Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning provides a wide variety of outreach and learning opportunities year-round. Our 365 SMART Academy offers a diverse selection of in-person and virtual homeschool enrichment programs during the fall and spring semesters, as well as over 90 in-person day camps during the summer months.

Summer Sessions also offers weekend workshops and special interest non-credit courses to community members year-round. The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, also housed by Summer Sessions, provides ongoing learning opportunities for adults 50 and older.

Each summer SSLL hosts a minimum of 42 free lectures, concerts and recreational activities for students and community members. Free concerts - including the Let Us Be Thankful Concert in November, the Here Comes the Sun Concert in January, and the twelve Music in the Garden concerts - bring hundreds of individuals out to enjoy the great music provided by local bands.

SSLL educational travel programs take groups overseas several times each year to study the cultural, political and natural history of destination countries. There are also several travel programs in Alaska, such as migratory birding tours, Alaska tours for OLLI groups from the Lower 48, and an ESL/cultural institute for foreign university students.

For more information, contact Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning, 216 Eielson Building, phone 907-474-7021, toll-free at 866-404-7021, email summer@alaska.edu, or visit the Summer Sessions website.