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Hunger for intellectual stimulation?  Want to study something you never had time to learn?  Looking for a unique way to socialize with old friends and connect with new ones?  Renew, revitalize and reinvent with North Iowa Area Community College’s new Lifelong Learning Institute!

Starting this fall, NIACC will offer the opportunity for adults to become a member of the Lifelong Learning Institute, a community of adults who learn for the joy of learning without grades, tests, papers or long-term classes.  The Lifelong Learning Institute will serve people of all educational backgrounds and provides the perfect way to expand knowledge while meeting other like-minded adults.

“This marks an exciting, new learning adventure!  We can fall in love with learning all over again.  Lifelong Learning Institutes are developing at colleges all over the nation.  We are proud to bring this opportunity to our region,” Dr. Debra Derr, NIACC president, said.

NIACC’s Lifelong Learning Institute will focus on fun, friendship and college level learning!  Members can take advantage of short courses, lectures and discussions, study circles, social events, civic engagement opportunities and more.  Topics for the offerings will be based on member requests and interests.

A $99 annual membership fee will provide members with membership benefits, including all the privileges of a student ID, such as use of NIACC facilities, a NIACC email account, library use and orientation and passes to athletic events; no tuition for Lifelong Learning Institute courses, lecture series and groups; Leadership Series speaking event tickets and speaker receptions; artist chats prior to Performing Arts Series events; career/retirement coaching sessions; college credit course audits at ½ tuition plus fees with the space availability requirement waived; and a 10% discount of NIACC NOW courses.

For more information on NIACC’s Lifelong Learning Institute, visit www.niacc.edu/LLI, email lli@niacc.edu or call Susan Nagle at  641-422-4271 or toll-free 1-888-GO NIACC, ext. 4271.

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