Osher at RIT Offers Free Open House Sessions, March 30-April 2

Think spring: Want to discuss birds and wildflowers, decision making in Washington or eight great theories of personality?

If you’re ages 50 and over and wish to take advantage of classes and other activities that spark intellectual stimulation in the arts, literature, sciences, history and government—then Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at RIT is the place for you.

A free open house of spring sessions will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Monday through Thursday, March 30 through April 2. New participants are invited to bring a brown bag lunch, stay the day and socialize with current Osher at RIT members.

Classes will be held at Osher’s “new home” at the Riparian Independent Living Complex at Rivers Run, 50 Fairwood Drive. Free parking is available.

Highlights of classroom activities include: Discussing Reactions to Global Warming, Seminar in Medical Ethics, Native American Women Writers, Alaska History 1800-1967, Milton’s Paradise Lost, Basic Acting: Choices, Poetic Visions and Mysteries of Ancient Egypt.

One of the most popular Open House Week activities is the brown-bag lecture, part of the Pfaudler Enrichment Series, from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 2.

New members are always welcome at Osher at RIT. For more information or a course catalog, call (585) 292-8989 or visit www.rit.edu/osher.

Note: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at RIT is a membership-led organization that stimulates minds and forges friendships among people ages 50 and older who live in Greater Rochester. Members participate in classes, discussions, lectures, social events and travel, while engaging in a range of courses to include the arts, literature, sciences, history and government. The organization was founded in 1987 as The Athenaeum, an affiliate of Rochester Institute of Technology. In 2006, it became an Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, joining a growing national network of more than 100 university-based centers.