Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

Join us for fun classes in Dover!

August 28, 2025

Looking for some fun classes and activities in Dover?

Classes start Tuesday, Sept. 2 — from Delaware Revolutionary History, to Book Clubs, to Drawing, to Early Auto Industry and more

Looking for some fun classes and activities in Dover, Del., this fall? Join us Tuesdays and Thursdays at UD’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), at our Kent County class location at Wyoming Church, 216 Wyoming Mill Rd., Dover. There’s still time to register, through September 15.

UD’s OLLI program is a learning cooperative for adults age 50-plus to take classes and socialize together, with no grades or exams. In addition to Dover, OLLI classes are also offered online, as well as in Lewes, Ocean View, Wilmington and Newark. There’s something for everyone! 

Dover classes starting Sept. 2 or Sept. 4

• Recorder Ensemble
• French Phonetics
• Controversial Issues Discussion
• Figure Drawing
• Tragic Era: Reconstruction History
• The French in Delaware During the Revolution
• Billy Wilder: Master of Cinema
• Join the Hootenanny: Folk Music
• Book Club: The Rose Code
• Othello: The Art of Betrayal
• Delaware in the Revolution: People, Places, Events
• James: A Reimagining of Huckleberry Finn
• Moguls of the Early Auto industry

Dover classes starting Oct. 14 or Oct. 16

• Current Events: “Have You Heard?” 
• Trail of the Asian Spirit Fox
• Book Club: Before We Were Yours
• Greenwich Village in the 1960s

Click here for full Dover course list with descriptions.

Unlimited OLLI course registrations throughout Delaware and online

Your OLLI membership includes unlimited course registration at all UD OLLI locations, including online classes. (Martians or Mozart, anyone? Online classes this semester include The Martians Are Coming: How Orson Welles Terrorized The Nation and Operas By Mozart And Leoncavallo.)

• Lewes – Basket Weaving, Favorite Movies, Modern Russia, First Ladies, Geology, Retirement Planning, Tai Chi [click here for full Lewes course list]
• Newark – “Matters of the Heart”: Cardiovascular Health, Latin [click here for Newark courses]
• Ocean View – Argentine Tango, Retirement Investing, Card Making, Speaking Skills [click here for Ocean View courses]
• Wilmington –  Slow Art Experience, Ikebana, Dean Martin, Drum Circle, Hiking Club, Holocaust, Archaeology, Lewis & Clark, Buddhism, AI, Bird Watching, Yoga [click for full Wilmington course list]
• Online – African American Art, Photography, British Invasion, National Parks, Genealogy, Auto Industry Moguls, Shakespeare, Elder Law, Retirement Investing, State of the News Media with Ralph Begleiter [click for full list of online classes]

Great UD benefits for OLLI members

OLLI members have a special UD-affiliated status, and receive many of the same benefits and discounts as UD undergraduate and graduate students, like a UD email address and ID card, UD library access, UD course auditing, Ancestry.com access, discounted UD football tickets and more — click here for details!

OLLI registration consists of one flat $260 membership fee for the fall semester, which includes unlimited classes and activities at all UD OLLI locations and online. A few classes may have an additional fee for supplies or for special partnership programs. There is no cost for parking at UD OLLI locations.

Financial assistance is available

Delaware residence or prior OLLI membership is not required; and confidential, need-based partial financial assistance is available. Please email OLLI-online@udel.edu for more information.

For more information, visit the OLLI Kent/Sussex website or email OLLI-online@udel.edu.