Did you miss this class the first time? Well, here is your second chance! For those that did take this class last fall, here is a chance to learn additional tips and skills in a second class. Have you always wanted to knit but don't think you are coordinated enough or have the dexterity to do it? Do you find that knitting with needles is hard on your hands? Whether you already know how to knit or are new to knitting, this is the way to go. Why not join in the fun as our own SSC in-house knitter Suzie O’Clair teaches us how to knit a slouchy hat and/or a scarf using a round loom. It is quick and easy and can be done anywhere. During these classes you will learn multiple patterns and techniques. This class is perfect for newbies and more experienced knitters and will be held in the warm cozy knitting atmosphere of Machias’ own “Woolez of Maine.” This class is being repeated due to popular demand so sign up early.

Instructor: Suzie O'Clair has been very interested in all kinds of artistic venues: weaving, enameling, sandblasting, fabric arts and working with wood. She has always wanted to learn to crochet or knit and after finding knitting on the round and long looms, realized that the ease of working with this type of knitting can be done by people of all ages.

Class Information: This is an in person only class - held at Wooleez of Maine, 4 Colonial Way #1, Machias, ME. 

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 

 “Sunrise Senior College does not endorse any appeal or representation made by a presenter, non-profit organization or business during an SSC presentation.  SSC members attending the presentations may wish to pursue additional involvement with the organization or presenter based on the material that was presented and in doing so, they are acting on their own and not as part of SSC.” 

This is a fee-based class and for this class only, Sunrise Senior College (SSC) will be purchasing the materials for all the students.  MSCN and Non-Members will be charged $25.00 for the materials.

Important:  If at this time you are not a current member of Sunrise Senior College (SSC) but are planning to join as a member today, make sure you answer that “Your SSC membership is current” when checking out so that we can properly bill you for this class. 

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 incur 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. 

                                                                   IMPORTANT  

When you are checking out, please make sure that you select the option “My SSC Membership is Current” when answering the question about your membership status - otherwise you will be overcharged for this.

                                                           MEMBERSHIP POLICY

This membership covers June 1st, 2025, to May 31st, 2026. SSC Members must have a valid membership entry on your file to enjoy the full benefits of our Summer-Fall 2025 and Winter-Spring 2026 programs that take place during this period. You should select your 2025- 2026 membership one time 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.

If you are not sure what your current membership status is, before registering for this please contact SSC at sunriseseniorcollege@maine.edu or call 207-255-1384 and leave a message – we will get back to you.

Attention all Active SSC Members - it's time to sign up to attend our 2024-25 Annual Meeting.  

As a Sunrise Senior College member, we are pleased to invite you to participate in our SSC Annual Meeting. This year's session will include a luncheon for in-person guests as well as being available on Zoom. Please sign up and join us at this great annual event that will inform you about what is happening at SSC and to cast your votes for the future of SSC.

                                        ~ Agenda ~

• Welcome
• Lunch
• Keynote Speaker - Sarah Dedmon, Machias Town Manager
• Business Meeting - SSC Board Chair Remarks
• Minutes of the Twenty-first Annual Meeting 2024
• Treasurer's Report 2024-2025
• Election of Board Members
• Recognition of SSC Volunteers
• Adjournment

Sunrise Senior College is pleased to welcome Maine’s own ALLAGASH TALES storyteller Tim Caverly and wife Susan to the University of Maine at Machias.

They are Alumnus of UMM, with Tim graduating in 1973 and Susan in 1974. These successful authors and presenters will share their life experiences from which they have created (14) published works that detail Maine life from Cornville to the Allagash.

In this uplifting PowerPoint presentation created especially for the Sunrise Senior College, they will discuss the development of and the background behind the stories found in the Allagash Tales series. This will be supported by pictures of the Allagash region as they recount interesting anecdotes and the real-life adventures that have served as the basis for these books.

Through their ‘New England Reads’ program, Tim and Susan are committed to promoting and encouraging reading and literacy in schools while promoting fun in learning about Maine’s natural world. They have presented over 368 programs to over 12,500 students from Maine to Vermont and New Hampshire, exciting young minds while promoting these wonderful stories. You will find that their stories appeal not just to children but to readers of any age who are young at heart and want to learn more about the wonders of Maine’s woods. Tim’s current book is Conversations II - Ranger Tales from Baxter.

