"Our purpose is to create an opportunity for people
to come together as peers to read, study, and discuss the great ideas of
our world's civilizations in an atmosphere conductive to the free exchange
of ideas, and to enhance our understanding and appreciation of the world
around us."
Michael Lesser is the program
director for courses in Cultural Anthropology, History/Political Science,
and Literature/Philosophy. Political science was the subject of his
undergraduate and graduate education, which he put to use as a labor and
community organizer and as a social worker. After studying photography at
UC Extension he joined the staff as program director for Photography
courses in 1980, an assignment he retains. The current range of his
program responsibilities reflects the diversity of his interests.
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_____. Lifelong Learning.
University of California Berkeley Extension,
Course Catalog. (Spring 1992), p. 194.
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"Some of the Bay Area's finest practicing
photographers teach our courses, which are designed for a highly diverse
group of students --- hobbyists, developing commercial photographers, and
artists. Enrollment is limited to assure ample opportunity for
participation and individual attention."
Michael Lesser is program
director for Photography courses.
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_____. Lifelong Learning.
University of California Berkeley Extension,
Course Catalog. (Summer 1992), p. 30.
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"When we confront the great themes of human history,
we encounter the values we must pass on to our children --- values that
are as important in their education as preparing for a career is. Adults
who study the works of the world's great writers and thinkers and who
contemplate the good society and the role of the individual in it are
setting the stage for the next generation. There is no greater task."
---Michael Lesser, B.A.
Michael Lesser is program director for courses in cultural
anthropology, history, political science, literature, and philosophy. He
received his degree in political science, which he put to use as a labor
and community organizer and as a social worker. After studying photography
at UC Extension, he joined the staff in 1980 as program director for
photography courses, an assignment he retains. The range of his program
responsibilities reflects the diversity of his interests.
_____
_____. Lifelong Learning.
University of California Berkeley Extension,
Course Catalog. (Summer 1993), p. 116.
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"'Building a new California' means thinking about who
we are as a people. We need to understand each other better. We need to
learn to speak other's language, to learn about each other's culture.
Through our courses in languages, history and culture, literature and
philosophy, and writing and publishing, we at Extension celebrate the
diversity that is California's resource and strength, create the ideas
that move us forward, and develop the skills to articulate the knowledge
that results."
---Michael Lesser, B.A.
Michael Lesser is program director for courses in history and
culture, literature, and philosophy. Political science was the subject of
his education, which he put to use as a labor and community organizer and
as a social worker. After studying photography at UC Extension, he joined
the staff as program director for photography courses, an assignment he retains. The range of his program responsibilities reflects the diversity
of his interests.
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_____. Lifelong Learning.
University of California Berkeley Extension,
Course Catalog. (Fall 1993), p. 170.
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