Osher Foundation Endows Lifelong Learning Institute at UR with $1 Million Gift

The Bernard Osher Foundation has given $1 million to endow the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Richmond, plus $50,000 to support its operating expenses until earnings from the endowment become available. Richmond’s Osher Institute links adult learners to the broad range of educational opportunities on the University’s campus, providing those age 50 and […]

The Bernard Osher Foundation has given $1 million to endow the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Richmond, plus $50,000 to support its operating expenses until earnings from the endowment become available.

Richmond’s Osher Institute links adult learners to the broad range of educational opportunities on the University’s campus, providing those age 50 and older with non-credit courses, lectures and travel, and a variety of special programs. The institute is one of more than 100 that the San Francisco-based foundation has helped establish at college campuses around the country, and it is the first in Virginia to be permanently endowed. [via] (more…)

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