The Point at CC Young. Photo courtesy of CC Young Senior Living.
The University of North Texas is partnering with CC Young Senior Living to offer classes for seniors at the White Rock Lake campus.
Courses from UNT’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute will be available to CC Young residents and senior adults in the area.
The first set of classes will begin in the fall at The Point, a 20,000-square-foot multipurpose facility.
Before this three-year agreement was finalized, OLLI at UNT provided non-credit courses to adults over 50 years old at seven locations in Denton, Collin and Tarrant counties.
Russell Crews, the president and CEO of CC Young, received his MBA in finance from the UNT College of Business and maintains connections to the school through the alumni association and participation though the College of Business Dean’s Advisory Board.
“UNT holds a special place in my heart as does CC Young,” Crews says in a statement. “This partnership continues our mission to foster premier environments where every life at every age can be valued and enriched.”
The courses cover a range of topics and are taught by active and retired university faculty. One course includes four 90-minute sessions, and there are no required assignments, tests or grades.
Some classes offered this summer include: Galveston, oh Galveston: Victorian Fashion and Architecture; Cryptocurrencies: Unwrapping the Mystic; Amazing Texas Women; Texas in the Civil War; Propagation, Pollination and Pollinators for Native Plants; and Mysteries of the Human Heart.
Costs are free to CC Young residents, and non-residents pay a yearly fee or by course.
