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Professional educators and university students uncovered the story of Akron’s immigrant<br />
population over the past 100 years through informative lectures and engaging hands-on<br />
activities during the 2-day workshop.<br />
LIFE-LONG<br />
LEARNING<br />
at Stan Hywet<br />
Just because you don’t get around by big yellow bus anymore, doesn’t mean you can’t<br />
experience the joy of learning and discovery here on the Estate. Each season, Stan Hywet’s<br />
Education Department offers a variety of opportunities for adults to either earn continuing<br />
education credits, advance their knowledge, or simply explore a new hobby.<br />
In June, professional<br />
educators and university<br />
students from around the<br />
community participated in<br />
a two-day paid professional<br />
development workshop<br />
— where they uncovered<br />
the story of Akron’s<br />
immigrant population over<br />
the past 100 years, through<br />
informative lectures and<br />
engaging hands-on activities.<br />
Participants experienced historic Ellis<br />
Island physiological tests, uncovered old<br />
ethnic neighborhoods via census data,<br />
learned about modern day refugees and<br />
contemporary “vetting” processes, and went<br />
on a Historic Staff of Stan Hywet tour. They<br />
also explored a variety of historical thinking<br />
skills, then developed their own lesson<br />
“stems” utilizing a variety of local primary<br />
source documents.<br />
In late August, professionals from the<br />
A “primary source” is<br />
an artifact (photograph<br />
or piece of art) or<br />
firsthand account (a<br />
newspaper article or<br />
letter) that was created<br />
at the time of an event.<br />
Ohio Chapter of Landscape<br />
Architects will participate<br />
in an in-depth study of<br />
Stan Hywet’s garden and<br />
grounds design and modern<br />
restoration, led by Mark<br />
Gilles, Director of Historic<br />
Restoration. Stan Hywet<br />
continues to offer the same<br />
quality Holistic Health Tours<br />
(August 18 & 19; September<br />
15 & 16; October 13 & 14)<br />
for health professionals, but the price has been<br />
reduced for the three contact hour sessions to<br />
a more competitive $30, from $60.<br />
For the casual hobbyist, Stan Hywet<br />
offers one more “Gardening Guru” class<br />
this season. Learn how to keep<br />
tropical and cactus plants healthy<br />
during the cold weather months<br />
in Winterizing Your Tropical<br />
Plants on September 16. Before<br />
the snow flies, learn how to best<br />
capture those beautiful autumn colors at<br />
Stan Hywet on a Fall Photography Walk on<br />
October 28 with professional photographer<br />
Ian Adams.<br />
Whether it’s required or just for fun,<br />
why not choose Stan Hywet for your next<br />
learning adventure? It’s not<br />
a stuffy classroom, and<br />
it doesn’t require a<br />
yellow bus ride<br />
to get here!<br />
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