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Lifelong Learning Program Overview

The Women’s Center’s Lifelong Learning Program aims to help campus and community members enrich their lives through continuing education courses which provide a space for exploration and learning. Through this program, we offer classes in a variety of areas to support learning and growth in different aspects of life.

Each year we offer over 250 classes, workshops, and lectures to the campus and larger community. Course categories include academic success, GRE & SAT preparation, self awareness and empowerment, creative arts, personal and professional development, health & wellness, language and travel, writing, yoga, and fitness.

On this site, you will find a schedule of our current course offerings, as well as a listing of course descriptions for our commonly offered classes. In addition, information on registration & cancellation, instructor biographies, and extra information on GRE & SAT Preparation are provided here. Some aspects of the site are still under construction, so please feel free to call our office with any questions or concerns – 206-685-1090.

Fall 2008 Course Catalogs Have Arrived!

Registration Begins September 3rd!

Upcoming Event:
Book Reading with Alene Moris


Thursday, October 23, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Call 206-685-1090 to RSVP for this Free Event.

Awakenings by Alene Moris is an autobiography of a transformational series of awakenings that changed a woman from a traditional life of wife and mother to one of strong advocacy for women's leadership. In this presentation Alene will read short passages and discuss with the audience issues of women's lives today.

Ms. Moris is a career counselor and in 1970 co-founded the Women's Center at the University of Washington. She has given seminars and presentations nationally and internationally and has been a consultant with a wide variety of organizations dealing with women's employment concerns. She has received many awards from universities, professional associations and community groups for her dedication to women's leadership.

Join Alene Moris and the UW Women’s Center for an evening of "Awakenings."

Free Computer Literacy Classes
Coming Soon!

Thanks to the City of Seattle's 2008 Bill Wright Technology Matching Fund, the UW Women's Center will be hosting Free computer literacy classes during the 2008-2009 school year.

Classes are free and open to the public! If would like to be notified once the dates of classses are available, contact us via email (womens@u.washington.edu) or by phone (206.685.1090) to get on our contact list.

Divorce & Care Giving Support Groups Facilitated by Lee Staves

Divorce Support Group - 2pm - 3:30pm An important resource during this period of profound change. The group will be designed to meet individual needs.

Post Divorce Support Group - 4-5:30pm Is structured to support the search for an understanding of what has happened as a well as the rebuilding of a new life and a new self.

Care Giving Support Group - 7-8pm This group provides support in understanding the landscape of the aging, dying, or disabled and includes refinement in care.

Classes are free and walk-ins are welcome. Contact us via email (womens@u.washington.edu) or by phone (206.685.1090) to RSVP.