Welcome to the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Sierra College Spring 2026 Registration is Open! Spring 2026 Term Dates: (M) January 26 - (F) May 15

Tuition-free OLLI   

Tuition-free OLLIOLLI at Sierra College has two types of courses: Club OLLI and Tuition-free OLLI. Each requires a different registration process. The OLLI Tuition-free courses are part of the Sierra College curriculum, but are still noncredit with no test or grades. You must be a Sierra College student to take these classes hence this separate registration process. Below is the information on how to register for these courses. It’s a bit more cumbersome but they are free!

  • If you are a new student or did not take a tuition-free course in Fall 2025, you will need to complete an application along with your course registration form. Complete the application/registration form.
  • If you did take a tuition-free course in the Fall 2025 semester, you are a current student and only need to complete the course registration form.

Please return your form(s)in one of the following ways listed below. Once we receive the forms, we will process your registration and send you an email confirmation separate from your Club OLLI confirmation.

  • Email to: olli@sierracollege.edu
  • Fax: 916-781-6248
  • In Person:
    • OLLI Office: 5100 Sierra College Blvd, W-205, Rocklin, CA 95677
    • Admissions & Records Office – Nevada County Campus, Student Services Building N1
  • Mail: OLLI at Sierra College, 5100 Sierra College Blvd, W-205, Rocklin, CA 95677
  • If you have any questions, please email first or call the OLLI office at 916-781-6290
  • Maria Dueñas Examines The Time in Between (NCC-Grass Valley)
  • Instructor: Ellen Sander
    Dates: 1/26/2026 - 3/16/2026
    Days: M
    Times: 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM
    Sessions: 6
    Fee: $0.00
    Location: Grass Valley Campus
    Building-Room: N8-108
    Seats Available: 14 | Max Enroll: 24
    CRN: 42975
    Set between the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War, Spanish author María Dueñas examines dressmaking as an avenue affording women economic freedom coupled with opportunities for political intervention. This historical fiction novel studies the context for the subsequent film class, The Time in Between. Excerpts of Las Sinsombrero, women writers of the Generation of 1927 will be comparatively studied.

    *Class Dates: 1/26, 2/2, 2/9, 2/23, 3/2, & 3/16.

    *No class: 2/16 & 3/9.

    *Membership not required for Tuition-free courses! → Visit: Tuition-free OLLI page
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    If you DID NOT take a tuition-free class in Fall 2025, complete our Tuition-free Application/Course Registration Form: Click Here!
    If you DID take a tuition-free class in Fall 2025, you are a current student and only need to complete our Tuition-free Course Registration Form: Click Here!

 

  • Maria Dueñas Examines The Time in Between (Rocklin)
  • Instructor: Ellen Sander
    Dates: 1/27/2026 - 3/17/2026
    Days: Tu
    Times: 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM
    Sessions: 6
    Fee: $0.00
    Location: Rocklin Campus
    Building-Room: W-201
    Seats Available: 13 | Max Enroll: 30
    CRN: 42976
    Set between the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War, Spanish author María Dueñas examines dressmaking as an avenue affording women economic freedom coupled with opportunities for political intervention. This historical fiction novel studies the context for the subsequent film class, The Time in Between. Excerpts of Las Sinsombrero, women writers of the Generation of 1927 will be comparatively studied.

    *Class Dates: 1/27, 2/3, 2/10, 2/17, 2/24, & 3/17.

    *No class: 3/3 & 3/10.

    *Membership not required for Tuition-free courses! → Visit: Tuition-free OLLI page
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    If you DID NOT take a tuition-free class in Fall 2025, complete our Tuition-free Application/Course Registration Form: Click Here!
    If you DID take a tuition-free class in Fall 2025, you are a current student and only need to complete our Tuition-free Course Registration Form: Click Here!

 

  • Ongoing Memoir Writing (NCC-Grass Valley)
  • Instructor: Judie Rae
    Dates: 2/3/2026 - 3/10/2026
    Days: Tu
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:20 PM
    Sessions: 6
    Fee: $0.00
    Location: Grass Valley Campus
    Building-Room: N8-108
    Seats Available: 9 | Max Enroll: 20
    CRN: 42116
    This class is designed for people who have already taken the Beginning Memoir course, though all are welcome, and I will provide handouts for newcomers to acquaint them with the material. Every week students are given prompts, which they may choose to respond to.

