This membership covers June 1st 2023 to May 31st 2024.  SSC Members must have a valid membership entry on your file to enjoy the full benifits of our - Summer-Fall 2023, Winter-Spring 2024 programs. You should select your 2023- 2024 membership as part of registering for your first class in this new year.  If you need to apply for a scholarship to cover your membership fees, this is done using a separate application which is located on the SSC website.  Your request must be reviewed and processed by the Scholarship committee before registering for any classes.

Please make sure that you click "My SSC Membership is Current" when purchasing a membership.   

Sunrise Senior College wishes to thank you for your tax exempt donation.  Your generosity enables us to continue providing the programs and activities that are so vital to our community.  In accordance with IRS regulations, we acknowledge that no goods or services were received in exchange for this gift.  Please save this email for your tax records.  

Thank you.

Susan O'Clair 

Treasurer, Sunrise Senior College   

Sunrise Senior College wishes to thank you for your tax exempt donation.  Your generosity enables us to continue providing the programs and activities that are so vital to our community.  In accordance with IRS regulations, we acknowledge that no goods or services were received in exchange for this gift.  Please save this email for your tax records.  

Thank you.

Susan O'Clair 

Treasurer, Sunrise Senior College   

Sunrise Senior College wishes to thank you for your tax exempt donation.  Your generosity enables us to continue providing the programs and activities that are so vital to our community.  In accordance with IRS regulations, we acknowledge that no goods or services were received in exchange for this gift.  Please save this email for your tax records.  

Thank you.

Susan O'Clair 

Treasurer, Sunrise Senior College   

Sunrise Senior College wishes to thank you for your tax exempt donation.  Your generosity enables us to continue providing the programs and activities that are so vital to our community.  In accordance with IRS regulations, we acknowledge that no goods or services were received in exchange for this gift.  Please save this email for your tax records.  

Thank you.

Susan O'Clair 

Treasurer, Sunrise Senior College

Humans do create and collect an enormous amount of material culture (documents, objects) over the course of their lives. Some of this clutter is just stuff but some of this is can be of importance to you, your family or even future generations. Establishing control over your material culture can be daunting, but important so you can put your hands on what you need when you need it. This informative workshop will: 

The principles and procedures that presenter Susie Bock will give can be used by individuals or with groups (such as community organizations) that you may be involved with.

Instructor:  Susie R. Bock, Coordinator of USM's Special Collections and Director of the Sampson Center for Diversity in Maine, has almost 30-years’ experience managing primary materials. She has developed collections preserving the history of Maine's African American, Jewish, and LGBT communities, and managed the University’s manuscripts, rare books, and Archives. She has presented this workshop to historical societies, senior colleges, and community groups.

Class Information:  This is a hybrid class - held in-person in UM@M’s room SCI 102 and via Zoom. 

All facilities at the University of Maine at Machias (UM@M) are fully handicap compliant.  The facilities used by Sunrise Senior College (SSC) at the college have ramps, elevators and handicap accessible bathrooms.  Our offsite functions and activities have various limitations and restrictions and may not be fully handicap accessible.  SSC will endeavor to identify limitations at these to you in advance.

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This class is Free to Members of Sunrise Senior College if your membership is current for June 2024 to May 2025.  There is a $5.00 Administrative charge for all other MSCN Members.  The general public not wishing to join Sunrise Senior College at this time may attend this class for a $10.00 fee.

Sunrise Senior College (SSC) is a membership-based organization. Our SSC members receive special benefits as current members when they register for this course. Any member of another MSCN college is also able to enjoy this course, but may occur some additional charges. If you are a member of the general public, you can take this course but will have to pay additional fees associated with being a non-member. For any attendee that is not a current member of Sunrise Senior College, the materials required for the course are your responsibility. When checking out, please carefully read and answer the questions asked associated with this specific course so that you are charged appropriately for this class. Failure to do this may result in your being cancelled from the course. We hope you enjoy this offering.

