Lifelong Learning Institute at Immaculata University Update for July 2016 See Note Below to 2016 Instructors: Change in Date for Instructor Orientation. Now scheduled for Sept 8 at 1pm.   This memo is intended to update the LLCC membership, with the current status of our new relationship with the  Lifelong Learning Institute at Immaculata University. Members of the LLCC Board, Committee Chairs and other committee members met with Dean Tekely,  June 28 on the IU campus.   Introductions were made and the Dean then reviewed the status of actions that are being addressed.  It is not the intent of this memo to cover all of the many facets of our new relationship, but the answers to our many questions show that the IU staff is on top of the situation and exceeding our expectations.    More detail will be given at the open house and orientation.     Here are some key dates to put on your calendar: July 18 - REGISTRATION:    The Fall Catalog is being finalized and is expected to be on the IU Website by July 8, with mailings to all members shortly thereafter.    We urge all members to go to the website for our Lifelong Learning Institute at Immaculata University and submit your information to make sure you are on the IU mailing list, to receive catalogs and other information.  Click here  for the IU Lifelong Learning Institute Website.   You may register earlier, but IU will not begin to process registrations until July 18.   Your final individual class registrations will be confirmed in writing.   July 19      OPEN HOUSE Open  House in the Villa Maria  “Green Room”  10 AM – 1 PM.  You will be asked to RSVP for this event.   Note to Instructors:   A technical orientation for instructors was initially scheduled to follow this open house beginning at 1 PM, but has since been postponed to Sept 8.   (See below).  July 25   SUMMER MOVIES IU will continue our summer movie tradition.   Movies will be held on Mondays in Loyola Hall,  Rm 127,  Jul. 25 – Aug. 22. Sept 8    ORIENTATION IU orientation for all members and instructors:  10 AM – 1 PM. IU will be mailing further information on this event, to include on-site registration, issuing IDs, and Parking Permits.   Orientation for instructors will follow (postponed from July 19). Sept 12     CLASSES BEGIN.  At our general membership meetings, following the announcement of our OLLI facility in Exton closing June 30, the overwhelming response was to continue the lifelong learning experience in this area.   This has been accomplished without missing a semester, through a new partnership with Immaculata University and their willingness to launch a new Institute within their university system, on their beautiful campus.    It is a pleasure to be able to report that a very robust Fall Semester has been structured with over 70 courses.   We hope to see you continue your Lifelong Learning experience at our new home. Dick Calef – Membership Committee Chair     June 28, 2016

Seniors to continue lifelong learning in Chesco

By Adam Farence, Daily Local News

Published: 06/27/16

EAST WHITELAND   

 In only two months, more than 600 senior citizens living in and around Chester County wishing to further their education and socialize with their peers have found a way to do so at Immaculata University starting in September.

The seniors, originally part of a larger group called the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, (OLLI) used to take classes to continue their education and socialize with one another. That is, until Widener University officials decided in April to shut down the program at their Exton campus after the spring semester and move it to their main campus in Chester, Delaware County.

The decision proved unpopular with many of the program’s current students. Of the 1,000 students who were originally part of the OLLI branch that operated out of Exton, over 600 broke off from the main group, and started a new one called the Lifelong Learning Institute.

Teachers for the Lifelong Learning Institute sometimes come from their own student bodies; it’s possible for the teacher in one class to be a student in another.

Fueled by a desire to continue their goal of pursuing lifelong learning in their retirement years, the seniors found a new home at Immaculata University in East Whiteland to hold their daytime classes and socialize with one another.

“We’re delighted it worked out so well,” said Ed Goll, one of the spokesmen for the newly created group. “urned out to be a It tblessing in disguise.

Goll said they considered several potential venues for their new organization, but ultimately settled on Immaculata University for the quality of their facilities, parking space and lack of scheduling conflicts — since the seniors’ classes take place during the day and most of Immaculata’s classes take place at night.

First on their list of events is an open house at Immaculata University on July 19, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Classes start the week of Sept. 12. Goll said they have over 70 classes planned already, and praised Immaculata’s administrative officials for their help in getting the program off the ground.

“After learning about the needs of the senior community in our region, we knew that Immaculata University would be able to create and deliver a program that will fulfill the intellectual and cultural interests of Chester County residents in their retirement years,” wrote Dr. Angela Tekely, dean of the College of Lifelong Learning at Immaculata University, in a prepared statement.

The program is not without cost to its students. According to Immaculata officials, there is a fee of $185 for up to seven courses a semester.

“We’re really excited,” Goll said.