Dance, Music, & Fitness Classes Offered at UW-Marshfield/Wood County
Multiple classes for Ballroom Dance are being offered for dancers for every ability level. Both singles and doubles welcome. Please bring a clean pair of shoes for dancing. Classes meet on Mondays from March 6 – April 3. Dave and Karen Goggin are your Ballroom Dance instructors. They have over 30 years of combined professional teaching experience in Ballroom and Latin Dancing. Cost is $59 per person.
Music lessons including Beginning and Intermediate Guitar, Bass Guitar and Five String Banjo classes are being offered beginning the week of March 6 and run for six weeks. Join Dale Dickerson, Guitar & Banjo instructor, who has been playing string instruments for 45 years. Cost is $49 per person.
Need a boost to that New Year’s resolution you made a couple of months ago? There are several Yoga classes being offered in March and April. Total Body Boot Camp is a workout including a mix of cardio and strength training and allows you to work at your own pace while still getting a challenging workout. Yoga Toning contains a combination of basic yoga and weight training to increase strength, flexibility, and balance. Cost is $39 each or enroll in both classes and SAVE—only $65.
Anti-Aging Yoga will increase your strength, balance and flexibility – all things that tend to diminish as we age. Discover basic facial exercises and stretches that can fight wrinkles, sagging and signs of aging. Cost is $19 per person. Fitness instructor, Rebecca Bauer has been teaching group exercise classes for over ten years, including yoga, body sculpting, cardio classes, boxercise, step aerobics, and dance.
Register online at www.marshfield.uwc.edu/ce or call Continuing Education at 715-389-6520.
Babysitting Training Courses Offered at UW-Marshfield/Wood County
Youth ages 11 and up interested in babysitting can register for the UW-Marshfield/Wood County’s upcoming Babysitter Training courses March 4, April 8 and May 6 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Students will acquire American Red Cross certifications and the skills to be a confident and capable babysitter.
Taught by an American Red Cross Instructor, this course covers the basics of babysitting including feeding, diapering, discipline issues, identifying safety hazards, and caring for common injuries and emergencies such as choking, cuts, burns, bee stings, etc. Students will also learn how to find and interview for babysitting jobs.
The course is $99 and includes a babysitter training handbook, emergency reference guide, course certificate and training CD-ROM. Pre-registration is required and early registration is recommended to ensure adequate supplies.
Register online at www.marshfield.uwc.edu/ce or call the Continuing Education Office at 715-389-6520.
Join UW-Marshfield/Wood County in Celebrating Brain Awareness Week
In honor of Brain Awareness Week (March 10-16), Continuing Education is offering two brain-boosting classes taught by Dr. Jeffrey C. Amundson. Amundson, a member of the Department of Psychology at UW-Marshfield/Wood County. He has done research on how the brain works and has worked with tests of concussion for athletes at all levels including the NFL and is developing a test for traumatic brain injury in veterans.
There are daily news stories about Alzheimer’s, concussions, or veterans suffering from traumatic brain injury. Brain awareness week is an annual global campaign developed by The Dana Foundation to educate the public about how brain research can benefit people affected by such brain issues.
On March 10th and 12th Amundson will highlight the brain with two classes open to the public.
Brain Basics held March 10th will explore the amazing feats of the brain. The brain enables us to recognize faces, smell a flower, solve a problem, and more. Learn about the different parts of the brain and their functions. Can a bump on the head cause a change in personality? Do we really only use 10% of our brain? Find out in this class, as we examine what’s really going on in your head.
The Aging Brain held March 12th will discuss how aging can change how the brain works. The course will offer ideas on how to maintain a healthy brain. Dr. Amundson has done research on how the brain works. Find out whether crossword puzzles and other mental exercises can help prolong the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. Learn what steps you can take to help maintain a healthy brain at every age.
Take one course for $15 or take both for $25. Pre-registration is required. Register online at www.marshfied.uwc.edu/ce or by calling the Continuing Education Office at 715-389-6520.
