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  • A Story of Self: The Magic of the Memoir
  • Wednesdays, Mar. 4 – Apr. 8 (Zoom - Central Time)
  • Fee: $90.00
    Dates: 3/4/2026 - 4/8/2026 
    Times: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
    Day: W  Sessions: 5
    Seats Available: 5
    Zoom: A Zoom link will be emailed to registrants prior to start of the class.
    Instructor: Jamie Zimchek
    In this limited enrollment course, students will receive semi-private coaching as they craft and refine a short piece of writing. Over five sessions, participants will explore different genres, refresh writing skills, and work to find their own writer’s voice with regular instructor feedback. 
    No class the week of March 16 for Spring Break
 

  • American Foundations
  • Fee: $35.00
    Dates: 3/23/2026 - 4/6/2026
    Days: M,  Sessions: 3
    Instructor: Michael Driscoll, Denise Harle, Phillip Pinell

    Class is already in session. If you wish to register for this class, please contact the OLLI office at 850-644-8115 and we will return your call!

    This will be a three-part course. The first class, taught by Professor Michael Driscoll, will focus on creating the American republic, with a focus on the principles of liberty. On what principles did the Founders create the United States? What thoughts motivated them? The second class will focus on religious liberty and the founding, and what current constitutional law is on the topic. This class will be taught by Denise Harle, director of FSU Law's First Amendment Clinic. The third class will focus on federalism and the Constitution. What is federalism? How has it evolved? Professor Phillip Pinell will teach this course.

    Suggested Reading: James Madison's Memorial and Remonstrance: https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-08-02-0163
 

  • Democracy and the Judiciary
  • Fee: $65.00
    Dates: 2/25/2026 - 4/8/2026
    Days: W,  Sessions: 6
    Instructor: Nelson Easterling

    Class is already in session. If you wish to register for this class, please contact the OLLI office at 850-644-8115 and we will return your call!
 

  • Great Decisions 2026
  • Fee: $65.00
    Dates: 2/25/2026 - 4/8/2026
    Days: W,  Sessions: 6
    Instructor: Mark Schlakman

    Class is already in session. If you wish to register for this class, please contact the OLLI office at 850-644-8115 and we will return your call!
 

  • The Colonial Art of Latin America
  • Fee: $65.00
    Dates: 2/24/2026 - 4/7/2026
    Days: Tu,  Sessions: 6
    Instructor: Hugh Leeman

    Class is already in session. If you wish to register for this class, please contact the OLLI office at 850-644-8115 and we will return your call!

    No class March 17 due to Spring Break
 

 

  • The Last 100 Years of Russian Rulers: From Stalin to Putin
  • Thursdays, Feb. 26 – Apr. 9 (Zoom)
  • Fee: $65.00
    Dates: 2/26/2026 - 4/9/2026 
    Times: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM ET
    Day: Th  Sessions: 6
    Seats Available: 183
    Zoom: A Zoom link will be emailed to registrants prior to start of the class.
    Instructor: Asya Pereltsvaig

  • Photograph of Stalin writing at a desk with a pipe in his mouthIn this course, we will examine the last 100 years of Russian history through a closer look at the personalities of its rulers: Joseph Stalin, Nikita Khruschev, Leonid Brezhnev, Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, and Vladimir Putin. Each week, we will consider one of these major Soviet or post-Soviet leaders. We will explore their personal backgrounds, how each of them came to power and held on to power, and how their personalities and peculiarities affected the course of Russian history.


    By Unknown author - [1] [2], Public Domain, Link

  • Registration opens January 28 at 10 a.m. EST
  • No class the week of March 16 for Spring Break
 

  • The Science of Human Criminal Behavior
  • Fee: $65.00
    Dates: 2/26/2026 - 4/9/2026
    Days: Th,  Sessions: 6
    Instructor: Nic Swager

    Class is already in session. If you wish to register for this class, please contact the OLLI office at 850-644-8115 and we will return your call!
 

  • This Week's "New Yorker," Cartoons and All
  • Fee: $65.00
    Dates: 2/26/2026 - 4/9/2026
    Days: Th,  Sessions: 6
    Instructor: Dennis Moore

    Class is already in session. If you wish to register for this class, please contact the OLLI office at 850-644-8115 and we will return your call!
 

 

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