Think Again Spring 2011 - Professional Development

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PERSONAL ENRICHMENT

Have fun. Meet new people. Learn new things.

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Discover your inner baker!

Be a part of our new Baking & Pastry Arts Certificate Program.

Quickbreads, tarts, pies and meringues.

Cakes, icings, custards, mousses and more!

Renew your skills.  Earn a certificate.  Learn new skills.  Explore a new career. 

Move your career ahead… or in a new direction.

Plus explore other exciting classes in arts, history, fitness, sports, languages, youth programs and more.

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Think Again is a publication of the University of Richmond School of Continuing Studies. The contents of this bulletin represent the most current information available at the time of publication. However, due to the period of time covered by this catalog, it is reasonable to expect changes to be made without prior notice. Therefore, the provisions of this publication are not to be regarded as an irrevocable contract between the School of Continuing Studies and the student. Comments and course suggestions are welcome. Please call (804) 289-8133 or e-mail scs@richmond.edu.

Film, Photography & Digital Arts 6 History 7 Languages 9 Culinary Arts Program 10 Baking & Pastry Arts 17 Fit-N-Well 20

REGISTER ONLINE You can now register online for the classes in this catalog. Go online to scs.richmond.edu/thinkagain and find the course(s) for which you’d like to register. Look for the “Register Online” link and click it to proceed with your online registration.

Learning and Leisure 25 Mind, Body and Spirit 26 Music and Dance 27 Personal Finance 27 Sports and Games 28 Youth Programs 29

Career Management Services 5 Professional Certificates 6 Online Career Development 8 Home Inspection Program 10 Career Development and Enhancement 12 Communications & Writing 16 Computer Skills 18 Interior Decorating 20 Institute on Philanthropy 26 Landscape Design 31 Additional Information 36 Registration Form 37

SAT Prep Classes 30 Summer Reading Programs 32 Trips and Tours 34 Modlin Center for the Arts 35 Additional Information 36 Registration 37 REGISTER ONLINE You can now register online for the classes in this catalog. Go online to scs.richmond.edu/thinkagain and find the course(s) for which you’d like to register. Look for the “Register Online” link and click it to proceed with your online registration.

Think Again is a publication of the University of Richmond School of Continuing Studies. The contents of this bulletin represent the most current information available at the time of publication. However, due to the period of time covered by this catalog, it is reasonable to expect changes to be made without prior notice. Therefore, the provisions of this publication are not to be regarded as an irrevocable contract between the School of Continuing Studies and the student. Comments and course suggestions are welcome. Please call (804) 289-8133 or e-mail scs@richmond.edu.

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professional development Move your career ahead‌or in a new direction.

Career and professional development can help open the doors to new jobs or promotions. Beef up your credentials or skill set. Take a class or two in a specific area or earn a certificate. We offer certificates in landscape design, fundraising and development, nonprofit marketing, and interior decorating. We’ve recently added certificates in online teaching, e-marketing essentials, social networking for business, and managing telecommuters, all of which are offered online.

Renew your skills.

Ready to expand your skill set? Updating your job skills can help open doors to new jobs and promotions. Check out our classes in communications and writing, self-management, assertiveness, social media and computer skills. We also offer tons of online classes through two learning partners.

Rethink your career.

Considering a new career or a possible second job? We offer a variety of certificates and classes that can help with this change in areas such as ballroom dance instruction, income tax preparation, wedding planning, landscape design, and health services. We also offer a variety of career-focused certificates online through JER and Gatlin Education Services, our online educational partners, including web development, technical writing, veterinary assistant, and administrative dental assistant.

Not sure of your next career steps?

Take a look at the Center for Career Management (CCM). The CCM offers a variety of services for those doing career and job exploration including resume and interview prep, career coaching and exiting assistance.

Looking for classes to take for fun? Flip this catalog over to see the large variety of classes we offer for personal enrichment: art, cooking, dance, fitness, sports, history, languages, decorating, youth classes and more. Regardless of your interests, our personal enrichment classes offer fun and affordable ways to meet new people, learn new things, and discover new passions.

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Career Transition Workshop Why Should I Attend This Workshop?

Discovering “what's next” is one of the most challenging and exciting steps in every individual's life and career. The purpose of this workshop is to equip you with the career management skills and resources to determine “what's next” and to achieve your career and life goals. Numerous self-assessment tools will be used to help you define your life themes and life dreams and turn them into career objectives. These assessment tools will be discussed and analyzed during the first half of the workshop. The second half of the workshop will focus on the process of finding what's next by creating high-impact resumes and marketing materials and developing the skills and resources to access today's market.

Who Should Attend?

• Individuals seeking to define and find “what's next” for them • Individuals considering, or in the midst of, a job transition • Individuals interested in learning or refining career management skills • This workshop is open to the general public and University of Richmond alumni. All participants should have a minimum of 1 year of work experience. Early registration is encouraged.

What is the Purpose of the Program?

• To assist you in developing and converting your life themes into career goals and creating job objectives • To help you make powerful and satisfying career transitions • To help you generate your own personal marketing packages • To provide life-long learning in career management What Topics will be covered?

• Identifying and refining your life themes through assessments and self evaluation • Translating your life themes into career objectives • Generating your marketing materials • Creating a plan to achieve your career objective • Analyzing market data • Generating job leads How Do I Register?

Register online at http://activenet.active.com/thinkagain or fill out the registration form in the catalog. The course registration number (CRN) is BUS211.85.

What is provided with the Workshop?

Each participant will receive all materials necessary to complete the entire process. Each participant will receive a CD with all of the materials covered in the workshop, including the presentation, assessments, reference materials and resources. Each participant will receive a free consultation with Mr. Bruce to be scheduled after the workshop.

How Much Does the Workshop Cost?

Enrollment for this workshop is $99.00 per person. The price includes tuition, course materials, breakfast and lunch. All University of Richmond alumni will receive a 25% discount.

Saturday April 30th, 2011 8:30am to 4:30pm Alice Haynes Room – Tyler Haynes Commons Presented by Mr. Samuel Bruce, PCAF University of Richmond’s Center for Career Management

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

Career Management Services Resume Preparation and Letter of Introduction – How Do I Sell Myself?

Interview Preparation – Telling Your Story, Land the Job You Want!

Career Coaching – Your Customized Career Plan for Life

Career Switching – A New Direction for You and Your Career

Are you one of hundreds of individuals who has not written a resume for a number of years or who wants to “polish” a more recently written resume? Your career coach will prepare, edit and manage your resume so that it meets the highest quality standards. With your coach’s guidance you will create a resume that tells your story in an appealing, persuasive and personallyfocused manner. Through face-to-face interview sessions with your career coach you will be able to achieve the following outcomes: • Selecting the right resume format to tell your story.

• Delivering an introduction, summary, or objective that targets the position or field for which you are applying with clarity and purpose, making you stand out among other applicants.

• Developing a systematic approach to your job search that utilizes your resume as a strategic tool.

• Providing opportunities and methods to insure that your resume stands out in a sea of paperwork.

Are you seeking immediate, highly professional, and effective career techniques to help kick-start a stagnant career, overcome job challenges or other obstacles? Then you need a customized career plan for life! With your career coach, you will develop a robust, personalized plan for your career goals and objectives and a self directed purposeful career path! Using assessments, exercises, evaluations, and one-on-one discussions with your career coach you will develop a focused plan for your life career facilitated by: • Discovering your work values, interests, skills and competencies.

• Identifying alternative career options that capitalize on your experience, knowledge, skills and abilities profiles.

• Maximizing your personal-job-organizational fit.

• Identifying and cultivating mentor and career advisor networks.

Exiting Assistance – Dealing with Job Loss and Successfully Moving On Are you experiencing a job loss and in need of “exiting assistance”? Employers are reducing staffing levels at an alarming rate. In this job loss stage, career coaching will provide you with the help you need to successfully transition into a new professional opportunity! Sessions with your career coach in the “exiting assistance process” include: • Coping strategies for job loss.

• Purposeful and targeted career transition training.

• Effective interviewing techniques.

• New and easily accessed job search resources.

• Professional resume preparation.

Are you preparing for the daunting task of interviewing? You must stand out above the other candidates by telling, substantiating, and branding your unforgettable story. As part of your sales pitch, you need to demonstrate poise, preparation and confidence. Land the job you want! With your career coach, your interview performance will improve by applying the following skills and strategies: • Techniques to arm you with the ability to adjust and tailor your “interview persona” so that you remain in control – even in the toughest circumstances – and tell your message effortlessly and effectively.

• Exercises to help you understand your body language and that of the interviewers.

• Specialized speech skills that eliminate confusion and clarify your thoughts.

• “Learning lessons” from your interview and making adjustments in preparation for the next.

Are you a job seeker looking to make a complete change in your career direction? Are you looking at the opportunity to seek a path that is more secure, enjoyable and rewarding? Have you considered the risks, evaluated the job market, developed a transition plan, identified your support network and researched your potential new career to make sure that it will meet all of your needs? Arm yourself with the latest and most effective tools in job research, understand the jobs market, and focus on your success rather than being blindsided by unknowns. With your career coach, you will: • Evaluate the risks of your career direction.

• Develop a purposeful plan designed to address financial, skills-set and time requirements.

• Help you identify mentors and coaches in your interest area to allow for an informed and successful transition.

• Look at the long term commitment and evaluate if you will be happy in this new opportunity years from now.

Sam Bruce, PCAF Director, Center for Career Management School of Continuing Studies University of Richmond, VA 23173 (804) 287-1204, ext. 8 (office) (804) 922-9947 (cell) sbruce2@richmond.edu

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Professional Studies Certificate in Corporate Health and Wellness

The University of Richmond and the Corporate Health and Wellness Association are partnering to offer a new Professional Studies Certification in Corporate Health and Wellness.

Taught by experts in the health and wellness industry, this new program will require six courses to complete the certificate. Participants will have the option to complete the courses online, on-site at the annual conference or a combination of online and on-site.

Each course will cost $199.

All participants will earn continuing education units (CEUs) and a certificate from the University of Richmond.

Certificate will cover a variety of topics including (but not limited to): Understanding employee health and wellness Effective program development Implementing and evaluating programs Wellness in the workplace Retention and recruitment tools Legal aspects of corporate health and wellness Insurance hot topics To receive more information, visit us online and complete our information form: scs.richmond.edu/corporate-health

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Career Development courses marked with a  are online classes.

Professional Certificates

Customer Service Certification

Business Research Certificate  Discover the specific knowledge

needed to succeed in researching and utilizing the best and most appropriate data for decision-making for your organization. Get the skills needed to effectively communicate research results to a specific audience for maximum impact and effective decision-making. For business professionals, entrepreneurs, and anyone who needs specific information about a particular topic such as market potential, competitive intelligence, standard industry practice, productivity improvement, etc. This course will give you the specific knowledge you need to succeed in your research quest.

2/7 - 4/29 BUS211.83

Online David White

$495

Adjunct Faculty Certificate Program

How do effective instructors approach teaching and learning? If you are curT education, or rently teaching in higher considering taking on that challenge, this course will help you enter the classroom well prepared to inspire learning. Topics will include: brains and learning; using technology effectively; formative and summative assessment; identifying your teaching philosophy; creating a syllabus; and working as an instructor. You'll also increase your knowledge of student learning styles and legal implications in the classroom.

3/7-4/18 EDU211.40

M 6-9P Terry Dolson

$239

Supervisory and Leadership Certificate  Your employees are your most valu-

able resources. Ensuring the efficiency of your team is the key to your success and is your most important responsibility. Get practical, easy to understand and insightful methods for new and even experienced supervisors and managers. Learn about effective delegation, performance management, and writing performance reviews.

Discuss the specifics of the supervisor’s role and responsibilities, and strategies for improving your overall effectiveness as a leader. Take home practical information along with tips and techniques that can be applied at your job immediately.

2/7 - 4/1 BUS211.69

Online Sally Klauss

$395

NEW! This intensive two-day program is designed for everyone who works with people – frontliners to executives – and harbors a passion for personal improvement. Engage in serious professional conversations, and share many laughs as you work in groups and enjoy creative exercises. Topics include bad vs. good service, problem customers, leading a customer service revival, the three genres of service, reputation management, customer retention and much more. Come with the humility to self-evaluate, courage to change existing habits, and a sense of humor to enjoy the process.

2/3 - 2/4 BUS211.57 4/7 - 4/8 BUS211.60

Th/F 8:30A-4P Jeff Nash Th/F 8:30A-4P Jeff Nash

$529 $529

Ballroom Dance Teachers Academy

You can have a career you love! This is a formal vocational program that offers professional training to aspiring ballroom dance teachers. We will train you to become a dance teacher, prepare you for national certification exams, and teach you how to maximize your career in the ballroom dance world. Teaching ballroom dance is a career option for anyone – no prior dancing or teaching experience is required! The 16-month program is divided into four quarters – the current quarter is Rhythm II (Mambo, Merengue, Samba, West Coast Swing).

