Three smiles reflect the com- munity's pleasure at achieving a strengthened teacher educa- tion program allowing teacher certification (from left) Jim Batchelder (COA '87), Peter Corcoran, (COA Education Coordinator), Megan Pennock (COA '84). to the Board concerning COA and the importance of the opportunity to become state-certified. Paul Adler (COA '87), ex- COA NEWS plained to the Board that COA's goal was not to make a new program but to create the context to allow students to gain the knowledge and skills necessary to become good teachers. SPRING 1987 COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC BAR HARBOR, MAINE Megan Pennock, COA graduate, who now teaches in Freeport, told the Board ousness of commitment of its students." about her educational experience at During November 1986, a five-member COA. "Although I knew studying at Teacher Education review team visited the College to validate COA would not lead to certification, I the Self-Study of the Teacher Education kept coming back because COA gave me Wins Certification Program and determine whether to make the best background I could get to be the a recommendation for approval of the pro- best teacher I could be." She told the gram to the State Board of Education. Board that the most important things It's a new beginning for the Teacher Edu- The following individuals made up the about a COA education were the passion cation Program of College of the Atlantic. Review Team: Wesley Willink, Chairper- with which students and faculty go about On Wednesday, February 11, the Maine son, Science Department, Yarmouth Pub- learning, and the importance given to be- State Board of Education approved lic Schools; Vaughn LaCombe, Superin- ing a teacher. "At COA there is a love of COA's teacher education program to al- tendent of Ellsworth Public Schools; Janet learning I have never witnessed anywhere low students to become certified teachers Spaulding, Principal, Belfast Public else. If we can give children that excite- in Maine public schools for elementary Schools; Dean Bennett, Professor of Sec- ment for learning, we will be making a and secondary science classrooms. ondary and Science Education, University lasting contribution." In his opening comments at the Board of Maine at Farmington; and Marilyn Another COA graduate, Meg Scheid, meeting, Dean Bennett, chairman of the Crandlemire, Professor of Elementary now a naturalist at Acadia National Park, Program Review Team, told the nine- Education, University of Maine at remarked that because of COA's extraor- member Board that the ful! five-year pro- Machias. dinary commitment to excellence, the gram approval was "unanimously" and A large group of COA students at- College will always strive to evaluate and "enthusiastically" recommended. Bennett tended the Board of Education's meeting improve what it has. noted that the committee came away from which was held at the Augusta Civic As a concluding statement, Peter Cor- its visit to COA "impressed with the seri- Center. Several presented their thoughts coran, COA's Education Coordinator, Cont. on page 3 1 The studio class was designed to give a general overview of the historically Dates to Remember Former Student significant garden styles, an introduction to various ways of organizing space, and Returns to Teach a working knowledge of specific plants, Graduation Day: May 30, 1 p.m. structures and garden forms. Several of the weekly projects were centered on Elderhostel For adults age 60 or older. Anyone who visited COA last summer campus areas that need work, and if June 7-13 July 21-27 will remember the bustle of students as any of the models or plans are imple- July 14-20 they replanted and redesigned a number mented in the coming summer, we all Field Studies by the Sea For high of campus areas which resulted in an will benefit from having Nadine's input school teachers and environmental improvement of our aesthetic image. and energy here this winter term. educators. The summer projects also revealed the -Katrina Hodgkins June 28-July 11 July 26-Aug. 8 need for a class in landscape design to July 12-25 support the obvious student interest, and although the new Japanese garden Running Camp Sponsored by Bob and Sea Fox dormitory's circle garden Booker. are both buried under several feet of August 9-15 snow, the students' ideas continue to German Week Sponsored by the grow in the classroom. American Association of Teachers of Nadine Gerdts, a familiar face to German. many alumni and faculty, was chosen to fill the visiting faculty position and make Summer Field Studies for Children the landscape design class possible this For youngsters entering grades 4, 5, semester. and 6. Assistant Admissions Director for July 6-9 and 13-15 COA from 1980 to 1983, Nadine re- July 20-24 and 27-29 cently graduated with a Master's degree August 10-13 and 17-19 in Landscape Architecture from the Summer Lecture Series Harvard Graduate School of Design. July 15-Speaker to be announced. Nadine's first contact with COA was as July 29-Robert Ballard: "The a visiting student for one term from Discovery of the Titanic" Brown University, where she received August 5-Lord Asa Briggs: "19th her undergraduate degree. Her familiari- Century English Architecture" ty with both student and administrative On-Going Summer Programs at the philosophies enables her to be particu- Natural History Museum larly well-adjusted to life at COA, as well as effective in the classroom and Nadine Gerdts (right) reviews a landscaping Every day at 11:00 a.m.