    *Class Dates: 2/3, 2/10, 2/17, 2/24, 3/3, & 3/10.

    *Membership not required for Tuition-free courses! → Visit: Tuition-free OLLI page
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    If you DID NOT take a tuition-free class in Fall 2025, complete our Tuition-free Application/Course Registration Form: Click Here!
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  • Ongoing Memoir Writing (NCC-Grass Valley)
  • Instructor: Judie Rae
    Dates: 3/31/2026 - 5/5/2026
    Days: Tu
    Times: 1:30 PM - 3:20 PM
    Sessions: 6
    Fee: $0.00
    Location: Grass Valley Campus
    Building-Room: N8-108
    Seats Available: 10 | Max Enroll: 20
    CRN: 43576
    This class is designed for people who have already taken the Beginning Memoir course, though all are welcome, and I will provide handouts for newcomers to acquaint them with the material. Every week students are given prompts, which they may choose to respond to.

    *Class Dates: 3/31, 4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, & 5/5.

    *Membership not required for Tuition-free courses! → Visit: Tuition-free OLLI page
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    If you DID NOT take a tuition-free class in Fall 2025, complete our Tuition-free Application/Course Registration Form: Click Here!
    If you DID take a tuition-free class in Fall 2025, you are a current student and only need to complete our Tuition-free Course Registration Form: Click Here!

 

  • Our Time Is Now - Part 3 (Rocklin)
  • Instructor: Ellen Sander
    Dates: 1/28/2026 - 3/18/2026
    Days: W
    Times: 1:00 PM - 3:50 PM
    Sessions: 6
    Fee: $0.00
    Location: Rocklin Campus
    Building-Room: D-12
    Seats Available: 16 | Max Enroll: 30
    CRN: 42120
    Modernization, civil rights, and democratization of Swedish society is studied in the context of cultural change, political demands, and an examination of Sweden's neutrality amidst continued global conflicts from 1968-1971.

    *Class Dates: 1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/18, 2/25, & 3/18.

    *No class: 3/4 & 3/11.

    *Membership not required for Tuition-free courses! → Visit: Tuition-free OLLI page
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    If you DID NOT take a tuition-free class in Fall 2025, complete our Tuition-free Application/Course Registration Form: Click Here!
    If you DID take a tuition-free class in Fall 2025, you are a current student and only need to complete our Tuition-free Course Registration Form: Click Here!

 

  • Our Time Is Now - Part 3 (NCC-Grass Valley)
  • Instructor: Ellen Sander
    Dates: 1/29/2026 - 3/19/2026
    Days: Th
    Times: 2:00 PM - 4:50 PM
    Sessions: 6
    Fee: $0.00
    Location: Nevada County Campus
    Building-Room: N12-103
    Seats Available: 13 | Max Enroll: 30
    CRN: 42121
    Modernization, civil rights, and democratization of Swedish society is studied in the context of cultural change, political demands, and an examination of Sweden's neutrality amidst continued global conflicts from 1968-1971.

    *Class Dates: 1/29, 2/5, 2/12, 2/19, 2/26, & 3/19.

    *No class: 3/5 & 3/12.

    *Membership not required for Tuition-free courses! → Visit: Tuition-free OLLI page
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    If you DID NOT take a tuition-free class in Fall 2025, complete our Tuition-free Application/Course Registration Form: Click Here!
    If you DID take a tuition-free class in Fall 2025, you are a current student and only need to complete our Tuition-free Course Registration Form: Click Here!

 

  • Religion and the American Nation (NCC-Grass Valley)
  • Instructor: Maxwell Pingeon
    Dates: 4/2/2026 - 5/7/2026
    Days: Th
    Times: 3:00 PM - 4:50 PM
    Sessions: 6
    Fee: $0.00
    Location: Nevada County Campus
    Building-Room: N15-100
    Seats Available: 24 | Max Enroll: 26
    CRN: 43584
    This class explores the role of religion in shaping American politics and national identity from the colonial period to the present. The United States is rare among modern nations in its enduring reliance on religious language to define national purpose, with theological frameworks providing many of the basic assumptions underlying American notions of politics, power, and belonging. Beginning with Puritan covenant theology and ending with contemporary Christian nationalism, we examine how religious actors constructed the dominant narratives of America as a redeemer nation with a special role to play on the world stage. Through close reading of sermons, speeches, theological writings, and political rhetoric, we analyze how these narratives draw on literary forms like the jeremiad, prophecy, and apocalyptic vision. We also examine how those narratives of chosenness were contested over time by marginalized communities offering alternative visions rooted in different theological traditions and experiences of exclusion. Students will learn to identify the rhetorical strategies used to sacralize political power and to recognize how these contests over American identity continue to shape our present.