1/4 -4/21 DAN211.08

Tu/Th 7:15-9:15P Veronica Braun

$1,700

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES

Chartered Tax Professional

Medical Billing and Coding Professional

This combined billing and coding course provides the skills needed to solve insurance billing problems, manually file claims, complete common insurance forms, trace delinquent claims, appeal denied claims and use generic forms to streamline billing procedures. The course also covers CPT, specialty fields, ICD-9, and basic claims processess for medical insurance and third party reimbursements. After obtaining the practical work experience, students who complete this course could be qualified to sit for a variety of national certification exams.

3/8 - 5/26 MED211.03

Tu/Th 6-9:30P CCI Instructor

$1,799

This comprehensive 50-hour course will prepare you to enter the pharmacy field and take the Pharmacy Technician Certification Boards’s PTCB Exam. Technicians work in hospitals, home infusion pharmacies, community pharmacies and other health care settings – working under the supervision of a registered pharmacist. Course includes medical terminology specific to the pharmacy, reading and interpreting prescriptions, and defining drugs by generic and brand names. Learn dosage calculations, I.V. flow rates, drug compounding, dose conversions, dispensing of prescriptions, inventory control, and billing and reimbursement.

Tu/Th 6-9:30P CCI Instructor

$1,099

Physical Therapy Aide Program

NEW! This program prepares you for the growing field of physical therapy. PT Aides perform the non-technical duties of physical therapy, such as preparing treatment areas, ordering devices and supplies, and transporting patients, all working under the direction of the physical therapist. These workers assist physical therapists in providing services that help improve mobility, relieve pain, and prevent or limit permanent physical disabilities of patients suffering from injuries or disease.

PT Aides may be employed in nursing homes, hospitals, sports rehabilitation centers and orthopedic clinics.

3/22 - 5/10 MED211.02

Tu/Th 6-9:30 P CCI Instructor

Designation requirements for Chartered Tax Professional (CTP)

Comprehensive Income Tax Preparation (Part I)

Pharmacy Technician Program

3/22 - 5/10 MED211.01

Today more than ever, people are relying on paid tax professionals to handle their income tax preparation and other business affairs. Many people with spare time available during tax season – including early retirees, homemakers, career changers, college students and others – are learning to meet this growing demand through the Chartered Tax Professional designation. After just one 10-week tax course, you can start earning income and continue to grow in the field by continuing your tax education. The Chartered Tax Professional designation consists of six courses, which can be completed online at your own pace. All materials are included, and you will receive ongoing instructor support from veteran tax professionals that work in the industry. This program is offered in partnership with The Income Tax School.

Comprehensive Income Tax Preparation (Part II) The Comprehensive Course covers the basics of most individual income tax returns.

You can start earning income as a tax professional after completing these two courses!

Note: Parts I and II can be completed online, or taken together as a classroom-based course!

Advanced Individual Income Tax (Part I) Advanced Individual Income Tax (Part II) The Advanced courses expand the knowledge of an experience tax professional to allow for the preparation of more complicated individual income tax returns.

Small Business Income Tax (Part I) Small Business Income Tax (Part II) The Small Business Courses offer the experienced tax professional an introduction to business returns.

To become a CTP, you must successfully complete the series of six courses. In addition, you must meet the experience requirement of working at least two tax seasons (a minimum of 500 hours) as a tax preparer. Upon completion, you will be awarded a certificate and the designation of Chartered Tax Professional. The Income Tax School is certified by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.

For information and to register for Comprehensive Income Tax, Advanced Individual Income Tax, or Small Business Income Tax online courses, please visit http://scs.richmond.edu/professional/online/income-tax.html.

Comprehensive Income Tax Preparation

Earn extra money as a tax professional! This 60-hour course will give you a solid foundation in individual income tax preparation, enabling you to complete all of the standard returns.

This course focuses on the tax forms needed to fill out tax returns for yourself and the general public. Acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to complete federal income tax returns and research tax issues. You will also complete at least two sample tax returns to practice your knowledge.

1/24 - 4/13 BUS211.75

M/W 6-8:30 P Jim Maxwell, JD

$399

$1,099

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Online Career Development

Online courses continue to provide the workforce skills necessary to acquire professional caliber positions for many in-demand occupations with an unparalleled level of convenience. You can take online classes from the comfort of your home or office at the times that are best for you.

The School of Continuing Studies is now offering a variety of online classes. Take a class to update specific job skills or pursue a new career by completing a certificate program.

Music Industry Educators

As the business of music continues to move online, University of Richmond's School of Continuing Studies is taking a leadership role in educating the next generation of music industry professionals.

Our Music Industry faculty include award winning songwriters, engineers, producers managers, producers, artists, publishers, and music business entrepreneurs from across the country.

In today’s trillion-dollar global entertainment economy, there are a staggering variety of career paths for students to choose from including: music production/engineering, publishing, management, record labels, distribution, TV, Film, Radio, live performance theater, industrial film audio production, ad agencies, special events, and much. As the 6th largest employer in the US, the music and entertainment industry offers students the option to peruse over 400 unique job titles.

Visit www.mu-ed.com/Richmond for course details.

JER Online

http://coursecatalog.com/uric JER Online specializes in Career Track Training and offers more than 750 Certificates and Courses including: A+ Certification for PC Technicians ESL for Business HTML - Lessons in Web Page Design Library Education Winning Over Difficult Customers Lean Manufacturing Creating an Effective Sales Team How to Master Sales Skills Setting Performance Goals and Expectations Telephone Skills for Quality Customer Service Leading Effective Meetings Managing a Virtual Office Motivating Employees Managing Stress Understanding and Using Contracts Other courses, including:

Certificate in Web Content Creation 90 hours

$1,999

These classes prepare you to be a professional web writer or editor, working in a world of intense interactivity, fast feedback, complex content management, and constantly changing business models.

You’ll learn how to adapt your writing for the web, developing a truly electronic style. You’ll learn how to think structurally when approaching new content, exploring information architecture from the point of view of a creator. You’ll see how to produce text that fits snugly into a content management system. You’ll write web content in half a dozen major genres, to put to work what you have learned, and to develop a portfolio of web samples for your job hunt or career change.

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ONLINE CAREER DEVELOPMENT

Certificate in Technical Writing 90 hours

$899

This certificate program has been designated for those who lack sufficient experience in the field, or those who want to enhance existing careers in technical writing or move in a direction within the corporate workplace. This program is instructor-led, which means you learn from highly qualified industry and tech writing university faculty.

Six Sigma Green Belt 24 hours

$199

The Six Sigma Green Belt Library gives one learner access to four core Green Belt courses: Six Sigma Start-Up, DMAIC Problem-Solving, SPC Workout, and Mistake-Proof It! The Green Belt Library is a prerequisite to the Black Belt Library. Six Sigma Start-Up is an introductory course on the principles and practices of Six Sigma. (1 Unit; 1 Assessment; Approximately 3 hours of training.) DMAIC teaches learners the DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) problem-solving process as well as tutorials on over 50 data collection and analysis tools such as Pareto diagrams, fishbone diagrams, and flowcharts to name just a few. (2 Units; 2 Assessments; Approximately 7 hours of training.) SPC Workout is a basic yet comprehensive course that makes understanding and applying statistical process control concepts easy. Basic statistics used to analyze patterns of variations, the use of control charts, and measures of measures of process capability are covered in the course. Mistake-Proof It! training includes a comprehensive background on techniques as well as the steps required to implement those techniques.

Over 150 examples of mistake-proofing are included.

Gatlin Education Services (GES)

Veterinary Assistant 240 hours

http://richmond.theelearningcenter.com http://www.gatlineducation.com/ richmond Gatlin Education Services, the world’s largest provider of Web-based, instructor-supported training programs, offers self-study courses with open enrollment in nearly every subject imaginable. Visit http://richmond.theelearningcenter.com to access the University of Richmond eLearning Center and take classes in topics such as: Building Strong Customer Relations Negotiating for Professionals Cisco Certification Linux Advanced Systems Legal Nurse Consultant HIPAA Compliance Visit http://www.gatlineducation.com/ richmond to access online programs designed to provide the skills necessary to acquire professional level positions for many in-demand occupations, such as Healthcare Certifications, Legal Transcription, IT Certifications, Casino Gaming Certifications, and more!

Webmaster Certification 150 hours

$1,595

This online program prepares students for an exciting new career as a veterinary assistant. Students learn about the care of animals as well as how to recognize the signs of illness and disease. This program also covers interpersonal communication, interaction with clients and their animals, as well as assisting the veterinarian during examinations. Administrative duties, such as fee collection, banking, and accounts payable are emphasized, and the program contains basic information about pet insurance. Textbooks are included.

Administrative Dental Assistant 150 hours

$1,595

This nationally recognized Administrative Dental Assistant Online Certificate Program will teach you the essential skills for managing the business aspects of a dental practice and becoming an administrative dental assistant. You'll learn about dental terminology and anatomy, medical records management, accounts receivable and reimbursement management, insurance and patient billing, patient scheduling, and procedural and diagnostic coding. The Administrative Dental Assistant Online Program will prepare you for a new career working in a dental office. Textbooks are included.

$1,795

This nationally recognized Web Master online course and training program prepares students for a dynamic Internet based career as a webmaster. Webmasters design, develop, and maintain websites.

This training program begins by teaching simple webpage development and progresses by introducing new concepts, involving you in active webpage implementation using HTML and Dynamic HTML. Textbook included.

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American Home Inspector Certification

Certificate in Medical Tourism Studies

The University of Richmond and the Medical Tourism Association are partnering to offer a new Certificate in Medical Tourism Studies.

Taught by experts in the medical tourism industry, this new program will require six courses to complete the certificate. Participants will have the option to complete the courses online, on-site at the annual conference or a combination of online and onsite. Each course will cost $199 and will be available in English and Spanish.

All participants will earn continuing education units (CEUs) and a certificate from the University of Richmond.

Certificate will cover a variety of topics including (but not limited to): Risk management Medical networks Marketing Tourism & travel Patient advocacy Continuity of care Understanding the healthcare marketplace Current legal/insurance hot topics

This training will enable you either to start and operate your own successful home inspection business or to be a significant contributor in an established company. This one-week, intensive hands-on training will prepare you to be certified in Virginia. This is a great experience for anyone who has an interest in homes and has an eye for detail. Receive training to conduct a thorough home inspection and generate a detailed report disclosing the conditions of the roof, foundation, insulation, furnace and electrical components.

2/19 - 2/26 AHIT211.01 5/14 - 5/21 AHIT211.02

Sa - Sa 8A-6P $1,795 American Home Inspectors Training Institute Sa - Sa 8A-6P $1,795 American Home Inspectors Training Institute

Scholarship Assistance

Scholarship assistance may be available through Learning for Life for women taking a non-credit class in professional development or a certificate program such as the Culinary Arts Program. Contact Stephanie Bowlin, Program Manager, at sbowlin@richmond.edu or (804) 287-6331 for scholarship information and application.

Center for Massage Therapy Studies Bamboo-Fusion Continuing Education Workshop

NEW! Bamboo is an innovative way to provide Swedish or deep tissue full body massage on the table while reducing the stress on your hands. Learn a new way to give effeurage and petrissage with warm bamboo/rattan of different shapes and sizes in the hand. The bamboo set is so lightweight and easy to carry, it will be the only way you will ever want to massage again! By introducing a new tool you will increase the amount of clients to which you can apply deep tissue, give longer full body massage, and save your hands from repetitive injuries and fatigue. Course fee includes a bamboo set and instructional DVD. 3/26-3/27 CMT211.01

Sa-Su 8A-4P Nathalie Cecilia

$399

Certified Wedding and Event Planner

Become a recognized Professional Certified Wedding and Event Planner! This 40 hour course includes planning, coordinating and directing weddings as well as a study of business structure, documentation information, contracts, how to work with vendors, marketing and how to work with prospective brides and grooms. Becoming a Certified Wedding and Event Planner requires business organization, logistics, networking, and client relationship management skills.

Fee includes textbook, online access, workbooks, testing and national certification from the Wedding Planning Institute. As a graduate, you will have the option to participate in a customized internship that meets your career objectives, start your own wedding and event planning business, or join an existing company.

2/15-4/7 BUS211.72

Tu/Th 6-8:30P $799 Instructor, Wedding Planning Institute

To receive more information, visit us online and complete our information form: scs.richmond.edu/medical-tourism

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PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES

Center for Massage Therapy Studies

The new Center for Massage Therapy Studies will provide clinical and therapeutic massage education for existing massage therapists and for those who are interested in this profession.

