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Email:

jmorgenweck@learn.colostate.edu

Phone/Fax:

Phone: (970) 491-7753
Fax: (970) 491-7885

Mail:

Osher
Colorado State University
1040 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1040

In-person:

We are located in Spruce Hall (corner of College and Laurel streets) on the CSU campus. View a campus map.

Previous Course Offerings

Osher Art ClassWe have offered over 60 courses in the last two years in themes ranging from global and cultural awareness to personal skill development. Below is a sampling of courses from past offerings.

We attempt to offer classes that our membership requests. If you would like us to consider offering a course again or wish to give us ideas, please contact us!

Global/Cultural Awareness
  • Lessons from Eastern Medicine: How to Influence Personal Health
  • Clash of Cultures Civilizations – East Compared to West
  • Basics of Cross Cultural Communication
  • Wisdom Traditions of India, China and Japan
  • Basic Spanish
Environmental Issues
  • Clean Energy Innovations
  • Local Food Menu
Historical Contexts
  • American History: 1900 – 1945
  • American History: 1945 – current
  • Five Plants and A Fish that Impacted World History
  • Goddesses in Ancient Greece: The Religion Behind the Myths
  • Major Controversies and Feuds in Geology and Related Sciences
  • Modern European History
  • Russian History from 1900 to Putin’s Resurgent Russia: How Will the World Respond?
  • Vietnam: The Dragon Awakened
  • Wanderin' Through Fort Collins Past – An In-Depth Look at Area History
Current Issues
  • Insights into Understanding the Mideast
  • U.S. Foreign Policy Decisions
  • Election Law Primer
Facets of the Rocky Mountain Region
  • Colorado Natural History
  • Discovering Colorado Birds
  • Drawn to Nature
  • Geology of the Front Range
  • How Wildlife Made Colorado: Historical Perspective
  • Native Plant Identification
Life Transitions
  • Aging Well: Review, Release, Re-Focus, and Renewal
  • Aging Well: Creating Enriched Environments for One's Self and for Others
  • Beyond Kubler-Ross: Can Media Help in the Grieving Process?
  • Sharpen Your Memory
  • Telling Life Stories: From Memory Scraps to Memoir
Enjoying the Arts
  • Appreciation of Opera
  • Beyond Kubler-Ross: Can Media Help in the Grieving Process?
  • Cinema Du Jour
  • Hindu and Buddhist Thought and Art
  • History of Jazz
  • Name That Tune: Music from the Medieval Period Through the Twentieth Century
  • Symphony 101
  • Through the Eyes of the Artist
Personal Skill Development
  • The Actor in You
  • Cheese and Wine
  • Desktop Publishing
  • Digital Photography: Taking Pictures and Taking them Further
  • Finding the Write Words
  • GPS – Google Earth
  • Healthy Eating
  • Matching Wine and Food
  • Newsletters to Novels
  • Zuppa, Sopa, Suppe...It's All Soup
  • What the Book Jacket Doesn't Tell You
  • World of Chocolate