD, MU professor emeritus of psychological sciences, writes articles on the International Center for Psychosocial Trauma for the Columbia Daily Tribune. (He is currently not writing the travel column.), Carla Anderson, PhD, is a retired psychologist.
• Potpourri-Differing Perspectives on the Current Economic Crisis- $30.00, Wednesday Afternoons, 3:00 – 5:00 pm, September 23, 30; October 7, 14, 21, 28; and November 4, 11- Outlook and Opportunities - The Financial Market, Building Your Ark: Financial planning principles for life – yours, as well as those who follow, Missouri’s General Revenue Collections -- Impact of the National Crisis, Topic TBA After Legislative Session, Health Care, Tax Reform, the Fate of Newspapers and Other Mysteries, Economic Transition in Agricultural Production, They Just Don't Get It: Ethical Obligations of Private-Sector Companies that Accept Public-Sector Funds, Local Business Perspective on the Current Economic Condition: Columbia’s Unique Economy
• A Science Potpourri- $30.00, Thursday Mornings,10:00 – 11:30 am, September 17, 24; October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; and November 5- We take pleasure in announcing that this course is offered in collaboration with the faculty of the MU Life Sciences Center- Marc Johnson- Viruses through the ages, Mike Garcia- Insulating nerves, myelin to MS, D. Cornelison- Stem cells and you, George Stewart- Anthrax and Bioterrorism: Overrated or Understated?, Melissa Mitchum- Nematodes, The good, the bad, and the ugly, Judy Wall- Bioremediation by bacteria, Sylvia Jurisson- Diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals, Bruce McClure- Fins to Fingers, Origins of the tetrapods