Programs

  • OLLI-UA Lifelong Learning Program

    ALMOST ENTIRELY VOLUNTEER RUN, OLLI-UA PROVIDES LIFELONG LEARNING FOR ADULTS 50+, KEEPING AGING ADULTS ENGAGED SOCIALLY AND ACTIVE MENTALLY THROUGH A COMMUNITY LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. PRE-COVID WE HAD OVER 1,400 MEMBERS AND OUR MEMBERSHIP DID DROP AND WE ENDED JUNE 2021 WITH JUST OVER 1,000 MEMBERS AS OF JUNE 2022. WE HAVE INCREASED OUR MEMBERSHIP FROM JUNE 2021 THROUGH CONTINUED ONLINE CURRICULUM AND RETURNING TO IN-PERSON CLASSES, WE HAD JUST UNDER 1,100 MEMBERS. WE ANTICIPATE THE ENROLLMENT TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS MORE PEOPLE RETURN TO IN-PERSON CLASSES, STAY ON ZOOM AND ALSO OFFERING A HYBRID OPTION FOR SOME OF THE COURSES. OLLI-UAS PROGRAM SERVICES ITS MEMBERS THROUGH OFFERING A BROAD RANGE OF QUALITY EDUCATION COURSES OFFERED BOTH ONLINE AND IN-PERSON IN THE GREATER TUCSON AREA WITH OVER 380 OFFERINGS, EQUALING OVER 2,700 HOURS OF PROGRAMING LED BY OVER 180 VOLUNTEER INSTRUCTORS. SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH IN THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS SINCE THE PROGRAMS FOUNDING IN 1989, WE HAVE WEATHERED THE STORM OF COVID, ALTHOUGH THE IMPACT IS STILL FELT AS PEOPLE RETURN TO SOCIAL AND IN-PERSON CLASSES SLOWLY. WE CONTINUE TO INCREASE SOCIAL ACTIVITIES AND OUR CURRICULUM AS WE ENCOURAGE MORE MEMBERS TO SOCIALIZE. OLLI-UAS MANAGEMENT BELIEVES THAT SOCIAL ACTIVITIES NOT ONLY ENHANCE THE OLLI-UA EXPERIENCE FOR ITS MEMBERS BUT ALSO SERVES TO INCREASE THE OLLI-UA MEMBERSHIP. OLLI-UA IS PRIMARILY A VOLUNTEER RUN ORGANIZATION WITH OVER 400 VOLUNTEERS. WE ANTICIPATE INCREASING OUR VOLUNTEER NUMBERS POST-COVID AS MORE MEMBERS ARE WILLING TO GET TOGETHER IN PERSON.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2021 – Jun 30, 2022
    Source
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