Courses

Linda Thomas Greenfield served as United States Ambassador to the United Nations, as well as the U.S. Representative in the UN Security Council from 2021- 2025. The ambassador will discuss lessons in international leadership. This program is in collaboration with OLLI and the World Affairs Council of HHI.

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Friday, October 2, 2026, Offsite: First Presbyterian Church

Africa is often misunderstood due to media portrayals. Roy Austin, founder of Libraries for Kids International, shares experiences from Kenya and Tanzania, highlighting their people, cultures, customs, landscapes, and wildlife.

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Thursday, October 8, 2026, Beaufort campus

This continually updated presentation examines the "compounding effect" of interconnected global threats and considers how we might avoid World War III, and find stability.

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Monday, October 19, 2026, Bluffton campus
Monday, October 19, 2026, Live on Zoom
Monday, October 19, 2026, Beaufort campus
Monday, October 19, 2026, Hilton Head Island campus

Global Trends 2040: A More Contested World examines how demographics, environment, economics, and technology are reshaping a more fragmented global order by 2040. This class explores the implications of these trends for the United States.

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Friday, October 30, 2026, Bluffton campus
Friday, October 30, 2026, Live on Zoom

This program is in collaboration with OLLI and the World Affairs Council of HHI. Joby Warrick is a best-selling author, a national security correspondent for The Washington Post and a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. In more than two decades as a Washington Post reporter, Warrick has written extensively on topics ranging from Middle East conflicts and terrorism to nuclear proliferation and climate change. 

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Friday, November 13, 2026, Offsite: First Presbyterian Church