Presenters

OLLI courses are presenter-led, rather than lecture-driven, with the opportunity for lively discussion and contribution from all learners.  Presenters are most often retired educators, professionals, artists, writers, and entrepreneurs.

Sample topics covered may include art appreciation, current events, computers, alternative health, novel writing, music appreciation, just to name a few.  We encourage creativity in course content and course titles.  Some of the courses that have been offered at OLLI at UConn are:

  • Shakespeare Matters
  • Chinese Medicine
  • The colors of the Orchestra
  • Reconsidering the Holocaust
  • Food for Life
  • Looking at Art
  • Introduction to Computers, Word and Excel
  • Conversational Italian
  • Women of Power
  • From Rome to Venice
  • New England Puritanism
  • Hoolligans or Hard Workers?
  • From Pyramids to Plato
  • Holistic healthcare
  • Writing the Novel You’ve Always Wanted to Write
  • Finding the Extraordinary in Your Everyday Life

OLLI courses are non-degree courses; no credits or grades are assigned upon the completion of these courses. Click here for a list of Spring 2008 course offerings.

We are currently accepting course proposals for the Fall 2008 session (September 19 – November 7th). Deadline for
receipt of course proposals is May 23, 2008.  You can download a course proposal form (in Microsoft Word) by clicking here. You can also call us for a course proposal form 203-236-9924 or email osher@uconn.edu.