Coming Spring 2011!

Continuing Education for CMTs

Are you a Certified Massage Therapist™ who needs continuing education for recertification? Starting in 2011 we will offer accredited workshops and training for continuing education units. From ethics and business classes, to the newest bodywork and massage practices, to specialized certification workshops in Prenatal and Infant Massage, Reflexology, Reiki, Hot Stone Massage and more, we provide the best training to keep your certification up-to-date and keep your knowledge fresh!

Coming Fall 2011!

Certified Massage Therapist™ Program Our 700-hour accredited program will prepare you to take the national Certified Massage Therapist exam, offered by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB). The program meets all curriculum requirements to prepare you to take this certification exam.

Course topics include: Massage and Bodywork Assessment, Theory and Application Instruction Anatomy Physiology Kinesiology Pathology Business and Ethics Specializations such as reflexology, Reiki, prenatal massage, etc.

We have two options for completing the Certified Massage Therapist™ Program: Part-Time Student Program Classes meet Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 6 – 10pm.

Saturday classes are held once a month from 10am – 4pm.

This program takes 12 months to complete and begins each Fall.

Full-Time Student Program Classes meet Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9am – 4pm.

Thursday night sessions are held from 6 – 10pm.

Saturday classes are held once a month from 10am – 4pm.

This program takes 6 months to complete and begins each Spring and Fall.

If you are interested in learning more about these programs please visit scs.richmond.edu/professional/massage-therapy.

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Small Business Series

Are you thinking of starting a small business, or do you already own or work for a small business? Consider taking some courses from our Small Business Series.

These courses are designed to specifically address the special needs of a small business. Courses include: Small Business Management Small Business Human Resources Writing a Successful Business Plan Introduction to Business Law Introduction to Small Business Taxes Small Business Principles in Decision Making Introduction to QuickBooks (found in the Computer Skills section of the catalog)

Career Development & Enhancement Small Business Management

Have you started your own business, or starting to think about it? Explore small business management with an emphasis on current issues in technology, service, quality, financial and legal management, managing a small business, and the global marketplace. This balanced introductory course will help you achieve and maintain a sustainable competitive advantage as a small organization. Learn everything you need to know to successfully start and manage a small business.

2/7-4/25 M 6-7:30P BUS211.37 Otis Jarvis, MBA Notes: No class March 7 or April 18.

$239

NEW! Moral decision making is important for small businesses and entrepreneurs, especially in the current legal world. This course highlights the ethical issues that are concerns for every organization. Gain working knowledge of real world experiences, the legal and regulatory environment, financial and investment analysis, industry trends, procedures, and new developments in ethics and decision-making as they concern entrepreneurial ventures and small business firms. Discover important insights on emerging issues in small business management.This introductory class is designed for small business owners and aspiring individuals considering starting a small business. $239

Introduction to Business Law

Interested in learning QuickBooks?

See page 18.

Ideal for any small business owner or HR professional! This course will present a broad introduction to the legal environment of business in the United States. You will develop a basic understanding of various areas of law including contract law, consumer law, employment law, Internet law, international law, anti-trust law, and government regulations. Discuss and debate legal concepts introduced in the text and in cases assigned by the instructor.

Cases will be drawn from both state and federal courts.

2/8-4/12 BUS211.97

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Tu 6-8:30P Jim Maxwell, JD

NEW! Explore topic areas for all business tax returns, including specific business-related tax laws and IRS rules and regulations. Learn the special rules and procedures for every type of business entity, including sole propreitorships, c-corporations, s-corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, and business trusts. This class will also teach you how to accurately complete all the required IRS tax forms and schedules for business returns, and how to report and transfer taxable business income for personal income tax purposes. Learn the many specific policies and procedures that may impact small businesses.

2/10-4/14 BUS211.93

Small Business Principles in Decision Making

2/2- 4/13 W 6-7:30P BUS211.38 Otis Jarvis, MBA Notes: No class March 9.

Introduction to Small Business Taxes

$279

Th 6-8:30P Jim Maxwell, JD

$279

Writing a Successful Business Plan

NEW! Need to write a business plan but don't know where to start? This course will focus on helping you develop and write a business plan by taking you through case study analysis of existing business plans, and the formulation of an industry or venture-specific business plan. Learn to utilize all the current resources such as the Internet and latest business information available. This course will help you refine your talents while identifying your target market and customer needs.

4/18-5/9 BUS211.47

M 6-8P Otis Jarvis, MBA

$169

Small Business Human Resources

NEW! Do you own or work for a small business? Human resources plays a crucial role in any business. Small businesses need to be aware of rules and laws that apply to them, as well as how to properly manage their human resource services.

Discover the current trends in human resources, and how they impact today’s small business. Explore how human resources contributes to your customers, your organization and your success. This class is designed for existing practitioners or anyone planning on managing human resources within the organization.

2/3 - 4/14 Th 6-7:30P BUS211.33 Otis Jarvis, MBA Notes: No class March 10.

$239

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

Marketing 911: Strategically Market Yourself Through a Crisis

NEW! How a company handles a crisis is more important than the crisis itself.

What if your organization experiences a BP-type disaster, bad restaurant review, lawsuits, or other type of bad press? You need to market yourself to protect your brand, your organization, your reputation and your bank account. Using the instructor's own case studies, real world and personal experiences, you will gain practical knowledge and implantable strategic skills for business of any size.

You will leave the seminar with the practical skills needed to immediately implement a crisis communications plan for your organization.

2/23 BUS211.73

W 8:30A-4:30P Lloyd Leitstein

$129

Assertiveness for Personal and Career Success

Discover ways to improve your assertiveness both at home and at the office. The purpose of this course is to assist students in expressing thoughts and feelings to others, and asking for and getting others to respect their basic rights and needs. This course will build on existing strengths and improve overall ability to assert yourself in a persistent way that presents you with an attitude that is positive, confident, appropriate, and acceptable to others.

2/1-2/4 BUS211.10

Tu/W/Th/F 5:30-7:30P E. Florence Powers

$99

CorPlay: Increasing Fun in Corporate America

NEW! Join us for an afternoon of teambuilding! According to Einstein, imagination is more important than knowledge.

In order to keep our teams’ imaginations creative, we need to engage them in activities that will inspire them. We learn, laugh, and are more productive through the art of play. This class will engage you in activities that will stretch you out of your comfort zone and help you connect with your team in productive play.

4/5 BUS211.78

Tu 1-4P Christine Walters

$49

Extraordinary Customer Service  NEW! Learning to build your cus-

tomer service skills will have a powerful impact on your career success as well as success in other areas of your life.

Through this course you will discover the direct relationship between service skills and career achievement. You will become skilled at being an exceptional service provider. You can help your organization and your career by translating your good service intentions into a workable plan, and gain knowledge of ways to consistently deliver great service. The payoff is enormous!

2/7-3/4 BUS211.80

Online Nanette Sanders-Cobb

$145

Green Buildings and LEED Rating System  Get the theoretical and technical

know-how to excel as a green professional in the new economy. Acquire an introduction to sustainability and how it lays the foundation for a deeper understanding of the green building process, including the renovation and redesign of older buildings. Practical tools and techniques are interwoven through the course to provide comprehensive training. Students who successfully complete this course are eligible and prepared to sit for the LEED Green Associate exam.

2/7-4/1 BUS211.01

Online $695 US Green Building Council

Innovative Thinking

NEW! This program is designed to increase innovative thinking to improve productivity through the activities, lessons and philosophy of improvisation.

Improve your customer service, sales, presentation and leadership skills, while also increasing your creativity, risk-taking and brainstorming! Learn how to think faster on your feet, increase “proactive” listening skills, learn brainstorming techniques, and think more betterer! Yes, more betterer! Oh, and you might just have fun while being creative and stepping outside of that box.

2/1-3/8 BUS211.32

Tu 6:30-8:30 P Christine Walters

$199

Interested in Teaching?

If you are interested in teaching a noncredit course through the Think Again catalog on any topic or issue, please fill out the course proposal form at scs.richmond.edu/faculty-staff/proposal/ index.html. Our students are always looking for ways to expand their skill set and pursue self-enrichment. Becoming a noncreditinstructor is a rewarding way to help them achieve their goals while sharing your knowledge. If you have any questions please contact Stephanie Bowlin, Program Manager at sbowlin@richmond.edu .

Generational Implications in the Workplace

Age is an important element in developing a diverse team of people. We now have four generations of people finding themselves working side by side. The different generations don’t always understand each other or see eye-to-eye. With education and communication, the generational gaps can be bridged and successfully navigated. This engaging workshop takes a look at the past and the future in order to ensure that all generations are appreciated, valued and optimized in the workplace and the marketplace.

1/27 BUS211.45 3/16 BUS211.95

Th 9A-4P Carol Muratore W 9A-4P Carol Muratore

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Career Development courses marked with a  are online classes.

$139 $139

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Certificate in Online Teaching

NEW! For those new to teaching online, or

those already teaching online. Get the best instruction from the foremost authorities in online learing. From building an online course to improving an online course, from fostering online discussion to encouraging student interaction, from traditional assessment to online tests, this program will give you both the fundamentals of teaching online, as well as the most advanced tips and techniques in the business. Your instructors are authors, speakers and consultants in online learning and training.

Required courses for certificate: Advanced Teaching Online Designing Online Instruction Building Online Communities in Cyberspace

Sign up for the courses individually, or take all three (in any order) to earn your Certificate in Online Teaching!

Note: These are online, instructor-led classes. You must have internet access and audio (speakers) to participate. In the online classroom, you will listen to audio lectures, view slides and even take optional quizzes to test yourself. Post comments in the online discussion with your fellow participants and the instructor. Your instructor logs on once a day to answer questions and join in on the discussion.

Participate anytime day or night, as little or as often as you like.

Advanced Teaching Online  In the 21st century, half of all learn-

ing will be online. The opportunities are tremendous for teaching online. Discover how to plan, develop and teach an online course. Take home a ten-step model for developing your online course.

Experience one of the most advanced online classrooms for teachers. Learn how to create online audio lectures with slide shows. Find out how self quizzes enhance learning. See an animation, drop-and-drop exercise, and dynamite welcome pages. Engage in online discussion with other teachers.

4/18-4/22 BUS211.67

Online William Draves

$195

Designing Online Instruction  Learn about the online instructional

environment, envisioning your online course, developing a web course, phases of design and development, design guidelines and more. Discover the principles behind the adoption of technology innovation and the nature of the online learning environment. Then get tips for planning your online course, identifying resources and design guidelines. Discuss the phases of design and development and models, motivating student-student interaction, and managing interaction.

Get the latest information on copyright issues, assessment and evaluation.

2/7-2/11 BUS211.68

Online Rita Marie Conrad

$195

Building Online Communities in Cyberspace  In the online classroom the relation-

ships and interactions among people are the primary generators of learning. Come learn how to build online communities with the foremost authorities and authors of the popular book by the same title. Acquire a new understanding of redefining community in cyberspace. Find out the importance of a learning community.

Learn about dialogue as inquiry, negotiating discussion guidelines, and inter-group and other forms of collaboration.

3/14-3/18 BUS211.94

Online $195 Dr. Rena M. Palloff/Dr. Keith Pratt

Grow Your Business with LinkedIn  NEW! Tens of millions of execu-

tives, professionals and entrepreneurs have LinkedIn accounts. Your ideal clients and strategic business partners are using this platform! What do they see when they look for YOU on LinkedIn? When properly leveraged, LinkedIn is one of the most powerful social networks available for building credibility, increasing visibility and attracting business opportunities. Learn exactly how to use LinkedIn to grow your business and expand your career.

3/1-3/22 BUS211.91

$159

How to be a Leader During Change

NEW! Leading change is challenging. In a perfect world, others would readily understand the change and volunteer to help make it work. But rarely are we in a perfect situation. More often, the people being asked to change the most are left out of the planning and given little communication about the change. And even when we think we have communicated all we can, resistance and negativity raise their ugly heads to slow down or stop the change.

This course will provide specific steps, actions, and mindsets to lead change that works and gains cooperation.

2/8-2/22 BUS211.62

Tu 6-9P Charlyne Meinhardt

$129

Leadership in Unpredictable Times After the economic meltdown, the business landscape will never be the same. In these unprecedented times, leaders will need unprecedented skills. Leaders have always needed extraordinary traits; however, the ability to adapt and think differently has never been more important.

This course is designed to help business leaders understand and hone their Adaptive Capacity Skills. This is a learned skill that improves with practice. In this interactive workshop, you will reach deep within yourself to bring your adaptive skills to the surface and develope a personal PPPLAN™.

