<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/issues/2019-spring/olli-unt-reaches-milestone.html" dsn="news"><item_date>03/22/2019 12:00:00 AM</item_date><category_header/><title>OLLI at UNT Reaches Milestone</title><subheader/><description>OLLI at UNT has received a $1 million endowment after exceeding 500 members.</description><author/><photographer> </photographer><image> <img src="/sites/default/files/experiences_olli-2.jpg" width="1280" height="853" alt="Two women at desk reading" title="Osher Lifelong Learning Institute"/></image><taxonomy-story-type>Campus News</taxonomy-story-type><taxonomy-cultural-story-category/><taxonomy-news-sections/><taxonomy-college-department/><taxonomy-tags/><type>story</type><categories/><relationships/><main-content>
    
    
  
    When Stephanie Reinke came on board as the director of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNT in September 2017, she had a clear mission -­ exceed 500 members and meet other funding criteria by the end of August 2018 in order to be eligible to apply for a $1 million endowment from The Bernard Osher Foundation.

OLLI at UNT not only met that goal but exceeded it with a current membership of more than 600.

"The goal is to make OLLI at UNT financially self-sustaining and this endowment is going to help us do that," Reinke says.

OLLI at UNT offers non-credit courses, events and trips designed by and for adults 50 and better. Get more information about OLLI.
  

    
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