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| Hundreds of lectures. Knowledgeable instructors. Join us in-person at one of our 19 locations or participate online.  JANUARY – MAY 2024 PROGRAM REGISTRATION IS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE OR VIA PHONE Keep your mind active and engaged this year! Register for a lecture with FGCU Academy! Register for a Day Trip with FGCU Academy! Greetings, It’s Hot Topics Week again! Nothing like a little presidential conversation on Eisenhower history and some important political education for the upcoming election this year! Visit our Sneak Peaks for next week, below. Don’t miss out on a spectacular event – FGCU Academy’s second Wine and Food Pairing Social Event at Mare Terra.! See below for details. Click here to view our list of day trips & special events. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE 2024 WINTER-SPRING PROGRAM GUIDE ONLINE! REGISTRATION AVAILABLE ONLINE BY CLICKING HERE Call our offices anytime for assistance at 239.434.4737 Click on any topic below to learn more. HOT TOPICS of the Week  The Underestimated Presidency of Dwight Eisenhower and His Attempt to Demilitarize the Cold War February 29 | 1:30 – 3 pm Thursday Naples Center / Online via Zoom Dwight Eisenhower came into the presidency as the Korean War was raging, McCarthyism was sweeping the country and the Cold War was being increasingly militarized with the U.S. and Soviet Union testing hydrogen bombs. As Supreme Allied Commander for Europe during World War II, Eisenhower knew the costs of war. As President he took a series of extraordinary, but little remembered steps to tone down the Cold War. This lecture highlights those efforts which established the foundations for arms control, detente, and coexistence that took several decades tomaterialize. In a little-appreciated fashion, Eisenhower was the architect of the patient policy that led to the ultimate demise of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact..  Election 2024: Polls, Predictions and the American Voters March 1 | 10 – 11:30 am Friday Brooks Enrichment Center This lecture examines the state of the campaign and who we expect will vote. Will the 2024 election be a referendum on President Biden’s four-year term or a binary choice between Biden and Trump? More HOT TOPICS –John Locke: Philosopher of the English and American Revolutions –Recalling Vincent: The Moods, Colors and Images of Vincent Van Gogh –Stranded in Antarctica: Following in The Path of Shackleton –Judy, Joni, and Joan – The Music of a Generation Sneak Peak for Next Week – see what is coming –Download, Save and Share Your Photos –Civil War POW Camps – Andersonville, Elmira, Douglas –Introduction to Microsoft Word –Operation Werwolf – World War II Nazi Insurgency –Financial Strategies for Estate Planning –Immokalee of the 21st Century –From Pumpkin Papers to Pentagon Papers: Famous Trials of the Mid-Twentieth Century (4-part series) –Perceptual Illusions: Seeing (Is or Is Not) Believing Day Trips / Special Events  Wine and Food Pairing Social Event at Mare Terra March 4 | 3 – 5 pm, Monday Bonita Springs LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER Eat, laugh and be merry at the Academy’s second Wine and Food Pairing Social Event! Pre-registration is required. Our first event was such a success, we had to do it again! Make new friends and enjoy several courses of mouth-watering Italian food bites paired with wonderful wines personally chosen by Mare Terra’s sommelier. TAKE A LECTURE AT ONE OF OUR 19 LOCATIONS The Arlington, Naples (AR) Aston Gardens, North Naples (AG) Bentley Village, North Naples (BV) Bonita Bay Community Assoc., Bonita (BB) Brooks Enrichment Center, Bonita (BR) The Collaboratory, Ft. Myers (CO) Cypress Cove, Ft. Myers (CC) FGCU Main Campus, Ft. Myers (FG) Grey Oaks Country Club, Naples (GR) Hideaway Beach Club, Marco island (HB) The Island Country Club, Marco island (IC) Moorings Park Grande Lake, Naples (GL) Moorings Park at Grey Oaks, Naples (GO) Moorings Park Original Campus, Naples (MP) Naples Center, Naples (NC) Siena Lakes, North Naples (SL) The TwinEagles Club, North Naples (TE) United Church of Marco Island, Marco (UC) Wyndemere Country Club, Naples (WC) (see page 4 of the Winter-Spring 2024 Program Guide for location addresses) FGCU Academy  Click Below to View 2024 Travel Open House Presentation  Classic Safari: Kenya & Tanzania August 13-28, 2024 16 days for $11,196 View Brochure  Exploring Iceland August 15-25, 2024 11 days for $6,692 View Brochure  Southern Italy & Sicily September 4-18, 2024 15 days for $6,674 View Brochure  Scotland: Highlands & Islands September 9-20, 2024 12 days for $5,896 View Brochure  Sensations of Lyon & Provence 2024 River Cruise September 17 – 28, 2024 12 days from $5,469 View Brochure  Jewels of the Rhine 2024 River Cruise September 20 – 30, 2024 11 days from $4,925 View Brochure  Provincial French Countryside September 27-October 11, 2024 15 days for $6,297 View Brochure  New Zealand Adventure October 10-25, 2024 16 days for $8,124 View Brochure  Southeast Asia Odysseys October 31-November 18, 2024 19 days for $7,597 View Brochure  Travel Abroad with FGCU Academy Call our office 239.434.4737 for assistance with registration or Click to View our Website DONATE NOW FGCU Academy Needs Your Support Today to Ensure that Our Critical Mission of Adult Education and Enrichment Continues! FGCU Academy is ready to serve the SWFL community for the Winter-Spring 2024 Season—Learning, Growing, Sharing and Socializing. With nearly 700 programs at more than nineteen locations, there is something for everyone. If we have had the opportunity to meet in person or if you have heard me speak, I hope I was able to share with you my passion about FGCU Academy and its mission to provide life- long learning and enrichment to the SWFL community. I believe it is critical to our well-being to keep exploring new avenues for growth to keep our minds engaged in our past, present and future. Since we are a non-credit programmatic offering, Florida Gulf Coast University can provide $0.00 of support to the Academy. We must be financially self-sustaining. The fact is that the revenue generated through memberships and program fees provides for only 50% of our annual operating costs. Additionally, our attendance has not yet returned to pre-pandemic levels, so revenue is much lower than in the past. As an educator, I find myself slightly uncomfortable talking about the financial needs of the Academy beyond thanking everyone for their participation. But, this year and for the near future, it is important that I find the words to ask for additional support through philanthropic donations. Our passion keeps us moving forward and your donations will do the same. Please take a moment to consider a year-end donation to ensure our continued success. All amounts make a difference in strengthening the work we do in the community. Your gift will allow the Academy to offer more than 1,000 diverse and fascinating programs at more than twenty locations throughout SWFL. Through our mission we promise to enrich the lives, minds and social well-being of more than 10,000 SWFL adults and seniors that participate in our programs each year. CLICK HERE TO DONATE NOW or mail your donation to FGCU Academy 704 Goodlette Frank Road North, Suite 330 Naples, FL 34102 I look forward to seeing you at a FGCU Academy program in 2024. Please contact me directly at [email protected] or 239.434.4838 with questions or to learn more. In gratitude, John J. Guerra Director of FGCU Academy     FGCU Academy FGCU ACADEMY NAPLES CENTER 704 Goodlette-Frank Rd N Suite 330 Naples, FL 34102 239.434.4737 [email protected] |