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A Personal Journey Down the Arkansas River and It Impact on America's Heartland (1803 - the present day)
April 14-28, 2021, Zoom Facilitated Sessions (Online, WEB)
America's First Ladies
July 14-28, 2021, Zoom Facilitated Sessions (Online, WEB)
Baseball Goes to War: World War II and the National Pastime
July 14-28, 2021, Zoom Facilitated Sessions (Online, WEB)
Climate Change: More Fires, Floods, Droughts and Hurricanes
June 4-18, 2021, Zoom Facilitated Sessions (Online, WEB)
Critical Events in American Homeland Security Prior to 911
March 29, 2021 to April 12, 2021, Zoom Facilitated Sessions (Online, WEB)
Desert Storm Plus 30: One Tank Company's Perspective from the Eye of the Storm
Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm in 1991 was a decisive military victory to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. The United States led a global coalition of35 nations to expel the Iraqi army, at the time the world's fourth largest, from the occupation of Kuwait in August 1990 to liberation in February 1991.The United States deployed almost 700,000 troops to Saudi Arabia, including Europe based 1st Armored Division. To commemorate Desert Storm's 30thanniversary, this course looks at the campaign through the personal experiences of an Abrams tank company in 1st Armored Division. It offers a unique perspective of the experiences of American soldiers in combat while also examining the ramifications of the end of the Cold War era.
June 3-17, 2021, Zoom Facilitated Sessions (Online, WEB)
Ghosts in the White House: The Men and Women Behind the President's Words
June 3-17, 2021, Brandon Woods Smith Center (Lawrence, KS)
Great Opera Scenes, Part II
July 13-27, 2021, Zoom Facilitated Sessions (Online, WEB)
History of Modern Latin America
July 16-30, 2021, Zoom Facilitated Sessions (Online, WEB)
International Travel
April 26, 2021 to May 10, 2021, Zoom Facilitated Sessions (Online, WEB)
Introduction to United States and Africa Relations
June 25, 2021 to July 9, 2021, Zoom Facilitated Sessions (Online, WEB)
Lady Laureates: Some Female Nobel Prize Winners for Literature
July 14-28, 2021, Zoom Facilitated Sessions (Online, WEB)
Lawyers' Responsibilities to their Clients, the Courts and the Public
June 22, 2021 to July 6, 2021, Zoom Facilitated Sessions (Online, WEB)
Lessons and Legacies: What the Preservation of Historic Kansas Landmarks Teaches Us
July 15-29, 2021, Zoom Facilitated Sessions (Online, WEB)
Operation Overlord: D-Day and the Allied Invasion of Normandy
June 4-18, 2021, Zoom Facilitated Sessions (Online, WEB)
Smartphone Filmmaking
June 24, 2021 to July 8, 2021, Zoom Facilitated Sessions (Online, WEB)
Tales of the Chessboard
June 25, 2021 to July 9, 2021, Zoom Facilitated Sessions (Online, WEB)
Tell It Again: Recounting the Stories of Our Lives
June 22, 2021 to July 6, 2021, Zoom Facilitated Sessions (Online, WEB)
The Colonial History You Didn't Learn in School
July 16-30, 2021, Zoom Facilitated Sessions (Online, WEB)
The Maker Movement
June 3-17, 2021, Zoom Facilitated Sessions (Online, WEB)
The Spencers of Kansas: Champions of Culture and Commerce
June 3-17, 2021, Zoom Facilitated Sessions (Online, WEB)
The Uyghurs: Understanding China's Muslim Minority
June 4-18, 2021, Zoom Facilitated Sessions (Online, WEB)
Women and Politics: Is Part of the Glass Ceiling Still Hanging?
June 7-21, 2021, Zoom Facilitated Sessions (Online, WEB)
Women, the Forgotten "Men" in History
July 13-27, 2021, Zoom Facilitated Sessions (Online, WEB)
Your Space-Enabled Life
April 15-29, 2021, Zoom Facilitated Sessions (Online, WEB)