Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

Join us at OLLI this summer!

OLLI SUMMER SELECTIONS
Save the date! July 7-31, 2025

Four weeks of fun topics, short courses and field trips

Join us this summer to connect with a fun learning community and make new friends at the University of Delaware’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI). OLLI programs are hosted throughout Delaware for adults 50+ to take classes, teach, exchange ideas and enjoy the camaraderie of their peers.

Here’s a preview of summer offerings!

  • Delaware site visits and field trips
    • Johnson Victrola Museum
    • First State Heritage Park
    • Dover Motor Speedway
    • Slow-Looking Gallery Tour at Delaware Art Museum
    • Walking through Lewes History
    • Historic New Castle Walking Tour
    • Chef Alex Neaton: Conversation and Culinary Advice
    • Fort Delaware
  • Dover classes
    • Bartleby the Scrivener: Wall Street and America
    • Raising the Flag at Iwo Jima: Controversy of an Iconic Photo
  • Lewes classes
    • Stained Glass Fundamentals
    • Frost’s Lesser-Known Masterpieces
    • Reconstruction: Post Civil War Conflict
    • Argentine Tango: Beginners
    • History of Medicine
    • Functional Russian Conversation
    • Favorite Movies on the Big Screen
    • Coastal Concerts
  • Wilmington classes
    • Low & Slow Barbecue
    • Swedish Death Cleaning
    • Evolution of the Cruise Vacation
    • Teen Books for Adults
    • Stained Glass Butterfly with The Art Studio
    • Food and Wine Tastings
    • Family History Narratives
    • Microsoft Excel
    • Chair Yoga
    • Creating Better Musical Arrangements
    • The Saga of the S.S. United States
    • Let’s Workshop Our Writing!
    • Signs of Life: Vital Signs Meaning
    • The U.S. Constitution and Executive Powers in 2025
    • Kitchen Lithography Workshop
    • Open Workshop: Studio Art and Ceramics
  • Online classes
    • Strauss Operettas
    • Writing Memoirs
    • Preparing and Selling Your Home
    • Poetry of Elizabeth Bishop
    • Bauhaus to Our House
    • The Spirituality of Jesus and Eckhart Tolle
    • Songs of America
    • Travel Writing
    • Beginner’s Watercolor with The Art Studio
    • Fort Delaware and Pea Patch Island
  • Registration and complete course listing available online in mid-May.
  • Course titles and schedules are subject to change.

There is no cost for parking at UD OLLI locations, and free Zoom videoconferencing support is provided to OLLI online course participants. Some courses and activities may list an additional fee for supplies, or other class fee, noted in the detailed course descriptions (coming soon).

If you have any questions, please email olli-online@udel.edu. Course titles, locations and schedules are subject to change.

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