February 24, 2025

Lois Jarman

The Wonderful Brain:
You Can Teach an Old Dog New Tricks

Frederick Torch member Dr. Lois Jarman advises us that a happy brain at any age is primed to learn and that it is brain chemical neurotransmitters which are crucial to learning and memory. In her presentation, she will share how we can prepare our brains to remember, enabling us to retain an abundance of new information. Dr. Jarman says that, through stories and research, we will learn how it is indeed possible to “teach an old dog new tricks.”

Presenter

Frederick Torch member Lois Jarman worked as a world language educator for more than 25 years teaching French, Spanish and Latin in public schools. More recently, she served as a university administrator for five years before returning to the classroom in 2021.

Lois has served president of the Frederick County Commission for Women, of Central Maryland Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, and of the Smoketown Rotary Club in Brunswick, and as member of the Frederick County Board of Education. Lois, mother of two, says that her most prized title is Grandmother.

She took her BA at Goucher College, MA at Hood College, and Doctor of Professional Studies at Shenandoah University where she now teaches.