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Penobscot Valley Senior College offers stimulating, fun, accessible, life-long learning courses for older adults in the Penobscot Valley region. COURSES.

Penobscot Valley Senior College provides adults with many fun-filled opportunities to learn everything you have always wanted to know about a wide array of facinating topics. The curriculum is designed especially for people who are 50 years old or older. Members may take courses at other Senior Colleges in the Maine Senior College Network. TO BE A MEMBER, you must be at least 50, or be the spouse/

partner of a member that age. An annual membership is required. Annual Membership Fee: $25 ($40 for two people living together), Fee covers our fiscal year of July 1 to June 30. Membership allows access to programs of all senior colleges in the Maine Senior College Network. No college experience needed! Bring your life experience! We offer an array of topics on the arts, natural sciences and more. We have two sessions, fall (late September to early November) and spring (late February to early April). Each session is six weeks, two hours per week. Fees: $30 per course for most courses, including learning materials. Those requiring creative supplies or field trips may cost a bit more. Locations: Most sessions are held in accessible college classrooms at the University of Maine, the University of Augusta's Bangor campus, or another facility. Homework and Attendance: No tests! No grades! Reading is minimal except for literature courses. Attendance is voluntary. If you need to miss a class, it’s okay. Field Trips: A few courses may involve visiting other sites. Class members usually carpool for sites outside of the area. To keep costs down, buses are rarely provided. ONE-DAY EVENTS. We also offer short programs on special topics. Some events are open only to members due to space limitations. For others, members are welcome to bring guests. Events are usually free and two hours long, morning or afternoon. Occasionally, an all-day excursion involving a fee may be offered. OTHER BENEFITS. Memo for Members, PVSC’s newsletter, by e-mail or by postal mail
Annual Meeting and Luncheon for members only in September. Discounted tickets, by showing your PVSC membership card, for MetLive HD and Bangor Symphony performances at the Collins Center for the Arts. Maine Association of Retirees members may receive reimbursement for up to $15 for one Maine Senior College course registration per year.

01/06/2026

Registration is now open for summer classes and field trips! Join us for great presentations, fun outings, and community! https://pvscmaine.org/courses/

30/05/2026

Bangor Beautiful recently planted 16 trees along Main Street, Bangor, near one of their art installations.

One of PVSC’s field trips this summer is a walking tour of several of Bangor Beautiful Art installations (Aug 6). Registration opens June 1st at https://pvscmaine.org/courses/.

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Bangor Beautiful, the local nonprofit, is planting 16 native trees to spruce up Downtown Bangor and provide more shade on the sidewalks.

24/05/2026

Mark McCollough, President of the Maine Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation, seen here on the left at the recent Lilac Festival in Augusta, will be speaking at PVSC on July 21 as part of the Summer Extravaganza course. The saplings being sold at the festival were from Ellis's Greenhouse & Nursery in Hudson, Maine! Registration for the Summer Extravaganza course and other events available on June 1 at https://pvscmaine.org/courses/

Look who is hanging out at the Lilac Festival in Augusta! What a surprise!

21/05/2026

History buffs, over the next two weeks, AARP is showing two films online that might be of interest to you. These free films (you can register after creating a free account) are part of AARP's Movies for Grown-Ups series. 'The WASPs: Taking Flight', May 26, 8 p.m., tells the story of the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots program in WWII. 'Jimmy in Saigon', June 1, 8:00 p.m., is a highly awarded documentary a personal exploration into the mysterious death and radical life of Jimmy McDowell, an American 24-year-old Vietnam veteran who died as a civilian in Saigon in 1972. Check out the entire series.

Meet Nadine Ramsey and the courageous female aviators of WWII. They served their country with honor, taking to the skies so America could prevail.

15/05/2026

COMING SOON! Special presentation, Weekly Variety Course, and Field Trips! Registration for PVSC’s Summer Programs starts June 1st at https://pvscmaine.org/.

Special Presentation- “The Last Chance Branch: A Novel Presentation of the U.S. Supreme Court- Scorecard 2026”, Berney Kubetz, June 30, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m

Summer Extravaganza 2026 – A variety-style course with nine sessions on different topics. Tuesday mornings, July 7- Sept 1, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m
July 7 – “Maine Railroads: When the Good Times Rolled”, Geoffrey H. Doughty
July 14 – “Phone Resources for Hearing Loss”, Riley Albair
July 21 – “Restoring the American Chestnut in Maine”, Mark McCollough
July 28 – “Travels in Southern Africa”, Mike Timpson
Aug. 4 – “Geology of Maine”, Amber T.H. Whitaker
Aug. 11 – “The Community Collaborative, Rain, Hail, and Snow Network: A Volunteer Precipitation Monitoring Network”, John Fitzgerald
Aug. 18 – “Lobster 101: The Industry and the Animal”, Robert Bayer
Aug. 25 – “Why Literacy Matters and How You Can Help”, Mary Marin Taylor
Sept.1 – "Evolution of Sports Writing", Larry Mahoney

Field Trips -Mostly Thursdays through July and August. Locations, times, and fees vary.
July 9 - Renys: Behind the Scenes. Presentation of the history of the company and tour of the Bangor Store
July 15 (WEDNESDAY)- Hirundo Wildlife Refuge: Pushaw Stream Life and Human Influences Past and Present.
July 23 - Cole Land Transportation Museum: Where History Comes Alive
July 30 - U Maine JF Witter Research and Teaching Center (Farm).
Aug. 6 - Walking Tour of Bangor Beautiful Art Installations and Visit to Zillman Art Museum.
Aug. 13 - Margaret Chase Smith Library and Home, Skowhegan.
Aug. 20 - Dragonfly Farm and Winery Tour and Tasting, Stetson

29/04/2026

Penobscot Senior College will be participating in the Maine Association of Retirees Annual Meeting on May 20th at the Augusta Civic Center! Stop by!

23/04/2026

Not all learning is academic! Thank you to Mary Smith and Carol Plummer for the PVSC line dancing class. Dancing is good for the body, brain, and bones! And relaxing at a Thai restaurant after our final class is a good idea, too!

22/04/2026

Bangor! The only US city to make all three of the American Lung Association’s “cleanest cities” lists for the quality of its air.

The American Lung Association calls it a “grim indication of the deterioration of air quality nationwide”: Bangor, Maine, is the last city standing on all three of its “cleanest cities” lists.

17/04/2026

An Earth Day event at the Bangor Public Library, April 22, 6:00 pm -7:00 pm

Join us on Earth Day as Bob Duchesne will present “Maine is Weird,” a detailed explanation of why Maine and its forest look the way they do. The state’s geology, geography, and...

10/04/2026

PVSC members are being challenged by and enjoying Dave Hopkins' class on 3-D printing - the history, technology, software options, and how-tos.

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Monday	09:00 - 16:00
Tuesday	09:00 - 16:00
Wednesday	09:00 - 16:00
Thursday	09:00 - 16:00
Friday	08:00 - 16:00

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+12076591359

Website

https://pvscmaine.org/

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