Senior College kicks off spring season on Tuesday, March 14

ALEXANDRIA — Senior College promises no exams or term papers. Just lots of learning for adults age 50 and up.
This year's spring season starts Tuesday, March 14, with a talk about small town Minnesota called "Little Minnesota: 100 Towns Around 100," with authors Jill and Deane Johnson.
It continues on Tuesdays and Thursdays through April 20, from 3:15-5:15 p.m. with lectures about history, political science, geography, economics and biology.
All lectures will be held live in-person at the Alexandria Technical and Community College.
Admission for the lecture series is by season membership only. A single registration fee of $125 covers all lectures for the season. Pre-registration is required. For more information or to register, call 320-762-4510 or 888-234-1313, or visit alextech.edu/SeniorCollege.
Here is the full lineup of talks for this spring:

• Little Minnesota: 100 Towns Around 100: Authors Jill and Deane Johnson
• 10,000 Lakes and More: Minnesota’s Aquatic Ecosystems: Miriam Gieske, Agronomy/Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota
• Books and Readers in Early Medieval England: Janet Ericksen, English/Medieval English Literature and Language, University of Minnesota
• The Biology and History of the Bubonic Plague: Rachel Johnson, Biology, University of Minnesota
• Is it the End of Night? A Talk on Darkness and Light Pollution: Paul Bogard, English/Environmental Literature and Writing, Hamline University
• “The Plank is Large Enough”: Abraham Lincoln on Racial Coexistence in a Post-Slavery America: James Read, Political Science, College of St. John’s/College of St. Benedict
• The Last Ice Age in Minnesota and Upper Midwest: Keith Brugger, Geology, University of Minnesota
• Robin Hood and the Appeal of the Outlaw: Timothy Jones, PhD, University of Minnesota
• Itasca State Park: Traveling Through History: Deane Johnson, Author
• The Importance of In-Person Presence in the Age of Zoom: Noreen Herzfeld, Science/Religion, College of St. John’s/College of St. Benedict
• Could Climate Change Turn Minnesota into the New Kansas? Lee Frelich, Director of Minnesota Forest Ecology, University of Minnesota
• The Supreme Court and Reproductive Rights: Tim Johnson, Political Science, University of Minnesota