Our Members

UT OLLI SAGE (Seminars for Adult Growth and Enrichment) members represent a broad spectrum of adult professionals, homemakers, and community volunteers who want to pursue lifelong learning opportunities in a university environment. Some have advanced degrees; some have never been inside a college classroom. Their life experiences immeasurably enrich the program curriculum and invite lively social interaction and intellectual exchanges. At UT OLLI SAGE we like to call it, “having serious fun.”

Ours is a member-planned and member-facilitated program. Members volunteer to serve on various committees charged with planning our regularly scheduled enrichment programs, seminars, socials, and field trips. Committee members work closely with the UT OLLI program staff to ensure that everything runs smoothly.

Curriculum

UT OLLI SAGE offers three six-week sessions each year that meet on Mondays from 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Instructors include UT Austin academics, scholars, and local experts offering in-depth knowledge and expertise in a broad range of subjects.

Monday Seminar Schedule

• 9:30 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.
• 11:00 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.
• 1:00 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.
• 2:30 p.m. – 3:40 p.m. 

Livestreamed Schedule

• One of the Monday 11:00 a.m. classes will be hybrid in which UT OLLI SAGE members can attend in-person or remotely.
• Remotely attend a class on Tuesdays (11:30am - 12:45pm), Wednesdays (11:00 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.), or Fridays (11:00 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.)

Before the start of each session, members sign up for seminars on subjects covering a wide range of topics from art, music, religion, and literature to history, science, technology, and current events. Recent seminar topics have included:

• Dr. Zhivago and A Gentleman In Moscow: Literary and Historical Perspectives
• Islam in the World Today
• Great Art Museums of the World
• Reconciling Environment, Energy, and Economics
• An American Family's Participation in the Creation of the Great State of Texas

Extras

All extracurricular activities are optional and require an additional, though nominal, cost. Independent special-interest groups (SIGs) are sometimes formed by members who decide to meet off-campus and outside the regular program curriculum.

Additional Information

UT OLLI SAGE membership fees are paid annually and include all costs and assessments except optional excursions and meetups.