TMCC EPIC (Educational Programs Inspiring the Community) is your source for lifelong learning, personal development, community, and social interaction. Designed especially for seniors in our community, EPIC’s Encore series classes are enrolling students 60 and older! Join us for engaging, enriching, fun learning opportunities, connecting, and thriving. Tailored specifically to the interests and learning preferences of our senior students, look for the Encore icon in the EPIC Spring 2025 course guide and check out some series favorites below:
- Chair Chi: Receive the benefits of traditional Tai Chi in the comfort and safety of your chair. Improve strength and flexibility, strengthen cognitive function, and reduce stress.
- Piano 1 for Silver Students: Learn fundamentals as you explore the keys and fingering positions for playing with both hands and how to read sheet music.
- Silver Pilates: Pilates is a practical, low-impact, slow-paced exercise ideal for people 60+. Enhance stamina, strength, and posture while improving balance.
- iPhone for Beginners: Find out how easy and fun it is to explore the world on your smartphone. Experience the fantastic array of functions and apps available and how to update your Apple iPhone operating system.
- Chinese Mahjong: Play this Chinese game of domino-like tiles. Exercise your brain, learn Chinese words, and improve hand dexterity.
- Silver Yoga: Improve physical and mental health, flexibility, balance, quality of life, cardiovascular functioning, bone health, and sleep.
- Contemplating Death: Explore death through readings, journaling, and open discussion. Navigate grief and be inspired to make the best use of your own time and circumstances.
- Computer Confidence: Increase your comfort using a computer. With step-by-step lessons, learn the latest technology, create a document, conduct internet searches, write e-mails, and more.
- Self-Defense for Seniors: Focus on multiple aspects of self-defense concerning age limitations. Practice a slower pace, balance work, movement, and awareness of various possible dangerous situations.
- Taiko Drumming: Dive into the world of Taiko, the Japanese word for drumming, and experience the powerful beats of Japanese drums. Learn the basics of Taiko and how to play a lively Japanese folk song.
- And so much more!
Don’t forget, a 10% Senior Discount for students 65+ and Women’s Sunshine Fund Scholarships are available for select classes!
With EPIC’s wide variety of topics and classes, most conveniently located at TMCC’s Meadowood Center, there’s something for every student, no matter your age! Remember, you don’t have to be an enrolled for-credit student at TMCC to take these outstanding classes. Contact us for details.