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OLLI News:
"Yes, we can run out of water, and maybe soon"
The global water crisis was the subject of this year's Goodman Symposium at Stony Brook University on Oct. 29. Amy Goodman, host of the Democracy Now! radio and television public affairs program was the guest speaker. The event was co-sponsored by the SBU provost's office and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at SBU. Read more about this occassion reported by the Times Media Beacon.
OLLI and 'CarFit, New Safety Program for Older Adults' at the University of Miami
Miami Hurricane publishes a report about OLLI at the University of Miami and their very popular Carfit program. “We really want it to be clear that this program is all about making drivers safer,” said Noreen Frye, director of UM’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. “Our program is not about taking drivers off the road; it’s about keeping them on it longer.”
Read more in the Miami Hurricane.
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 122 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.
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