Mission Statement
Recognizing that a vigorous mind is as necessary to a full life as are social relationships and physical exercise, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Virginia, offers educational opportunities and intellectual enrichment to community seniors.
The Institute is member-directed and draws upon its members' resources, as well as other academic and community resources, to organize classes and other educational activities.
In this stimulating environment, members may acquire new knowledge, explore ideas, exercise creativity, and share interests and expertise with others of retirement age.
The Bernard Osher Foundation
The Bernard Osher Foundation, headquartered in San Francisco, was founded in 1977 by Bernard Osher, a respected businessman and community leader. The Foundation seeks to improve quality of life through support for higher education and the arts.
The Foundation provides post-secondary scholarship funding to colleges and universities across the nation, with special attention to reentry students. It also benefits programs in integrative medicine in the United States and Sweden, including centers at the University of California, San Francisco; Harvard Medical School and Brigham andWomen's Hospital in Boston; and the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.
In addition, the Foundation supports a growing national lifelong learning network for seasoned adults. At present, the Foundation is supporting 119 Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes on university and college campuses in 48 states (plus the District of Columbia) as well as a National Resource Center for the Institutes at the University of Southern Maine.
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