Chill out with the talented faculty at UNC Charlotte’s College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences inside Charlotte’s (air conditioned!) Independent Picture House (IPH), set close to all that NoDa has to offer.

This newest CHESS Initiative of Lifelong Learning (CHILL) at IPH comprises a full schedule of short, multisession workshops for those hungry for community, intellectual stimulation, or just a place to get away from Internet streaming during the hottest hours of the day. Some of these workshops are geared to the biggest questions of our time. Others are meant to provide accessible introductions to essential topics. A few will help you tap into your creative side. All classes start at 10am and are done by 12pm.

Registration is $150 (individuals register for an entire session to attend all four courses).

What to Expect

CHILL at IPH will offer six workshops – five taught in English and one taught in Spanish – this summer. Let us know what you’d like to learn about next! That might include topics on AI, literature, film superheroes, immigration in the 21st Century, romantic comedy as a genre, how to write a poem, how to write a short story, the future of secondary education in the US, how to learn Japanese/Spanish/German/French/Italian without really trying and more!

All CHILL at IPH classes:

--Are taught by faculty with distinguished records of teaching and research.
--Are designed to be accessible to all students, no matter what they may know or not know about the class’s topic.
--Have minimal homework and no formal tests.
--Include “CHILL time” when classmates can talk informally with each other and their professor about class content.

Get Rewards for Signing Up

You will receive a Certificate of Completion after each workshop. And, if you sign up for three workshops this summer, you can get a fourth CHILL at IPH workshop for free in 2025 or 2026.

End of Year Celebration

Join us and your fellow students to celebrate that UNC Charlotte and IPH got to CHILL all summer with the Charlotte community!