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The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is a program designed for adults 50 and older who want to experience learning for the fun of it.
![Participants in the Sages and Seekers program at the CSUSB Palm Desert Campus.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_PDC_Sages%26Seekers_15Nov2023.jpg.webp?itok=BHvHXG7a)
The program aims to foster meaningful connections and bridge the generation gap by creating opportunities for mutual understanding and personal growth.
![Cash Baxter and Bill Marx](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_PDC_OLLI_Gift%20of%20Love%20holiday_12Oct2023.jpg.webp?itok=1QLmL8bX)
“The Gift of Love and Laughter” features Bill Marx and Cash Baxter and will take place Dec. 2 starting at 7 p.m. in the Palm Desert Campus’ Indian Wells Theater.
![Members of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_PDC_OLLI%20Fall%20Courses_30Aug2023.jpg.webp?itok=Pr8sbDda)
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is a program designed for adults 50 and older who want to experience learning for the fun of it.
![Faculty in the News](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/NewsSlide_Faculty-in-the-News-PalmDesert_0.jpg.webp?itok=9FExHQ4Q)
Gregory Gondwe (communication studies) discussed the embedded stereotypes and biases in Generative AI models that put the Global South at a disadvantage, and Angela Allen (director of OLLI) talked about the PDC Osher Lifelong Learning Institute in an article about struggling theaters.
![PDC, Faculty in the News](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/Faculty-in-the-News-PalmDesert_7.jpg.webp?itok=iCyB3iIs)
Eric Vogelsang (sociology), Kimberly Collins (public administration), Thomas McWeeney (public administration) and Brian Levin (criminal justice) were included in recent news media coverage in areas of their expertise.
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Panelists will discuss their professional observations and the long-term impact on the wellbeing of this highly effected demographic.
![OLLI students at PDC](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/OLLI%20photo%207.jpg.webp?itok=oyfYfScP)
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is a program designed for adults 50 and older who want to experience learning for the fun of it.
![OLLI podcast participants](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/upload/image/Newslide_PDC_OLLI_Morales_Podcast_02Jun2022.jpg.webp?itok=4OcryVqP)
In the latest Osher Lifelong Learning Institute podcast, CSUSB President Tomás D. Morales discusses the benefits the OLLI program brings to lifelong learners at the university.