Current Events
Frank Cerabino (pronounced chair–a–BEE–no) grew up on Long Island, NY, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, MD, in 1977. He spent five years in the Navy, reaching the rank of lieutenant and serving as a public affairs officer aboard an aircraft carrier. After leaving the Navy, he received a master’s degree in journalism at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. He worked at the City News Bureau of Chicago before leaving the wire service to take a job with the Miami Herald in 1984. For the next five years, Cerabino covered the police, government, legal and education beats for the Herald. He eventually became the newspaper’s federal court reporter in Miami. Cerabino joined the Palm Beach Post in 1989. He started writing columns for the newspaper during the William Kennedy Smith trial. In 1992 he became a full-time local news columnist and now writes four columns a week. He lives in Boca Raton with his wife and three children.
In 2018, Cerabino won a national Sigma Delta Chi award from the Society of Professional Journalists for column writing.
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The Week in Review (Video-on-Demand)
This course will take students through the weekly news roundup with Palm Beach Post columnist Frank Cerabino, who will select some of the important, interesting and off-beat stories of the week from the international, national, state and local scene.
The lectures will be based solely on the news developments of that week and will include Internet videos and Q&A’s.
Six Lectures
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Course # S6F1V — Full 6 Weeks
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Place: | Auditorium, Lifelong Learning Complex, Jupiter Campus |
Dates: | Tuesdays, July 21, 28; August 4, 11, 18, 25 2020 |
Time: | 10 - 10:30 PM |
Fee: | $75 / member; $98 / non-member |
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The Week in Review
This course will take students through the weekly news roundup with Palm Beach Post columnist Frank Cerabino, who will select some of the important, interesting and off-beat stories of the week from the international, national, state and local scene.
The lectures will be based solely on the news developments of that week and will include Internet videos and Q&A’s.
Six Lectures
- Week 1 (click on Lecture Notes or Lecture Video to access class recording) -
- Week 2 (click on Lecture Notes or Lecture Video to access class recording) -
- Week 3 (click on Lecture Notes or Lecture Video to access class recording) -
- Week 4 (click on Lecture Notes or Lecture Video to access class recording) -
- Week 5 (click on Lecture Notes or Lecture Video to access class recording) -
- Week 6 (click on Lecture Notes or Lecture Video to access class recording) -
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Course # S6F1 — Full 6 Weeks
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Place: | Auditorium, Lifelong Learning Complex, Jupiter Campus |
Dates: | Fridays, March 20, 27; April 3, 10, 17, 24 2020 |
Time: | 9 - 10:30 AM |
Fee: | $75 / member; $98 / non-member |
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The Week in Review (First Four Weeks Only)
This course will take students through the weekly news roundup with Palm Beach Post columnist Frank Cerabino, who will select some of the important, interesting and off-beat stories of the week from the international, national, state and local scene.
The lectures will be based solely on the news developments of that week and will include Internet videos and Q&A’s.
Four Lectures
- Week 1 (click on Lecture Notes or Lecture Video to access class recording -
- Week 2 (click on Lecture Notes or Lecture Video to access class recording -
- Week 3 (click on Lecture Notes or Lecture Video to access class recording -
- Week 4 (click on Lecture Notes or Lecture Video to access class recording) -
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Course # S4F2 — First 4 Weeks
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Place: | Auditorium, Lifelong Learning Complex, Jupiter Campus |
Dates: | Fridays, March 20, 27; April 3, 10 2020 |
Time: | 9 - 10:30 AM |
Fee: | $50 / member; $65 / non-member |
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Why Florida is Florida (Video-on-Demand)
An Unconventional Look at Florida's Human History
Register Early! There is a $5 charge for registering on the day of a one-time lecture or event.
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Course # SUF1V — One Time Event
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Place: | Auditorium, Lifelong Learning Complex, Jupiter Campus |
Dates: | Monday, August 24 2020 |
Time: | 8 - 9:30 PM |
Fee: | $30 / member; $35 / non-member |
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Why Florida is Florida
An Unconventional Look at Florida's Human History
Register Early! There is a $5 charge for registering on the day of a one-time lecture or event.
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Course # SUF1 — One Time Event
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Place: | Auditorium, Lifelong Learning Complex, Jupiter Campus |
Dates: | Monday, June 29 2020 |
Time: | 7 - 8:30 PM |
Fee: | $30 / member; $35 / non-member |
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