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Learn about case studies in action, and explore how these lessons can be applied in your community.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Join Seminars@Hadley as Robert Schulenburg, program manager for Junior Blind, and Caleb van den Cline, manager of Employment Services for Lions Center for the Blind, present on soft skills and their importance in education and in the workplace.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Colleen Wunderlich, Hadley’s director of the Forsythe Center for Employment and Entrepreneurship, will moderate this 60-minute seminar. A question and answer session will be included as part of the seminar</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This seminar is an audio presentation. Space in this seminar is limited. Please only register if you know you are available to attend so that others are not closed out. <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=10207074&msgid=704357&act=GE9S&c=225701&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fhadley.edu%2FSeminarDetails.asp%3Fsid%3D221">Register for Soft Skills: The Missing Link in Contemporary Education Curricula: Part II on March 12.</a></span><br> <o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-left:64.5pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><a name=2></a><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Seminars@Hadley Presents: </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Geography: Talking Travel: Cruising</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Date: </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Wednesday, March 19, 2014</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Time: </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1:00 PM CDT, 19:00 GMT</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Now that you have had enough of skiing and building snowmen, how would you like some sun and surf?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Join Seminars@Hadley for a discussion about taking a cruise to somewhere exciting, whether it’s to the Caribbean or along the coast of Europe. We’ll talk about planning, the documentation you need, and what arrangements are necessary if you have a guide dog.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Presenters Sue Bramhall, from Mind’s Eye Travel Agency, and Dr. Mary Sedgwick, student and world traveler, will be our guest speakers. Hadley instructors Vicky Prahin and Julie Kay will add resource information and additional cruising tidbits.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hadley Senior Vice President Dawn Turco will moderate this 60-minute seminar. A question and answer session will be included as part of the seminar.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This seminar is an audio presentation. Space in this seminar is limited. Please only register if you know you are available to attend so that others are not closed out. <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=10207074&msgid=704357&act=GE9S&c=225701&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fhadley.edu%2FSeminarDetails.asp%3Fsid%3D224">Register for Geography: Talking Travel: Cruising on March 19.</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a name=3></a><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>New Course Announcements</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=10207074&msgid=704357&act=GE9S&c=225701&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fhadley.edu%2FShowCourseDetail.asp%3Fcourseid%3DHLT-101"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Health</span></a></strong>: <span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>People face many health issues on a daily basis. Many of these issues can be avoided simply by eating well and engaging in physical activity every day. Staying healthy also involves getting annual checkups, and identifying and addressing possible problems. This course covers important health topics: eating healthfully, maintaining a healthy weight, eating disorders, mental health, stress management, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, smoking, and sexually transmitted diseases.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=10207074&msgid=704357&act=GE9S&c=225701&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fhadley.edu%2FShowCourseDetail.asp%3Fcourseid%3DMDG-102">Macular Degeneration:</a> </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(New & revised version): Have you recently discovered that you have age-related macular degeneration (AMD)? This course enables you to take an active role in the rehabilitation process. You'll acquire specific information about macular degeneration and learn how to continue accustomed activities with limited vision.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a name=4></a><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>World Glaucoma Week</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Did you know that March 9-15 is World Glaucoma Week? In an effort to expand global awareness of glaucoma as a silent disease, the World Glaucoma Association and World Glaucoma Patient have united with a “Beat Invisible Glaucoma” (BIG) theme for the sixth annual week. Both organizations are planning awareness-raising events. Glaucoma is the second most common cause of blindness worldwide. It is estimated that 4.5 million persons globally are blind due to glaucoma and that this number will rise to 11.2 million by 2020. Check out Hadley's <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=10207074&msgid=704357&act=GE9S&c=225701&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hadley.edu%2FShowCourseDetail.asp%3Fcourseid%3DGLA-101">Glaucoma course</a> for more information!</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mark Your Calendars! </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=10207074&msgid=704357&act=GE9S&c=225701&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fhadley.edu%2FSeminarUpcomings.asp">Complete list of tentatively scheduled future seminars</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-left:64.5pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span 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