{"id":689,"date":"2023-05-21T14:45:18","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T18:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lifelonglearning-remodel\/?page_id=689"},"modified":"2025-08-14T09:44:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T13:44:51","slug":"about-vassar-lli","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lifelonglearning\/about-vassar-lli\/","title":{"rendered":"About Vassar LLI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"396\" height=\"127\" data-id=\"991\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lifelonglearning-remodel\/files\/2023\/05\/LLI-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lifelonglearning\/files\/2023\/05\/LLI-Logo.jpg 396w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lifelonglearning\/files\/2023\/05\/LLI-Logo-300x96.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Begun in Spring 2018, Vassar LifeLong Learning Institute is designed for adults who love to learn and who wish to contribute to the larger community in their pursuit of knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lifelong Learning courses encompass a wide range of subjects in the social&nbsp;sciences, physical sciences, the arts, and life and leisure activities. Classes are held on the Vassar campus, on-line,  and off-campus, and are taught by volunteer members, retired and active Vassar College faculty, and outside experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Classes are held during the Spring and Fall Semesters as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>                     on-line on Tuesdays<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>                     in-person on-campus on Fridays, and <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>                     at other off-campus locations on other days<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>              <\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Vassar LLI is a volunteer, member-run organization.  As a volunteer, you decide how much time you want to spend in support of Vassar LLI. Contributing your time and talents is important to ensuring the continued success and vibrancy of Vassar LLI, and is greatly appreciated.  To volunteer, please email us at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:lli@vassar.edu\" target=\"_blank\"><mark style=\"background-color:#fff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-bright-blue-color\"><strong>lli@vassar.edu<\/strong><\/mark><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">WANT TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT VASSAR LLI?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background\">Read  our <mark style=\"background-color:#fff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-bright-blue-color\"> <\/mark><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lifelonglearning\/newsletters\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"100\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><mark style=\"background-color:#fff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-bright-blue-color\">Newsletters<\/mark><\/span><\/a><\/strong><mark style=\"background-color:#fff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-bright-blue-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lifelonglearning\/newsletters\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"100\">.<\/a>  <\/mark><mark style=\"background-color:#fff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-dark-gray-color\">They<\/mark> are filled with stories and photos about our activities from  prior semesters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background\">Peruse <mark style=\"background-color:#fff\" class=\"has-inline-color\">our <\/mark><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lifelonglearning\/previous-catalogs\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"446\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#fff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-bright-blue-color\">Catalogs.<\/mark><\/strong><\/a><mark style=\"background-color:#fff\" class=\"has-inline-color\"> T<\/mark>hey will give you a idea of the wide range of interests and topics offered by our classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn about all of our Volunteer positions. See which ones are of interest to you. <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lifelonglearning\/volunteer-opportunities-with-vclli\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"284\"><mark style=\"background-color:#fff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-bright-blue-color\">Volunteer Positions with LLI<\/mark><\/a><\/span><\/strong><mark style=\"background-color:#fff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-bright-blue-color\">.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fc954c8e49389dccbc0d201ad52c60bf\">Check out our <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lifelonglearning\/files\/2025\/05\/Vassar-LLI-By-Laws-final.docx.pdf\">By-laws<\/a> <\/strong>to learn more about how we are organized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Begun in Spring 2018, Vassar LifeLong Learning Institute is designed for adults who love to learn and who wish to contribute to the larger community in their pursuit of knowledge. Lifelong Learning courses encompass a wide range of subjects in the social&nbsp;sciences, physical sciences, the arts, and life and leisure activities. Classes are held on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lifelonglearning\/about-vassar-lli\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About Vassar LLI<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10682,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-689","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lifelonglearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lifelonglearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lifelonglearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lifelonglearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10682"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lifelonglearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=689"}],"version-history":[{"count":60,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lifelonglearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2420,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lifelonglearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/689\/revisions\/2420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/lifelonglearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}