lifelong learning

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Vital Aging Network Announces Autumn Leadership Classes "For The Rest of Your Life" in Twin Cities & Mankato

The Vital Aging Network's Fall leadership classes in the Twin Cities and Mankato are for people 50+ who want to provide leadership for the common good.  Ecumen is a supporter of this program along with 23 other organizations.

 2009-08-03 09:54:00 View
Coca-Cola Ad for Seniors, For Everyone

I like the message in this ad by Coca-Cola.

 2009-08-04 12:28:00 View
2009 Purpose Prize Winners Announced by Civic Ventures

Did you know that the most entrepreneurial group in America is the 55 to 64 age group?  Meet this year's Purpose Prize winners from Civic Ventures.

 2009-10-26 10:17:00 View
Connie Goldman's New Book Explores Women's Insights on Aging

Connie Goldman's new book, "Who Am I . . . Now that I'm Not Who I Was?" is a gift of conversations that can make a difference.

 2009-11-23 09:58:00 View
Medical Students, Seminarians Move to Senior Housing to Live and Learn

University of Minnesota physician sees win-win learning with new collaboration.

 2009-12-16 09:30:00 View
Kathryn Roberts - The Woman Behind Ecumen

A neat story by Twin Cities Business Magazine about Ecumen leader Kathryn Roberts and the progress of the company.

 2010-01-20 14:39:00 View
Putting the Wide Angle on Aging - A New Speakers' Series at Minneapolis Library

Ecumen friends at Mill City Commons launch speakers series that puts "wide angle" on aging.

 2010-01-27 10:21:00 View
New Poll on Health Care Provides Lesson for Going About Change

Where would health care be today if we "really" knew more of the details?

 2010-01-27 11:05:00 View
Rock On, Dick Clark: Vance Opperman's Letter to the Wall Street Journal

Twin Cities Business Magazine publisher Vance Opperman tells Wall Street Journal Editor-in-Chief that older people move America and should be celebrated, not denigrated.

 2010-02-22 12:29:00 View
What's Shakespeare got to do with dementia?!

Marysue Moses Marysue Moses uses a bit of the Bard of Avon to exercise minds in Tales from a Trunk: Shakespearience.

 2010-02-26 12:40:00 View
The Opportunity for Social Media in Senior Housing and Services

Senior housing and senior services are the ultimate social profession.  Social media is made for us.

 2010-03-04 10:04:00 View
Grandparents Walking All The Way Around Lake Superior, Adventures in Aging Part 2

Grandparentsare  taking a walking trek all the way around Lake Superior.

 2010-05-03 17:36:00 View
Hardy Rickbeil - A Lifelong Learner, A Lifelong Teacher

Ecumen customer Hardy Rickbeil made his community of Worthington, Minnesota and life better.

2010-05-24 09:42:00 View
Jim Klobuchar -- A Small Hallelujah on the Highway

Too much technology, too little fuel, and a supportive wife who's Just Right.  Jim Klobuchar again weaves flax into gold, transforming a fairly ordinary occurrence into a lovely read. 

 2010-09-02 12:57:00 View
Three Salutes for Changing Aging in the World

Here are three salutes to three people Changing Aging in the world.

 2011-06-21 16:52:00 View
Great Employees Make Great Places to Work

Great people make Ecumen a great place to work! Congratulations to the nearly 4,000 Ecumen employees who are changing aging every day. For the seventh straight year, Ecumen has been named by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal as one of Minnesota's “Best Places to Work."

 2011-08-25 10:12:00 View
Ecumen Academy of Lifelong Learning: Because you're never too old to learn!

Twenty-three senior citizens this fall took Inver Hills Community College courses designed especially for them, and which were brought to them at the Ecumen Seasons at Apple Valley senior residence. 

 2011-11-17 13:51:00 View
Jim Klobuchar-Need Help? From Manila With Love

The problem with my computer could have been solved by any 11-year-old with the juvenile’s basic exposure to locking taskbars and unpin options.

 2011-12-07 10:44:00 View
Top 10 Lessons for Living from America's Most Experienced and Wisest Citizens

Interesting lessons for living from The Legacy Project and Ecumen customers and staff.

 2011-12-21 10:54:00 View
Hill-Murray High School Honors Ecumen Lakeview Commons Resident Honor Hacker

Neat article on Ecumen Lakeview Commons Resident Honor Hacker.

 2012-02-02 10:48:00 View