Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

Join us for fun classes in Lewes or Ocean View!

August 28, 2025

Looking for fun classes and activities in Lewes or Ocean View?

Classes start the week of Sept. 2 — art, dance, card making, history, current events, investment and more

Looking for some fun classes and activities in Lewes or Ocean View, Del., this fall? There’s still time to register for UD’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) program, the University of Delaware’s learning cooperative for adults age 50-plus to take classes and socialize together, with no grades or exams.

In addition to Ocean View and Lewes, OLLI classes are also offered online, as well as in Dover, Wilmington and Newark. There’s something for everyone. Classes start September 2, and registration is available through September 15.

Lewes classes take place at the Trinity Faith Education Building, 15516 New Rd. and include: 

• Basket Weaving
• Favorite Movies on the Big Screen (Cinema Art Theater)
• View of Modern Russia
• First Ladies 1945-1974
• Geology 101
• English Country Dance
• History of Medicine
• Retirement Planning
• Mah Jongg
• Tai Chi (…and many more classes!)
• Click here for full Lewes course list with descriptions

Ocean View classes take place at the Ocean View Community Center, 32 West Ave. and include:

• Argentine Tango
• WWII in the Pacific
• Seated Exercise for All Abilities 
• Creative Card Making
• Pacific Island Dance
• Speaking Skills
• The Wobblies: Industrial Workers 
• Retirement Planning and Investing 
• Our Own Worst Enemy
• Open Studio: Painting Workshop
• Click here for full Ocean View 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.)

• Dover – Figure Drawing, 1960s Greenwich Village, Book Club, Billy Wilder Films, Medicare Seminar [click here for full Dover course list]
• Newark – “Matters of the Heart”: Cardiovascular Health, Latin [click here for Newark courses]
• Wilmington – Slow Art Experience, Ikebana, Dean Martin, Drum Circle, Hiking Club, Holocaust, Archaeology, Lewis & Clark, Buddhism, 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.