The Bucket Courses

Everything you want to learn before you kick the bucket.
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Fall 2023 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
September 13, 2023

"Westward Expansion and the Lewis & Clark Expedition"

Jim Gilbert, Elementary School Principal, Retired

September 20, 2023

"From Beijing to Venice: The Arts of the Mongol Empire"

Eiren Shea, Associate Professor of Art History, Grinnell College

September 27, 2023

"The Care Crisis and Social Justice"

Tammy Nyden, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Grinnell College
Co-founder Mothers on the Frontline

October 4, 2023

"The Experience and Meaning of Homeland Trips Among Filipino Immigrants"

Sharon Quinsat, Associate Professor of Sociology, Grinnell College

October 11, 2023

Part 1:
"BS and How to Recognize It""

J.R. Paulson, Family Practice Physician, Retired

October 18, 2023

"Network Science: Making sense of complex interactions"

Nicole Eikmeier, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Grinnell College

October 25, 2023

Part 2:
"BS and How to Avoid Stepping In It"

J.R. Paulson, Family Practice Physician, Retired

November 1, 2023

"The Middle Ages Today: how medieveal culture continues to move the modern imagination"

Anne Harris, Professor of Art History and President, Grinnell College

November 8, 2023

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October 11, 2023

Part 1 of 2
J.R. Paulson, Family Practice Physician, Retired

October 25, 2023

Part 2 of 2
J.R. Paulson, Family Practice Physician, Retired

November 1, 2023

Anne Harris, Professor of Art History and President, Grinnell College

Bucket Courses Archive

*Below is an archival list of Bucket Courses, listed from newest to oldest.  You can watch videos of previous courses online by clicking on the session in the right-hand column. Some presenters choose to not have their course videos posted online.  Videos before 2021 are available on DVD at the Drake Community Library in Grinnell.  The Bucket Class Planning Committee and the library has archives of all videos.

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