Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

Join us for fun classes in Ocean View!

August 25, 2025

Looking for some fun classes and activities in Ocean View?

Classes start Wednesday, Sept. 3 — from Argentine Tango to Card-Making to World War II History

Looking for some fun classes and activities in Ocean View, Del., this fall? Join us at UD’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), for classes at the Ocean View Community Center, 32 West Avenue. 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. Since OLLI started holding Ocean View classes in 2014, the number of course offerings has nearly doubled. In addition to Ocean View, OLLI classes are also offered online, as well as in Dover, Lewes, Wilmington and Newark. There’s something for everyone.

Ocean View classes starting Sept. 3

• Argentine Tango for Beginners (Mondays: starts 9/8; repeats in October!)
• WWII in the Pacific
• Seated Exercise for All Abilities (repeats in October!)
• Creative Card Making for All (repeats in October!)
• Pacific Island Dance
• Speaking Skills

Ocean View classes starting Oct. 15

• The Wobblies: Industrial Workers (Mondays: starts 10/20)
• Retirement Planning and Investing (Monday: starts 10/20)
• Our Own Worst Enemy
• Open Studio: Painting Workshop
• Argentine Tango for Beginners (Monday: starts 10/20)
• Creative Card Making for All
• Seated Exercise for All Abilities

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]
• Lewes – Basket Weaving, Favorite Movies, Modern Russia, First Ladies, Geology, Cape Henlopen Walking Group, Retirement Planning, Tai Chi [click here for full Lewes 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, 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.