There are many mentions of golden apples in both Greek and Roman Mythology, and three stories in particular stand out where this is in evidence. Join us once again as we are regaled by our resident expert on Roman and Greek theology, Thiela Schnaufer, with an entertaining, light-hearted recounting of the stories The Judgement of Paris, The Golden Apples of the Hesperides, and Atalanta’s Race.  She will also explore with us what their connections are to literature and art.  Be prepared to learn but most of all – be prepared to have fun!

Instructor:  Thiela Schnaufer received a BA in Latin and an MA in Classics from the University of Georgia. She has taught in a wide variety of educational institutions in Georgia and South Carolina. She also received numerous awards including Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi from the University of Georgia. Her experience with professional education societies is deep and she has publications in New England Journals dealing with Classic education. She has also taught a number of classes for SSC.

Class Information:  This is a hybrid class - held in-person in UM@M’s room SCI 102 and via Zoom. 

All facilities at the University of Maine at Machias (UM@M) are fully handicap compliant.  The facilities used by Sunrise Senior College (SSC) at the college have ramps, elevators and handicap accessible bathrooms.  Our offsite functions and activities have various limitations and restrictions and may not be fully handicap accessible.  SSC will endeavor to identify limitations at these to you in advance.

                                             IMPORTANT:  See Below

This class is Free to Members of Sunrise Senior College if your membership is current for June 2024 to May 2025.  There is a $5.00 Administrative charge for all other MSCN Members.  The general public not wishing to join Sunrise Senior College at this time may attend this class for a $10.00 fee.

Sunrise Senior College (SSC) is a membership-based organization. Our SSC members receive special benefits as current members when they register for this course. Any member of another MSCN college is also able to enjoy this course, but may occur some additional charges. If you are a member of the general public, you can take this course but will have to pay additional fees associated with being a non-member. For any attendee that is not a current member of Sunrise Senior College, the materials required for the course are your responsibility. When checking out, please carefully read and answer the questions asked associated with this specific course so that you are charged appropriately for this class. Failure to do this may result in your being cancelled from the course. We hope you enjoy this offering.

Why not join Dr. Jim Oberly as he takes us back to the 1860’s to learn about John P. Sheahan who was born and raised in Dennysville, Washington County, Maine. Following his older brother William, the 20-year-old John volunteered for the Union Army in 1862 and served in the First Maine Cavalry Regiment as an enlisted trooper, and later as a commissioned officer in the 31st Maine Infantry Regiment. We will learn that during the many campaigns and battles in which he served, in fact during his entire service in the army, John kept a diary and also regularly wrote back to Dennysville giving vivid details of army life and the prospects for victory for the Union. It is these written reflections, which are part of the collections of the Maine Historical Society, that Dr. Oberly draws on to tell us about this fascinating and courageous young man, in particular sharing with us the events that took place at the 1864 Battle of the Crater.

Instructor:  Dr. Jim Oberly has taught history and historical methods classes for Sunrise Senior College since 2021. He gave a presentation to the Dennys River Historical Society in 2023 on his study of John Sheahan’s writings.

Class Information:  This is a hybrid class - held in-person in UM@M’s room SCI 102 and via Zoom. 

All facilities at the University of Maine at Machias (UM@M) are fully handicap compliant.  The facilities used by Sunrise Senior College (SSC) at the college have ramps, elevators and handicap accessible bathrooms.  Our offsite functions and activities have various limitations and restrictions and may not be fully handicap accessible.  SSC will endeavor to identify limitations at these to you in advance.

                                             IMPORTANT:  See Below

This class is Free to Members of Sunrise Senior College if your membership is current for June 2024 to May 2025.  There is a $5.00 Administrative charge for all other MSCN Members.  The general public not wishing to join Sunrise Senior College at this time may attend this class for a $10.00 fee.

Sunrise Senior College (SSC) is a membership-based organization. Our SSC members receive special benefits as current members when they register for this course. Any member of another MSCN college is also able to enjoy this course, but may occur some additional charges. If you are a member of the general public, you can take this course but will have to pay additional fees associated with being a non-member. For any attendee that is not a current member of Sunrise Senior College, the materials required for the course are your responsibility. When checking out, please carefully read and answer the questions asked associated with this specific course so that you are charged appropriately for this class. Failure to do this may result in your being cancelled from the course. We hope you enjoy this offering.