    *Class Dates: 4/2, 4/9, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, & 5/7.

    *Membership not required for Tuition-free courses! → Visit: Tuition-free OLLI page
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  • The Instruments of the Orchestra Revisited - Part 1 (Rocklin)
  • Instructor: Steve Miller
    Dates: 2/2/2026 - 3/16/2026
    Days: M
    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM
    Sessions: 6
    Fee: $0.00
    Location: Rocklin Campus
    Building-Room: W-201
    Seats Available: 2 | Max Enroll: 30
    CRN: 42115
    Back by popular demand! Can you tell an oboe's sound from a clarinet's? A French horn's from a trombone's? Put your ears on and join us!

    *Class Dates: 2/2, 2/9, 2/23, 3/2, 3/9, & 3/16.

    *No class: 2/16

    *Membership not required for Tuition-free courses! → Visit: Tuition-free OLLI page
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    If you DID NOT take a tuition-free class in Fall 2025, complete our Tuition-free Application/Course Registration Form: Click Here!
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  • The Instruments of the Orchestra Revisited - Part 1 (NCC-Grass Valley)
  • Instructor: Steve Miller
    Dates: 2/3/2026 - 3/17/2026
    Days: Tu
    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM
    Sessions: 6
    Fee: $0.00
    Location: Nevada County Campus
    Building-Room: N15-101
    Seats Available: 21 | Max Enroll: 30
    CRN: 42118
    Back by popular demand! Can you tell an oboe's sound from a clarinet's? A French horn's from a trombone's? Put your ears on and join us!

    *Class Dates: 2/3, 2/10, 2/24, 3/3, 3/10, & 3/17.

    *No class on 2/17. Class on 2/17 has been moved to 3/17.

    *Membership not required for Tuition-free courses! → Visit: Tuition-free OLLI page
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    If you DID NOT take a tuition-free class in Fall 2025, complete our Tuition-free Application/Course Registration Form: Click Here!
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  • The Instruments of the Orchestra Revisited - Part 2 (Rocklin)
  • Instructor: Steve Miller
    Dates: 3/30/2026 - 5/4/2026
    Days: M
    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM
    Sessions: 6
    Fee: $0.00
    Location: Rocklin Campus
    Building-Room: W-201
    Seats Available: 5 | Max Enroll: 30
    CRN: 42122
    Back by popular demand! Can you tell an oboe's sound from a clarinet's? A French horn's from a trombone's? Put your ears on and join us! 

    *Class Dates: 3/30, 4/6, 4/13, 4/20, 4/27, & 5/4.

    *Membership not required for Tuition-free courses! → Visit: Tuition-free OLLI page
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    If you DID NOT take a tuition-free class in Fall 2025, complete our Tuition-free Application/Course Registration Form: Click Here!
    If you DID take a tuition-free class in Fall 2025, you are a current student and only need to complete our Tuition-free Course Registration Form: Click Here!

 

  • The Instruments of the Orchestra Revisited - Part 2 (NCC-Grass Valley)
  • Instructor: Steve Miller
    Dates: 3/31/2026 - 5/5/2026
    Days: Tu
    Times: 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM
    Sessions: 6
    Fee: $0.00
    Location: Nevada County Campus
    Building-Room: N15-101
    Seats Available: 21 | Max Enroll: 30
    CRN: 42123
    Back by popular demand! Can you tell an oboe's sound from a clarinet's? A French horn's from a trombone's? Put your ears on and join us! 

    *Class Dates: 3/31, 4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, & 5/5.

    *Membership not required for Tuition-free courses! → Visit: Tuition-free OLLI page
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    If you DID NOT take a tuition-free class in Fall 2025, complete our Tuition-free Application/Course Registration Form: Click Here!
    If you DID take a tuition-free class in Fall 2025, you are a current student and only need to complete our Tuition-free Course Registration Form: Click Here!

