KU Mini College

02/20/2026

Hot Tip on Hotels!

MiniCollegians! Did you know Lawrence will be hosting a country for the world cup this June? What a fun addition to MiniCollege timing! AND!!! A really smart thing to do would be to book your hotel early. Some of our standard hotels (Oread) are not allowing to block rooms during this time, so get ahead of the game - literally!

We recommend you book now, and if you need to change plans - hotels are typically easy to cancel. If we are able to secure a hotel block we will post - but I wouldn't wait!

02/18/2026

Registration is open, course descriptions are rolling in...and good gracious would you look at these tours! How to choose?!?

12/29/2025

Registration is open! June 1-3, 2026! One more gift for the Jayhawk in your life (you!)❤️💙

KU Mini College Mini College was created in 2009 as an educational event held each June for all inquisitive adults. The best little holiday you can take The 2025 Mini College was a great success, with nearly 80 students attending this annual tradition. Mark your calendars for the 2026 Mini College d...

12/19/2025

Guess who is coming back to give us a lecture for Mini College 2026? I'll give you a hint...

The University of Kansas debate team of Rose Larson, Milwaukee, and Luna Schultz, Houston, ended the fall semester as the top-ranked team in the country, according to the 2025-26 College Policy Debate Rankings.

12/11/2025

Save the Date! KU Mini College 2026 will be June 1st-3rd!

03/08/2025

Some good news for you! Registration is open! June 2-4, 2025!

KU Mini College Mini College was created in 2009 as an educational event held each June for all inquisitive adults. The best little holiday you can take June 5-7 for $165, which will include a continental breakfast each morning, a pizza lunch on Tuesday (June 6), and videos of the lectures missed. R...

06/18/2024

With big thanks to our photographer, Rich, here are this year's images. Did you take any? Feel free to share with others and post to this page!

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06/07/2024

Perhaps a coffee cantata for you all this morning? As Professor Laird showed us - the daughter starts singing her caffeinated praises around the 5:40 mark, but here is the full cantata 🎶☕️

Turn on Closed Captions (CC) for English SubsJohann Sebastian BachSchweigt stille, plaudert nicht.KaffeeKantaten "Coffee cantata"BWV 211Conductor: Ton Koopma...

06/06/2024

Mini College is a wrap! Happy travels to all the students. Feedback from this year so far is that socks were “literally knocked off”. It flew by! KU Mini College 2025 is on the calendar June 2, 3, 4! Can’t wait to see everyone again.

More info to come when I’m back home at a computer, photos and videos and more info on endowment and! your unbridled pie in the sky feedback/suggestion request all to come. If you’d like to volunteer to assist with lectures, you can post here or just let us know in the feedback.

So good to see everyone! Have a great summer!

Again…Rich will have way better pics soon! ☺️

06/05/2024

Volunteer extraordinaire, Rich, has been taking much better pics and we’ll post, but thought you’d all like to see a few random snippets from days 1/2 of Mini College. A highlight that can’t be photographed is hearing a few of our longtime, repeat, cherished professors tell us they look forward to Mini College all year ❤️💙

05/31/2024

Glorious Prairie Weather Ahead! Safe travels to all. See you Monday morning on the hill! 🌻☀️🌪⚡️☂️