Discover Interesting Classes,
Activities, New Friendships

Explorers Lifelong Learning Institute (LLI) is a member-directed learning group affiliated with Salem State University, one of more than 400 such organizations in the United States and Canada affiliated with the Road Scholar Institute Network (formerly Elderhostel) and local colleges or universities. Explorers was founded in 1992 and currently has over 300 lively members, mostly retirees with diverse backgrounds. All are passionate learners. Membership is open to anyone fifty years of age or older.

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Recent News

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Semester Courses

The Course Catalog for Spring 2024 is available for members. Registration is easy via the form below.

Online Registration form

Spring 2024 Catalog

Course Calendar 

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Intersessions

The 2024 Winter Intersessions Program will start on January 10.  These are weekly sessions on Wednesdays that are open to all.  Sessions are both in-person and available via Zoom.  To view the list of sessions,  please click here:

Link to intersessions scheduled

Previously recorded sessions are also available via this link.



Special Announcements

LOOKING FORWARD

We’re looking forward to the beginning of a new semester. The spring semester will bring us some new presenters, some new subject areas, and some of our favorites returning with more interesting material. With the warmer and more moderate weather, we are also looking forward to a little more socializing. And let’s not forget that we’re looking forward to the return flight of our snowbird friends.

Explorers is doing more in collaborating with other community programs at the Swampscott Senior Center and the Jewish Community Center of the North Shore. We’ve also co-sponsored three concerts with Salem State University. Our Intersession programs have never been as well-attended as they have during the winter session. Your Board of Directors is working to update our by-laws and is working diligently to look to the future.

We are all looking forward to offering timely, interesting and entertaining programs and to keeping ourselves current and to meeting and greeting each other, to seeing old friends and making new friends. Welcome back to our new Spring semester presenters and members. 

Thank you all for your support!

Gay Porter

President

March, 2024