OLLI COVID-19

Important Updates on OLLI Winter 2022 Courses

There's still time to enroll in exciting OLLI courses this winter. Keep reading for an important COVID update and an opportunity to activate your heroic imagination with OLLI at UC Davis!

Don't Miss These March Courses

There's still time to enroll in a couple of our March courses. Don't miss out on learning about the Lockheed US Spy Plan and about COVID Long Haulers.

OLLI Members Asked to Help with COVID Research

Learn more about the Predictors of COVID-19 Resilience study that is being conducted by Dr. Clare Cannon and her team of researchers and find out how you can participate in their survey. Check in with OLLI Executive Board and don’t forget to take a peek at the OLLI winter course catalog.

Try a Zoom Class this Week

If you haven’t tried a Zoom class yet, this week is a good time to start with new offerings now available.

New Opportunities to Connect with OLLI

As we enter week six of sheltering in place, I sincerely hope you are all safe, healthy and eager to learn more. Keeping you informed of updates on OLLI Board activities, courses and the preservation of OLLI is paramount to leadership. We're hosting a free weekly get together for OLLI members and forming a group of OLLI volunteers to assist members with Zoom.

Online Learning with OLLI

Interest in online learning is growing amongst our members as people discover that Zoom is a great way to connect with friends and family.

Message from the OLLI President

OLLI board members and staff thank you for your ongoing support during these unusual, challenging and difficult times. Our ingenuity and creativity have risen to new heights. OLLI has been diligently working behind the scenes to deliver our members OLLI courses via distance learning.

OLLI Members Embrace Remote Learning

We’re encouraged by member response to the videos on our new YouTube channel. Members are clicking-in and watching some of our most engaging courses from the past.

OLLI YouTube and Zoom Courses Available

We are excited to announce that our OLLI at UC Davis YouTube channel is now live. There are five different OLLI courses offered for our members' viewing pleasure, featuring a variety of subject areas.

OLLI Shelter-in-Place Update

Like the rest of you, since the onset of our shelter-in-place orders, we have certainly practiced a great deal of lifelong learning! We appreciate your patience in this time of sudden adjustment, as well as the messages of support, confidence and encouragement we have received. OLLI is indeed a great community of which to be a part.

Message from the OLLI President

While life and routine things have significantly slowed or been drastically modified, our OLLI program has had to do so as well to protect our membership and staff. However, I want you to know that your OLLI Board, Curriculum Committee members, Program Director and staff have been diligently working to keep OLLI viable.

OLLI Classes Postponed

In order to ensure the health and safety of our members, staff and instructors, we have decided to suspend OLLI classes from beginning, March 11.