(upbeat music) - Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Utah offers a rich and evolving array of courses, lectures, and special activities taught by distinguished emeritus faculty and community experts.

And here to tell us more is Director Jill E. Meyer.

Hi there Jill.

How are you?

- Hi Mary.

I'm very well.

I'm so happy to be here today.

- Well, let's talk about what's coming up fall term.

You've got a lot going on.

- We do.

We have 92 classes that we'll be starting in January and March.

And we have everything from history to science.

You can take guitar lessons, ukulele, you can learn to paint, you can dive into a history lecture.

There's so much to choose from.

- All right, you've got a full offering and I know you do a thing for people who might wanna just check out what it's like, the Lunch and Learn.

- Yes, we do.

We have a free, it's on Zoom webinar, so, you can test drive us.

For all six weeks of our term, we have free lectures by different community experts.

We're starting off with a lecture about Topaz Internment camp, so that will be January 22nd, and it's all free and open to the public.

- All right, great.

And as we said in the open, I mean you have distinguished Emeritus professors teaching these classes.

- We do.

We serve our teachers as much as our members.

Sometimes when you retire you get a little bored and you wanna explore a new passion and maybe become a professor of History.

And you can do that at Osher or if you've been a University of Utah professor for 40 years, you can't stop teaching.

So, you come and teach Literature or Philosophy to Osher members, or you might be a K-12 teacher.

Teachers never stop teaching and Osher members never stop learning.

So, it's a perfect match.

(Mary laughing) - That's great.

That's good.

And I know you've got a Sandy Campus.

- We do, we have the University of Utah Sandy Campus, which is right by Sandy Town Hall Centennial Parkway.

And we are going to have three classes there this winter and eight in the spring.

So, it's a good place if you don't wanna get - All right.

- to campus or you don't wanna drive to the U.

- All right, well thank you so much for being here, and for everything you offer the community, thanks.

- Thank you, Mary.

- And if you'd like to know more about the Osher Institute Lifelong Learning, it's winter term registrations open for January through March of 2025, at the Continuing Education Building Research Park, 540 Arapeen Drive.

Go to continue.utah.edu/osher.

(upbeat music) I'm Mary Dickson.

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