OLLI at Illinois is an inclusive community that offers affordable, accessible, high-quality educational programs designed for people fifty and older connected to East Central Illinois.
OLLI at Illinois offers Courses, Study Groups, Lectures, Interest Groups, and other Events throughout the year for adult lifelong learners. Events may be in-person sessions, online-only via Zoom sessions, or hybrid (in-person and Zoom webinar) sessions. We hope you will join or rejoin OLLI at Illinois! Stay Curious!
Annual and Fall Memberships Available Now
Fall 2024 semester schedule:
July 8 – August 16, 2024: Summer Study Group session (6 weeks)
Tuesday, September 3 – October 28: Fall Courses (8 weeks)
November 4 – December 20: Fall Study Group session (6 weeks; no study groups 11/25 - 11/29)
December 9 – December 13: Taste of OLLI
December 9: Registration opens for OLLI Spring Membership (continues through June 30, 2025)
Spring 2024 semester schedule:
January 6 – February 17, 2025: Winter Study Group session (6 weeks)
Monday, February 24 – April 19: Spring Courses
April 28 – June 9: Spring Study Group session (6 weeks)
May 19 – May 23: Taste of OLLI
June 10 (tentative): OLLI Annual Meeting and Banquet
June 16 – June 20 (except June 19): OLLI Documentary Week
OLLI at Illinois was launched in the fall of 2007 with 11 courses and 297 members. News of this exciting program dedicated to the pursuit of lifelong learning spread quickly, and we now have far more programs and members per year. In addition to courses in the fall and spring semesters, OLLI offers a dynamic schedule of programs and activities that includes lectures, study groups, travel opportunities, and collaborations with the Illinois campus and the communities in and around Champaign-Urbana.
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