UAMS Sets SeniorNet June Computer Classes for People 50 and Up; Free Lecture, Open House Also Slated
| LITTLE ROCK – Computer classes — Fundamentals for Beginners — Win 7 and Digital Photography Utilizing Picasa — will be taught in June for people ages 50 and older at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging.
Classes begin June 2. They are:
- Fundamentals for Beginners — Win 7,
Mondays and Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-noon. - Digital Photography Utilizing Picasa,
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Course fees for 16 hours of instruction are $45, and student manuals are $15. The program is administered by SeniorNet, a nonprofit volunteer group. Classes are in Room 2156 at the UAMS Institute on Aging, 629 Jack Stephens Drive, Little Rock.
From 2-3 p.m. June 6 in the Jo Ellen Ford Auditorium on the ground floor of the UAMS Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Dan Harpool, CEO of Complete Computing, will deliver a lecture — Computer Survival 101. It will cover such topics related to personal computers as buying computers, security issues, maintenance, broadband, wireless and basic problem solving.
The lecture is free and should be of interest to individuals of all ages.
A SeniorNet Open House will be from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. June 13. People are invited to visit in the lobby near the classroom, meet SeniorNet instructors and volunteers and enjoy refreshments.
For more information and to register for a class or the June 6 lecture, call (501) 603-1262, or email Joan McKinstry at seniornetjoan2@gmail.com.
For the Harpool lecture and the open house, please park on Level 3 of UAMS Parking Deck 3 and take the Sky Bridge to the Reynolds Institute on Aging.
UAMS is the state’s only health sciences university, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a hospital; a main campus in Little Rock; a Northwest Arkansas regional campus in Fayetteville; a statewide network of regional campuses; and eight institutes: the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Psychiatric Research Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Translational Research Institute, Institute for Digital Health & Innovation and the Institute for Community Health Innovation. UAMS includes UAMS Health, a statewide health system that encompasses all of UAMS’ clinical enterprise. UAMS is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. UAMS has 3,485 students, 915 medical residents and fellows, and seven dental residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 11,000 employees, including 1,200 physicians who provide care to patients at UAMS, its regional campuses, Arkansas Children’s, the VA Medical Center and Baptist Health. Visit www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com. Find us on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube or Instagram.###