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OLLI News

We have added OLLI News to the national web site. New and interesting items will be posted regularly here at www.osher.net.

Lots to Celebrate

OLLI at Penn State recently celebrated its 10 Year Anniversary and their new Osher grant with 200 OLLI members and guests in attendance. Pictured are the Silver Spurs Line Dancers …(more)

New Home for OLLI at U. of Miami

OLLI at the University of Miami has opened the doors of their new home! In less than six months, the university's former Faculty Club was renovated and became a lecture …(more)

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Welcome!

Welcome to the National Resource Center website for the network of Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes (OLLI). The OLLI at the University of Southern Maine (USM) serves as the national center for the current network of 119 lifelong learning institutes throughout the nation.

The National Resource Center for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes plays a lead role in disseminating information on effective educational programming for older learners. In addition to providing information and connections via a web site, the Resource Center publishes a national research journal, plans an annual national conference, and provides a number of other ways for OLLIs to connect with one another.

The Bernard Osher Foundation designated the Osher Institute at USM as the National Resource Center for Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes in 2004. The Center is not a governance body, but is rather a center for excellence and dissemination of best practice models. Each Osher Institute reflects the culture of its own university and its learning community. The National Resource Center exists to facilitate the exchange of opinions, solutions and experiences among institutes throughout the country so that all can benefit.