Resources

Now that you are retired, you may have time to take/audit a course on campus as a non-matriculated student or participate in the Special Program's highly rated and ever popular Seminar for Mature Adults. How about a trip with other members of the community? Maybe you just want to find out what new things the Scribner Library has to offer. The following links provide informational details on how to make any of those things happen.

• Skidmore courses for audit or credit
• Encore: Liberal studies for mature adults
• Alumni Travel
• Scribner Library
• Retiree Library Collection

Throughout the year Skidmore offers a rich array of events that are open to the public and especially inviting to retirees. Any event that is free to current employees is also free to retirees, and retirees are eligible for staff ticket prices. Curious to see what's happening this week? Check out the campus calendar. The following links should help you decide and plan.

• Calendar of Events
• Skidmore Performance Tickets
• Summer Programs
• Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery

• Academy for Lifelong Learning
• Local volunteer opportunities
• Saratoga Hospital Education Programs
• Saratoga Library
• Saratoga Film Forum
• Caffè Lena
• Umbrella of Capital District - Services for Seniors
• Saratoga Senior Move Managers
• Sustainable Saratoga
  
  • Recycling Guide
• Saratoga Plan: Preserving Land and Nature
• Pitney Meadows Community Farm

New York Public Library

Any resident of New York State is eligible to receive a New York Public Library card.  Although you may not see yourself going down to New York City to check out books, the library card also gives you access to a wide selection of e-books and databases, for instance, the tech tutorials offered by Lynda.com.

Click here for information on applying for a library card and getting access to Lynda.com.