![]() ![]() ![]() For her, seeing the students interact with each other is great. Jacobs is one of just two full-time employees for OLLI. They are well travelled, well educated and extremely curious,” Jacobs said. “Roughly 95 percent of our students have a college degree, and at least 50 percent have advanced degrees. Harriman and Lapinski, however, is not the only OLLI student with previous college experience. It makes me feel alive and gets me ready for the classes.” I usually walk the entire campus in the morning before classes. When she realized she would be 60 by the time she finished her credential, she decided to become a student forever. When Lapinski’s three children started college, she found herself wanting to finish her ambition of being a teacher and getting a four year degree. “I enjoyed my academic experience at Sonoma State, and wanted to continue the learning journey through OLLI classes and being a part of Sonoma State,” Lapinski said. in liberal studies from the Hutchins School. Joanne Lapinski has been an OLLI student for nine years, having previously graduated from Sonoma State in 2007 with a B.A. class can often be found having lunch in large groups in the Student Center or Charlie Brown’s Cafe. “While more than half of our students take one class per term, many others take two, three or even up to eight classes each term, some coming to campus four days a week,” Carin Jacobs director of Sonoma State’s OLLI said.Ĭlasses are held in two locations, Sonoma State’s main campus and also in Oakmont, a large senior-living community in Sonoma County.Īn average day for an OLLI starts with a 9:30 a.m. Some students take just one class, while others take up to eight. I’ve taught a total of six classes for OLLI at Sonoma State and a few others in the OLLI program at Dominican University in San Rafael,” Harriman said. “After a few years of taking courses I proposed teaching a class on genetics and it was accepted. Not only is he an OLLI student, but he has also taught OLLI classes at Sonoma State. in physics and received a PhD from Berkeley in biophysics. Harriman graduated from Caltech with a B.S. I’m on the campus so much that I buy semester parking passes instead of daily permits.” A chance to take part in campus activities. “OLLI is chance to keep growing and interacting with a great group of students. In addition to the OLLI courses, I use Schultz Library a lot and attend open lectures in the different science departments here, mostly astronomy/physics and biology,” Harriman said. “I’d been away from a university for the 24 years that I was working for the Federal Government, and I wanted to be able to spend time on a campus again. For him, it’s a great way to get back on a college campus. Philip Harriman, a former assistant professor at the University of Missouri and Duke Medical School, has been an OLLI student since 2002. The classes are non-credit, and offer no tests, homework or quizzes. Students come from all over Sonoma County to learn just for the sake of learning. OLLI at Sonoma State is one of 119 other Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes based on college campuses all over the country.įundingfor the program comes partially from the Bernard Osher Foundation in San Francisco. Currently in it’s 15th year, the program serves 1,500 students. The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, or OLLI, is offered at Sonoma State to students age 50 and older. And in about 30 years, current Sonoma State students can participate. There is a program at Sonoma State University that offers no tests and no quizzes, and is just six weeks long. ![]()
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