Welcome
To Bucket Courses
Welcome To Bucket Courses
everything you want to learn before you kick the bucket
Bucket Courses is a free educational program sponsored by the Community Education Cooperative (CEC) and designed for the “life-long learner.”
This series of weekly classes explores specific topics taught by experts in their fields, including Grinnell College professors, medical professionals, and career scientists. Topics have included history, psychiatry, music, science, biotechnology, philosophy, theatre, astronomy, religion, and classics.
Spring Bucket Courses Schedule
All Classes Wednesdays 10:00-11:30 am | Caulkins Community Room at Drake Community Library No preregistration required | No fee for attendance
January 25
"What is Writing For?"
Dr. Tisha Turk, Director of Academic Support for Writing and Speaking, Grinnell College
February 1
"Teaching In a Pandemic: A Pedagogy of Trust"
Dr. Karla Erickson, Professor of Sociology, Grinnell College
February 15
Class 1 of 2: "What Do We Really Owe the Future? Nature, Community, and the Climate Emergency"
Dr. Liz Queathem, Professor of Biology and American Studies, Grinnell College
February 22
Class 2 of 2: "What Do We Really Owe the Future? Nature, Community, and the Climate Emergency"
Dr. Liz Queathem, Professor of Biology and American Studies, Grinnell College
March 1
"The History and Future of the Book"
Dr. Erik Simpson, Professor of English, Grinnell College
March 8
"Two Agricultural Vignettes"
Jonathon Andelson, Rosenfield Professor of Social Science, Grinnell College
March 15
"Technology Trumps Tradition - How The Early Phonograph Industry Transformed Human Musical Experience Worldwide"
Roger Vetter, Professor of Music, Grinnell College
March 22
"Century of DNA"
Gene Wubbels, Professor Emeritus, University of Nebraska at Kearney
March 29
"No Runs, No Hits, No Errors: Marilynne Robinson's Deferral of Perfection from Gilead to Home"
Stephen Andrews, Professor of English, Grinnell College
April 5
“Anthropocene Fictions: How Novels Depict Climate Change"
Shuchi Kapila, Professor of English, Grinnell College
April 12
“The Renfrow Story: Edith Renfrow Smith and her deep roots in Poweshiek County” Class 1 of 2
Monique Shore, Drake Community Library IT, Grinnell, Iowa
April 19
“The Renfrow Story: Edith Renfrow Smith and her deep roots in Poweshiek County” Class 2 of 2
Tamara Beauboeuf-Lafontant, Professor of Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies, Grinnell College
April 26
"Is History in the Past?”
Caleb Elfenbein, Professor of History and Religious Studies, Grinnell College
May 3
"Food Stories"
Todd Armstrong, Professor of Russian, Grinnell College
THE BUCKET COURSES ARE FINISHED FOR THIS SEASON AND WILL RESUME IN SEPTEMBER
Art Heimann/Joanne Bunge Book Fund
A memorial book fund has been established at the Drake Community Library.
Grinnell CEC Partner Organizations
