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.
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