CYPRESS — Interested in making new friends, exploring the past, doing crafts, cooking and trying new activities?
Join Lone Star College-CyFair’s Academy for Lifelong Learning (A.L.L.) designed for adults 50 and better.
Students, for whom learning never goes out of style, can get a program overview at the A.L.L. Spring Open House. This event will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Jan. 11 in the Conference Center on the campus at 9191 Barker Cypress.
Approximately 80 classes are offered each semester in arts and crafts; culinary arts; health, fitness and nutrition; home and auto; photography; science and nature; travel and culture; and more.
Among the returning favorites are Learning Mah Jongg, Mah Jongg Players, AARP Driver Safety Program and 290 Program Construction Update as well as many cooking classes, such as: Jambalaya, Crawfish Pie and File’ Gumbo, just to name a few.
Some of the new classes on the spring schedule include Outsmarting the Scammers, State Birds of the USA, Virtual Dementia Tour and Historic Texas Railroads, Then and Now.
An annual membership fee of $20 allows members to attend most classes free (with some requiring only a nominal event, supply or entrance fee.)
Other benefits of membership include use of the college gym, discounts at plays, concerts, movies and restaurants.
For a course schedule, registration or information, visit the Continuing Education office in the Center for Academic and Student Affairs (CASA) Room 116, call 281.290.3460 or go to LoneStar.edu/cyfair-ALL.
Helping more than 22,000 students reach their academic and career goals, Lone Star College-CyFair is the 5th comprehensive college in the Lone Star College System, located at 9191 Barker Cypress Road just three miles south of U.S. Highway 290. Tomorrow also starts today at the LSC-Fairbanks Center, located at 14955 Northwest Freeway and LSC-Cypress Center, located at 19710 Clay Road. For more information about LSC-CyFair and its programs, call 281.290.3200 or visit LoneStar.edu/cyfair.
Lone Star College offers high-quality, low-cost academic transfer and career training education to 99,000 students each semester. LSC is training tomorrow’s workforce today and redefining the community college experience to support student success. Stephen C. Head, Ph.D., serves as chancellor of LSC, the largest institution of higher education in the Houston area with an annual economic impact of nearly $3 billion. LSC consists of six colleges, eight centers, two university centers, Lone Star Corporate College and LSC-Online. To learn more, visit LoneStar.edu.
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