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Adult Programs
Note: Information on our Adult Credit and Non-credit Programs and Workshops is continuously under production. The links below will take you to an information page for each program, or give you an email form where you can request our most recent printed brochure on the program you are interested in.
| Community Outreach Programs for Adults | Worely's Cave Exploration | Full! |
| Explorations in Antarctica | Full! | |
| Birdwatching in the High Country | April 3-12 | |
| Aotearoa/New Zealand: South Island Journeys and Perspectives | April 23 | |
| Writing for Magazines- part I & II | April 28, May 5 | |
| Writing for Magazines- part II | May 5 | |
| It's Time to Start That Novel or Memoir | Course closed | |
| Senator Sam Ervin: The Last of the Founding Fathers | May 21 | |
| Craft Enrichment | Glass: Beginner Stained Glass | May 14-Jun 18 |
| Dulcimer Construction | May 29- Jul 24 | |
| Metalworking: Introduction | Jun 2- Jul 7 | |
| Box Making and Woodworking: Session I | June 2&3, and June 23&24 | |
| Pottery: Pots for the Patio | Jun 2- Jul 21 | |
| Pottery: Handbuilding: Form+Surface+Spirit | June 2 - 6 | |
| Woodworking: Beginning/Int. Bowl Turning | Jun 2 - Jul 21 | |
| Jewelry: Advanced | Jun 3- Jul 22 | |
| Jewelry: Beginner | Jun 3- Jul 22 | |
| Pottery: Beg. & Int. | Jun 3- Jul 22 | |
| Pottery: Individual Study | Jun 3 - Jul 29 | |
| Pottery: Beg. Pottery | Jun 4- Jul 23 | |
| Painting: Beginning Watercolor | Jun 5- Jul 24 | |
| Mosaics | Jun 7- Jul 12 | |
| Glass: Fusing and Slumping | Jun 7 - Jun 28 | |
| Photography: Digital | Jun 10 -Jul 29 | |
| Woodturning: Adv. Techniques | Jun 11- Jul 30 | |
| Box Making and Woodworking: Session II | July 7&8, and July 28&29 | |
| Copper: Beginning Techniques | Jul 7 -Jul 28 | |
| Basket Making | July 21-25 | |
| Energy Star | NC ENERGY STAR Conference | October 27-28 |
| Insurance Symposium | 2008 Insurance Symposium: Insuring Coastal Properties | July 21 |
| International Hydrail Conference | 4th International Hydrail Conference | June 9 |
| NC Criminal Justice Association | NC Criminal Justice Association State Conference | April 4-5 |
| NC Geographic Alliance Institute | NC Geographic Alliance Insitute | July 14-18 |
| ORFF-Schulwerk Level II | ORFF Level 2 Music Workshop | June 9-20 |
| Race: Grandfather Marathon | Grandfather Mountain Marathon | Saturday, July 12 |
| Race: The Bear 5-Mile Run | Bear 5-Mile Run | Thursday, July 10 |
| Silver Burdett Music Workshop | Silver Burdett Music Workshop | June 23-27 |
| Wilderness First Aid | Wilderness First Aid w/o Optional CPR | April 25-27 |
| Wilderness First Aid w/ Optional CPR | April 26-27 | |
| Wilderness First Responder | Wilderness First Responder | March 8-16 |
| Wilderness First Responder Recertification | Wilderness First Responder Recertification w/o Optional CPR | April 18-20 |
| Wilderness First Responder Recertification w/ Optional CPR | April 18-20 | |
| Wind Power Workshops | Solar Water & Space Heating | April 5 & 6 |
| Small Scale Wind Energy | April 19 & 20 | |
| Photovoltaics | May 22-23 | |
| Community-Scale Biodiesel Production | June 20 & 21 | |
| Domestic Solar Water Heating | July 11 & 12 | |
| PV and the National Electrical Code | August 27 | |
| Microhydro | October 4 & 5 | |
| Small Scale Wind Energy | October 18 & 19 |
