Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
Learn, Connect, and Explore with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UO (OLLI-UO)!

OLLI-UO is dedicated to keeping older adults LEARNING, CONNECTING, and EXPLORING through lectures, courses, study/discussion groups, seminars, field trips, and social events.

Part of a nationwide network of more than 120 institutes, OLLI-UO begins its 32nd year in the Eugene/Springfield community and its 22nd year in Bend/Central Oregon. We are also celebrating the completion of our 2nd year in the Portland metro area including a presence at the new University of Oregon Portland campus, which is very exciting.

We are proud of our accomplishments in the past year, but we need you to help strengthen and secure OLLI-UO for many years into the future.

To get things started, your donation to OLLI-UO during Ducks Give 2025 will be doubled in value until we reach the $9,000 mark—thanks to our OLLI Challenge. OLLI-UO members Anne Niemiec and David Kolb, Steve Koller, Pam Johnston, Debbie and Dunny Sorensen, Marcia Robeson, Kate Nelson and Jim Ruderman, The Estate of Esther Erford, and one anonymous donor, challenge you to unlock their gifts by matching their collective $9,000 commitment.

Help us keep our Ducks in a row by maintaining and expanding our excellent programs and spreading the message that curious minds never need to retire. Thank you for your gift and for your support of OLLI-UO during Ducks Give 2025!

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OLLI-UO Matching Gift Challenge
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OLLI-UO Matching Gift Challenge
Generous OLLI-UO members Anne Niemiec and David Kolb, Steve Koller, Pam Johnston, Debbie and Dunny Sorensen, Marcia Robeson, Kate Nelson and Jim Ruderman, The Estate of Esther Erford, and an Anonymous donor have come together to make a challenge gift to support Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. These donors will match up to $9,000 in gifts!
$575 MATCHED
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UO Foundation Board Trustees Bay Area Challenge
$5,000
UO Foundation Board Trustees Bay Area Challenge
UO Foundation Board Trustees have pledged $5,000 to the President's Success Fund and the UOAA Bay Area Ducks Scholarship Fund to challenge Bay Area Ducks to give to ANY cause they support. When we reach 264 Bay Area donors, we'll unlock this generous challenge gift! Make sure to select the Bay Area on the donation form to help unlock this challenge!
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UO Foundation Board Trustee NYC Challenge
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UO Foundation Board Trustee NYC Challenge
UO Foundation Board Trustees have pledged $5,000 to the President's Success Fund and the UOAA New York Ducks Internship Scholarship Fund to challenge New York Ducks to give to ANY cause they support. When we reach 46 NYC donors, we'll unlock this generous challenge gift! Make sure to select the New York City Metro Area on the donation form to help unlock this challenge!
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UO Foundation Board Trustees Seattle Challenge
$5,000
UO Foundation Board Trustees Seattle Challenge
UO Foundation Board Trustees have pledged $5,000 to the President's Success Fund and the UOAA Seattle Ducks Scholarship Fund to challenge Seattle Ducks to give to ANY cause they support. When we reach 119 Seattle donors, we'll unlock this generous challenge gift! Make sure to select the Seattle Metro Area on the donation form to help unlock this challenge!
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Presidential Leaderboard Challenge
UO President Karl Scholz and Melissa Scholz have given $10,000 - and it could go to the program that means the most to you! At the end of Ducks Give, the top four programs with the most gifts will unlock additional funds. Make your gift to your favorite program now!
Rank Prize Department Gifts
1 $5,000 Club Sports Baseball 84
2 $2,500 Club Sports Dance 82
3 $1,250 Duck Parents and Families 46
4 $1,250 College of Education 27
5 Athletics 23
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UO Foundation Board Trustees Los Angeles Challenge
$5,000
UO Foundation Board Trustees Los Angeles Challenge
UO Foundation Board Trustees have pledged $5,000 to the President's Success Fund and the UOAA Los Angeles Ducks Scholarship Fund to challenge Los Angeles Ducks to give to ANY cause they support. When we reach 108 Los Angeles donors, we'll unlock this generous challenge gift! Make sure to select the Los Angeles Metro Area on the donation form to help unlock this challenge!
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UO Foundation Board Trustees Portland Challenge
$5,000
UO Foundation Board Trustees Portland Challenge
UO Foundation Board Trustees have pledged $5,000 to the President's Success Fund and the UOAA Portland Ducks Scholarship Fund to challenge Portland Ducks to give to ANY cause they support. When we reach 370 Portland donors, we'll unlock this generous challenge gift! Make sure to select the Portland Metro Area on the donation form to help unlock this challenge!
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UO Faculty & Staff Student Support Challenge
$21,000
UO Faculty & Staff Student Support Challenge
An anonymous UO faculty member and her family will give $21,000 to the Clark Honors College Weinandy Scholarship to expand opportunities for undergraduate students after 200 gifts from UO faculty and staff to any area of campus! Let’s lift up our students!
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OLLI Supporters
Rank State Gifts
1 OR 6
2 AA 0
2 AE 0
Participating Groups
Athletics Ballmer Institute for Children's Behavioral Health Black Cultural Center Career Center Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center Center for the Study of Women in Society Clark Honors College Club Sports Club Sports Baseball Club Sports Dance Club Sports Hockey Club Sports Men's Ultimate Club Sports Rowing College of Arts and Sciences College of Design College of Education Division of Student Life Duck Parents and Families Feed The Flock - Student Food Pantry Financial Wellness Center Global Engagement Graduate Studies Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Knight Campus KWAX Classical Oregon Libraries Lundquist College of Business Many Nations Longhouse Moss Street Children's Center Museum of Natural and Cultural History Oregon Bach Festival and Chamber Music at Beall Oregon Humanities Center Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Pathway Oregon Portland Internship Experience Prison Education Program Research and Innovation Military Science School of Journalism and Communication School of Law School of Music and Dance SPICE Students in Crisis Undergraduate Research, Distinguished Scholarships UO Alumni Association Vivian Olum Child Development Center Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics
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