Award-winning journalist, author and Fitchburg Councilor-at-Large  Sally Cragin brings her theatrical expertise to the Adult Learning in the Fitchburg Area (ALFA)  classroom this Spring. As Chair of the Stratton Players, Cragin is leading a deep-dive discussion of The Crucible  for her ALFA course "Exploring Plays: Top Theatrical Classics,"  at the Center for Professional Studies. 

Psychological Science Professor Thomas Schilling teaches his Adult Learning in the Fitchburg Area (ALFA) course A History of the Modern Mind in the McKay Campus School. In this course, students will attempt to answer the question that the brain and mind are inextricably linked by studying how major thinkers from antiquity (ancient Greek philosophers) to Renaissance and Enlightenment thinkers (Descartes, Hume, Kant), to our modern scientific era (cognitive science) have attempted to answer this question. Our survey will help to reveal the enormity of the mind and its infinite capacity for meaning making.

School of Graduate, Online and Continuing Education Assistant Dean of Enrollment Peter August, who is also a poet and published author. is teaching Appreciating Poetry at our Adult Learning in the Fitchburg Area (ALFA) center.