A week in the life of a graduate student
When I went to graduate school, I spent a lot of time in stuffy rooms while professors spewed information at me. I frantically took notes in class, …
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When I went to graduate school, I spent a lot of time in stuffy rooms while professors spewed information at me. I frantically took notes in class, …
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It was cool to find an interview with North Cascades National Park superintendent Chip Jenkins in an outdoors blog on the Oregonian’s website. Chip has been a …
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Join North Cascades Institute for a special literary engagement with Village Books and their popular “Chuckanut Radio Hour” program. On Wednesday, July 29, at 6:30 pm, we’ll …
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Early last week Nora and I spotted a mother deer and her two new fawns. They were munching on the alders around our house. The sight was …
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Last weekend was the Diablo Creative Arts Retreat: featuring courses on watercolors, nature journalling and silk painting. It was incredible! Our three amazing instructors were Molly Hashimoto …
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North Cascades National Park geologist Jon Riedel teaches students on a misty moraine ridge on the flanks of Mt. Baker Elisabeth Keating, a freelance writer covering the …
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Backpacking in the North Cascades is great, but last weekend I wanted to do something different. I decided to try canoe camping. The Environmental Learning Center on …
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The first two North Cascades Wild trips of 2009 have returned home after 12 days of backpacking, canoeing and service projects on Ross Lake. Eighteen students and …
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As a year of residential learning for one graduate cohort ends, another begins. For Cohort 8, it is hard to believe that it was a year ago …
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Who says graduate school has to involve sitting in classrooms listening to lectures? The first two weeks of class for the ninth cohort of students in the …
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