Fall 2023 Offerings
Membership
- 2023-2024 OLLI at MSU Membership
Reception
Open to the public.
- 09/08/2023 OLLI at MSU Fall Reception
Courses
Membership required.
- Pre-recorded, Self-paced The Perplexing Law of Privacy in the United States
- 09/26/23-10/31/23 Water Resources: Ecology and Management
- 09/27/23-10/18/23 Illuminating the Dark Ages: Europe 500-1000
- 10/05/23-11/02/23 Social and Criminal Justice
- 10/10/23-11/14/23 An American Portrait: Part 2, Reconstruction to Present
- 10/11/23-11/15/23 A History of the Tudors
- 10/19/23-11/16/23 Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? Grammar FUNdamentals for Everyone!
- 11/06/23-12/11/23 The U.S. and Sub-Saharan Africa
- 11/07/23-12/12/23 Broadway Deconstructed
- 11/29/23-12/20/23 Grasping Grasslands: A Prairie Primer
Speaker Series
Membership required.
- 09/18/23 OLLI Shorts
- 09/25/23 Rocket Science and the Sun
- 10/02/23 Montana Modernists: From the Beginnings to Now
- 10/09/23 Paradigms of Planet Earth
- 10/16/23 Montana's Mountain Goats: A Wilderness Icon
- 10/30/23 Uncovering Secrets: American Indian Boarding Schools
- 11/13/23 The Enduring Legacy of the First World War
- 11/20/23 Lasers, Optics, and Quantum Under the Big Sky
- 11/27/23 The World's Largest Aging Demographic Shift: Are We Ready?
- 12/11/23 Patriotic Stained-Glass Windows and American Civil Religion
- 12/18/23 15,000 Years of Candles
Community Partnership Events
Open to the public.
- 09/21/23 Montana Crops: Past & Present
- 10/19/23 From Chaucer to Centerville: The Long, Tasty History of the Pasty
- 11/09/23 Grain to Glass: Local Farm’s Process from Seed Potatoes to Potato Vodka
OLLI Extra Events
Membership required unless otherwise noted.
- 09/11/23 New Member Ice Cream Social
- 09/23/23 9:00-10:00 a.m. MSU Underground, A Tour
- 09/23/23 10:30-11:30 a.m. MSU Underground, A Tour
- 09/26/23-09/29/23 How Montana Farmers Produce Quality Seed Potatoes
- 09/28/23 "Helambu" Documentary Film Screening
- 10/07/23 OLLI On Campus: Department of Land Resources & Environmental Sciences
- 10/13/23 AHA Heartsaver Basic First Aid, CPR and AED
- 10/20/23-10/27/23 Diversity & Inclusion: Cultural Identities
- 11/14/23 Taste of OLLI: La Châtelaine Chocolat Co.
- 11/16/23 OLLI at MSU/MOLLI Brawl of the Wild
- 11/30/23-12/14/23 The Everyday Timeless Poetry of the Tang Dynasty
Osher Online
Membership required. The OLLI at MSU newsletter will announce additional offerings throughout the academic year.
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09/25/23-12/04/23 Made in America: The History, Mission, and Vision of the Public LibraryCancelled
- 09/27/23-11/01/23 Studies in Architecture: 12 Iconic Buildings
- 09/28/23-11/09/23 Going Viral: An Introduction to Virology
- 09/29/23-11/03/23 Our (Inter)National Pastime - Baseball from Inception to the Modern Era
- 10/05/23-11/09/23 How the Modern World is Made: The Story of Modern Manufacturing Processes and the
Things They Make
- 10/07/23-11/11/23 Jazz As Social Protest
Travel Programs
Membership in either OLLI at MSU or MSU Retiree Association required.
- 09/12/23-09/14/23 Centennial Valley & Red Rock Lakes in September Registration closes Friday, August 11
How It's Made
Membership in either OLLI at MSU or MSU Retiree Association required.
- 09/29/23 TowHaul
- 10/03/23 Peak Ski Company
- 10/05/23 Gem Gallery: Survey of Montana Yogo Sapphires
Preludes and Performances
Registration appreciated but not required. Open to public.
- 09/20/23 Sex & Politics in Monteverdi’s “The Coronation of Poppea”
- 10/04/23 As You Like It: Shakespeare in the Schools
- 11/16/23 Verge Theatre: Ride the Cyclone
Friday Forums
Open to the public.
Special Interest Groups
Membership required.
- 10/10/23-05/07/23 OLLI Mystery Book Discussion Group
- 09/18/23-05/20/23 OLLI Non-Fiction Book Discussion Group
- 10/02/23-06/03/23 OLLI at MSU Book Discussion Group