DAVIDSONLEARNS
Register for DavidsonLearns Fall Semester on Monday, August 2
NEWS Registration for the DavidsonLearns Fall semester opens at 10 a.m. on Monday, August 2. You’ll find the full fall curriculum here, with detailed descriptions, dates, and times. If you have been a student with DavidsonLearns, be sure to check that your...
DavidsonLearns Welcomes Gerald Wright – June 10
NEWS Gerald Wright will share highlights of his first ninety days as the Executive Director of the Davidson Housing Coalition. He will also update us on current projects and the organization’s vision for the future. Event Details Thursday, June 10 at 4:00 PM Zoom...
DavidsonLearns Offers In-person and Online Classes for Fall 2021
NEWS After last year’s fully online curriculum due to COVID-19, DavidsonLearns returns to in-person classes this fall, with nine courses scheduled to meet in person. Six online classes will meet via Zoom, as well as one hybrid course, in which in-person and online...
DavidsonLearns Event: Robert Dinwiddie – May 19
NEWS Robert Dinwiddie (royal VA governor, 1651-8) was, in order of magnitudes, the most important British official in the colonies in the run up to the French and Indian War. He set George Washington’s trajectory for becoming commander-in-chief of the revolutionary...
DavidsonLearns Event: The History and Future of the Filibuster
NEWS Dr. Eric Heberlig, Professor, Department of Political Science and Public Administration Professor, Public Policy Doctoral Program. Dr. Heberlig will provide background on the history of the U.S. Senate filibuster and offer insight into whether it is time to end...
DavidsonLearns: The Electrical Grid – Today and Tomorrow
NEWS The North Carolina Utilities Commission is an agency of the State of North Carolina created by the General Assembly to regulate the rates and services of all investor-owned public utilities in North Carolina. The Commission regulates companies that provide...
DavidsonLearns Event: Boomerang Water
NEWS Join us on April 21 at 1:00 pm, as Jason Dribble, Shaun Zaken and Max Vierling from Boomerang Water discuss their solution to the environmental problem of single-use plastics. Headquartered in Davidson, NC, Boomerang Water is a small batch bottling system that...
Civil Rights and Racial Justice in the North in the 1960s – DavidsonLearns Event
NEWS Dr. Aldridge will speak about the civil rights issues of northern cities in the 1960s involving issues like Police/Community relations, fair housing, equitable schooling, and the type of post-civil disobedience activism that emerged in that context. He...
Housing Inequality and the Racial Wealth Gap
NEWS The UNC Charlotte Urban Institute: seeking solutions to the social, economic, and environmental challenges facing our communities for more than 50 years. In 2014, a team of Harvard researchers ranked the Charlotte metro region last among the country's 50...
The English Cozy Mystery
NEWS Cold winter days in February invite us to curl up with a good book. You may have your favorite genres, but Jan will tempt you to relax and enjoy British Cozy Mysteries. Cozy mysteries, also referred to as "cozies", are a subgenre of crime fiction in which sex and...
DavidsonLearns
Our vision is to become a premier adult learning institute serving as a regional resource for any adult who wants to maintain an active mind and demonstrates a love of learning. DavidsonLearns seeks to enhance the intellectual life of adults by providing a selection of challenging, diverse, and relevant educational courses and events, and, in so doing, form a community of learners. It is our belief that educational and cultural experiences provide a common ground where people come together with shared goals, expectations, and vulnerabilities.
