Senior Christopher Friedlander volunteered at Longview through his fieldwork class junior year and still volunteers as a member of the Quilting Club along with six other female residents. Īround 300 students work at Longview as volunteers, fieldworkers or work – study employees as part of the partnership as well. Residents can also attend lectures from the college’s gerontology department and attend presentations by both the School of Music and the Department of Theatre Arts. Besides auditing courses, residents can also take shuttles to and from campus and engage in weekly activities at Longview, such as : Monday Night Bingo, Quilter’s Dream Quilting Group, Brain Builders & Baking, Scattergories with IC Students and more. Formerly known as Ithacare, the nonprofit housing community for older residents approached the college with an idea of strengthening ties by creating a joint approach involving intergenerational programming and sharing services in a new building.ĭuring the two years Bob McCune has been at Longview, he has also audited two other classes : Bioethics and The Journey of Aging.Ĭhristine Pogorzala, Ithaca College/Longview partnership coordinator and aging studies professor, said the program is managed through the Gerontology Institute and offers a variety of academic and social programs. The college created a partnership with Longview in the 1990s.
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“It’s helped me to get a perspective on aging, and it’s helped me better know how to cope with aging.”
“They’re all a completely new area, and I’m learning a lot and having a great time. Bob McCune said he enjoys his classes at the college. The former pastor is one of the nearly 10 senior citizens who audit courses each semester thanks to the partnership between the college and Longview, a retirement home. He checks on Alice McCune’s garden on the patio before catching up on his readings for the next class. After he’s done, he checks his assignments on Sakai and gets ready to drive to campus and attend his Ideas and Ideologies class in Williams Hall at Ithaca College.Īt his home in Longview, he has his own self-made stained glass art hung around the living room and his doctorate degree in his office. Every morning, Bob McCune, 86, drinks coffee made by his wife, Alice McCune.
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