Presenters: Tim and Susan Caverly. Tim has spent 32 years as a Maine Park ranger including Manager of Cobscook Bay State Park and eighteen years as Regional Supervisor of the Allagash Wilderness Waterway. Susan spent 25 years as a park receptionist and regional secretary for Maine’s Department of Conservation. They live in Millinocket with their golden retriever Sandi, and the couple is available to present throughout New England.

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

Suggested readings: Tim’s current book is Conversations II - Ranger Tales from Baxter and the Allagash by Tim Caverly (ISBN# 979-8-218-97764-1). Other works by the Caverly’s are Solace, The Ranger and the Reporter, The Ranger’s Wife, and From Within. Also recommended is a series of holiday stories found in their book ‘Tis the Season’ - the chapter titled Holiday Break, details how the couple met at UMM. His books are available on his website allagashtails.com or on Amazon. You can also contact Tim by email at tim.caverly7357@gmail.com.

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

“Sunrise Senior College does not endorse any appeal or representation made by a presenter, non-profit organization or business during an SSC presentation. SSC members attending the presentations may wish to pursue additional involvement with the organization or presenter based on the material that was presented and in doing so, they are acting on their own and not as part of SSC.” 

This class is available to all current Maine Senior College (MSCN) Members for $5.00. The general public not wishing to join Sunrise Senior College at this time may attend this class for a $10.00 fee.

Important: If at this time you are not a current member of Sunrise Senior College (SSC) but are planning to join as a member today, make sure you answer that “Your SSC membership is current” when checking out so that we can properly bill you for this class. 

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 incur 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, any 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.

Sunrise Senior College is pleased to once again bring you Maritime Historian and folk singer Stephen Sanfilippo on a seafaring adventure of song and the maritime history of Maine. This in person only summer offering, held over 3 three separate sessions, will see Stephen presenting information and songs that will cover the following topics:

– Maritime History - What is it, why is it important, and how can it be presented through historic songs of the maritime trades?

– Maine’s Widespread Maritime Song Tradition

– Maine, the Atlantic, and the Revolutionary War and War of 1812

– Storms & Disasters – Working & Living & Dying in Nature

Each of the three classes will cover different material and songs from “BYGONE BALLADS of MAINE, volume 1: Songs of Ships & Sailors.” Stephen loves participation and singing in in his classes but it is not mandatory. If you’re not inclined to sing, just come to listen to the wonderful songs and learn more about Maine’s sea lore and history.

Stephen is requiring the following book for this class:

     Title: BYGONE BALLADS of MAINE, volume 1: Songs of Ships & Sailors

     Author: Julia Lane & Fred Gosbee, compilers & editors

     ISBN: 978-1-935243-79-3 (paperback)

This book is available on amazon or from the author at Castlebay.net.

If you sign up for this class by June 15th, 2025, this book will be provided for any current Sunrise Senior College member (membership year 2025-26) that did not attend his classes in August of 2023 where this same book was used.

Presenter: Stephen Sanfilippo, a United States Navy veteran, has a Ph.D. in History. He has been researching and performing historic songs of the maritime trades since 1973. Stephen is a retired assistant professor, Maine Maritime Academy, teaching “Maritime History through Historic Songs of the Sea.” He has led the monthly Chantey Sing at Pembroke (Maine) Library since 2006, and has performed from Prince Edward Island to Saint Vincent in the Caribbean.

Class Information: This is an in person only class - held in-person in UM@M’s room TORR 226 with the presenter being in person at UM@M.

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

“Sunrise Senior College does not endorse any appeal or representation made by a presenter, non-profit organization or business during an SSC presentation. SSC members attending the presentations may wish to pursue additional involvement with the organization or presenter based on the material that was presented and in doing so, they are acting on their own and not as part of SSC.”

This class is available to all current Maine Senior College (MSCN) Members. The general public not wishing to join Sunrise Senior College at this time may attend this class for a $20.00 fee.

Important: If at this time you are not a current member of Sunrise Senior College (SSC) but are planning to join as a member today, make sure you answer that “Your SSC membership is current” when checking out so that we can properly bill you for this class.

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 incur 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, any 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.

