UD’s Osher Lifelong Learning sets local open houses

The University of Delaware’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute will hold open houses from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Monday, Jan. 5, at Trinity Faith Education Building, 15516 New Road, Lewes, and Wednesday, Jan. 7, at Ocean View Community Center, 32 West St., Ocean View. 

A volunteer-driven learning program, UD OLLI features a variety of learning and social opportunities with no exams or grades.

Free online mini-classes for adults 50 and older will be offered over two weeks beginning Tuesday, Jan. 13, via Zoom. Topics will include art, nature, history, current events, literature and health.

While touring classrooms and enjoying refreshments, guests at the open houses will have the opportunity to meet volunteers and fellow OLLI participants, and pick up a course catalog. In-person registration will be available.

Volunteer instructors are at the heart of the OLLI program, and the expertise brought from their professional careers, educational backgrounds, avocations and passions provides source material for the breadth and depth of OLLI’s class offerings.

Planned spring offerings in Lewes include: Diamonds and Jewelry; Painting; Stained Glass; Basketry; Pony Express History; Medicare: Soup to Nuts; Russian Conversation; and Science of Drug Discovery.

Prior OLLI membership or participation is not required. For more information or to RSVP, go to olli.udel.edu/january.