 

  • The Time in Between (Rocklin)
  • Instructor: Ellen Sander
    Dates: 4/1/2026 - 5/6/2026
    Days: W
    Times: 1:00 PM - 3:50 PM
    Sessions: 6
    Fee: $0.00
    Location: Rocklin Campus
    Building-Room: D-12
    Seats Available: 14 | Max Enroll: 30
    CRN: 42437
    From Tangier to Madrid, an economically and politically engaged seamstress participates in the prelude to Spain's Civil War. Detailed historical context for this Spanish film series will be studied in the Spanish Literature class Maria Dueñas Examines The Time in Between.

    *Class Dates: 4/1, 4/8, 4/15, 4/22, 4/29, & 5/6.

    *Membership not required for Tuition-free courses! → Visit: Tuition-free OLLI page
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    If you DID NOT take a tuition-free class in Fall 2025, complete our Tuition-free Application/Course Registration Form: Click Here!
    If you DID take a tuition-free class in Fall 2025, you are a current student and only need to complete our Tuition-free Course Registration Form: Click Here!

 

  • The Time in Between (NCC-Grass Valley)
  • Instructor: Ellen Sander
    Dates: 4/2/2026 - 5/7/2026
    Days: Th
    Times: 2:00 PM - 4:50 PM
    Sessions: 6
    Fee: $0.00
    Location: Nevada County Campus
    Building-Room: N12-103
    Seats Available: 13 | Max Enroll: 30
    CRN: 42438
    From Tangier to Madrid, an economically and politically engaged seamstress participates in the prelude to Spain's Civil War. Detailed historical context for this Spanish film series will be studied in the Spanish Literature class Maria Dueñas Examines The Time in Between.

    *Class Dates: 4/2, 4/9, 4/16, 4/23, 4/30, & 5/7.

    *Membership not required for Tuition-free courses! → Visit: Tuition-free OLLI page
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    If you DID NOT take a tuition-free class in Fall 2025, complete our Tuition-free Application/Course Registration Form: Click Here!
    If you DID take a tuition-free class in Fall 2025, you are a current student and only need to complete our Tuition-free Course Registration Form: Click Here!

 

  • Truckee-Tahoe Community Band (Truckee)
  • Instructor: Randy Humphreys
    Dates: 1/28/2026 - 5/13/2026
    Days: W
    Times: 6:00 PM - 9:05 PM
    Sessions: 15
    Fee: $0.00
    Location: 
    Building-Room: Tahoe-Truckee-T1-231
    Seats Available: 6 | Max Enroll: 30
    CRN: 42126
    Were you in Band in High School? Middle School? Do you wish you still played? Do you consider yourself a music loving amateur performer? If so, this class is for you! Welcome to the Truckee-Tahoe Community Band. If you have the desire to play with others in an ensemble setting, and prior but not necessarily current experience, then join us on Wednesday nights for a musical adventure. We will work together to interpret and perform fun band literature. The class will culminate in a performance. Music builds community – come join us!

    *Class Dates: 1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/18, 2/25, 3/4, 3/11, 3/18, 4/1, 4/8, 4/15, 4/22, 4/29, 5/6, & 5/13.

    *No class: 3/25

    *Membership not required for Tuition-free courses! → Visit: Tuition-free OLLI page
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  • Truckee-Tahoe Community Chorus (Truckee)
  • Instructor: Brittney May
    Dates: 1/26/2026 - 5/11/2026
    Days: M
    Times: 5:45 PM - 8:35 PM
    Sessions: 14
    Fee: $0.00
    Location: 
    Building-Room: Tahoe-Truckee-T1-231
    Seats Available: 0
    SKU: 42125
    THIS CLASS IS FULL.  Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below.
    *Note: You must be signed in with a current membership in order to see the button.

    Truckee-Tahoe Community Chorus: The course is designed for college-aged students through seniors for the study of selected styles and periods of music culminating in the performance of selected repertoire. The course curriculum includes discussion of musical elements, composition, vocabulary and history as well as vocal technique.
    *Class Dates: 1/26, 2/2, 2/9, 2/23, 3/2, 3/9, 3/16, 3/30, 4/6, 4/13, 4/20, 4/27, 5/4, & 5/11.
    *No class: 2/16 & 3/23.
 

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