Spring 2025 Offerings
Membership
- 2024-2025 OLLI at MSU Membership
Reception
Open to the public.
- 01/08/2025 OLLI at MSU Spring Reception
Courses
Membership required.
- 01/29/25-03/05/25 Healthy Aging
- 02/06/25-03/06/25 With A Song In My Heart: Great Musical Comedy Composers
- 02/19/25-03/12/25 The Endocrine System and YOU: Part 1
- 02/24/25-03/24/25 Geology of Montana and Yellowstone National Park
- 02/25/25-04/01/25 Ancient Egypt in 10 Objects
- 03/19/25-04/23/25 Montana Government and Montana's Citizen Legislature
- 03/27/25-05/08/25 Going Local: Bozeman's History From Frontier Times to Present
- Pre-recorded Going Local: Bozeman's History From Frontier Times to Present
- 04/10/25-05/08/25 The Operas and Influence of Wagner and Verdi
- 05/20/25-06/10/25 Wonders of Spring: Bird Migration, Song, and Breeding
Speaker Series
Membership required.
- 01/27/25 This House of Food: Stories from Montana Kitchens
- 02/10/25 Introduction to Permaculture
- 02/24/25 Buffalo Restoration: Healing for the Future
- 03/03/25 Plate Tectonics: A Revolution in the Earth Sciences
- 03/17/25 Historic Butte: Montana's Mining City
- 03/24/25 Montana PBS: Its History and Future
- 04/14/25 The Archie Bray Foundation and Ceramics in Montana
- 04/21/25 Muscles, Balance and Aging
- 04/28/25 Human Trafficking: Protecting the Victim
- 05/12/25 Climate Change: Past, Present and Future Postponed to Fall 2025
- 05/12/25 The Germans and Their Führer: Insights Into a Mutual Obsession
- 05/19/25 Is Anybody Out There? Searching for Life Elsewhere
Community Partnership Events
Open to the public.
- 04/17/25 Preventing Chronic Health Conditions through Activity-Friendly Community Design
- 05/01/25 Autonomous Vehicles: A Technology Driven Industry
- 05/15/25 Land Snorkeling for Wildflowers… and More
OLLI Extra Events
Membership required unless otherwise noted.
- 02/04/25-02/25/25 Classic X-C Skiing FUNdamentals
- 04/03/25 OLLI on Campus: College of Engineering
- 04/09/25 Skills for Montana's Bear Country
- 04/16/25 Engaging With Poetry
- 04/24/25 MSU President Waded Crusado: Joining the Ranks of OLLI Retirees
- 05/05/25-05/19/25 Fly Casting and Rigging for Success
- 05/06/25 Taste of OLLI: Lockhorn Cider
- 05/28/25 HRDC and Fork & Spoon
- 06/12/25 MSU Sustainability Tour: Above and Underground
Osher Online
Membership required. The OLLI at MSU newsletter will announce additional offerings throughout the academic year.
- 01/28/25-03/04/25 Modern War: What Is It Good For?
- 01/30/25-03/06/25 Science Everyone Needs to Know
- 03/31/25-05/05/25 Women: The Forgotten "Men" in History
- 04/01/25-05/06/25 Mainstreaming the Margins: A History of LGBTQ+ America
- 04/01/25-05/06/25 The Soundtrack of Rock & Pop in the 50s & 60s: The Magic of the Brill Building Era
- 04/09/25-05/14/25 Car Crazy: 1950s Onward
- 04/10/25-05/15/25 Neurology in a Nutshell: The Brain Explained
- 04/11/25-05/16/25 Bella Napoli: Italy’s (Other) “Eternal City”
Travel Programs
Membership in either OLLI at MSU or MSU Retirees & Associates required.
- 02/20/25-02/23/25 Winter Ecology of Yellowstone National Park Registration is full, waitlist is available.
- 05/13/25-05/15/25 Butte America: Exploring the Richest Hill on EarthSpaces remain and are now open for regular registration online or over the phone at
406-219-3298.
- 06/05/25 Historic Helena and Capitol Tour Spaces remain and are now open for regular registration online or over the phone at
406-219-3298.
- 06/24/25-06/26/25 Centennial Valley and Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge Spaces remain and are now open for regular registration online or over the phone at
406-219-3298.
How It's Made
Membership in either OLLI at MSU or MSU Retirees & Associates required.
- 02/12/25 An Inside Look at a Radio Station: KGVM
- 05/14/25 R. L. Winston Factory Tour
- 05/20/25 Go Fast Campers Manufacturing
- 05/21/25 Go Fast Campers Manufacturing
Friday Forums
Open to the public.
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01/10/25 Report to the Stakeholders
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02/14/25 Addressing Montana's Suicide Crisis
- 05/09/25 May Friday Forum Title to be Determined
Special Interest Groups
Membership required.
- 01/07/25-05/06/25 OLLI Mystery Book Discussion Group
- 01/20/24-05/19/25 OLLI Non-Fiction Book Discussion Group
- 01/06/25-06/02/25 OLLI at MSU Book Discussion Group