LIFE@Elon
Stay tuned – details for the 2021-2022 academic year are still being worked out and will be released soon.
Once the plan for next year is ready, we will have a phased registration process. The first phase will be our current members. The second will be our past members who did not join us for our virtual year, and the third phase will be brand new members to the program.
If you are interested, please click here to join our waiting list and someone will contact you in August if there is space available. Thank you!
Providing learning opportunities for people over the age of fifty.
Elon University’s lifelong education program is in its tenth year! It has been a wonderful success and continues to get better and better thanks to the great work of our dedicated volunteers. The program was designed to offer non-credit learning opportunities to people ages 50 and older. The learning institute, called LIFE@Elon, features weekly presentations conducted in an engaging format. The learning community is led by current and retired Elon faculty and staff members and other area educators.
There are 12 classes offered per semester (fall and spring) and they will be held virtually, using Zoom, this year. We offer four sessions:
- Tuesday morning class that meets from 10:00-12:00
- Tuesday afternoon class that meets from 1:30-3:30
- Wednesday morning class that meets from 10:00-12:00
- Wednesday afternoon class that meets from 1:30-3:30
When registering, a class time is chosen from the four options and that is the one a member attends for the year. Current members will get priority in choosing which class they want to attend.
Members pay a yearlong membership fee of $100, which includes enrollment in all 24 sessions, Zoom Training, round-table discussions, borrowing privileges at Elon’s Belk Library, and and Fun Friday events.
Examples of sessions examined in previous semesters are:
- A Short History of Jazz
- How Media Shapes Politics
- Music Theatre at Elon
- Stem Cell Research and the Future of Health Care
- The Drama of Our Oceans
- Post-Civil War History
- Cathedrals of Europe
Read more about the program and membership or view our past schedules.