BOZEMAN - Registration is now open for spring semester programs offered by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Montana State University. The offerings include more than 50 courses, lectures, workshops, field trips, travel programs and discussion groups for the intellectually curious aged 50 and older.

OLLI is offering 10 noncredit enrichment courses for the spring 2025 semester. Topics include:

• Healthy aging.
• Great musical composers.
• The endocrine system.
• Geology of Montana and Yellowstone National Park.
• Ancient Egyptian antiquities.
• Montana government and its citizen legislature.
• Bozeman history.
• Operas of Wagner and Verdi.
• Bird migration, song and breeding.

OLLI courses are typically offered once a week over four to six weeks. Course costs range from $50 to $75 with an OLLI membership.

For spring, OLLI at MSU will also offer 11 Speakers Series lectures on Mondays from 3 to 5 p.m. Speakers will cover topics ranging from permaculture and plate tectonics to Montana PBS and human trafficking.

Special interest groups, travel programs, How It's Made tours, behind-the-scenes previews of art performances and a series of category-defying events and programs called OLLI Extras are available for OLLI at MSU members.

OLLI offers free community programs, including the longstanding monthly Friday Forum and evening lectures in collaboration with the Belgrade Community Library.

Spring programming will include a mix of face-to-face and online options. Members will also be able to access recordings of several programs. For more details about spring programs, visit montana.edu/olli/offerings.

An OLLI at MSU membership costs $45 per academic year. To join or register for courses or programs, visit montana.edu/olli/register. Sign up for OLLI's free bi-weekly e-newsletter at montana.edu/olli/newsletter to receive program updates and announcements. OLLI at MSU is a program of MSU Academic Technology and Outreach.