Austin is a wonderful place for learning at any age, but especially for older adults. In addition to local colleges, universities and recreational classes, programs like Seton's Good Health Club, the Lifetime Learning Institute and Elderhostel offer excellent opportunities geared especially to seniors. The Good Health Club offers a wide variety of health and retirement-related courses, all either free or at modest fees, to anyone over age 60. For information on joining the club, call 323-1997. The Lifetime Learning Institute offers more than 50 classes each spring and fall for approximately 700 local adults over age 55.
Classes meet once a week during daytime hours at churches and various community spaces.
The program, which operates out of donated office space at Concordia Lutheran College, is entirely run by volunteers. An advisory council decides the course schedule for each term, and a catalog is published in late August for the fall semester and in January for the spring semester. For more information about the program, call the Lifetime Learning Institute at 452-7662, ext. 1139 or ext. Seminars run the gamut of art, science, literature, architecture, nature, medicine and much more.