Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

Registration for the Fall 2021 semester opens on Tuesday, July 6. You can visit the Osher Registration page to renew your membership on July 1.

Registration for the Fall 2021 semester opens on Tuesday, July 6. You can visit the Osher Registration page to renew your membership on July 1.

Visit the Browse Curriculum page to view the Osher Institute’s Fall 2021 semester programs.

• Fall 2021 presentations will be offered via the Zoom Webinar platform as a livestream event and recorded. Most of our programs will also have seating available in the Osher classroom.
• 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 Fall 2021 semester opens on Tuesday, July 6. You can visit the Osher Registration page to renew your membership on July 1.

We are excited to partner with The Great Courses Plus/Wondrium 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 “Access to The Great Courses Plus/Wondrium.”

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 The Great Courses Plus/Wondrium, we will send it to you from the Osher Institute email address.

Registration for the Fall 2021 semester opens on Tuesday, July 6. You can visit the Osher Registration page to renew your membership on July 1.

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:

• The Nine Lives of Benjamin Franklin
• What Does Health Care Reform Mean Now?
• From Potato Chips to Microchips
• Sea Otters on the Oregon Coast
• Artificial Intelligence and You
• World War True?
• The Eagle Hunters of Mongolia
• Myth and Folklore: An Ecological Perspective
• Crime in the Urban Environment
• Reaching for the Stars
• Great American Economic Thinkers, Part 1
• Presidents Touched by Greatness
• 100 Years of Radio Broadcasting
• Four Novels, Four Places
• Bat Biology, Ecology, and Conservation
• Jason and the Argonauts and Medea
• Searching for America’s Conscience and Soul
• Three Unique Biographies in Idaho History

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. Facial coverings must be worn in indoor public spaces ­owned or controlled by Boise State University, as well as in crowded outdoor spaces, regardless of vaccination status. Although ongoing research confirms that COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective, it is possible for fully vaccinated individuals to unknowingly spread the virus to unvaccinated individuals. 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.