Registration open for OLLI at FSU summer classes

Fran Conaway
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Lifelong learners who love to explore the world through classes and activities tailored to their needs have a wealth of classes and activities to choose from through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s Summer Semester.

Registration for classes and activities is open now, at olli.fsu.edu. Previews of all classes are available at olli.fsu.edu.

OLLI Walking Club members hike on a rainy day. Registration is open for summer classes, which start May 6, 2024.
OLLI Walking Club members hike on a rainy day. Registration is open for summer classes, which start May 6, 2024.

Twenty courses will be offered, starting the week of May 6. The semester, which ends the week of June 24, offers 3- and 6-week classes in-person at local retirement communities, as well as other locations, or via Zoom, which allows students to attend classes remotely.

Students can select from a broad range of areas, including art, science, health, policy, politics and government, economics, religion, languages, history through the ages, current events, topics of local, regional, national and international interest, technology, genealogy, writing and storytelling, and nature.

A sampling of classes on offer includes Football 101, The Art of the Marx Brothers, Know Your Rights as You Age, The Mysteries of Agatha Christie, News Reports from Viet Nam, and Kingdom and Conquest: Forging Protestant Ireland 1540-1800.

In addition to classes, OLLI at FSU offers one-time lectures and a range of activities, socials, clubs, field trips and travel.

Full descriptions of all offerings, as well as instructions on how to join OLLI and register for classes, are available at olli.fsu.edu.

Membership in OLLI at FSU is open to all adults who love to learn in a stress-free environment where there are no tests, no homework and no required reading. There are no education prerequisites. Instructors typically come from faculty of institutions of higher education and subject experts,.

For more information about OLLI at FSU and how to become a member and register for classes, see olli.fsu.edu. Need help? Contact Deb Herman at dherman@fsu.edu or Terry Aaronson at taaronson@fsu.edu.

This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: Registration opens for OLLI at FSU summer classes