Bucknell Institute for Lifelong Learning

Students watch the sunset sitting on Adirondack chairs on Malesardi Quad

The Bucknell Institute for Lifelong Learning (BILL) invites you to explore a broad range of educational and intellectual opportunities for adult learners in our region and beyond. Keep mentally active in a relaxed and congenial setting where stimulating programs expose you to new ideas and interesting and sometimes controversial topics. Share your ideas and life experiences in a mutually supportive environment where you learn without concern for tests, grades or requirements other than participation. Whatever your prior educational experience, these programs only require curiosity and an interest in learning, all life long.

Transmissible Disease Policy for In-person Events (Fall 2024)

Out of respect for other participants at BILL events, each attendee is expected to practice basic health, safety and hygiene measures. While attendance at any public event involves certain unavoidable risks such as exposure to transmissible diseases, including COVID-19, we seek to protect the welfare and health of our participants. BILL prohibits attendance at in-person programs and classes for those experiencing symptoms of any commonly spread illness, including COVID-19 and its variants. Your presence at BILL events implies your agreement to adhere to this policy to help us mitigate the spread of transmissible illnesses.

Masking at in-person events will be optional; please respect the decision of those who choose to mask. BILL encourages you to follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations concerning vaccination. The CDC recommends (April 4, 2024) that everyone stay up to date on their COVID vaccines unless they have a medical exception. Being "up to date" on your COVID vaccines means having received the updated vaccine after Sept. 12, 2023. According to the CDC (April 25, 2024), you should have received one vaccine dose if you are under 65 and two updated 2023-24 vaccines if you are 65 or older.

Transmissible disease precautions are subject to change as conditions change.

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