SOAR

What is Peer Learning?    

Built on the idea that we are all learners and all have something to offer, SOAR gives us the challenge to teach what we know, as well as to try out new skills and to learn new things with our peers.

Dear SOAR members and visitors to our site,

SOAR Program

Our SOAR member-managed site, "SOAR: Lifelong Learning in the North Country," is located at www2.potsdam.edu/soar.  It is a companion site to that of which you are viewing now, which is managed by SUNY Potsdam.

Use the SOAR web address (www.potsdam.edu/soar) to land here on this page where you will find links to general information about SOAR, along with links to our SOAR member-managed site.  On the SOAR member-managed site you will find information on our courses, events and trips, along with other features for our group to enjoy and use.

Find your way back and forth between these two companion sites just by clicking on the SOAR balloon on the home page of either site.  

Happy SOARing!

Ruth Kreuzer, SOAR web manager

SOAR offers peer learning opportunities for area residents of retirement age. 


Courses are on a wide variety of topics, such as computers, contract bridge, agriculture, North Country, science, religion, and the arts. SOAR is sponsored locally by SUNY Potsdam and is part of the Elderhostel Institute Network. SOAR learning is easy-paced - there are no exams or term papers. Members learn with old friends and develop new friendships, and in learning they flex their intellectual muscle by challenging their minds and expressing their creativity.