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November 5 Thursday12:00 PM → 1:00 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Steve Schockow, Retired History TeacherLocations: Zoom - Rochester Oasis Much too often, we forget about our U.S. Presidents who have served only one term in office. This class will... read more -
November 10 Tuesday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central TimeSessions: 1Instructor: Richard Bell, Professor of History, University of MarylandLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Beginning in the 1790s and continuing until about the 1840s, America went through a Second Great Awakening, a new series... read more -
November 16 Monday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Donald Bridy, PhD, Theoretical Physics, former high school physics teacher, and former adjunct instructor of physics at Le Moyne College and Syracuse UniversityLocations: Zoom - Syracuse Oasis Lucian (100 BC) and Kepler (1608) described physical, not magical or supernatural, moon voyages. Kepler used best available science. The... read more -
November 17 Tuesday1:30 PM → 3:30 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Tom Henry, MS, retired social studies/history teacher and historianLocations: Zoom - Syracuse Oasis Join our friendly travelers Tom and Karl as they venture to Alberta to experience Calgary, Banff, and Waterton Lakes National... read more -
November 17 Tuesday2:00 PM → 3:15 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Jonina Duker, Certified Book Discussion LeaderLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Did you read the 2001 prize-winning novel, Life of Pi? The author has written another deeply philosophical work. A classicist discovers... read more -
November 19 Thursday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Steven Gimbel, Professor of Philosophy, Gettysburg CollegeLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Friedrich Nietzsche wrote that he philosophized with a hammer, that is, he sought to smash everything that came before him.... read more -
November 23 Monday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Joan Hart, Art History Instructor, Museum One, Inc.Locations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” has become one of the icons of our times. This program will provide an in-depth... read more -
December 1 Tuesday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Stuart J. Spiegel, MS, former Vice-President and Senior Managing Scientist, O'Brien & GereLocations: Zoom - Syracuse Oasis This is year 11 of this summary course. The Trump administration has established its environmental philosophy and policies, many of... read more -
December 7 Monday1:30 PM → 3:30 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Tom Henry, MS, retired social studies/history teacher and historianLocations: Zoom - Syracuse Oasis The 2026 Court session was one of the most critical in some time. Major cases involved Executive authority, voting rights,... read more -
December 8 Tuesday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central TimeSessions: 1Instructor: Richard Bell, Professor of History, University of MarylandLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Why did it take Americans ninety years after first declaring that all men are born equal to abolish racial slavery?... read more -
December 10 Thursday1:30 PM → 3:00 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Duchess Dale & Robert BenjaminLocations: Zoom - Albuquerque OasisIn the midst of the pandemic, Zoom became a platform for almost everything from game nights to meetings to family... read more -
December 11 Friday1:30 PM → 3:00 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Daryl RatajczakLocations: Zoom - Albuquerque OasisCoyotes are everywhere. Some people admire them, while others see them as a nuisance. Explore the lives of these adaptable... read more -
December 15 Tuesday2:00 PM → 3:15 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Jonina Duker, Certified Book Discussion LeaderLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis Ann Patchett does it again; and as we have for her last three novels, we at Oasis are so ready... read more
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December 17 Thursday12:00 PM → 1:30 PM Central Time Sessions: 1Instructor: Steven Gimbel, Professor of Philosophy, Gettysburg CollegeLocations: Zoom - Washington Metro Oasis John Stuart Mill saw the rise of modern science as the key to all human knowledge, but it required some... read more