OLLI is a unique learning community for adults age 50 years old or better. OLLI offers the very best continuing education with no tests and no grades. Distinguished SSU faculty and other Bay Area educators enjoy sharing their expertise with OLLI students, whose life experience and curiosity enrich the exchange of ideas.
OLLI at SSU, now in its 20th year, is one of over 100 Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes nationwide. The program is supported by OLLI student fees, donations, and the earnings on an initial endowment generously provided by the Bernard Osher Foundation. Joining OLLI at SSU means discovering new friends, new knowledge, and new ways to bring meaning and enjoyment to your life. Courses are taught in six week, three week, and single (2 hour) sessions (Fall, Winter, and Spring). Summer single course offerings are also available. Areas of study range across many subjects:
- Arts
- Contemporary Issues
- Food & Wine
- Natural Sciences
- Social & Political History
- World Cultures
Announcements
The course preview will be held on Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at Stevenson Hall at 10 am.
Osher Online courses are now available. Browse the catalog to view the courses.
Winter 2025
The OLLI winter session runs from January 27 - March 7, 2025.
Registration Opens: Wednesday, December 11, 2024.
- Register online or by phone by 5:00 p.m. at least two days before class at olli.sonoma.edu/registration
- ONLINE (ZOOM) classes: Registered students will receive email with class Zoom link the day before class starts. Please save the link that you receive. The Zoom link you receive will be the same link used for the duration of the course.
- IN PERSON classes: Registered students will receive an email the day before class starts with course location, directions, and parking information. There is a $6 daily parking fee at the SSU campus.
- ​Course materials are available at: olli.sonoma.edu/course-materials
Online or Hyflex Class Participants
If you are enrolled in a Hyflex or online course, you will receive an email the day before the class starts with information to attend in-person or through Zoom. If your class starts on a Monday, you will receive your class Zoom link on Friday. Please contact us at 707-664-2691 or olli@sonoma.edu if you have any problems accessing Zoom. Thank you.
Upcoming Winter 2025 Courses
Pink Floyd: From Psychedelia to Space Rock
Now that the Election is Over, What's Next for the U.S. Economy?
Dutch Masters and More: Northern European Painting from Van Eyck to Vermeer
Skeletal Evolution and World History