2/24 BUS211.06 4/19 BUS211.98

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Th 9:30A-12:30P Carol Muratore Tu 9:30A-12:30P Carol Muratore

$49 $49

UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND School of Continuing Studies • scs.richmond.edu/thinkagain • (804) 289-8133

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

Mentoring and Coaching in the Workplace  NEW! Mentoring and coaching have

The Psychology of Happiness

come to be used more frequently in organizations to improve leadership competencies and provide employee support.

They have benefits for both the employer and employee. Enhance skills in the development, implementation, and support of coaching and mentoring programs in your workplace. Take home the much-awaited toolkit you have been searching for to improve your employees' performance and create the working environment that your employees will find truly rewarding.

Do you want to keep your employees happy? Are you searching for ways to maintain a positive attitude for yourself and others? Explore what people find helpful in making them content. Contemporary studies from neuroscience have enriched this field and the results and applications are presented here.

Identify, apply and illustrate seven dynamic rules to invite happiness. This course is helpful for mental health clinicians, social scientists, and all those who want to help others or themselves understand the art and science of a more positive attitude.

2/7-4/29 BUS211.81

4/19-4/26 BUS211.07

Online Marie Johnson

$295

Polite Practices in the Workplace

Being polite sets the tone for work relationships, how you interact with people, and how people perceive you. How do you deal with conflicting directives, people who continually use offensive language, or gossip? Through discussions and role play, examine uncommon courtesy, the benefits, and the impact in the workplace. Discuss common pet peeves, strategies for dealing with them, and barriers such as: email, voicemail, meetings, men and women as colleagues, etc. Learn to balance the demands of the workplace and maintain good relationships with colleagues.

1/24-1/25 BUS211.13

M/Tu 5:30-7:30P E. Florence Powers

$49

Project Your Best Image

Do you need a style update? Don't know what looks good on you? Learn to project your best image every day! Learn what styles fit and flatter your unique figure. Find out which colors you should wear to enhance your skin tone. Get tips for makeup and hair styles that can bring out your best features. Streamline your morning routine to incorporate products and outfits that make you look and feel great! Get tips on accessorizing, solving fit dilemmas, and organizing your closet.

2/2-2/23 BUS211.14

W 6:30-8:30 P Diana Seaman, M.Ed.

$79

Tu 7-9P Ronald Bullis, PhD, JD

$49

What Do I Want to Do When I Grow Up? A Life Transition Seminar

Ready to scrap the traditional career?

Ready to retire but want to stay challenged, or maybe you can’t afford to totally kick back? Maybe you’ve had a midlife “awakening” and realize it’s time to pursue your passion, but you’re not quite sure what it is or how to get there. This seminar will help you with all elements needed to get on the right track – personal goals and vision, skills, likes/dislikes, financial needs, health considerations, and action planning. Come explore these elements and you’ll be well prepared to shape your future.

2/9-2/23 BUS211.19

W 7-9 P Don Miller

$139

You're On the Air! How to Make it in Voice-Overs

Voice-overs are hot today! You don’t have to be an actor to get voice-over work.

Learn about an exciting new way to get around the competition and actually turn voice-overs into a thriving full or part-time business! Discuss voice-over techniques and the voice-over business as a whole.

Learn about the numerous opportunities, the income potential, and the all-important demo and how to have it produced. You’ll step up to the microphone to do some practice recording, and best of all, hear the results!

4/2 BUS211.12

Sa 9-11 A Dan Levine

$69

Your Business, Your Employees, and the Law  NEW! In today’s lawsuit-prone work

environment, company leaders are required to comply with various workplace laws, regulations, and mandates that apply to their workplace. Acquiring a basic understanding of these compliance issues, and knowing what policies, record-keeping requirements, and HR forms to use, can minimize the risk of incurring employeerelated claims and lawsuits. This course will provide a roadmap for effectively minimizing and/or defusing employee-related problems and workplace compliance issues that affect employers of all sizes and work industries. Each class is filled with step-by-step guidelines, HR forms, and sample policies, as well as practical strategies for complying with workplace laws.

3/7-4/1 BUS211.66

Online Lupe McElroy

$395

Your Magnetic Brand: Attract Professional Success  NEW! A magnetic personal brand is

central to your success as an entrepreneur or professional. People work with the people they “know, like and trust.”

Does your personal brand inspire others to know, like and trust you? A magnetic personal brand moves you from a place of chasing opportunities to the position of attracting them. Attorney Tasha “TC” Coleman, business coach and online publishing strategist, will teach you exactly how to build a magnetic brand and position your brand for career and business success.

1/25-2/15 BUS211.89

Online TC Coleman, Esq

$159

Real Estate Principles for the New Economy

More than ever, today’s economy is in constant evolution, continually creating new challenges and new opportunities.

Explore the implications of technology on the real estate industry. Learn about cultural differences that may influence business decisions, risk management and negotiation strategies. This introductory course will allow students and real estate professionals to gain a new perepctive on the changes, trends, and practices in the real estate industry.

2/1-4/12 Tu 6-7:30 P BUS211.30 Otis Jarvis, MBA Notes: No class March 8.

$239

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Social Networking for Business Certificate

Get in on this exciting and growing way to communicate, market and serve your customers and clients. For businesses, nonprofits, government, and other organizations.

From Facebook to Twitter, blogging, YouTube, LinkedIn, and more, discover the new principles of communication that apply across all networks and how these specific social networks work and the possible uses for your organization. Whether you are new to social networks or already involved, you will come away with both an understanding of social networks and practical, how-to techniques to integrate social networks into your organization or business. Your instructors are outstanding practitioners who also speak, write and train others on social networks. Courses required for the certificate: Introduction to Social Networks Communicating and Marketing Using Social Networks Integrating Social Networks in Your Organization Sign up for the courses individually, or take all three (in any order) to earn your Social Networking for Business Certificate.

Note: These are online, instructor-led classes. You must have internet access and audio (speakers) to participate. In the online classroom, you will listen to audio lectures, view slides and even take optional quizzes to test yourself. Post comments in the online discussion with your fellow participants and the instructor. Your instructor logs on once a day to answer questions and join in on the discussion. Participate anytime day or night, as little or as often as you like.

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Online Advertising  Get the keys to making online adver-

Digital Brochures  NEW! Discover the latest hot new

technology to promote your products, services and information. Discover how you can use this low-cost new eMarketing tool. Find out how to create a digital brochure for your organization. Then learn how to include search, interaction, and interest-tracking features. Get on the cutting edge of this new marketing trend. This course could be worth thousands of dollars to your organization.

3/7-4/1 BUS211.90

Online Julie Coates

$145

Improving Email Promotions  Discover new ways to improve your

email promotions, including when to email, what to email, and testing email copy. Then find out how to analyze your email response rates, including getting the bench marks for open rates and click through rates. Learn how to improve your email promotion and responses with tracking and testing. Get a basic introduction to email promotions. If you are advanced, your instructor is an email expert and can answer your toughest questions as well.

2/7-3/4 BUS211.54

Online Dan Belhassen

$195

Boosting Your Web Site Traffic  Acquire the basic skills to boost your

web site traffic, including how to analyze your visitor traffic, how to use search engine optimization to get greater visibility and exposure in Google searches, and how to redesign your web site copy to increase your visitors and results. No experience necessary, but if you are at an advanced level, your instructor is an SEO expert and can answer your toughest questions.

3/7-4/1 BUS211.55

Online Dan Belhassen

$195

tising work for you and your organization.

See how pay-per-click advertising with Google AdWords works. Find out how to test low budget AdWord campaigns. Learn how you can target local audiences. Then discover Facebook advertising and how you can determine the demographics and even numbers of people you want to reach. No experience necessary, but if you are at an advanced level, your instructor is an online ad expert and can answer your toughest questions.

4/4-4/29 BUS211.56

Online Dan Belhassen

$195

Introduction to Social Networks  Get involved in the move from in-

person to online communication. Learn what social networks are and their role in your business and personal life. Find out the top sites and how businesses are using the sites for communication, customer retention, branding, marketing, market research, needs assessment and serving customers and clients. Explore the options for your organization. Look at case studies of what other organizations are doing. Let your instructor guide your exploration of Facebook and YouTube.

2/7-3/4 BUS211.50

Online Jennifer Selke

$195

Communicating and Marketing Using Social Networks  Develop a two-way communication

and marketing strategy for your organization using social networks. Let your instructor guide you in exploring major social networks, including Twitter, LinkedIn, and blogging. Learn quick, easy ways to use Twitter, blogs and LinkedIn to engage your customers or clients and keep them interested in your organization or business. You'll find out the advantages and disadvantages of each, and learn what’s right for your work and kind of orgainzation.

3/7-4/1 BUS211.51

Online Suzanne Kart

$195

UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND School of Continuing Studies • scs.richmond.edu/thinkagain • (804) 289-8133

COMMUNICATIONS & WRITING

Integrating Social Networks in Your Organization  Take away a practical strategy and

techniques for implementing social networks for your organization or business.

Learn how to create your own private social network using Ning, work socially using Google Docs and calendars, and move your web site to an interactive Web 2.0 site. Your instructor will help you choose which social network tools are right for you, and then integrate them into your web site to develop a social networking strategy for your organization. You’ll leave with a plan to integrate social networks into your communication and marketing.

4/4-4/29 BUS211.52

Online Jennifer Selke

$195

On the job, being able to write clearly, concisely and conversationally is an increasingly rare talent, but it gets documents and correspondence the attention they deserve. Through real-world examples and exercises, learn the tricks professional writers use to cut the fat, avoid embarrassing errors, and connect with readers. You’ll gain an arsenal of easy ways to quickly find and fix many flaws in any piece of writing – without becoming a grammar snob.

W 6-8P Karen Wormald

$149

Power Proofreading

If you need to find the most errors in the least amount of time, this fast-paced class will give you a sure-fire method for proofing documents of any length to pinpoint problems with consistency, capitalization, punctuation, formatting and more. Learn tips on how to harness the power of word processing software to aid proofreading on the screen. Note: A good grasp of grammar is required, as that is not the focus of this course.

3/30 ENG211.25

W 6-8P Karen Wormald

FYI

Excellent communication skills are essential to achieving both professional and personal goals. Learn how to present your ideas with credibility, authority and confidence. Make a powerful impression at meetings. Put an end to over-apologizing, over-accommodating and speaking tentatively. Learn how to handle conflict and confrontations, without feeling drained. This course builds communication skills step by step. Learn to communicate more confidently, clearly and concisely; feel more empowered by communicating your personal limits and boundaries; manage conflict and remain cool in heated encounters.

3/2-3/16 BUS211.25

Business Writers' Bootcamp

3/9-3/23 ENG211.16

Speak On Your Feet: 7 Steps to Becoming a Great Communicator

$49

W 9A-4P Gloria Thomas

$289

Teambuilding, Confidence & Public Speaking Seminar

NEW! Do you find it challenging to keep your team inspired? Do you need to improve your communication skills to increase your sales? Wish you could deliver presentations without the fear of failure?

Christine Walters, director of Comedy Sportz Improv Theatre and expert on communication skills, will be offering a presentation that will kick-start your team, improve your communication skills, and teach you the tools to make killer presentations. This program will increase focus, build trust, improve communication skills, boost confidence, increase listening, reasoning and motivation skills.

1/31-3/7 BUS211.28

M 6-8P Christine Walters

$199

Writing to be Heard

NEW! Learn a variety of techniques to improve material written for others to hear. We will consider speeches, presentations, recordings, and broadcast news as well as short and long form “remarks.”

Learn from John Ogle, a professional broadcast journalist, how to create the best material for any specific audience.

2/28-4/6 COM211.01

M/W 7-9P John Ogle

$349

Introduction to Screenwriting

NEW! Geared for the new screenwriter, this class reveals the professional tricks of the trade for writing accomplished and marketable scripts that producers and agents will want to read. Topics include the creative process, fictive reality, principles of formatting, writing in images for the screen, dramatic protagonist and antagonist, building characters, three-act structure, narrative voice, theme and much more. Students will receive individual attention as they write their first screenplay pages.

3/1-4/5 ENG211.17

Tu 7-9P Helene Wagner

$199

Writing for the Web

In today's world, an ineffective Web site is a liability to your business or organization. Users have limited time and patience and want full control of the interaction. If you don’t hook them, your competition will – and they’re only one click away! To use the Web effectively for your business, you need specific knowledge of Web-writing principles and the skills to apply that knowledge consistently.

3/24-3/31 ENG211.01

Th 6-8:30P Phillip Gravely

$99

Producing Broadcast Quality PSAs: A Practical Workshop

NEW! Learn the creative and production principles needed to create broadcast quality public service announcements for television distribution. Guided step-bystep through the producer’s job, you will learn the five stages of production from development, pre-production, production, post-production and distribution.

