Spring 2025 Offerings
Membership
- 2024-2025 OLLI at MSU Membership
Reception
Open to the public.
- 01/08/2025 OLLI at MSU Spring Reception
Courses
Membership required.
- 01/29/25-03/05/25 Healthy Aging
- 02/06/25-03/06/25 With A Song In My Heart: Great Musical Comedy Composers
- 02/19/25-03/12/25 The Endocrine System and YOU: Part 1
- 02/24/25-03/24/25 Geology of Montana and Yellowstone National Park
- 02/25/25-04/01/25 Ancient Egypt in 10 Objects
- 03/19/25-04/23/25 Montana Government and Montana's Citizen Legislature
- 03/27/25-05/08/25 Going Local: Bozeman's History From Frontier Times to Present
- Pre-recorded Going Local: Bozeman's History From Frontier Times to Present
- 04/10/25-05/08/25 The Operas and Influence of Wagner and Verdi
- 05/20/25-06/10/25 Wonders of Spring: Bird Migration, Song, and Breeding
Speaker Series
Membership required.
- 01/27/25 This House of Food: Stories from Montana Kitchens
- 02/10/25 Introduction to Permaculture
- 02/24/25 Buffalo Restoration: Healing for the Future
- 03/03/25 Plate Tectonics: A Revolution in the Earth Sciences
- 03/17/25 Historic Butte: Montana's Mining City
- 03/24/25 Montana PBS: Its History and Future
- 04/14/25 The Archie Bray Foundation and Ceramics in Montana
- 04/21/25 Muscles, Balance and Aging
- 04/28/25 Human Trafficking: Protecting the Victim
- 05/12/25 Climate Change: Past, Present and Future Postponed to Fall 2025
- 05/12/25 The Germans and Their Führer: Insights Into a Mutual Obsession
- 05/19/25 Is Anybody Out There? Searching for Life Elsewhere
Community Partnership Events
Open to the public.
- 04/17/25 Preventing Chronic Health Conditions through Activity-Friendly Community Design
- 05/08/25 Autonomous Vehicles: A Technology Driven Industry
- 05/15/25 Land Snorkeling for Wildflowers… and More
OLLI Extra Events
Membership required unless otherwise noted.
- 02/04/25-02/25/25 Classic X-C Skiing FUNdamentals
- 04/03/25 OLLI on Campus: College of Engineering
- 04/09/25 Skills for Montana's Bear Country
- 04/16/25 Engaging With Poetry
- 05/05/25-05/19/25 Fly Casting and Rigging for Success
- 05/06/25 Taste of OLLI: Lockhorn Cider
- 05/13/25 MSU President Waded Cruzado: Joining the Ranks of OLLI Retirees
- 05/28/25 HRDC and Fork & Spoon
- 06/12/25 MSU Sustainability Tour: Above and Underground
Osher Online
Membership required. The OLLI at MSU newsletter will announce additional offerings throughout the academic year.
- 01/28/25-03/04/25 Modern War: What Is It Good For?
- 01/30/25-03/06/25 Science Everyone Needs to Know
- 03/31/25-05/05/25 Women: The Forgotten "Men" in History
- 04/01/25-05/06/25 Mainstreaming the Margins: A History of LGBTQ+ America
- 04/01/25-05/06/25 The Soundtrack of Rock & Pop in the 50s & 60s: The Magic of the Brill Building Era
- 04/09/25-05/14/25 Car Crazy: 1950s Onward
- 04/10/25-05/15/25 Neurology in a Nutshell: The Brain Explained
- 04/11/25-05/16/25 Bella Napoli: Italy’s (Other) “Eternal City”
Travel Programs
Membership in either OLLI at MSU or MSU Retirees & Associates required.
- 02/20/25-02/23/25 Winter Ecology of Yellowstone National Park
- 05/13/25-05/15/25 Butte America: Exploring the Richest Hill on EarthThe signup deadline has passed.
- 06/05/25 Historic Helena and Capitol Tour Registration is full. Waitlist is available.
- 06/24/25-06/26/25 Centennial Valley and Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge Registration is full. Waitlist is available.
- 07/15/25-07/18/25 Summer Ecology of Yellowstone National Park The lottery period is closed and all remaining spaces are available for regular registration.
How It's Made
Membership in either OLLI at MSU or MSU Retirees & Associates required.
- 02/12/25 An Inside Look at a Radio Station: KGVM
- 05/14/25 R. L. Winston Factory Tour
- 05/20/25 Go Fast Campers Manufacturing
- 05/21/25 Go Fast Campers Manufacturing
Friday Forums
Open to the public.
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01/10/25 Report to the Stakeholders
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02/14/25 Addressing Montana's Suicide Crisis
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04/11/25 April Friday Forum Title to be Determined Cancelled
- 05/09/25 City of Bozeman Long Term Water Supply Planning
Special Interest Groups
Membership required.
- 01/07/25-05/06/25 OLLI Mystery Book Discussion Group
- 01/20/24-05/19/25 OLLI Non-Fiction Book Discussion Group
- 01/06/25-06/02/25 OLLI at MSU Book Discussion Group