Open Visions Academy Mini-Courses

By TANJUA DAMON-MERROW

Published: Jan 09, 2001 12:00 am

FAIRFIELD â Fairfield Universityâs School of Continuing Education Open Visions Academy resumes Wednesday, February 7, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm, with mini-courses based on the February 21 appearance of playwright Tony Kushner and the March 4 appearance of newsman Daniel Schorr at the universityâs Open Visions Forum (OVF). The academy, conceived to extend the educational outreach of OVF to a new in-depth experience, provides informal seminar-style lectures planned around the works of the forumâs prominent speakers.

Because many OVF lecturers are nationally recognized in their field, the academy has engaged distinguished faculty members to facilitate courses designed to share ideas and exchange opinions about these speakers. Academy enrollees will attend a pre- and post-lecture discussion based on one text selected by the facilitator, be guaranteed a seat for the Open Visions lecture, and meet those who are also interested in the specific author or topic to be discussed.

Playwright Tony Kushner, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angels in America, is the subject of the February 7 and March 7 seminars. His OVP lecture is February 21. Martha LoMonaco, PhD, associate professor of visual and performing arts at Fairfield University, will be the facilitator.

CBS Newsâ veteran of televisionâs âgolden age,â Daniel Schorr, will be featured in the final seminars of the season on February 20 and March 6. Mr Schorr will lecture at OVF on March 4. Course facilitator is Dr James Simon, assistant professor of English and journalism at Fairfield University.

The $99 tuition for each three-session course includes preferred seating to the OVF lecture. For more information, call Fairfield Universityâs School of Continuing Education at 203/254-4220 or toll-free at 888/254-01566.

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