Sunrise Senior College is very pleased to have Elaine Abbott, Sunrise County Economic Council, offer an us an in-depth series of presentations on the ever-present risk of Scams and Fraud. This topic impacts every citizen, but is especially found to be targeting Seniors in the online world we all live in. Con artists and thieves see us as the most vulnerable. Over four free sessions during July and August, she will teach us about the techniques that they use to trick people into giving up our personal information, money and our personal security. Can’t make every session? No problem! Just pick and choose the ones that you can attend and sign up today.

In this first session, Elaine will give us an overview of the warning signs of what to look for. In Red Flags of Frauds & Scams, participants will learn about the most prevalent online scams in investments, tech support, romance, impersonation, and the lottery and what all scams have in common. Participants will learn how to stop a scam before it starts and where to report a scam. This is the perfect introduction to help train and alert you on what you can do and perhaps which of the other three sessions might benefit you most. Please invite your friends or family to attend any or all of these informative sessions.   

Presenter:  Elaine Abbott is the Regional Broadband Coordinator at Sunrise County Economic Council and the Maine Connectivity Authority Regional Wabanaki Broadband Partner for Washington County. Her work focuses on broadband infrastructure and digital equity throughout the region. Elaine lives in Eastport with her husband and their two dogs.

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

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

“Sunrise Senior College does not endorse any appeal or representation made by a presenter, non-profit organization or business during an SSC presentation. SSC members attending the presentations may wish to pursue additional involvement with the organization or presenter based on the material that was presented and in doing so, they are acting on their own and not as part of SSC.” 

This class is being offered Free and Open to the public and we encourage everyone with any interest in the material being presented to attend.

Sunrise Senior College is very pleased to have Elaine Abbott, Sunrise County Economic Council, offer an us an in-depth series of presentations on the ever-present risk of Scams and Fraud. This topic impacts every citizen, but is especially found to be targeting Seniors in the online world we all live in. Con artists and thieves see us as the most vulnerable. Over four free sessions during July and August, she will teach us about the techniques that they use to trick people into giving up our personal information, money and our personal security. Can’t make every session? No problem! Just pick and choose the ones that you can attend and sign up today.

In this second session, Elaine will cover Digital Safety for the Real World. Participants will learn about the ever mysterious “cookies” and how they are used to make your browsing sessions more interactive, about private browsing, password management, two factor authentication, and how to quickly identify a scam email or text when you see it.

Presenter: Elaine Abbott is the Regional Broadband Coordinator at Sunrise County Economic Council and the Maine Connectivity Authority Regional Wabanaki Broadband Partner for Washington County. Her work focuses on broadband infrastructure and digital equity throughout the region. Elaine lives in Eastport with her husband and their two dogs.

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

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

“Sunrise Senior College does not endorse any appeal or representation made by a presenter, non-profit organization or business during an SSC presentation. SSC members attending the presentations may wish to pursue additional involvement with the organization or presenter based on the material that was presented and in doing so, they are acting on their own and not as part of SSC.” 

This class is being offered Free and Open to the public and we encourage everyone with any interest in the material being presented to attend.

Sunrise Senior College is very pleased to have Elaine Abbott, Sunrise County Economic Council, offer an us an in-depth series of presentations on the ever-present risk of Scams and Fraud. This topic impacts every citizen, but is especially found to be targeting Seniors in the online world we all live in. Con artists and thieves see us as the most vulnerable. Over four free sessions during July and August, she will teach us about the techniques that they use to trick people into giving up our personal information, money and our personal security. Can’t make every session? No problem! Just pick and choose the ones that you can attend and sign up today.

In today’s session, Elaine will give us tips and demonstrate ways that we can Scam-proof our Accounts - both on-line and on conventional paper - providing us greater protection. Participants will learn about common financial frauds including check washing and check fraud. Also covered are critical components of keeping accounts secure including password management and freezing one’s credit. 

Presenter: Elaine Abbott is the Regional Broadband Coordinator at Sunrise County Economic Council and the Maine Connectivity Authority Regional Wabanaki Broadband Partner for Washington County. Her work focuses on broadband infrastructure and digital equity throughout the region. Elaine lives in Eastport with her husband and their two dogs.

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

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

“Sunrise Senior College does not endorse any appeal or representation made by a presenter, non-profit organization or business during an SSC presentation. SSC members attending the presentations may wish to pursue additional involvement with the organization or presenter based on the material that was presented and in doing so, they are acting on their own and not as part of SSC.” 

This class is being offered Free and Open to the public and we encourage everyone with any interest in the material being presented to attend.