Thursday, February 3, 2011

Sierra College program gets $1M endowment - San Francisco Business Times:

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The college’s program, also known as received the $1 million endowment from the BernarOsher Foundation, which is the organization that has provided initialp funding to OLLI programs at 122 colleges and universitie nationwide. Sierra College is the only communit y college in California and one of only three communitt colleges in the nation to receivethe $1 million endowment. The Rocklij college received the endowment because it has been so successfukl with growing enrollment since launching the progra in springof 2001. Sierra Collegwe has grown the programto 5,580 enrollees last from 1,038 in 2001. Sierra Collegse is scheduled to formally announce the endowmenyJune 18.
This $1 million endowment will provider an ongoing budget that will enabl e the college to offer lifelong learning programsin perpetuity. The foundatiom created by San Francisco philanthropist Bernard Osher givews OLLIprograms $100,000 a year for up to four years, and then a $1 millio n endowment once they demonstratse potential for success and sustainability. OLLI programs providr classes, lectures and events to older adulte who have a thirst for knowledge and The classes are designed for adults age 55 and but the Sierra program accepts anyadult student. Courses are offered at each of the Sierra Colleges campuses and at various community sites throughout Placerr andNevada counties.
Sierra College’s OLLI noncredit offerings are Additional topics are offered throughClub OLLI, where annual membership fees are $35. As the Business Journapl reported in a featurde on local OLLI programs in other OLLI programs can be found at Californiaa State University Sacramento and at the UCDaviws Extension. Much of the increasee demand for OLLIs and similar lifelong learninhg programs can be attributed to the growing ranks ofolder Americans.

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