OLLI at UConn Accolades

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the University of Connecticut, the only Osher Institute in Connecticut, proudly serves members who represent approximately one third of the cities and towns in Connecticut.  Among the primary goals of OLLI at UConn are:

  1. To cultivate meaningful public engagement between Connecticut communities and UConn, the Top Ranked Public University in New England
  2. To develop and nurture partnerships with arts, culture, and educational organizations and entities internally and externally 
  3. To encourage and foster intergenerational learning experiences among college students and OLLI members 

In keeping with these goals, OLLI at UConn has been recognized in the following ways:

Program Finalist, Provost Awards for Excellence in Outreach and Public Engagement, November 27, 2007: Click here for more informationClick the following link to see the Award Poster Presentation:
 http://waterbury.uconn.edu/osher/osher_Outreach2007posters_000.pdf

Program Finalist, Provost Awards for Excellence in Outreach and Public Engagement, December 2, 2008: Click here for more information.

Invitation and acceptance to present at the National Meeting of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes: “Building Relationships between OLLIs and their Host Institutions: Developing Grassroots Support between OLLI and the University” in Phoenix, AZ (April, 2008)  Link to presentation:
http://usm.maine.edu/olli/national/conference/building-relationships-quinn.pdf

Glasser, R., “Wow!  An Intergenerational OLLI Experience in Waterbury, Connecticut,” LLI Review, Vol.3: Fall 2008.  Link to article:
http://usm.maine.edu/olli/national/pdf/LLI-Review-2008.pdf (page 62)

OLLI @ UConn Press Coverage
OLLI has been featured in National Public Radio’s Faith Middleton Show, WATR, and local Cable TV Sky13. OLLI has also been featured in many news stories.

Headliner in Arts & Entertainment, Republic-American Newspaper, October 15, 2006: OLLI at UConn Kick-off Event with Connecticut Film Premiere
Click here for more information.

Waterbury Observer, April 2007

UConn Advance, February 25, 2008, Link to article:
http://advance.uconn.edu/2008/080225/08022512.htm

Republican American, February 5, 2008

UConn Libraries, Nov/Dec 2008

Milford Mirror, November 20, 2008

Record-Journal, December 2, 2008

Republican American, Social Comments, December 3, 2008

Republican American, Arts and Entertainment, December 7, 2008