The Cochise College Center for Lifelong Learning (CLL) offers Brown Bag lectures to the public for free. Every month at the Downtown Center from noon to 1 p.m. in room G106, the lectures provide attendees with exciting and informative classes focusing on lifelong learning and continuing education. 

The five free classes offered in March are: 

• Museum on the Move– Wednesday, March 1

Join Henry F. Hauser Museum Curator, Elizabeth Wrozek, to learn how the museum is bringing history into new physical and digital spaces, increasing awareness, engaging new audiences in meaningful ways, and strategically thinking about how to serve diverse populations better.

•Beginnings of Human Evolution in Africa: Recent Discoveries and Interpretations – Wednesday, March 8

The earliest evidence for human evolution is found in Africa and dates between 4 -7 million years ago. Recent fossil discoveries and analysis of skeletal remains reveal that upright walking (bipedalism) is the pivotal anatomical characteristic that defines the earliest stages of our ancestry. Join John Barthelme for a presentation and review of recent biological and cultural discoveries from these very early phases of human evolution.

•Chiricahua National Monument – Wednesday, March 15

 Candance Gossen, a Chiricahua Park Ranger, will share information about the park’s majestic beauty and 27-million-year history, including its origins from a super volcano becoming the Turkey Creek Caldera with volcanic ash and welded tuft. It is a wonderland of rocks! Five Biomes come together within the park, and the slideshows will walk you through the natural and ecological connections between trees, plants, and animals that have become uniquely adapted to the Sky Island borders of this mile-high National Park. You can ask questions about how we live in the park, the jobs the park needs, and what Jr. Rangers and Park Protectors are. Becoming the most recent Dark Sky Parks, the talk will end with the latest night sky photos from the top of the world of the Chiricahuas.

•Experiencing Dhaka, Bangladesh- Wednesday, March 22 

Dhaka is the capital city of Bangladesh, a small country East of India on the Bay of Bengal. It is known as the land of welcome and hospitality. Located on the Bengal Delta, Dhaka lies at the convergence of four rivers, and its history as a major center of trade, commerce, and government dates back to 1610. Today it is the eighth largest and most densely populated city in the world, hosting the largest concentration of Bengali speakers. Join Dr. Wendy Ashby as she shares a day in the city. From flower markets to bazaars, temples, mosques to shipyards and fisheries, there is something of interest to everybody. Get a glimpse of Dhaka’s food, art, clothes, music, and, most importantly – its people. 

•Awesome Arizona: 200 Amazing Facts About the Grand Canyon State- Wednesday, March 29 

With his latest book, Roger Naylor says what needs to be said. Arizona is awesome! Arizona is rugged, gorgeous, historic, weird, funny, and utterly magnificent. It’s full of surprises, not what most people expect at all. And with this book, Roger piles up the evidence. In Awesome Arizona, Roger has amassed 200 amazing facts and fascinating commentary about his beloved state. He captures the essence of Arizona, from its wild and wooly past to its breathtaking scenery, startling geology, and incredible diversity of cultures and terrain. This is the encyclopedia that lovers of Arizona have been craving.

For a complete list of the Center for Lifelong Learning continuing education classes, visit www.cochise.edu/cll or call (520) 515-5492.