Additional concepts covered include public service airtime criteria, elements of an effective PSA and non-profit issue selection, and creative pre-planning process. A production workbook is provided, which includes production checklists; production flow charts; writing, producing and distributing tips; insider secrets; and sample production agreements, contracts, forms and letters.

2/26 BUS211.58

Sa 9:30A-4:30P Roxanne Lane

$99

Career Development courses marked with a  are online classes.

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eMarketing Essentials Certificate Program

Come get a fundamental yet advanced introduction to eMarketing, including improving email promotions, analyzing your web site traffic, doing search engine optimization, and successfully employing online advertising.

This program is relelvant for any type of organization, including businesses, companies, non-profits and government agencies.

Courses required for the certificate: Improving Email Promotions Boosting Your Website Traffic Online Advertising Sign up for the courses individually, or take all three (in any order) to earn your eMarketing Essentials Certificate.

Note: These are online, instructor-led classes. You must have internet access and audio (speakers) to participate. In the online classroom, you will listen to audio lectures, view slides and even take optional quizzes to test yourself. Post comments in the online discussion with your fellow participants and the instructor. Your instructor logs on once a day to answer questions and join in on the discussion. Participate anytime day or night, as little or as often as you like.

Documentary Filmmaking

NEW! Learn the basics of documentary filmmaking, from story development to production to editing. This class is a mix of screenings, demonstrations and hands-on work using video cameras, audio equipment, lighting, and editing software. Students will work as a film crew to produce a short documentary.

Come learn all about the fascinating world of documentary films!

1/24 -4/18 COM211.18

M 7-9P Lorraine Blackwell, MFA

$259

Computer Skills NEW! Do you need to become familiar with using your computer for Windows and using the Internet? Learn how to create folders and navigation, start programs, and use a Web browser to explore the Internet. Students who are may be interested in taking Introduction to Microsoft Word are advised to take this class if they are not able to distinguish file types, unzip files, or navigate within the computer. A great introduction, but also a good refresher for those who want to learn some new tricks and shortcuts.

W 9A-1P Joyce Lillemon Boschert

$89

Introduction to Microsoft Access

Microsoft Access is a powerful database program, used by most major corporations today. The program is designed to work with a company’s most important asset – their data. This class is an introduction to using MS Access. Students will learn about the structure of a database, and the tools used to modify the database and work with their data. You will also learn tables, queries, forms and reports.

3/9 TEC211.01

W 9A-4P Joyce Lillemon Boschert

Knowing Microsoft Excel is a must in today’s business world. Even if you’ve been in Excel for a while, this class will teach you the “you don’t know it’s there if you don’t know it’s there” skills. We will cover entering and editing data and formulas, formatting spreadsheets, creating charts, and working with multiple worksheets in a workbook. Learn page setup, previewing, and printing documents. We will be using Excel 2007, the most up-to-date version of this powerful spreadsheet program.

2/23 TEC211.02

Introduction to Computers and the Internet

2/2 TEC211.06

Introduction to Microsoft Excel

$139

$139

Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint If you can use Microsoft Word, you can learn to create powerful and appealing presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint!

You will create presentations and work with the tools available to insert Word Art, clip art, graphic objects, tables and charts, view a slide show, and quickly create a presentation using the AutoContent Wizard.

3/16 TEC211.05

W 9A-4P Joyce Lillemon Boschert

$139

Introduction to Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word is the most frequently used program in the Microsoft Office suite. Learn the tools with which to create your documents. We will cover the basics of creating, editing and formatting documents, using Spell Check and Auto Correct, inserting symbols and special characters, and page setup and printing.

2/9 TEC211.03

W 9A-4P Joyce Lillemon Boschert

$139

Introduction to QuickBooks

NEW! Join us for a two-day session in using QuickBooks, a set of software solutions designed to manage payroll, inventory, sales and other needs of a small business. The features include marketing tools, merchant services, products and supplies, and training solutions. The first day is to develop familiarity with the QuickBooks environment, and the second day is for using the tools to run your business. Users are required to bring a laptop with QuickBooks 2009 or newer on their computers.

3/23-3/24 TEC211.17

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W 9A-4P Joyce Lillemon Boschert

W/Th 9A-4P Joyce Lillemon Boschert

$199

UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND School of Continuing Studies • scs.richmond.edu/thinkagain • (804) 289-8133

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Office for Macintosh

NEW! Microsoft Office is the bestknown office suite for the Macintosh. In this class you will review some of the concepts and skills for using Microsoft Word and Excel. We’ll cover formatting, editing, and using tools in Word, and formulas, functions, tools, and formatting in Excel. Students are required to bring their own Mac with Microsoft Office installed. Users may work with Office 2004 or 2008; most concepts are similar. If there is time we may also look at Entourage (email).

1/26 TEC211.15

W 9A-4P Joyce Lillemon Boschert

$139

AutoCAD

NEW! This course is designed for students who wish to learn the fundamental computer skills of AutoCAD software.

You will explore the many benefits of computer aided drafting including the techniques and commands needed for creating, editing, and printing professional quality interior design plans. The class will be a combination of hands-on exercises as well as individual computer training sessions. Power Point slide presentations will also be used to guide you through the AutoCAD learning process.

The course is designed for those with little or no experience using AutoCAD software. You will be required to provide your own laptop computer and AutoCAD software. The student software can be purchased at a reduced price at JourneyEd.com.

1/25-3/18 TEC211.90

Tu 6-9 P Steve Prusik, MLA

Getting More from Microsoft Excel

Most of us use Excel, but we only use a small portion of what it can do. This course gives you the tools to create and edit information in your workbooks with strong presentation and calculations of your data. Review the fundamentals of creating formulas and functions, and then learn how to customize your worksheets and the advanced capabilities of Microsoft Excel. Explore the the watching values, Solver, Goal Seeker, Scenarios, and Pivot Tables. Users should be familiar with the Microsoft Excel environment and be able to create simple formulas and formatting.

4/6 TEC211.14

W 9A-4P Joyce Lillemon Boschert

$139

Getting More from Microsoft Word

Whether you’ve been in Microsoft Word for a month or ten years, there’s more to the program than you know. This class is for users who are literate in Microsoft Word and want to learn tools to gain strength in creating and editing their documents. Learn about styles, using objects, templates, macros and more. Students should be able to perform some introductory skills or have taken the Introduction to Microsoft Word class.

4/13 TEC211.08

W 9A-4P Joyce Lillemon Boschert

$139

$549

Getting More from Microsoft Access

NEW! If you’ve been using Microsoft Access and want to get more power into your databases, this class will show you the way. This class improves the way you create forms and reports, work with relationships, and develops better queries to save you time. This course is for users with experience with Access.

3/30 TEC211.57

W 9A-4P Joyce Lillemon Boschert

$139

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Interior Decorating Certificate Program

The Interior Decorating Certificate Program is intended to augment creative talent to make space more functional and beautiful for personal use and to provide opportunities for those interested in pursuing interior decorating as a profession. These courses can be taken individually, or as part of the certificate program.

Business Core (all 3 are required)

Marketing Your Interior Decorating Services Starting and Building Your Interior Decorating Business: The Sole Proprietorship Budget Setting and Record Keeping

Core (choose 3)

Interior Decorating and Design Careers in Interior Decorating Lighting Techniques Color Theory Furniture Styles and Arrangements The Importance of Fabrics in Decorating Controlling Your Business: The Science of Profit

Electives (choose 4)

Courses change each semester, so there are always new topics to choose from.

10 total courses required for certificate completion.

Once you have completed the requirements, you will receive your Interior Decorating Certificate. This certificate is not affiliated with any state or national organization or certification.

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Interior Decorating

Furniture Styles and Arrangements

Marketing Your Interior Decorating Services

Gain knowledge of proficiency in planning and marketing strategies for your interior decorating business. Topics include researching the market, preparing presentations, overcoming obstacles, and closing the sale. Be trained on how to profile competitors and how to market yourself to stand out. This is a musthave class for interior decorators who desire to become the best in their field.

(IDC - Business Core) 2/3-2/11 INT211.30

Th/F 5:30-8:30P Marilyn Creech

$139

Starting and Building Interior Decorating Business

Explore the advantages of starting an interior design business as a sole proprietor. Learn how to create a business plan and how to implement various business strategies used by successful interior decorators. (IDC - Business Core) 2/5-2/26 INT211.32

Sa 9A-12P Marilyn Creech

$139

Interior Decorating and Design

This class will offer students an opportunity to create beautiful rooms by mastering color coordination, fabric choices, textures, lighting, and overall visual harmony. Furniture arrangement will also be explored as you work with templates guided by a professional interior decorator. (IDC - Core) 3/21-3/29 INT211.44

M/Tu 5:30-8:30P Marilyn Creech

$139

Lighting Techniques for Your Home

Discover the different types of lighting and lighting practices used by interior decorators to provide homes with elegance, style and function. Pull together distinctive lighting elements in a room that impart harmony and produce an interesting unified effect. (IDC - Core) 4/12 INT211.53

Tu 6-9P Marilyn Creech

Learn the different options and careers available in the field of interior decorating.

Become skilled at starting and building your interior decorating business, business forms, record keeping, marketing and selling your service. (IDC - Core) M 6-9P Marilyn Creech

1/30-2/20 INT211.28

Su 1-4P Marilyn Creech

$139

Social Media for Interior Decorators

NEW! The competitive world of interior design requires designers to use an arsenal of promotional tools to set themselves apart. Talent and word-of-mouth just aren’t enough anymore. Social media is just one way to promote your business. Learn social media basics, how to implement social media tools and tactics to grow your business and how to incorporate your social media into your overall marketing efforts. By the end of class you will have a completed social media strategy to get you started! (IDC - Elective, AIDC - Elective) 1/11-1/18 INT211.99

Tu 6-9P Holly Rodriguez

$99

Software for Interior Decorators

NEW! With so many software products on the market, it can become a little overwhelming as to which products are userfriendly, and which products will help you better with furniture arrangements, window treatments, and overall design of rooms. Explore various software in class, and also take home a list of software applications for design, their cost, and where to purchase them. Learn some online sites that are free to use! The instructor will also discuss what clients expect from you in presentations and how to provide your clients with the right materials to get the job. (IDC - Elective. AIDC - Elective) 1/25 INT211.25

Tu 6-9P Marilyn Creech

$59

Careers in Interior Decorating

1/24 INT211.24

Explore period furniture styles including Early American, English, Mediterranean, and French, as well as Twentieth Century styles. Learn how to mix and match within these styles and produce finished scale drawings using furniture templates. After completing this class, it will be easy to identify and mix these furniture styles with confidence and ease. (IDC - Core)

$59

Incorporating Feng Shui into Interior Design

NEW! Take your design ability to another level by exploring the power of feng shui! Feng shui principles are the perfect adjunct to interior design principles to increase the probability of designing rooms that are both visually impressive and designed for comfort and success. Feng shui is the art of arranging your space to enhance your life. Learn basic principles of feng shui including the energy of color, balancing the five elements and how to create spaces that empower their occupants.(IDC - Elective, AIDC - Elective) 3/15 INT211.02

Tu 5:30-8:30P Debbie Bowie

$59

Advanced Color Theory

Come explore advanced color theory!

Work with the Brewster Color Wheel to produce award-winning rooms through use of textures, wall washing, finishes, fabrics and lighting. Each student will be given a floor plan of a home to produce color details that will make the rooms flow smoothly from one to another. Students should bring colored pencils to class. Pre-requisite: Color Theory. (IDC Elective. AIDC - Elective) 2/27-3/20 INT211.34

Su 9A-12P Marilyn Creech

$139

Advanced Marketing for Interior Decorators

Create an aggressive 12-month marketing plan to obtain customers and retain 99% of your existing customer base.

Learn what your clients are really saying and what they really want from you as an Interior Decorator. Expand your knowledge with this fun and in-depth course that will help drive more money into your business! Pre-requisites: Marketing Your Interior Decorating Business, and Starting and Building Your Interior Decorating Business. (IDC - Elective. AIDC - Business Core) 2/17-2/25 INT211.33

Th/F 5:30-8:30P Marilyn Creech

$139

Interested in learning AutoCAD? See page 15.

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Advanced Interior Decorating Certificate Program

The Advanced Interior Decorating Certificate Program is intended to provide additional learning opportunities for interior design professionals, and those seeking to enter the business. These courses can be taken individually, or as part of the certificate program.

