Available Courses
The following are Bluestem U courses currently being offered. There are a variety of topics to choose from, providing educational and social opportunities with fellow community members. Classes will be held on or near a Bluestem Communities campus and may be during the day or evening based on the professor’s schedule. We invite you to immerse yourself in a new learning environment.
Chemistry 101: The everyday chemistry in and around us
Dr. Jim Yoder
Fridays: Sept. 11, 18, 25, Oct. 2, 9, 16
10 to 11 a.m.
Kaye Penner Education Center classroom A
Kidron Bethel Village
3001 Ivy Dr.
North Newton, Kansas
Course Cost: $50
The course will look at ourselves and the world around us through the eyes of a chemist.
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Suing for Peace: A Guide to Resolving Life’s Conflicts
Robert Hull, Keren Kandel, Erin Omole, Bill Rich, Tim Voth and Aimee Voth Siebert
Thursday, Sept. 24; Tuesday, Oct. 6; Tuesday, Oct. 20; Thursday, Oct. 22; Tuesday, Oct. 27; Tuesday, Nov. 10
7 to 8:30 p.m.
Kaye Penner Education Center classrooms
Kidron Bethel Village
3001 Ivy Dr.
North Newton, Kansas
Course Cost: $50
The course will focus on the thinking of attorney James Kimmel, Jr., J.D., Esp., about the psychology of retaliation and revenge and how to avert their frequent result in violence and other negative outcomes. Kimmel’s books, Suing for Peace (2000) and The Science of Revenge…
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Buggies, Bonnets and Boundaries: A study of Amish faith, life and culture
John Sharp
Thursdays: Oct. 8, 15, 22, 29, Nov. 5, 12
1 to 2:30 p.m.
Lakeside Commons Garden Room
Schowalter Villa
701 S. Main St.
Hesston, Kansas
Course Cost: $50
The course integrates history, faith, and culture as it explores key concepts of Ordnung, Gelassenheit, and Gemeinde, which form the basis of life in Amish communities. From the birth of the Amish in 17th-century Europe to 21st-century entrepreneurship in North America, the…
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