Walking London's Capital Ring | Tuesdays at Ten
Schedule
Tue Jan 14 2025 at 10:00 am to 11:00 am
UTC-06:00Location
200 W Green St, Champaign, IL, United States, Illinois 61820 | Champaign, IL
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Join us at the library for coffee, socializing, and learning something new.Fred Christensen will take us on a walk around Greater London through its green belt of parks, stream sides, and forest preserves. For four weeks, we will slowly make our way along the Capital Ring.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Fred Christensen is a former history instructor at University of Kentucky and ROTC instructor at University of Illinois, and spent eight years teaching the Army’s Command and General Staff Course. Fred spent 28 years in the US Army Reserves (including 5 years of active duty), retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1997. He retired in 2007 from the University of Illinois Admissions and Records office where he was in charge of issuing all diplomas for graduates and of maintaining graduate records for PhD candidates.
Since retirement, he has taught adult education classes for 16 years at the University of Illinois OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) program. His passion for the study of history and archaeology has contributed to these classes and their content. Other accomplishments include teaching for Parkland College’s Community Education program and serving as president of ECIAS (East Central Illinois Archaeological Society) for the last seven years. His wife Judie is a retired librarian from the Champaign Public Library. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his wonderful son and daughter-in-law and their three amazing grandchildren.
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TUESDAYS AT TEN | Spring 2025
• Jan 7–28, Walking London's Capital Ring
• Feb 4–25, Art = Life
• Mar 4, Intro to Ancestry
• Mar 11, Research Your House History
• Mar 25, Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Apr 1–29, Out In the Garden
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Where is it happening?
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