This introduction to the FitRec fitness facility includes a review of how to properly use the cardiovascular equipment, circuit training machines, and free weights. The staff will give a tour of the floor space, demonstrate the correct form and postural alignments to assume when using the equipment, and answer questions pertaining to general fitness training goals.

What You Will Learn:
How to budget one’s time for a fun, safe, and effective workout even though it can  sometimes be hectic with today’s lifestyle.

Who Should Attend:
This workshop is open to all levels of agility and will be inspirational for setting individual fitness goals.
Everyone who has ever wanted a top-notch fitness and recreation facility within their reach-at work!

Based on the content, this program is being offered for Charles River Campus employees only.

Do you have parents or someone else entering a stage where they may need a caregiver?  Are you already a caregiver? Caring for your loved ones is one of life’s challenges. This session will offer you professional and peer support and information as you contemplate your caregiving role.

What you will learn:
How to get started with caregiving, beginning the difficult conversation with your loved one
Community resources
    Keeping safe
    Housing options
    Driving   
    Social programs
Emotional support

Who Should Attend:
Anyone involved with caretaking responsibilities

Women of “a certain age” may think that life is passing quickly at work and in their personal lives.  These three lunchtime sessions will provide an opportunity for participants to discuss where they are now and where they are going.  We will explore the challenges of this phase of life and identify strategies to cope successfully with the changes that life brings.  Participants will share their experiences and hear how others are managing.

What You Will Learn:
Affirmation that there is life after 50
How to clarify your expectations and priorities
Strategies to enhance your satisfaction at work and in your personal life

Who Should Attend:
Women who would benefit from sharing their strategies, experiences and hearing about those of others

The basics of designing a personal financial plan; including an understanding of how money works, how a budget is designed and implemented, how credit works and what resources are available to individuals to help manage your money.

What You Will Learn:
How to establish and maintain a personal financial budget.
How to track your income and expenses.
What types of Financial Institutions are out there and what services each provides.
How credit works.
What is debt and what your personal credit profile means to you.

Who Should Attend:
Employees who have financial concerns, newly hired employees and members of the Boston University Community whose financial circumstance has been altered by current economic circumstances

This short session will address important questions of how to understand online applications like Facebook, and assist you with protecting your privacy.

What You Will Learn:
how to manage Facebook security, but also how to prevent identity theft.

Who Should Attend:
Anyone interested in understanding the implications of public and private information about yourself - and how to safeguard this.

If you ever wondered what it looks like inside a radio station, here’s your chance.
This is your opportunity to receive a rare behind the scene tour of WBUR. Get a glimpse of the news gathering and program operations.

Please note that the time for this program is 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

What you will learn:
learn a little about the technical equipment
production facilities
what it takes to broadcast on the air

Who should attend:
anyone who wants to learn more about WBUR and tour the facilities of a radio broadcast station.

An overview of the current mortgage financing requirements, loan programs available, and understanding your credit score. Discussion of whether it is the right time to buy; selecting an agent; buyer’s agency; negotiating the sale; home inspections; mortgage and other contingencies, and closing day.

What you will learn:
current mortgage financing requirements
loan programs available
understanding your credit score
the right time to buy
selecting an agent
buyer’s agency
negotiating the sale
home inspections
mortgage and other contingencies

Who Should Attend:
• Those considering purchasing a home in the next 6 months
• Those who are concerned about their credit, down payment, and buying power
• Anyone who wants to be more knowledgeable about the home buying process in order to make educated decisions

The Photographic Resource Center (PRC) at Boston University is an independent, nonprofit organization that serves as a vital forum for the exploration and interpretation of new work, ideas, and methods in photography and related media. The PRC presents exhibitions, fosters education, develops resources, and facilitates community interaction for local, regional, and national audiences.
 

In this session, you will be given a guided tour of the PRC that will include a brief history of the center and a tour of the main gallery space and library. We will conclude with a walk-through of the work that will be on display for the 2009 PRC Benefit Auction. This walk-through will take place at our main location at 832 Commonwealth Avenue; we will then go next door to the 808 Commonwealth Avenue Gallery.