Certificate Requirements: 11 courses

Business Core (3 required courses)

Advanced Marketing for Interior Decorators Growing Your Interior Decorating Business in Any Economy Strategic Planning for Long Term Profit

Core (4 required courses) Advanced Lighting Sketching Rooms and Scale Drawings Architecture and Home Styles Decorating Showcase

Electives (choose 4)

Elective courses change each semester so there are always new topics to choose from. A sample of electives includes: Advanced Color Theory Advanced Marketing for Interior Decorators Case Study of Interiors Working with Floor Plans Certificate Completion Once the eleven required courses have been completed students will receive an Advanced Interior Decorating Certificate from the University of Richmond.

This certificate is not affiliated with any state or national organization or organization. The courses associated with the certificate program are non-credit courses and are not eligible as credit towards a degree program.

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Agecroft Hall Field Trip

NEW! Come enjoy a fun-filled day learning about Tudor architecture, fabrics, room decorations and designs of England. We will start in the classroom to explore interior design principles from this time period, and then we will visit Agecroft Hall to tour this remarkable Tudor estate that was built in Lancashire, England in the late 15th century. Weather permitting, we will also tour the gardens at Agecroft Hall that were designed by noted landscape architect Charles Gillette. We’ll return to campus to assemble samples and fabrics to create beautiful rooms for presentation to the class. (IDC - Elective. AIDC - Elective).

4/16 INT211.58

Sa 10A-6P Marilyn Creech

$119

Color Theory

Work with a Brewster color wheel and produce beautiful rooms for any interior.

Start by examining rooms that have been produced by top decorators and train your eye to see what color theory has been used to get the stunning results.

Discuss the psychological effects of individual colors. Study the warm and cool shades on the color wheel and produce award-winning palates for your own rooms. Work with boards, sheets and mixed acrylic paints. (IDC - Core. CSC Core) 1/30-2/20 INT211.27

Su 9A-12P Marilyn Creech

$139

Creating Client Presentations

Examine the different architectural styles of houses, and learn how to identify them by their roof styles, exteriors and interiors. Discover the components of creating and recognizing home interior styles such as French Country, Country, Traditional, Contemporary and many more. Expand your knowledge of interior design as you become proficient in creating these home styles! (IDC - Elective. AIDC - Core)

NEW! Learn how to approach and create verbal, written and board presentations for prosective and current clients.

Learn valuable aspects of the presentation including eye contact, the handshake, speaking skills, hand movements, body language and self confidence in making presentations. Also learn what your clients expect of your presentations so you can be prepared. Each student will present both a verbal and board presentation at the last class, based on the skills learned in these sessions. (IDCCore. AIDC - Core)

1/30-2/20 INT211.29

3/5 - 3/26 INT211.39

Architecture and Home Styles

Su 5-8P Marilyn Creech

$139

Color Systems

NEW! A color circle, based on red, yellow and blue, is traditional in the field of art. Sir Isaac Newton developed ths first circular diagram of color in 1666. Since then scientists and artists have studied and designed numerous variations of this concept. Analyze and learn how to use different color wheels that will include the Brewster, Munsell, Ostwald, and many more! You will also learn how to build your own color wheel to adapt for planning your color schemes! Explore various paints and mediums to produce extraordinary color palates.

(CSC Core. IDC Elective) 2/5-2/26 INT211.21

Sa 5-8P Marilyn Creech

$139

Sa 1-4P Marilyn Creech

$139

Decorate Your House to Sell

Ever wonder why some homes sell quickly on the market and others don’t?

In this class you will learn the secrets of the design trade to decorate your house to sell quickly. You will learn what to decorate your home with, and how to pull together “the look” without breaking the bank! (IDC - Elective) 4/1 INT211.50

F 6-9P Marilyn Creech

$59

Design Theory and Application

NEW! Learn the two basic types of design and how to relate them to elements of design in any room. Proportion and balance, pattern, form design and rhythm in design through repetition, graduation, opposition, transition and repletion will be taught. Learn how to apply these elements with furniture arrangements, window treatments and accessories in design. Each student will be given a room to place on a presentation board to present at the last class meeting using the theories and applications taught in class. (IDC - Elective.

AIDC - Elective) 2/27-3/20 INT211.35

Su 1-4P Marilyn Creech

$139

Designing Your Own Custom Window Treatments

Window treatments can make or break a room! Whether you sew, or will have someone else fabricate your treatments, this class will teach you how to bring designer styles to every window in your home. Learn measuring, rods, board mounts, trims, bandings, linings and much more. Get exactly what you want for your windows! Students should bring a calculator to class. (IDC - Elective.

AIDC - Elective) 3/7-3/15 INT211.42

M/Tu 5:30-8:30P Marilyn Creech

$139

Divine Dining Rooms

NEW! Explore space planning for dining rooms and placement for tables, chairs, chandelier, accent lighting, wainscoting, molding, flooring and more! Because the main function of the dining room is serving meals, you will become familiar with the basic facts about table settings including silver, china, glassware, sterling, silver plate, glass (hand-blown and handpressed), crystal, bisque and bone china.

Proper proportions, height and placement of pictures, sconces and plate hangings will also be discussed. After completing this class you will be able to set up a diving dining room for any client! (IDC - Elective) 3/27-4/17 INT211.48

Su 1-4P Marilyn Creech

$139

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Fabulous Floors for Interiors

This class covers various floorings and care of floorings used in residential and commercial spaces. Carpets, Oriental rugs, hardwood floors, concrete, marble, vinyl, tile, staining, painting, coating and care of floors will be taught in this class.

Upon completion of this class, you will know what flooring is best for all situations, and why it works and performs the best. You will also learn easy maintenance tips to keep these floors looking “show room fresh.” (IDC - Elective) 1/27 INT211.26

Th 6-9P Marilyn Creech

$59

Redesign: Redecorate With What You Already Have

This class will teach you how to redecorate with what you already have by using clever, quick and inexpensive techniques.

We will learn to “shop” in your own home, rearrange furniture for function and beauty, and how to properly accessorize. We will also examine the amazing results of many rooms that have been redesigned, using what was already in the home. You will learn how to turn any tired interior into a designer showcase using the items that you already have!

(IDC - Elective) 4/7 - 4/15 INT211.52

Growing Interior Decorating Business in Any Economy

Th/F 6-9P Marilyn Creech

A downturn in the economy does not mean your business cannot be profitable and still grow! Learn how to make money for your business regardless of what economic times we are in. Analyze how companies watch the market, and learn what will help boost profits for your business. Learn about the psychological effects of customer spending, and what colors and furnishings have been popular in different economic times and why. This is a must-have class for the serious professional who wants to grow their business in any economy! (IDC Elective. AIDC - Business Core).

Sketching Rooms and Scale Drawings

3/27- 4/17 INT211.47

4/18-4/26 INT211.51

Su 9A-12P Marilyn Creech

$139

Putting a New Spin on Old Furniture

Learn how to transform furniture that once appeared old to become new again!

Learn the techniques of painting, refurbishing wood and upholstery by using exciting colors and fabrics on sofas and chairs that will never go unnoticed. You will gain the confidence of knowing how to reuse furniture to fit into your lifestyle for years to come! (IDC - Elective) 3/31 INT211.01

Th 6-9P Charlotte Kelly Turner

$59

In this class students learn how to master sketching rooms and scale drawings. Architect symbols will be taught with exact scale drawings. the class will start with free hand sketches, moving to graph paper, and finishing with scale drawings using 3H and H pencils, the T-square and triangles. You will become proficient with the use of the Scale Ruler. You will also learn how to sketch elegant window treatments, furniture, and beddings for your rooms. (IDC - Elective. AIDC Core) M/Tu 6-9P Marilyn Creech

$139

The Effects of Texture and Distance on Color

NEW! Color is a powerful tool in the creation of beauty for a space. Texture and distance are important to the way your colors look. Because matte finishes absorb color and shiny finishes reflect color, your placement of them is crucial to achieving stunning results. A rough textured wall may appear grayed or soiled under artificial light because of shadows cast from an uneven surface.

How much texture is enough to enhance your color scheme? Learn how to get your rooms up to perfection with texture and distance in color placements. (CSC Core. IDC Elective) 2/27-3/20 INT211.22

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Su 5-8P Marilyn Creech

The Power of Positive Thinking for Interior Design

NEW! Positive thinking is a state of mind that can be learned to improve your well-being and invoke confidence and pride in your professionalism and presentations to clients. Each week we will learn new ways to build your selfconfidence as an interior decorator, and how you can project this positive image to your clients to produce more satisfaction for yourself and your business.

(IDC - Elective. AIDC - Elective) 3/5-3/26 INT211.37

Sa 9A-12P Marilyn Creech

$139

The Psychology and History of Color

NEW! Colors invoke strong emotions that can have the ability to promote calm and serentiy in rooms. Explore the fascintating history of color and some specific choices. Come explore your love of color, as we explore the psychological and historical effects of color from the past to present day. After completing this fun and informative class, you will analyze color from various perspectives to create stunning rooms every time! (CSC Core. IDC Elective) 2/5-2/26 INT211.20

Sa 1-4P Marilyn Creech

$139

The Nuts and Bolts of Interior Design

NEW! The selection process is done and the work begins. Learn industry standards when selecting and calculating amounts for fabric, wallpaper, paint and rugs. Discover how to measure and account for the various sizes and repeats in decorating materials. Get practical experience in writing up labor orders for work rooms and upholsterers. Learn what materials are best used for different purposes and what designs are best used for different functions. Be prepared to offer the best advice to your clients!

(IDC - Elective) 4/7 INT211.67

Th Liz Hart

6-9P

$59

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Time Management Skills for Interior Decorators

NEW! “The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” Come get inspired by this fun and informative class that will help you manage your time wisely.

Proper time management skills can help you produce more profit for your business, and more time for your personal needs and wants. Learn the importance of time management for profitability; how to work smarter, not harder; time log techniques; planning using the 80/20 Rule; project planning and control; and coping skills to withstand the demands and challenges of this business. (IDC-Elective.

AIDC - Elective) 3/5-3/26 INT211.40

Sa 5-8P Marilyn Creech

$139

Color Specialist Certificate

Washington Design Center Field Trip

NEW! Join us for a wonderful day at the Washington Design Center in the heart of our nation's capital. The Design Center has 400,000 square feet of space and more than 60 wholesale residential, commercial and building products/showrooms. The center features fabrics, flooring, accessories, paints, kitchen, bath, lighting, and many more vendors for students to explore. While traveling to the Design Center on a deluxe motor coach, Ms. Creech will discuss the elements of superior design in rooms, and how to obtain excellence in decorating any space. This is sure to be a fun-filled and informative day! Course fee includes transportation, box lunch and snacks on the bus, and admission to the Washington Design Center. (Elective) 4/5 INT211.59

Tu 10A-7P Marilyn Creech

$159

Organizing Solutions for Residential Spaces

NEW! Looking to get more out of your space? Tired of working around piles of clutter? Enhance your home environment using strategies from an expert organizer.

Learn how to tackle any organizing project confidently, no matter how big or small.

Identify and define achievable organizing goals, develop a course of action customized to the space, create zones based on function, identify key “organizing personalities” that define one’s relationship with stuff, determine what is clutter, and put a plan into action utilizing specific resources and products. (IDC - Elective.

AIDC - Elective)

3/7-3/14 INT211.97

M 6-8P Mindy Godding

$99

The Color Specialist Certificate is designed to provide specialized training on color systems and theories. Use this knowledge to expand your interior design business or assist with decorating decisions.

Core classes (select 5 courses):

The Psychology & History of Color Color Systems The Effects of Texture and Distance on Color Color Theory Three Dimensions of Color The Effects of Natural and Artificial Light on Color Advanced Color Theory

Elective courses (select 5 courses): Exterior Color Schemes and Applications Interior Color Schemes and Applications Color Forecasts for the 21st Century Creating Livable Color Schemes Faux Painting Techniques Elective courses change every semester so there are always new topics to choose from!

10 total courses required for certificate completion.

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IOP – Board Development Series Fundraising and Development Nonprofit Marketing Certificate Program Effective marketing has become vital to the success of nonprofit organizations. For this reason, it is important to have a thorough understanding of marketing to make the most of limited resources within nonprofits. This certificate program is designed to provide you with a comprehensive overview of marketing basics, effective communication and promotion. You will develop the skills needed to create an effective marketing plan, how to develop a powerful message about your organization and how to make the most of your marketing dollars. Participants in the Nonprofit Marketing Certificate will typically complete eight courses equaling 48 contact hours of instruction.

Fundraising and Development Certificate Program This certificate program provides nonprofit professionals with the tools they need to plan successfully and meet important fundraising goals. Participants in the Fundraising and Development Certificate will typically complete ten courses equaling 48 contact hours of instruction.

For certificate course requirements, see our Web site. scs.richmond.edu/ philanthropy

What is a Board Doing, When it’s Doing Things Right?

Effective boards have a strategic role in governing and fundraising that work hand in hand to create a successful nonprofit organization.

