Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

Registration for the Spring 2022 semester opened on Tuesday, December 14, 2021. You can visit the Osher Registration page to renew your membership now.

Registration for the Spring 2022 semester opened on Tuesday, December 14, 2021. You can visit the Osher Registration page to renew your membership now.

Visit the Browse Curriculum page to view the Osher Institute’s Spring 2022 semester programs.

• Most Spring 2022 programs will be offered via Zoom Webinar as a hybrid (both in person and livestream/recorded); some will have in-person seating; and some will be in person only or livestream only.
• Members will receive notification one week prior to the program if seating in the classroom is available.
• Members will receive two reminder emails: an email one week before and an email one hour before the presentation begins. These emails contain the Zoom Webinar link and Webinar ID. Multi-session short courses will have a new link sent for each class session.
• Members registered for each presentation will receive a link to the recorded program within 30 days of the final session. Members may view the recordings at their leisure, as often as they like, through June 30, 2022.
• Livestream registration will close seven days prior to the presentation’s start date.
• Technical support is provided through the Osher Institute office at (208) 426-6554.
• Links to recorded Osher Institute programs are only for current Osher members.

Watch a Practice Livestream Session

Registration for the Spring 2022 semester opened on Tuesday, December 14, 2021. You can visit the Osher Registration page to renew your membership now.

We are excited to partner with Wondrium (formerly The Great Courses Plus) to provide Osher Institute members with additional learning opportunities throughout this academic year. Through our partnership, members can purchase access to their own account, valid until July 31, 2022, for only $45.

Visit the Osher Registration page and select “Wondrium (formerly The Great Courses Plus).”

All information regarding your account through the Osher Institute will come from osher@boisestate.edu. Per the catalog description, there is a two-week waiting period to receive your username and password.

Once we receive your login information from Wondrium, we will send it to you from the Osher Institute email address.

Registration for the Spring 2022 semester opened on Tuesday, December 14, 2021. You can visit the Osher Registration page to renew your membership now.

If you missed out on a great program that was offered in an earlier semester, you now have an opportunity to enjoy these programs at your leisure. Simply select the recorded presentation that you wish to view and a link will be provided via email. Recorded programs may be viewed anytime and as often as you wish through June 30, 2022.

Here is a sampling of archived Osher programs available:

• Great Lakes Storms and the Edmund Fitzgerald
• The Fire of Frederick Douglass
• Exploration of Submarine Volcanoes
• Gray Wolf Management in the Northern Rocky Mountain Region
• A Look Inside the World of Allergies
• Climate Change: Science and Response
• Benedict Arnold and Thomas Paine
• Space Weather, Northern Lights, and Space Technology
• The Early American West: Pre-Contact Era to the Late 1800s
• Fundamentals of Cancer Immunotherapy
• Estate Planning Essentials: Key Documents to Have in Place
• Boosting Memory and Lowering the Risk of Dementia
• How the Chinese Built American Railroads

To register for an archived program, contact Customer Services at (208) 426-1709.

The Yanke building is open to the public. The Osher office and classrooms are housed in this building. Effective March 14, 2022, masks will be optional in all university owned or controlled spaces, including instructional spaces. For more information, refer to Boise State’s COVID response health guidelines.

To request an appointment, please contact the Osher office at
(208) 426-6554 or osher@boisestate.edu.

If you have an appointment, please display your parking permit inside the lower left side of your windshield. Visitors who do not have a parking permit must park in the visitor’s section on the east side of the parking lot.