Continuing Education

Join us to expand your world! For 50 years (since 1974), Attic Angel Association has organized a weekly series of continuing education programs for seniors.

The programs are held nearly every Monday morning September through May at Attic Angel Place, 8301 Old Sauk Road in Middleton, with coffee served at 10 a.m. and the program starting at 10:30 a.m. The programs are free and open to the public.

Monday, Sept. 2
Labor Day – No Program

Monday, Sept. 9
The Farm on Badger Creek: Memories of a Midwest Girlhood
Peggy Marxen
Fourth-Grade Teacher for 33 years, Author

Monday, Sept. 16
Trauma Informed Teaching; Responding to the Pandemic
Joan Lampert, MSW, Ed.D.
Senior Adjunct Faculty, Edgewood College; Divisions of Education & Child Life

Monday, Sept. 23
The New Centro Hispano
Dr. Karen Menendez Coller
Executive Director, Centro Hispano of Dane County

Monday, Sept. 30
UW Urban Canid Project: Studying coyotes and foxes in Madison
David Drake, PhD
Extension Wildlife Specialist, Professor, UW-Madison

Monday, Oct. 7
Window Strikes & Citizen Science
Brenna Marsicek, Director of Communications & Outreach
Southern Wisconsins Bird Alliance

Monday, Oct. 14
Jane Goodall-World’s Foremost Expert on Chimpanzees
Barbara Drake
Retired Public School Educator and Administrator

Monday, Oct. 21
Resilience Revolution: Her daughter’s story and the importance of organ donation
Dena Carreyn
Criminal prosecutor, advocate for the homeless, author speaker

Monday, Oct. 28
The History and Mission of JustDane
Linda Ketcham, Executive Director
JustDane, Formerly Madison-Area Urban Ministry

Monday, Nov. 4
The Ice Age Trail: Its Mission and Resources
Ice Age Trail Alliance Representatives

Monday, Nov. 11
Back to Camp (on Lake Mendota)
Captain Don Sanford
Author of “On Fourth Lake: A Social History of Lake Mendota”

Monday, Nov. 18
Simple Steps to Improve YOUR Longevity
Brent Berger
Owner & Personal Trainer at the Transformation Center

Monday, Nov. 25
No Program – Thanksgiving Break

Monday, Dec. 2
Traveling in Vietnam/Cambodia
Gary Theisen, Professor, University of Iowa, Virginia, Director of Research and Planning, Academy for Educational Development, Washington D.C., Photographer, Prairie Point resident

Monday, Dec. 9
Angel Choir

Monday, Dec. 16
No Public Program
Angel Choir will perform for Attic Angel residents in Gorham Glen, Bryant Ridge and The Haven

Monday, Dec. 23
No Program – Winter Break

Monday, Dec. 30
No Program – Winter Break