What are these boards doing right?

What makes everyone want to be a member of these productive nonprofit boards?

Come and hear Rich Morrill, President of the Teagle Foundation and Chancellor of the University of Richmond, and Dave Johnson, President of West Avenue Associates share what they have learned over the years of managing and working with boards. Why failures are failures, and what can be done to turn them into successes?

2/24 Th 6-8P $50 IOP211.11 Richard L. Morrill, PhD, President, the Teagle Foundation and Chancellor, University of Richmond Dave Johnson, President, West Avenue Associates, LLC Note: 50% off for each additional person representing the same nonprofit.

Dealing with Disruptive Board Members – Poor Boardsmanship

Ineffective board work, shoddy decision making, and inefficient board discussions can be unsettling and cause a board to be dysfunctional and hurt the long-term success and sustainability of an organization. Learn to recognize examples of poor boardsmanship and how to turn things around in a lively/interactive class.

3/3 IOP211.12

Th 6-8P $50 Amy Nisenson & Kathy Powers, MSFS Note: 50% off for each additional person representing the same nonprofit.

Register for all 3 Classes above and receive a 15% discount

Did you know?

Any course in either certificate program that is not considered a required class may be used as an elective.

Dealing with Disruptive Board Members – Poor People Skills & Personality Conflicts

Do you have a board member who doesn’t work as a team player, bullies, won’t accept change, acts without authority, sits silently or monopolizes discussions?

Then this class is for you. Learn how to identify these distracting characteristics and how to resolve problems and turn your board into one that is less dysfunctional and easy to recruit to.

3/17 IOP211.13

Th 6-8P $50 Amy Nisenson & Kathy Powers, MSFS Note: 50% off for each additional person representing the same nonprofit.

Telling Your Organization’s Story

by Word of Mouth

Successful development professionals know that fundraising is more than identifying wealthy individuals and asking them for money. It is more about the strategic sharing of passionate stories of need and the solutions a organization offers. This course is geared towards development officers who have shy fundraising board members, volunteers and even CEOs. It offers tips and methods to identify and create the stories that will resonate with prospective donors, and how to train those who hate to ask for money in how storytelling helps the fundraising process.

5/5 Th 6-8P $50 IOP211.20 Patricia Morris, MPA Note: 50% off for each additional person representing the same nonprofit.

Financial Management for Boards (2 parts)

This course will focus on the importance, impact and key concepts in support of proper financial management and stewardship for nonprofit organizations. Participants will be exposed to financial terminology, issues and oversight techniques. The goal will be to help participants understand and articulate the relationship between the mission and financial affairs of nonprofits, thereby enhancing their ability to serve as advocates and expand the financial resources available to the organization.

(Due to popular demand, this class will run for two sessions.)

5/10&5/17 Tu 6-8P $95 IOP211.19 Randy Spears, CPA Note: 50% off for each additional person representing the same nonprofit.

INSTITUTE ON PHILANTHROPY

IOP Intensive Institutes Complete an entire certificate program in one week of intensive, comprehensive learning over 48 hours and 7 days of active classroom learning.

There is tremendous appeal to this format of comprehensive, in-depth learning that pulls material together in a strategic, cohesive manner, in addition to the tremendous networking and mentoring opportunities.

During the Fundraising & Development week, you will: • create the draft/framework for a development plan for your organization • assess your organization’s fundraising status and develop a strategy • learn how to integrate the board into your fundraising plan • participate in a field exercise with a local nonprofit to develop real-life fundraising strategies During the session on Nonprofit Marketing, you will learn how to: • put together a comprehensive marketing plan for your organization.

• develop your organization’s key messages • identify your audiences and how to reach them with you the appropriate messages • learn how to make the most of your direct mail dollars and how new social media tools can be integrated into your marketing plan Winter Institutes: $1,450 Fundraising & Development – 1/9 – 1/15/2011 Nonprofit Marketing – 1/16 – 1/23/2011 Summer Institutes - $1,450 Fundraising & Development – 7/10 – 7/16/2011 Nonprofit Marketing – 7/17 – 7/24/2011

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IOP – Fundraising & Development Certificate Strategies for Successful Volunteer Leadership

Nonprofit organizations live and die because of volunteers. Leading volunteers is always challenging, but it can also be the most rewarding part of working in the nonprofit sector. This class will offer a viewpoint on the type of leadership skills necessary for a successful volunteer program. It will look at leadership from the staff and volunteer point of view and offer strategies to make your program more effective and gain support from your management and your community.

1/25 IOP111.19

Tu 9-12P Patricia Morris, MPA

$85

Fundraising for Small Nonprofits

“Great faculty – They really know their areas of expertise. I learned practical things that I can take back to the office and implement..”

One of the biggest challenges in the one-person development shop is keeping all the balls in the air. In this class, we will focus on identifying which balls are the most important and why. We will help you build your case for support for the annual fund and any special projects you may have; define a volunteer and staff driven model for success; and write a development plan.

2/16&2/23 IOP211.14

Endowment & Restricted Gifts for Staff (Part I)

Your organization has received several restricted gifts. What happens next? Your Finance Office has to handle the gifts, reflect them in the annual budget and ensure the gifts are used for the purpose the donor intended. How can your Development Office best work with the Finance Office to ensure good stewardship? In addition, there are a host of other questions to be answered. What is an endowment? What are the types of endowment? What are the pros and cons of endowment gifts in an uncertain financial environment? How much of an endowment gift can be used to support programs? How should your organization report on its endowment?

Get answers to these and more from this one-day crash course.

2/14 IOP211.7

M 9-12P Bob Sedivy, Ph.D.

$85

W 9-12P Ruth Modlin Ellett

$165

Endowment Investment & Reporting- Staff (Part II)

Your organization has received several gifts restricted to endowment. How is an endowment set up? How is it invested? In a rapidly changing financial environment, what should your organization’s investment policy include? What are your organization’s reporting obligations under the new UPMIFA law enacted in Virginia and how can they be used to assist fundraising?

Learn about these and other related topics so you can work effectively with your Board Investment Committee, your colleagues, and your donors on the critical subject of endowments.

2/28 IOP211.8

M 9-12P Bob Sedivy, Ph.D.

$85

Grant Writing classes Introduction to Grantsmanship

Successful grantsmanship is more than grants writing – it’s a comprehensive process of defining needs in a compelling way; determining best type of funding possibilities and strategies; researching and connecting with appropriate sources; writing and packaging the competitive, winning proposals; and managing grants and grantors after the award or the decline – while educating and engaging better your boss and your board. In this six-hour workshop you will learn the fundamentals, organization and management strategies, grant trends and solutions, and new resources that position your organization for greater grantsmanship success.

1/21&1/28 IOP211.1 6/3&6/10 IOP211.5

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Advanced Grant Writing

Participants will improve their grant writing skills and techniques. Participants will become familiar with research sites and sources to better search for grant sources. Participants will better understand the cultivation and stewardship of foundation proposal and leave with some new techniques on writing more comprehensive and informed proposals.

Participants are asked to have some experience in grant writing. Bringing a laptop to the class is suggested to assist with better understanding research. Participants are also welcome to bring a proposal that they are working on to discuss in class.

2/8

Tu 8:30A-2:30P Amy Nisenson

$135

Grants & Major Gift Research

Explore effective prospect research resources, methods, internet sites and subscription databases to identify, refine and qualify all funding sources including: individuals, business and industry, private foundations, associations and government sources. For added benefit, come prepared with general needs, as well as specific projects, programs and funding needs. The class will spend quality time in the Computer Lab online, as well as studying other available resources.

5/16 IOP211.3

M 9-12P Mary Ellen Stumpf

Save the Date Outcome Measures Coming Fall 2011

$90

INSTITUTE ON PHILANTHROPY

Big Game Hunting – Planned Giving in Development Office

The Annual Fund

Too often development officers try to incorporate planned giving into their efforts by viewing it as a separate tool to assist with fundraising. According to many seasoned practitioners, however, this is not the best approach. Joe Bull, 2005 Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Council on Planned Giving, suggests that, “Planned giving is an active process.”

Come hear about how Collegiate School implements this process and thereby consistently enjoys $1-3 million every year in deferred giving activity. How does pursuing planned gifts differ from raising outright/capital gifts? How does a small shop raise these gifts without a dedicated planned giving officer? What can a CEO do to help? What must a governing board do to promote success? Our study will also provide a working knowledge of each of the eight most common gifts in this area, including their main tax features.

3/22&3/29 IOP211.6

Tu 9-12P Stephen A. Hart, Esq.

$165

Making the Case: How Telling Your Organization’s Story is Crutial to Fundraising Success

Anyone in a capital or annual campaign will benefit from learning the successful elements of a winning case statement.

Judy Lankford, CFRE, will use her reallife case statement writing experiences to provide students with a basic “road map” for creating this document. Jerold Panas’ seminal book, “Making the Case” will be our touchstone and point of reference. We will have fun analyzing the ingredients of successful case statements and will review some examples. Each student will work on creating a basic framework for their own organizational case statement document.

3/23&3/30 IOP211.2

W 9-12P Judy Lankford, CFRE

$165

A well-run annual giving program not only provides critical funds to operate not-for-profit organizations but also serves as the platform for major gifts, capital campaigns, planned giving, and endowments. Yet many organizations operate the annual fund primarily through mailings and special events that only scratch at the surface of fundraising potential. The best annual funds know their donors and they know fundraising takes a village. They view the various methods, direct mail, events, grant process, personalized contacts; not as separate activities but as parts of a total program to acquire, keep, and upgrade donors over their lifetime. They analyze fundraising methods and set realistic goals. This course will focus on: Identifying your annual fund strategies and identifying the techniques for success; Defining and communicating the annual fund cas; Building your annual fund constituency; Maximizing relationships, the role of the board, volunteer and staff in the annual fund 4/1&4/8 IOP211.21

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9-12P

$175

“Both newcomers and experienced professionals can learn from this program. I am better able to understand the work my colleagues do and how I can support them. I wish I had taken this course sooner.”

The Sustainable Nonprofit Formula, What Works?

From Planned Gifts to a Planned Giving Program

Planned giving is the technique used by many donors to maximize their support of nonprofit organizations. To be successful, however, a planned giving program just do more than interpret gift planning options to individual donors. This course will refresh your knowledge of basic gift planning techniques, and equip you and your organization to build upon the knowledge to market and manage a sustainable planned giving program.

6/1&6/8 IOP211.18

W 9-12P Bradley Purcell, JD

$165

Major Gifts

This course will cover the basics of Major Gifts. You will gain a base of understanding of the overall major gifts processes and their significance to your overall financial success. You will earn about various components of developing a major gifts effort or program as well as how to plan for and successfully integrate this into your development program.

6/24 IOP211.4

F 9-4P Mary Ellen Stumpf

$165

The CEO’s Role in Fundraising: Tips & Pitfalls

Development directors yearn for the support and participation of their CEO’s in fundraising, yet surprisingly few CEO’s actually see it as one of their principal responsibilities. For those that do, and for those that want to understand more about fundraising as it relates to THEM, this class offers insights, tips and pitfalls for the CEO as they go about the job of fundraising with their development team.

2/18 IOP111.18

F 8:30A-12:30P $135 Patricia S. Morris, MPA, CFRE, Senior Counsel, DeWitt & Associates

Given today’s economic realities, nonprofit organizations must examine how business is done. This course will identify specific capacities and behaviors that are critical to sustainability. Come and participate in a healthy discussion around leadership, financial and programmatic adaptability, and the key resources to deliver core programs. How does your organization measure up?

4/12 IOP211.16

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CFRE Certification

Full participation in the courses offered by the Institute on Philanthropy are applicable for points in Category 1.B - Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification based on the number of contact hours listed for each class.

IOP – Nonprofit Marketing Certificate Making Sense of Online Marketing and Fundraising

Text-to-Give, Your Website, YouTube, Search Engine Advertising, Email Messaging, Twitter, Facebook ... Learn how to maximize these tools to raise more money, without having them overwhelm you or your staff. Hands-on approach to creating campaigns that will be effective in today’s multi-channel world. You’ll leave with a customized 12-month plan that can be implemented with your staff and current technology.

3/21 IOP211.9

M 9-4P Heather Fignar

$165

Don't Blink! A New Media World

Communications professionals worldwide recognize he Internet has forever changed how we manage public relations and communications strategies for our organizations. Learn how new media channels and recent consumer, generational and business trends are continuing to shape how we collect online communications tools and what nonprofit organizations need to know about the opportunities and challenges they face in an increasingly digital world. Topics covered include social networking, blogs and other new media. This class will be held in a computer lab. Fulfills Core Nonprofit Marketing or any certificate Elective requirement.

