Registration is open for CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI)’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) Fall II session.

Among the class offerings are a memoir writing workshop, the tangled roots of the Russia-Ukraine war, secrets to longevity, and six famous assassinations.
 
OLLI is offering 10 six-week classes, just as it does each semester, but the Fall II session has three additional three-week courses.
 
“We’re trying to see which program structure best serves our members and instructors,” said Shaina Salin, OLLI program coordinator. “We wanted to pilot three-week courses for students and instructors to see if people enjoy that added flexibility.”
 
While most OLLI classes are in lecture form, but this semester, OLLI is offering more learner participation with Finding & Writing Your Story: A Creative Workshop, by author/playwright Robert Weibezahl.
 
The workshop will enable participants to unearth and give voice to the personal story they want to tell in the form of memoir, drama or even fiction.
 
“Some participants will gravitate toward pure memoir, but there are many ways to tell the story you want to tell,” Weibezahl said.

“One writer I know explored the anxiety of returning to dating later in life with a story involving a poignant and funny dreamlike encounter with younger versions of herself,” he said.

More traditional OLLI classes will cover politics, history and current events.
 
Russian/Soviet history expert and former CSUCI History Professor P. Scott Corbett will teach The Bear and the Falcon: The Claw and Talon Fight between Russia and Ukraine, which is intended to provide historical context to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

To view the catalogue or enroll, visit OLLI Fall II Session.

OLLI class locations are the Studio Channel Islands Art Center and CSUCI’s John Spoor Broome Library in Camarillo, the College of Law in Ventura, and the newest location, the Goebel Adult Community Center in Thousand Oaks.
 
Classes are $30 for each three-week class, $60 for each six-week class. Unlimited Fall II courses are available for $150 per individual or $200 per couple. Classes begin Oct. 21.