This LLI Fitness Center Usage class provides participants with structured access to the Fitness Center in a supportive and welcoming environment. Designed to promote strength, mobility, and overall wellness, the class allows members to work at their own pace, explore the equipment available, and enhance their personal wellness -- while receiving guidance as needed from Waubonsee's Fitness Center staff. Class participants may use the Fitness Center on Mondays and have free access to on-site staff Melissa and Lauren, who are available to assist with equipment use, exercise modifications, and general fitness support. This class is ideal for individuals looking to maintain or improve fitness while enjoying the motivation and community of an LLI group setting.

Required:  All students will have a waiver and health history form on file.

To read and discuss a sampling of Poe's work, particularly the tales of psychological terror and his creation of the modern detective in literature.

This LLI Fitness Center Usage class provides participants with structured access to the Fitness Center in a supportive and welcoming environment. Designed to promote strength, mobility, and overall wellness, the class allows members to work at their own pace, explore the equipment available, and enhance their personal wellness -- while receiving guidance as needed from Waubonsee's Fitness Center staff. Class participants may use the Fitness Center on Wednesdays and have free access to on-site staff Melissa and Lauren, who are available to assist with equipment use, exercise modifications, and general fitness support. This class is ideal for individuals looking to maintain or improve fitness while enjoying the motivation and community of an LLI group setting.

Required:  All students will have a waiver and health history form on file.

NOTE:  There will be no class on 11/25, the day before Thanksgiving.

Co-facilitator:  Carl Hays

Has Donald Trump's second term broken free of the limits that constrained the first? Explore his expanded claims of presidential power, confrontations with the courts and Congress, military actions and the questions these new developments raise about American democracy and constitutional government.

Book:  Regime Change by Maggie Habberman and Jonathan Swan (Not required)

Co-facilitator:  Priscilla Gruber

Since 1893, the U.S. Senate has read George Washington’s Farewell Address aloud every year as part of our Washington’s birthday observance. Establishing the peaceful transfer of power, his address set the tone for our nation. The document teaches us a great deal about our history as well as setting out warnings for our fledgling government. Through lecture and class discussion explore this great historical document and how it still resonates today.

This LLI Fitness Center Usage class provides participants with structured access to the Fitness Center in a supportive and welcoming environment. Designed to promote strength, mobility, and overall wellness, the class allows members to work at their own pace, explore the equipment available, and enhance their personal wellness -- while receiving guidance as needed from Waubonsee's Fitness Center staff. Class participants may use the Fitness Center on Fridays and have free access to on-site staff Melissa and Lauren, who are available to assist with equipment use, exercise modifications, and general fitness support. This class is ideal for individuals looking to maintain or improve fitness while enjoying the motivation and community of an LLI group setting.

Required:  All students will have a waiver and health history form on file.

NOTE:  No class on 11/27, the center will be closed.

Co-facilitator:  Carolyn Hopkins

This tour of the art installations on the campus of the Aurora University with a guided walk covers the history and significance of the paintings, sculptures, and installations that sprinkle the campus. There are a few places to sit and rest.

This is a repeat of the campus art tour held last Spring. 

Co-facilitator:  Carl Hays

We approach the 2026 Midterms. Understanding the heightened polarization of Americans is crucial. Voters are entrenched in party loyalties, often politicizing ideological alignment over bipartisan dialogue. The hyper-partisan environment not only shapes political strategies but also influences voter turnout and engagement. This raises questions about the future of collaboration and governance in an increasingly divided political landscape.

Speaker:  Rich Kiefer, WCC Professor