OLLI at MSU announces spring semester 2024 programming

BOZEMAN – Registration is open for spring semester programs offered by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Montana State University. Programming includes courses, lectures, workshops, field trips, special events and book discussions for the intellectually curious age 50 and older.

OLLI is offering nine noncredit enrichment courses for the spring 2024 semester. The titles include:

• The Perplexing Law of Privacy in the United States.
• Reframing Rural: Rural Representations in the Media and Rural Issues in the West.
• Weighing the Scales of Freedom: Communities in Conflict.
• The Prophetic Passion of Leonard Cohen.
• Experiencing Russia Through Film.
• Our Constitutions, Federal and State, Plus a Few Others to Boot.
• Gardening Under the Big Sky.
• Modern Art.
• Microbes in Sickness and in Health.

OLLI courses are typically offered once a week during a four to six week period. Course costs range from $40 to $75 with an OLLI membership.

This spring, 10 Speakers Series lectures will occur from 3 to 5 p.m. on Mondays. Topics covered include the history of the ski industry, citizen science, Greco-Egyptian goddesses and Montana entrepreneur Nelson Story. Special interest groups, travel programs, “How It’s Made” tours, behind-the-scenes previews of art performances and a series of category-defying events and programs called OLLI Extras are available for members.

Members can participate in online programs offered through the Osher National Resource Center for the spring semester. Topics covered include the history of public libraries in the U.S., Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Nero Wolfe and misinformation.

OLLI offers free community programs, including the monthly “Friday Forum” and evening lectures in partnership with the Belgrade Community Library. A semester reception is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 9 at the Pilgrim Congregational UCC in Bozeman from 4 to 6 p.m.

Spring programming will include in-person and online options. Recordings of several programs will be available to members. For more details about spring programs, visit montana.edu/olli/offerings.

An OLLI at MSU membership is $45 annually. To join or register for courses or programs, visit montana.edu/olli/register. Sign up for OLLI’s free weekly e-newsletter at montana.edu/olli/newsletter to receive program updates and announcements.