Career Advice Part 2: Never Stop Learning – MOLLI in Missoula

This is the second part of a 5 part career advice series.

There’s three parts to every career path: the past, present, and the future. Kind of like Dickens’s Christmas Carol.

A lot of us tend to think of these elements in terms of the results we’ve achieved (as documented on our resume), the work we’re doing, and what we want to do when we grow up (our career plans and goals).

There’s another way to think about your career path – think of your career as a learning journey.

Dan McCarthy

Full Story: http://www.greatleadershipbydan.com/2010/01/career-advice-part-2-never-stop.html

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Missoula community and the university, called MOLLI http://www.umt.edu/ce/plus50/ , offers low-cost learning opportunities to older citizens of our community.

The University of Montana has some good news to offer during this time of economic downturn. A rewarding and enriching collaboration between the Missoula community and the university, called MOLLI, offers low-cost learning opportunities to older citizens of our community. Anyone older than 50 who has not yet participated has missed one of the best learning opportunities for any group.

Officially, MOLLI refers to UM’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, founded and guided by a volunteer council composed of Missoula residents. In 2006 we had about 50 members with 130 students enrolled in five classes. MOLLI now has grown to 750 members, with more than 400 attending the 20 courses currently offered. We call that a rousing success!

MOLLI receives an important part of its funding from the members who join for an annual fee of $20. Anyone 50 or older can become a member and a supporter of this life-changing organization. During the past few years, the institute also received generous startup support from the Bernard Osher Foundation, which culminated in a $1 million endowment for exceeding the goal of 500 members. With this support, the institute offers a diverse collection of exceptional learning opportunities in the form of noncredit short courses delivered three times a year by some of UM’s outstanding faculty members and others in the community.

By: George M. Dennison is president of the University of Montana; Sharon E. Alexander is dean of UM Continuing Education; Kitte Robbins is MOLLI http://www.umt.edu/ce/plus50/ Council Chair; and Ann Boone, Herb Swick and Sue Talbot are MOLLI Council members.

Full Story: http://missoulian.com/news/opinion/columnists/article_a1bfbb56-0f42-11df-97d9-001cc4c002e0.html