Westminster Expedition
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Help Students Join the Expedition
Westminster College and the Institute for Mountain Research have created a semester-long academic Expedition around the American West. Students will earn 16 credits for Environmental Studies and History while they read, write, think, and talk with tribal officials, scholars, and land managers. We’ll also perform service projects on public lands. Together, we will build a cohort of impassioned scholars with a particular breadth and depth of experiential knowledge equipped to create a better future for the West. They will take the knowledge and skills they learn on the Expedition to graduate programs or environmental careers, where they can help address some of our most urgent problems, from climate change to balancing the water needs of wildlife and human users.
Students who opt for this unique learning experience will pay regular tuition plus the costs of travel: van rental, fuel, campsites (about four of five nights), motels (one or two nights a week), entrance fees and programs, and food. Total costs (besides tuition) are estimated at $6,800, while on-campus room and board costs about $4,600 (off-campus is often more).
We are asking you to help defray the difference: $2,200 x 16 = $35,200. All money donated to this site will be shared equally among the 16 students.
Classrooms and books are essential elements of education. But the most unforgettable learning comes in the field: from seeing the places you study, talking with people who live and work there, learning to work in community, and building life-long friendships with classmates.
Sixteen students, two faculty, and one assistant. Two vans, 82 days, 5,000 miles. National Parks, Native nations, ranches, farms, rivers, dams, conversations around campfires, thoughtful meditations on backcountry trails, and silly games in the van. One epic road trip, with books and grades.
Most of our students aren't wealthy, and many have to work hard to afford school, let alone an academic travel opportunity like this one. Many of our best students have told us that they would love to experience this unique class but can't afford it. And because they will be gone all semester they won't be able to work. A typical student might be missing out on $2,500 or so that they need to stay in school.
The deadline for student deposits for the Expedition is early April 2017 (our normal Fall registration), but we can continue to receive any donations through this site until the trip is complete in November 2017.
For more details, including our tentative itinerary, see The Mountain Commons .
Please help us make this trip a reality for all of our students. Thank you!!
Westminster College and the Institute for Mountain Research have created a semester-long academic Expedition around the American West. Students will earn 16 credits for Environmental Studies and History while they read, write, think, and talk with tribal officials, scholars, and land managers. We’ll also perform service projects on public lands. Together, we will build a cohort of impassioned scholars with a particular breadth and depth of experiential knowledge equipped to create a better future for the West. They will take the knowledge and skills they learn on the Expedition to graduate programs or environmental careers, where they can help address some of our most urgent problems, from climate change to balancing the water needs of wildlife and human users.
Students who opt for this unique learning experience will pay regular tuition plus the costs of travel: van rental, fuel, campsites (about four of five nights), motels (one or two nights a week), entrance fees and programs, and food. Total costs (besides tuition) are estimated at $6,800, while on-campus room and board costs about $4,600 (off-campus is often more).
We are asking you to help defray the difference: $2,200 x 16 = $35,200. All money donated to this site will be shared equally among the 16 students.
Classrooms and books are essential elements of education. But the most unforgettable learning comes in the field: from seeing the places you study, talking with people who live and work there, learning to work in community, and building life-long friendships with classmates.
Sixteen students, two faculty, and one assistant. Two vans, 82 days, 5,000 miles. National Parks, Native nations, ranches, farms, rivers, dams, conversations around campfires, thoughtful meditations on backcountry trails, and silly games in the van. One epic road trip, with books and grades.
Most of our students aren't wealthy, and many have to work hard to afford school, let alone an academic travel opportunity like this one. Many of our best students have told us that they would love to experience this unique class but can't afford it. And because they will be gone all semester they won't be able to work. A typical student might be missing out on $2,500 or so that they need to stay in school.
The deadline for student deposits for the Expedition is early April 2017 (our normal Fall registration), but we can continue to receive any donations through this site until the trip is complete in November 2017.
For more details, including our tentative itinerary, see The Mountain Commons .
Please help us make this trip a reality for all of our students. Thank you!!
Organizer
Jeff Nichols
Organizer
Salt Lake City, UT
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