Who Should Attend: 
Anyone with:
• interests in the arts and/or arts education
• arts administration
• photography
• history or photography 

What You Will Learn: 
• The history of photography
• artists and influential photographers
• printing techniques
• darkroom and digital photography techniques

Participants will be treated to a talk about the nature of collecting the papers and memorabilia of important figures in the arts and humanities. The session will include a tour of exhibitions of rare documents collected over forty years by the late Howard Gotlieb and by Vita Paladino, Director of the Center. Exhibits include the manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, and personal memorabilia of such figures as Alistair Cooke, Basil Rathbone, Cab Calloway, Mary-Louise Parker, Forest Whitaker, Willem Dafoe, Langston Hughes, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Fred Astaire, Bette Davis, Elie Wiesel, Isaac Asimov, W. Somerset Maugham and many, many others. Participants will be able to tour some of the current exhibitions including: “A View from the Vault” (First Floor), “Pin His Ear to the Wisdom Post: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the School of Prophets” (Third Floor) and others.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:
The mission of the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center
How the Center amassed the collections of 2000 individuals
Who makes use of the materials at the Center
What educational outreach programs the Center offers
The excitement of experiencing original manuscripts

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Members of the BU family who are interested in manuscripts, letters and personal memorabilia from some of the most notable figures in the arts and humanities, and anyone who wonders what the Center does and why.

The “Casual Males” exhibition, presented by CFA’s School of Visual Arts, explores male identity through varied interpretations of contemporary portraiture. Paintings and drawings take innovative and traditional approaches to the portrait, showing themes of friendship, family relations, gender, and sexuality from a distinctly male perspective. Curator Lynne Cooney will discuss the exhibition’s theme and introduce ways for the nonvisual artist to experience and enjoy the work. Note: Images in this exhibition may contain nudity.

What you will learn:
How to experience and enjoy visual art

The different ways in which various artists respond to the same theme

Who should attend:

 Anyone with an interest in the visual arts

Every month we’ll pick a great read and meet over complimentary coffee, tea, and treats in our fifth-floor Reading Room. We try to keep it balanced between fiction and nonfiction (though we probably read more of the former). In the past, we’ve read books like Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff, Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson, and Falling Through the Earth by Danielle Trussoni. Book club selections are always 20 percent off for the month. So, show up with a thought or two to share about the book! The more people, the better the discussion, so please tell your friends—we’re looking to gather a diverse group united by their passion for the written word. For the current selection please contact Jeanne Haight at 617-236-7448 or by email at jmhevent@bu.edu.

What You Will Learn:
- New ways to appreciate books
- How to improve your analysis of your reading
- How to hone your discussion skills
- About new books you'd never have read on your own

Who Should Attend:
- Anyone
- Readers
- People looking to expand their readership
- People looking to meet new people
- People looking for a social activity

The Boston University Libraries offer many services to University staff and their families—let us introduce you to some of these services as we tour Mugar Library. You will learn how to find and take out books and how to schedule a research consultation with the librarians at our Research Center. You will also be introduced to the library website. Along the way, you will see highlights of our recent renovation, including many comfortable places to research and relax.

What you will learn:
• How to access the resources available on the library web site from your home and offic
• How to find a book in the library and check it out
• How to make an appointment with a librarian to get research advice

Who Should Attend:
• Staff from either the Charles River or Medical Campus who want to tour Mugar Library
• Staff from both campuses who are interested in a brief introduction to the research resources available for their work and personal use and the use of their families

Depression is a mood disorder or illness that can appear at almost any age, affecting many aspects of life both at work and home. This presentation will describe the signs and symptoms of depression and the various treatments and resources available to people who have been affected by depression either personally or through someone they know.

What you will learn:
• What depression looks and feels like
• Who might be affected by depression
• What you can do if you suspect depression
• What help is available on the BU campus

Who Should Attend:
Anyone who is interested in learning about depression

Are you a knitter? Would you like to learn? Come to meet your fellow crafters, learn a new skill or sharpen existing ones, relieve stress, and take a break from the workday. If you are interested in learning to knit during this session, contact Samantha Khosla at skhosla@bu.edu at least five days prior to the workshop to discuss supplies and your first project.

What you will learn:

how to knit

perfect your existing skills

Who Should Attend:

all crafters, those interested in learning to knit and those looking to enhance their skills.

This is an opportunity for parents, stepparents, or caretakers of children ages 0–7 to come together and share common issues. These may include the challenges of balancing work and family needs, parenting strategies, emotional, physical, and financial stressors and how to manage them, and choosing and evaluating child care.

What You Will Learn:
• Social and emotional development of young children
• Management of life skills
• Stress reduction skills
• Understanding of Child Care options

Who should attend
Parents of young children