4/5 IOP211.15

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Tu 9-4P Dean Browell, Ph.D.

$165

Persuasive Writing in Nonprofits Clear, compelling, and persuasive written products are essential for telling your nonprofit’s story, and for attracting the support you need to reach new heights.

This workshop will equip you with the tools to improve your organization’s writing as you communicate with diverse audiences, from donors (existing and potential) to volunteers to the general public. We will discuss the often difficult realities of the writing process – especially “writing by committee” in organizations – and earn how to apply tried-and-true tips for good writing, such as “know your audience” and “revise, revise...and revise again.” We will analyze both amazing and awful writing from other nonprofits, and carefully assess your own organization’s products. A particular focus will be on preparing a mission statement for your organization in a format proven to be both effective in fundraising and inspiring to staff, boards, and volunteers. We will also consider the challenges and opportunities of new venues, such as electronic communications and social media.

4/7&4/14 IOP211.17

Th 9-12P Marcy Horwitz

Scholarships

“Once again, I found valuable insight into the philanthropic process, which I can immediatly apply to my nonprofit. The University of Richmond’s generosity made my attendance possible.”

IOP student, Summer 2008 Scholarship funds are available to those who qualify. See our web site (scs.richmond.edu/philanthropy) for an application. For general program information regarding the Institute on Philanthropy, contact Kathy Powers, Program Coordinator, at kpowers2@ richmond.edu or (804) 287-1290.

$170

“I thought this course was one of the best educational experiences I have had. I really enjoyed it and have taken so much valuable information from it.

Thank you!”

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LANDSCAPE DESIGN

Master’s of Landscape Architecture

Interested in expanding your studies to include a Master’s of Landscape Architecture (MLA)?

Thanks to an educational partnership between the University of Richmond and Virginia Tech, UR Landscape Design Professional Certificate graduates have the opportunity to apply to Virginia Tech’s MLA program–in its Washington Alexandria Architecture Center–with one year’s advanced standing.

This approach allows interested, capable and motivated individuals to acquire the additional knowledge and skills needed to become a landscape architect. Plus, it serves as a resource for midcareer professionals to pursue studies in landscape architecture.

Please contact the University of Richmond Landscape Design Program Specialist for more details.

Landscape Design Professional Certificate Curriculum Landscape Design Core

This curriculum consists of nine courses that address landscape design principles and skills. Students learn about small-scale design applications, site engineering methods, and the creative use of plant materials. Project assignments such as site plans and construction details are required in the Landscape Design Core curriculum and are critiqued by the respective instructor. Students benefit from the successful solutions offered in these constructive sessions.

Typically, students proceed through the Landscape Design Core while participating in the Woody Plants Core.

CEUs: 40.5 Timeframe for completion: 2.5 to 3 years minimum Admission and Completion Requirements For admission requirements and Landscape Design Professional Certificate completion requirements, log on to our web site: scs.richmond.edu/landscape

Woody Plants Core

This curriculum consists of five courses that can be taken in any sequence. Completion of the Woody Plants Core is one step in the process of receiving the Landscape Design Professional Certificate. Students study approximately 300 plants suitable for the growing environment in the Mid-Atlantic region during various seasons. Field study sessions are scheduled at local gardens and nurseries and are supplemented by lectures on horticulture, nursery and planting standards.

Some students choose to complete only the Woody Plants Core curriculum. This option is ideal for landscape professionals and horticulture staff seeking to improve knowledge and proficiency in the industry.

Landscape Design Program classes are held at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, our partner in education.

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Is a landscape design career in your plans?

The Landscape Design Professional Certificate Program focuses on horticulture, nursery and planting standards, and the creative process of landscape design.

Interested in exploring the Landscape Design Professional Certificate Program?

Getting started is easy. Here’s how! Our Landscape Design Program Specialist will meet with you to discuss enrollment options based on your professional experience and knowledge of the subject area.

To set up an appointment, contact Cary Jamieson at cjamieson@richmond.edu or (804) 248-7701.

LANDSCAPE DESIGN

Students, Gill Hodges, Eve Roemhildt, Ginny Hardman, Aileen Watson discuss a woody plants characteristics with Instructor Joel Koci.

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Landscape Design

Site Analysis

This is an introductory studio course where you will learn to use drafting equipment and develop graphic and sketching skills. Coursework includes landscape plans, section, elevation and axonometric drawings, and an introduction in the use of color media.

Designed to train you how to investigate natural and cultural data of a design site.

Learn to inventory and record existing site conditions, including slope, soil, microclimate and context. Studio and site work includes base plans, sections and site analysis. Two Saturday or Sunday field exercises are mandatory. Prerequisite: Introduction to Design.

2/22-4/12 LAN211.14

3/21-5/9 LAN211.05

Landscape Graphics

Tu 6-9 P Sisson, Andy C.L.A

$389

Introduction to Plants

An intensive survey course in plant science. You will receive a basic introduction and understanding of plant ecology, nomenclature, physiology, morphology and pathology. Learn the common groups of plants with a general focus on the structure and function of higher vascular plants. This course is suitable for anyone who has no previous experience or who has a limited background in horticulture or design work. Prerequisite for Woody Plants Core.

1/26-3/16 LAN211.03 OR 4/6-5/25 LAN211.04

W 6-9 P Hayden, Sheila M.S.

$389

W 6-9 P Hayden, Sheila M.S.

$389

Introduction to Design

M 6-9 P Koprowski, Steve L.A.

$389

Site Design II

This course is a continuation of Site Design I. Students are expected to further develop visual communication skills learned in the prior course. Participation in graphics demonstrations and exercises, individual critiques, and group discussions of projects is required. Prerequisite: Site Design I 1/19-3/9 LAN211.08

W 6-9 P Oates, Tony ASLA

$389

Planting Design I

This studio course focuses on the use of plants as an important design element.

Topics include plants in contemporary design, plant characteristics, cultural requirements, environmental factors, plant selection, the process of planting design, planting specifications, planting details, planting cost estimates and continued development of graphic skills. Prerequisites: Site Design II and Completion of Woody Plants Core Courses.

Begin to create a vocabulary to describe and critique your designs and the work of other classmates. Develop an understanding of design tools available to the landscape designer through analysis of existing landscapes; explore design through media other than the landscape; and complete an introduction to study models, research techniques and writing.

You will be expected to participate in group projects and review sessions. Prerequisite: Landscape Graphics.

You will continue to develop the planting design skills introduced in Planting Design I with a series of intensive projects.

Prerequisite: Planting Design I.

1/17-3/7 LAN211.06

6/6-7/25 LAN211.13

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M 6-9 P Allen, Greg, M.L.A

$389

3/28-5/16 LAN211.12

W 6-9 P Drane, Mac M.B.A

$389

Planting Design II

W 6-9 P Drane, Mac M.B.A

Fundamentals of AutoCAD

This course is designed for professionals who wish to learn the fundamental computer skills of AutoCAD software. Students will explore the many benefits of computer aided drafting including the techniques and commands needed for creating, editing, and printing professional quality plans. The class will be a combination of hands-on exercises as well as individual computer training sessions. Power Point slide presentations will also be used to guide you through the AutoCAD learning process. The course is designed for those with little or no experience using AutoCAD software.

1/24-3/28 M 6-9 P $569 LAN211.30 Prusik, Steve M.L.A Notes: You will be required to provide your own laptop computer and AutoCAD software. The student software can be purchased through JourneyED.com.

Woody Plants for Early Spring

Learn identification characteristics and design applications of approximately 60 trees, shrubs, vines, and flowering plants through lectures and field study. Instructor focuses on aesthetic, functional, and cultural aspects of each plant. This Early Spring Class will concentrate on Woody Plant materials that have strong architectural interest, interesting bark characteristics and spring blooms. This class will include a topic lecture on the importance of soils. The instructor will provide the course schedule at the first meeting. There will be an optional walking lecture at Norfolk Botanical Gardens to discuss and study their extensive Holly collection.

Prerequisite: Introduction to Plants.

1/18-3/1 LAN211.09

Tu 6-9 P Hayden,Sheila M.S.

$359

$389

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Woody Plants for Late Spring

Students learn identification characteristics and design applications of approximately 60 seasonal trees, shrubs, vines and flowering plants through lectures and field study. The instructor focuses on the aesthetic, functional and cultural aspects of each plant. Special focus will be given to Viburnums and other flowering Spring shrubs. Information presented in each course adds to the ongoing education of planting design, ecology, pests and diseases, and maintenance. Specific topics are discussed as they relate to the season. This course will include a field lecture on choosing and purchasing seasonal plants from a nursery. In this field lecture, students and the instructor will meet at a local nursery to discuss buying standards of nursery stock. Prerequisite: Introduction to Plants.

3/22-5/10 LAN211.10

Tu 6-9 P Hayden, Sheila M.S.

Organic Vegetable GardeningSpring Planting

Explore the basics of organic vegetable gardening from local organic farmer Amy Hicks. Learn about organic soil amendments and organic pest control.

Discover unique heirloom and standard hybrid vegetable varieties for your garden which perform well in our area. Class will cover planting practices, harvesting and additional organic vegetable practices. This class is designed for the homeowner wanting to learn about organic vegetable gardening and Landscape professionals that would like to learn more about organic vegetable gardening.

Students will visit Community garden and watch hands on demonstrations.

3/10-3/10 LAN211.22

Th 5:30 -7:30 P Hicks, Amy B.A.

Perennials for Designers

3/14-3/28 LAN.211.02

M 6-9 P Lindenzweig, Candy

$149

Year-round classes on

Gardening and Garden Design

$359

Perennial plants are important in landscape gardening for a layer of interest and color. In this class we will focus on important groups of common and unusual perennial plants for sun and shade, as well as grasses, bulbs and ferns. The class will concentrate on perennial plants appropriate for the Mid-Atlantic region. Explore the design of perennial plants and their culture and garden planning. Course includes an exciting field trip to a perennial nursery.

$25

Landscape Design Program classes are held at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, our partner in education.

Floral Design NEW! Seasonal & Holiday Workshops Art in the Garden and other topics, including Nature Photography with Lynda Richardson Meditation and Movement in the Garden Yoga in the Garden For complete class lists and schedules go to: www.lewisginter.org

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If you need special accommodations to attend a class, please notify the School of Continuing Studies Staff, at (804) 2898133 at least 15 days in advance.

CLASS LOCATION

Most courses are held on the University of Richmond campus, but some are held at local businesses. Exact locations are sent to the participant in a confirmation via e-mail and mail before the course begins.

NON-CREDIT COURSE CANCELLATION POLICY

We recognize you may occasionally need to cancel your registration. You may receive a full refund, minus a $25 administrative fee, if your request is received at least 5 business days before the course start date. You may receive a 50% refund if your cancellation request is received less than 5 business days before the course start date. You may transfer your full registration fee to another class without penalty. We regret that we cannot provide any refund or transfer after the class has started. Payments for travel programs and application fees are not refundable.

Refund/transfer requests must be made in writing. Requests can be faxed to (804) 4841585, emailed to atravis@richmond.edu or mailed to School of Continuing Studies, Non-Credit Operations Coordinator, 28 Westhampton Way, University of Richmond, VA 23173. Please note that refunds may take 4 – 6 weeks to process.

The School of Continuing Studies reserves the right to cancel any class or make any other changes it deems necessary. Course fees will be refunded in full when the School of Continuing Studies cancels a course.

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In the event of inclement weather, call the University’s inclement weather hotline at (804) 289-8760.

CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS (CEUs)

The continuing education unit is used to recognize participation in non-credit classes, courses, and programs. The University of Richmond assigns CEU credit based on the SACS Commission on Colleges’ document C.E.U.: Guidelines and Criteria. One CEU is awarded for each ten (10) contact hours of instruction in a specified continuing education program or activity. Courses are graded as satisfactory/ unsatisfactory (S/U) or with appropriate letter grades.

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To request a copy please visit: http://scs.richmond.edu/certificates/ceus. html or call School of Continuing Studies at (804) 287-6676.

SCHOOL OF CONTINUING STUDIES STAFF

Stephanie Bowlin, C.P.P., Program Manager, Community Education Outreach Christina Draper, Personal Enrichment Program Specialist Martin E. Gravely, Manager, Culinary Center Cary Jamieson, Landscape Design Program Specialist Tom Parfitt, Culinary Center Specialist Kathy Powers, Institute on Philanthropy Program Coordinator Mary C. Raymond, Coordinator, Special Programs Anna Kay Travis, Operations Coordinator Non Credit Programs Linda Tucker, Community Education Program Specialist

SCHOOL OF CONTINUING STUDIES INSTRUCTORS

You can find additional bio information on our instructors in the online version of the Think Again catalog at scs.richmond.edu/schedules-catalogs/ think-again

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