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Live your best life with classes designed to enrich your knowledge and experience.
We believe learning never stops and are dedicated to creating classes and other learning opportunities for all ages and interests. Live your best life with us.
Upcoming Courses
We offer enrichment and personal development courses throughout the year to help prepare you for key parts of life.
Rhetoric in Real Life
Two Registration Options
Self-Paced Online (in Canvas)
Live Online (on Zoom)
This six-course program aims to translate the academic discipline of applied rhetoric into a powerful set of skills that anyone can understand and use to improve their own lives, in all kinds of ways. We will be learning not only about rhetoric or rhetorical tools but how to apply rhetorical principles and tactics to work and social situations, and family and romantic relationships.
Self-Paced Online (in Canvas), July 7-August 17, $100 before June 27 ($150 after) Register
Live Online (on Zoom), limited to 15, Fridays, July 7-August 15, 2025, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., $500 **SOLDOUT**
Instructor
Jennie Young
Creator of the Burned Haystack Dating Method, Writer, Associate Dean & Professor, UW-Green BayJennie publishes work in humor, feminism, applied rhetoric, dating dynamics and education. Her writing can be seen in McSweeney’s, Ms. Magazine, The Independent, Huffpost, Education Week, Inside Higher Ed and elsewhere. She is trained in classical and applied rhetoric. Previously, she wrote a textbook on high school culture using applied rhetoric, critical discourse analysis and primary metaphor analysis methodologies
Retirement Planning Fundamentals
Virtual
Wednesdays, 6-8:30 p.m.
September 10, 17 & 24, 2025
Whether you are nearing retirement, already retired, or beginning to develop a retirement plan, you can benefit from a wealth of real-world information and strategies for retirement success. This course focuses on how you may prepare for a comfortable retirement and introduces you to concepts and strategies that may help you handle your day-to-day finances, potentially reduce your taxes and manage your investments. What’s more, it will discuss how you can assess your current financial situation and develop a personalized plan that may help you pursue your retirement goals. The presenters teach the material in a way that is easy to understand, using real-life examples that may be applied to your situation. The course is presented in a friendly, relaxed atmosphere where your participation and questions are encouraged! In this course, you will learn:
- How to calculate retirement needs
- Setting financial and lifestyle goals
- The importance of estate planning
Fee: $119 (includes workbook)
Instructors
CJ Jessup, CFP®, EA
Charles "CJ" Jessup is a Certified Financial Planner™ and an Enrolled Agent (EA) at Robert W. Baird & Co. CJ's goal is to provide financial comfort and confidence, focusing primarily on what matters most to them and putting "the numbers" second.
Sulay R. Ringwala, CFP®, CDFA®
Sulay is a financial advisor and Certified Financial Planner™ at Robert W. Baird & Co. He has been teaching adult education courses on retirement planning and personal finance since 2015.
Alexandra Spangler, CFP®
Alexandra believes in a holistic approach to financial planning and enjoys customizing portfolios specific to clients’ needs and goals with a specific interest in family, legacy, and estate planning.
Note: The workbook will be mailed to your home address after you register.
Enjoy Lifelong Learning
Lifelong Learning Institute is a volunteer-led program for adults interested in learning in retirement to expand your thinking, create vibrant new friendships and share exciting experiences. When you become a member, you are eligible for 15+ classes each spring and fall.
Favorite Certificate Programs & Classes
Whatever your interests, we've got your new favorite certificate programs and classes.
History of the Green Bay Packers Certificate Program
The Green Bay Packers are a story of survival dating back to their origins in 1919. Uncover the team’s storied history and get an inside look at the Packers Hall of Fame.
Green Bay Packers Return to Glory Certificate Program
Re-experience the Packers revival from the 1970s to today. Ron Wolf turned around years of mediocrity and reinstated the Packers as one of NFL's flagship franchises.
World Languages Classes
Optimize talent and performance as a training professional with a certificate program designed to ensure employees make the most of their talent and maximize performance.
Like to Travel?
We can take you places.
We host fun, educational and exhilarating day trips. We offer excursions for all interests—theater, sports, historical landmarks, food adventures and breathtaking sunsets. With pickups and drop-offs at one or more of our campus locations, you can sit back, relax and let us take care of all the details.
Online Short Courses
We offer a wide range of highly interactive courses that you can take entirely online. All of our courses are led by expert instructors, many of whom are nationally known authors. Our online courses are affordable, fun, fast, convenient and geared just for you.
Have Questions?
If you need additional help, please contact Kayle Petitjean, Office of Continuing Professional Education, at professionaled@uwgb.edu or (920) 465-2642.