Lifelong Learning Institute

Goshen College and Greencroft Retirement Communities jointly sponsor a Lifelong Learning Institute to offer mini-courses for senior adults in Elkhart County; there is no minimum age, and all are welcome. 

Classes are held at Goshen College, Goshen Public Library, or other nearby locations, and are taught or coordinated by local volunteers.  Fees are modestly priced to cover expenses; scholarships are available to qualifying older adults courtesy of The Elkhart County Learning Society.  The Institute also sponsors a Winter Lecture Series held on the campus of Greencroft Goshen.

Registration

Click on the links below to download the registration brochure for Spring 2009 courses in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format.

• Download the Spring 2009 Registration Brochure
  

Or, to have a registration brochure sent to you please contact:

The Goshen College Welcome Center
Phone: (574) 535-7566
E-mail: Lisa Weaver,   .

Institutional contacts

Program directors are Professor Emeritus Wilbur and Fanni Birky (533-6352 or ). Institutional liaison persons for the program are Janette Yoder, Coordinator of Community Programs and Adult Educational Travel at Goshen College, and Kelly Schrock, program coordinator of Older Adult Programs at Greencroft.

How the Institute operates

The local LLI is part of a fairly recent and growing grassroots movement.  We offer short courses in fall and spring, as well as a lecture series in mid-winter.    Founded in 2005, our local Institute operates with a Board of Directors: three members are appointed by Goshen College, three by Greencroft, and three are elected by LLI members.  Our program is also a member of the Elderhostel Institute Network (EIN) of local programs.  See  www:elderhostel.org/ein/intro)