OLLI at UCI is a community of learning explorers who focus time and energy on enhancing their knowledge on a variety of subjects like literature, history, science and the arts. In 1997, a small group of mature learners, under the leadership of Rose Moldave, Joan Schwartz, Sally Schwartz, and Rayna Zeidenberg, collaborated with University Extension at the University of California, Irvine, to form t
he Academy of Lifelong Learning. Without their personal connection with the University and access to the early faculty presenters, OLLI might not have the quality it enjoys today. Six years later, with an initial grant from the Osher Foundation, the Academy became part of the growing OLLI network and OLLI at UCI became official. Three years later the Osher Foundation presented an endowment to the university in our behalf, which provides annual earned interest.
