The Bernard Osher Foundation, a San Francisco-based philanthropic organization, has chosen Ringling College Lifelong Learning Academy (RCLLA) to be part of the national network of lifelong learning institutes that it supports. To mark the Academy’s inclusion in the national network, RCLLA will be renamed the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Ringling College or OLLI at Ringling College and the Foundation has awarded the program a $100,000 grant to further its community engagement efforts. Janna Overstreet, RCLLA’s executive director, adds that, with good stewardship of this grant, RCLLA will be eligible to apply to the Osher Foundation for a $1 million endowment grant. RCLLA is holding a reception on January 31 to celebrate its future as a member of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute network. The reception, which is open to the public, is 2:30pm–4pm at Temple Beth Sholom’s Social Hall, 1050 South Tuttle Ave., Sarasota. Call-in RSVPs at 941-309-5111 are requested. In 2019, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Ringling College will make its permanent home at the Ringling College Museum Campus.

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