The Academy for Lifelong Learning, based in Corvallis, Oregon, delivers a wide variety of lectures to adults who want to deepen or expand their knowledge.

Fall Term classes began Tuesday, September 22. See the Classes tab for this week’s classes, or click here.

Guest Membership Program

ALL offers a free, one term guest membership program. Sign up any time between now and November to activate your Fall 2026 guest membership.

Regular members and anyone who has previously been a guest member are not eligible to participate in another guest membership program. The objective of the program is to show what ALL offers and entice people to become regular members.

A Note from the ALL Chair

For well over 2 decades, Corvallis’s Academy for Lifelong Learning (ALL) has offered adults learning opportunities in the areas of Science, Humanities, Global Topics, Arts,  and Issues & Ideas. Our members are intelligent and curious learners of varied backgrounds and education, representative of our community in many ways. ALL strives to meet its members’ desires for presentations on new subjects and for different approaches to learning.

ALL offers in-person and online presentations given by experienced and knowledgeable individuals. Most presenters live locally, but we’ve included presenters from as far as the East Coast and Europe. Presentations allow time for questions, with some formatted as discussion groups focused on current events or other topics of interest. Tours and field trips are also a part of our program, many of which occur in Summer.

As an all-volunteer organization, ALL relies on its members to build its programs. I joined ALL just over seven years ago and find much of my satisfaction comes not only from attending classes but also from meeting and working with an interesting group of people who want to make ALL the best it can be. We are always looking for fresh ideas, and we encourage you to get involved in some small or larger way. You can click here to learn more about the types of volunteer opportunities that are available, including helping develop ideas for ALL presentations, assisting with the technical aspects of presenting an ALL event, becoming a member of the ALL Board of Directors, joining an ALL committee such as the scholarship committee, the publicity committee, and other myriad options.  The choice is yours.  What do you enjoy doing?

Let’s keep our organization strong. Please contact our Program Coordinator at admin@academyforlifelonglearning.org and let us know where and how you would like to put your energies into ALL.

Thank you,
Steve Albright
Chair, Academy for Lifelong Learning