:: UT LAMP Program Description
OBJECTIVES
LAMP (Learning Activities for Mature People) welcomes adults with a strong desire to continue their lifelong learning in a group setting of their peers. LAMP’S major objectives are to:
- provide a classroom setting where members with diverse backgrounds can obtain knowledge in a wide variety of subjects,
- provide a forum for members to meet and share interests as well as cultivate new friendships, and
- offer members an opportunity to donate their talents and time performing executive, administrative, and technical activities to help continue LAMP’s success.
LAMP depends on its volunteer members to perform most of its functions. All members are given an opportunity to serve. Volunteering helps form a more cohesive community of shared interests.
CURRICULUM
The LAMP curriculum consists of lectures and seminars in the following categories:
- Creative World
- History
- Lifestyles
- Public Affairs
- Business
- Science & Technology
LAMP members travel extensively and are busy with a wide variety of community and family activities. LAMP programs are designed to allow attendance at as many or as few activities as members’ desire.
Lectures are presented by experts in their field drawn from UT faculty, independent scholars, Austin area professionals; and leaders in business, non-profits and the public sector.
Additional LAMP activities include a Monday morning discussion group, which covers current events, a book club, social activities, and a fall end-of-term dinner and spring reception.
The curriculum is posted on the LAMP website approximately three weeks before the beginning of each term. A paper copy will be mailed if requested.
APPLICATION
The annual fee of $180 covers the lectures, the seminar, and some of the field trips. It also includes the Monday the morning discussion group, the Book Club and the end-of-term events. Some of the extra-curricular activities, i.e. social group outings, and field trips may include an extra cost. Click HERE to apply on-line or to receive a paper application. Membership in LAMP is limited to 500. Accordingly, if you are interested in joining, please complete an application to join the waitlist as soon as possible. You will be notified immediately that your application has been placed on the Waitlist.
LOGISTICS
The LAMP lectures, seminars, and field trips are presented during three six-week terms (fall, winter and spring).
Members choose from lecturers presented on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings from 9:30-10:45 and from 11:00-12:15. Each session includes 15 minutes for questions and answers. The seminar, which follows the same format, is held on Tuesday afternoons from 1:00 to 2:00. The local field trips are conducted on Wednesday or Thursday afternoons.
The Monday morning discussion group, as well as the book club, meets throughout the year. Social group activities, as well as extra field trips, may also be scheduled year round.
LAMP sessions are held in the Thompson Conference Center (TCC) on the University of Texas at Austin campus. The TCC is located at Dean Keeton (formerly 26th Street) and Red River Streets. Convenient parking is usually available next to the TCC. The entrance to the parking lot is off of Red River Street.
A cafeteria, “Under the Oaks”, is available at TCC. Members often to bring a “brown bag” lunch and chat over lunch in the meeting room or, when weather permits, move to the patio on the first floor.
