Personal Enrichment Programs
Compleat Scholar
Indulge your lifelong passion for learning through conveniently-scheduled short courses in the arts and humanities, literature and reading, science and nature, and social sciences.
Great Conversations
Inspire your love of learning University faculty engage international thought leaders in riveting conversations about the most vital ideas and issues of our time.
Headliners
Meet University and community experts as they share first-hand knowledge of the day’s most intriguing stories—the medical breakthroughs, culture clashes, social trends, and foreign affairs that are making headlines. Hear the Who, What, Why, and How from an insider’s point of view—and then share your insights and inquiries.
Split Rock Arts Program Summer Workshops
Immerse yourself in creativity with weeklong summer workshops in creative writing, visual arts, and design. All workshops are taught by renowned practicing artists and held on the University's beautiful Twin Cities campus and at the Cloquet Forestry Center in northern Minnesota.
Split Rock Online Mentoring for Writers
Take your writing to the next level with fully Web-based one-on-one mentoring in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction with outstanding writers and teachers.
Curiosity Camp
Give yourself a break with one-day summer learning escapes on the U of M campus. Eminent University experts explore places and things you've always been curious about.
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)
Get connected with other lifelong learners. Become a member of OLLI and participate in group study and personal learning through peer-led, non-credit classes, lectures, discussion groups, and travel opportunities that reflect the variety and intellectual rigor of the University of Minnesota.
