Saying goodbye…for now
Today is my last day of living at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center—my home since the spring of 2010 when I started working for North Cascades …
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M.Ed. Graduate Program
Coming full circle
After graduating from North Cascade Institute’s M.Ed. program I began working for the Cowlitz Valley Ranger district as an Invasive Plant Technician. It was really just a …
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From North Cascades Institute to the Montana Natural History Center
What have I been doing since graduating from the North Cascades Institute M.Ed program in 2003? A lot. As it turns out, in a small non profit, …
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Learning to teach through the "what if…?s"
On my first teaching day of fall Mountain School I was terrified. I was completely smitten with the amazing North Cascades ecosystem I’d just spent all summer …
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Welcoming cohort 13 to the Institute family
I got the opportunity to meet our newest cohort of graduate students on their first day of class last month and was able to spend some time …
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Searching for the dream
I work in a room with no windows. All day I watch the refracted light from the skylight, which is made from those swirly glass blocks, dance …
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Seasonal transitions for a graduate student
Right now the Learning Center is transitioning from spring into summer, though the weather might not always show it. All of the graduate students in cohort 12, …
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Life after grad school for an environmental educator and naturalist
ROBBY ASTROVE graduated from North Cascades Institute and Western Washington University’s M.Ed program in 2005 as part of the third Cohort of students. He is currently the …
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A New Set of Graduates, Ready to Take on the World!
Thursday, March 21st dawned bright and snowy. The sun lit up a pale blue sky. Fourteen graduate students excitedly anticipated the start of their 2pm Graduation Ceremony.
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Spring Is On It's Way
Spring means a lot of things. Growth. New life. Lots of color. Bright greens. Warmth. Sunshine. Rain. Melting snow. Longer days. Last month, cohort 12 graduate students …
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