Fall 2024 Offerings
Membership
- 2024-2025 OLLI at MSU Membership
Reception
Open to the public.
- 08/22/2024 OLLI at MSU Fall Reception
Courses
Membership required.
- 09/10/24-09/27/24 Les Davis: Search For the First Montanans
- 09/12/24-10/24/24 The Baltic Countries: Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia
- 09/18/24-10/09/24 How To Be a Birder
- 09/19/24-10/31/24 The Montana Medicine Show: Frontier to Modern Times
- 10/01/24-11/12/24 Montana Indian Groups: Yesterday and Today
- 10/15/24-11/26/24 Global Civics 2.0
- 10/16/24-11/13/24 What Happened to Dick and Jane? Issues, Trends, and Best-Practices in Teaching Children
to Read
- 10/31/24-11/21/24 Comparative Religion
- 11/19/24-12/10/24 And All That Jazz
Speaker Series
Membership required.
- 09/09/24 Why Did the Supreme Court DO That?!
- 09/16/24 OLLI Shorts
- 09/23/24 A Brief History of Montana's Historic Highways
- 09/30/24 Critical Minerals in Montana: Past, Present, and Future
- 10/14/24 Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 10/21/24 Generating Gas and Fertilizer from Food Waste
- 10/28/24 Resurrecting the Sweetpea Festival, 1978
- 11/04/24 From Democracy to Autocracy: Political Regimes for Dummies
- 11/18/24 The Science of Wildfire Management
- 11/25/24 Idaho's Silver Valley: From Mining to Rails-to-Trails
- 12/09/24 The Girl Prince: Virginia Woolf, Race and the Dreadnought Hoax
- 12/16/24 The Olympic Games: Cheers and Tears
Community Partnership Events
Open to the public.
- 09/19/24 Montana Through the Mail
- 10/03/24 Birthing the West: Caring for Women, Caring for Communities - CANCELLED
- 10/17/24 Galloping in the Gallatin: Montana's Horse Racing History
OLLI Extra Events
Membership required unless otherwise noted.
- 09/12/24 Historic Helena and Capitol Tour
- 09/20/24 Nature's Calendar: The Phenology of Autumn
- 09/24/24-10/29/24 Nurturing the Soul Through Creative Collaging
- 09/25/24-10/02/24 Machines that Make: Demystifying Generative AI Technology
- 10/08/24 Taste of OLLI: Oil & Vinegar 101 with Olivelle
- 10/18/24 OLLI on Campus with Gallatin College
- 10/25/24 9:00-10:00 a.m. MSU Underground, A Tour
- 10/25/24 11:00-12:00 a.m. MSU Underground, A Tour
- 10/30/24-11/13/24 Confluence: Nature's Symmetry, Mathematics and Science in Poetry
- 11/20/24 Brawl of the Wild
- 12/06/24 Preparing Our Community: Gallatin County Emergency Management Program
Osher Online
Membership required. The OLLI at MSU newsletter will announce additional offerings throughout the academic year.
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09/30/24-11/04/24 First Ladies: More Than the Women Behind the Men
- 09/30/24-11/04/24 Medieval Science: Exploring Insights and Discoveries
- 10/02/24-11/06/24 Who is Fredrick Law Olmsted? An Examination of This Visionary's Life, Work, and Living
Legacy
- 10/02/24-11/06/24 The Power of Introverts
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10/03/24-11/07/24 Gender and the Law
- 10/05/24-11/09/24 The Season of Sports Journalism: Tackle Media Coverage of the Summer Olympics Evolving into Fall Athletics Across the Globe - CANCELLED
- 10/08/24-11/12/24 Wellness From Within
- 10/08/24-11/12/24 Art Movements from the Roaring '20s to the Swinging '60s
- 10/11/24-11/15/24 The Great Con: The Talented Mr. Ripley in Literature and Film
- 10/17/24-11/21/24 Exploring Crosswords
Travel Programs
Membership in either OLLI at MSU or MSU Retirees & Associates required.
- 08/26/24-08/29/24 The Dynamic History of the Yellowstone Ecosystem Registration is full. Waitlist is available.
- 02/20/25-02/23/25 Winter Ecology of Yellowstone National Park Lottery for this program opens November 14 and closes November 20. Selected entries
will be notified by November 25.
How It's Made
Membership in either OLLI at MSU or MSU Retirees & Associates required.
- 09/11/24 Béquet Confections
- 09/17/24 Towne’s Harvest Garden
- 10/09/24 Gibson Guitar
Preludes and Performances
Registration appreciated but not required. Open to public.
- 10/02/24 A Midsummer Night's Dream: Montana Shakespeare in the Schools Final Tech Rehearsal
- 11/13/24 MBC's Dance for All!
Friday Forums
Open to the public.
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09/13/24 Community Health: Painting the Picture of Health in Gallatin County
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11/15/24 Post Election Analysis
Special Interest Groups
Membership required.
- 10/01/24-05/06/25 OLLI Mystery Book Discussion Group
- 09/16/24-05/19/25 OLLI Non-Fiction Book Discussion Group
- 10/07/24-06/02/25 OLLI at MSU Book Discussion Group