{"id":65649,"date":"2018-12-31T10:34:14","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T15:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=65649"},"modified":"2018-12-31T10:58:47","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T15:58:47","slug":"want-to-retire-and-then-hit-the-books-10-great-college-towns-for-retirees-kiesnoski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2018\/12\/31\/want-to-retire-and-then-hit-the-books-10-great-college-towns-for-retirees-kiesnoski\/","title":{"rendered":"Want to retire and then hit the books? 10 great college towns for retirees [Kiesnoski]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2018\/12\/27\/10-college-towns-where-retirees-can-further-education.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Want to retire and then hit the books? 10 great college towns for retirees<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from cnbc.com by\u00a0Kenneth Kiesnoski<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kalamazoo, Michigan<br \/>\nUniversity:\u00a0Western Michigan University<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/wmich.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-65652 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/WMU-Logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"50%\" height=\"50%\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/WMU-Logo.png 913w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/WMU-Logo-147x150.png 147w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/WMU-Logo-768x785.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 913px) 100vw, 913px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">There&#8217;s plenty to do in Kalamazoo, such as visits to Bell&#8217;s Brewery, the Kalamazoo Air Zoo, the Gilmore Car Museum and the W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary. The city of some 75,000 is also home to four campuses of Western Michigan University. Budget-wise, Kalamazoo is easy on retiree pocketbooks; GoBankingRates found that\u00a0<a class=\"inline_asset\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gobankingrates.com\/saving-money\/home\/cost-of-living-by-state\/#24\">Michigan residents pay 10.3 percent less<\/a>, on average, for common living expenses than other Americans.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Also see:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wmich.edu\/news\/2018\/12\/50873\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WMU a leader in offering learning by virtual reality<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0&#8212; from\u00a0wmich.edu by Deanna Puca<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">KALAMAZOO, Mich.\u2014Travel the world for history class and actually see the culture. Practice surgery or accurately design a 3D car.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Western Michigan University offers significant opportunities in the areas of teaching, learning and research at one of the largest virtual reality laboratories at an institution of higher education.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The VR Lab at WMU Libraries was started to explore this revolutionary technology as a collaborative effort of the Office of Information Technology and Waldo Library. Opening the door to broad collaborative possibilities and feeding the curiosities of varied audiences, users have experienced both the entertainment and educational side of VR content in the lab&#8217;s first year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;Libraries are in a huge state of change with technology,&#8221; says Lou Ann Morgan, senior marketing specialist for University Libraries.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to retire and then hit the books? 10 great college towns for retirees &#8212; from cnbc.com by\u00a0Kenneth Kiesnoski Excerpt: Kalamazoo, Michigan University:\u00a0Western Michigan University &nbsp; &nbsp; There&#8217;s plenty to do in Kalamazoo, such as visits to Bell&#8217;s Brewery, the Kalamazoo Air Zoo, the Gilmore Car Museum and the W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary. 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