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OLLI open house set for Wednesday Monday Jul 24, 2017 at 11:24 AM ASHLAND — More than 700 attendees are expected when the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute offers its fourth annual open house from 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, July 26, in the Stevenson Union at Southern Oregon University. The open house will highlight OLLI’s program of courses for 2017-18 — including more than 100 that will be offered during fall term — along with a variety of other opportunities for community members to engage with the university. Wednesday’s open house will feature 18 SOU exhibits and 20 OLLI instructors and event sponsors in the Stevenson Union’s Rogue River Room. Another 18 exhibits by non-profit community partners will be in the student union’s lobby area. Those who attend the event, which is free and open to the public, can enjoy free desserts and beverages, and enter drawings for door prizes. Those who preregister by today will be eligible for the grand prize drawing of a “Rogue Valley Theater Bundle” — tickets for two donated by the Britt Festival, Camelot Theatre, Oregon Cabaret Theatre and Oregon Shakespeare Festival. OLLI at SOU offers a variety of peer-taught, non-credit classes to almost 1,900 members at locations in Ashland and Medford. Membership is open to adults of any age, but the program is geared toward those who are 50-plus. More information is available on the OLLI website. SOU's other opportunities for community members include: Those who are over 65 and have been Oregon residents for at least a year can audit most SOU courses tuition-free. Any community member with at least a high school diploma may take SOU courses for credit on an individual or “a la carte” basis, beginning two weeks before each term starts, if space is available. Community members can serve as volunteers for various academic, student support and community programs at SOU.