LIFELONG LEARNING
Expand your horizons, pursue an interest, or tune in to timely issues through an array of enlightening opportunities, from high profile lectures to arts workshops, short courses, and more.
The list of upcoming programs is the tip of the iceberg! To see complete listings, click the link to each program's Web site.
Curiosity Camp
Treat yourself to a day of productive play at these unique summer day camps for adults. University and community experts will help you see an intriguing topic or favorite place in a whole new light by taking you out and about, behind the scenes, or away from it all.
Split Rock Arts Program Summer Workshops
Three-day and weeklong summer workshops in creative writing, visual arts, and design, all taught by renowned practicing artists. Workshops take place on the University's beautiful Twin Cities campus and at the Cloquet Forestry Center in northern Minnesota.
Compleat Scholar
Indulge your passion for learning through an ever-changing array of short courses in arts and humanities, literature, science and the environment, and history taught by outstanding U of M faculty and community experts.
Headliners
Make a monthly date with University experts. Get firsthand knowledge of the day's most intriguing stories – the medical breakthroughs, culture clashes, social trends, and foreign affairs that are making news – followed by an open discussion on the issue at hand.
Great Conversations
Preeminent University faculty engage international thought leaders in riveting conversations about the most vital ideas and issues of our time.
Split Rock Arts Program Online Mentoring for Writers
A unique online program offering writers individually tailored, one-on-one, constructive assistance with poetry, fiction, and nonfiction projects.
Strategic Leadership Insights
This breakfast series offers opportunities to hear from nationally recognized business experts on key workforce trends followed by open discussion on how to address these important issues.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
A membership-based community of older adults in the Twin Cities metropolitan area who love learning and enjoy spending time with like-minded individuals.
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Upcoming Programs
More Home, Less House: Back to Basics Green Design
Begins November 9, 2009
How can you make your new house or remodel project green, or environmetnally sustainable? Learn how residential archectects and homeowners think about and create beautiful, greeen home spaces.
Swedish Emigration and Immigration, Past and Present
Begins November 11, 2009
Explore the history of Swedish emigration and immigration, and discover the varied reasons why Swedish immigrants left their homes and settled in the Midwest.
Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter: Making Them Work for You
November 21, 2009
Are you interested in online networking but don't know how to start or what to do next? Are you wondering how online networking could be valuable to you, either personally or professionally? In this hands-on introduction, learn how to use, navigate, and leverage the "big three" social networks.