-Whales project with Katrina Hodgkins. on Wheels or the Naugahyde the field. Discussions of space were in- Whale. Afternoon programs: Birds- tegrated with a nighttime cross-country on-Wings, Footprints, and Owl ski assignment, truly in the COA spirit. Pellets. Every Monday and Friday Nadine's teaching schedule was ar- afternoon at Sieur de Monts: ranged to allow her to commute from Report from Naugahyde Whale. Wednesday Boston weekly while continuing her Evening Speaker Series: Speakers work for Boston Urban Gardeners, a Allied Whale to be announced. non-profit organization which works primarily on projects for gardens and parks in low-income areas. "Planning at On January 17, College of the Atlantic a neighborhood scale is very satisfying," was awarded a $13,000 grant from The she said. "I have worked on a small Island Foundations to help support the number of large-scale projects for gov- new North Atlantic Finback Whale ernment agencies and appreciate work- Catalogue. COA Research Associate ing with a more specific client than the Beverly Agler is Project Director and general public." Steve Katona is Principal Investigator. Though Nadine is currently establish- Additional support for this work is ing herself in the realm of landscape coming from Allied Whale's new Adopt- design, she says,"I hope to incorporate A-Finback project, directed by Beverly teaching and professional practice regu- Agler and assisted by COA Research larly in the future. Teaching is a good Associate Bob Bowman. The project has way to exchange fresh ideas, and the received nationwide coverage via UPI, classroom is an appropriate setting for with news articles appearing in news- working out design problems with a papers in 15 states. greater degree of freedom and abstrac- Allied Whale was also the subject of tion than one sometimes finds in the a recent news release from the IBM cor- Youngsters learn how to paddle a canoe as work place. My main goal is to help poration that featured the use of IBM part of a Summer Field Studies for Children program offered by the Natural History students develop a creative design equipment for mapping and analyzing Museum. sense." whale sightings. 2 Certification-Cont. from page 1 told the Board members how important it is that they are supporting innovation. Artist-in-Residence "We need to encourage the mavericks," he emphasized. Emphasizes COA is the first institution to apply for certification since the Education Reform Collaborative Art Act of 1986 revised their standards for program approval. The College will now be certified under standards designed for Abby Shahn, Artist-in-Residence at "Innovative and Experimental Programs." COA for the months of January and According to Corcoran, COA's Teacher February, provided welcome creative Education Program is based on the as- stimulation during this period of deep sumption that the study of Human Ecolo- Maine winter. During three 3-day work- gy is good preparation for teaching. shops she worked with COA students "The innovative nature of the program and other community members to create lies in the idea that the human ecological masks, books and murals, using diverse perspective-a perspective of connections materials and pigments. The workshops and relationships among seemingly dispar- received partial support from the Maine ate areas of human knowledge-can State Commission for the Arts and not only be the basis of excellent teacher Humanities. preparation but can also bring a valuable According to project director Susan Abby in both the mask and book work- perspective to the public school cur- Lerner, COA instructor of literature shops, comments, "We got some really riculum," Corcoran emphasized. and art, Abby's residence served as a interesting 'visual conversations' going in The teacher education program was ex- vehicle for integrating and energizing the book-making workshop, where each panded last year when the College was portions of the COA academic program. person would add something to the awarded an $80,000 grant from the Fund "Abby's talents enabled students to ex- whole. That kept people from getting for the Improvement of Post-Secondary tend their classroom learning in new di- too attached to their own work." Education (FIPSE), through the U.S. rections," she stated. Calling Abby "an inspiration to every- Department of Education. According to Emphasizing a collaborative approach one," David said he enjoyed getting Corcoran, the major goal under the feder- to art, Abby encouraged students to away from academic work and having al grant program was to obtain state ap- work together on a single piece. David the chance to be "intuitive and ex- proval for teacher certification. Heckscher, a student who worked with pressive." The collaborative art work of several students who participated in Abbie Shahn's workshop was on display for the month of March at "The Artisans," an art supply store in Portland. 3 For the winter term Candace explored education; Dr. Richard Millard, presi- the learning process with a class of 10 stu- dent of the Council of Post Secondary Annual Fund dents. In addition, she team-taught "In- Accreditation and former Mass. Chan- troduction to Education" with Peter Cor- cellor of higher education; Dr. J.A. Nor- Campaign At coran, Coordinator of Teacher Education. ton, professor of government at the Candace is currently a doctoral student University of Virginia in Charlottesville Crucial Point at the Harvard Graduate School of Edu- and former Chancellor, Ohio Board of cation. Her dissertation research focuses Regents, and Dr. Lyman Glenny, former on how students construct an under- director of the Center for the Study of Reporting to the NEWS at press time, standing of the complex system of a tree. Higher Education at University of Cali- Charles Hesse, Vice President for Devel- Candace sees a close parallel in thought fornia, Berkeley. opment and Public Affairs, said he was between her research and a human eco- According to Rabineau, very little has very encouraged by the support received logical perspective. "As I see it, Human been written about state systems of higher from alumni, parents, trustees and other Ecology is a way of understanding con- education, their coordination and gover- friends for the 1986-87 Annual Fund. nections among a complex series of sys- nance. "The role of state systems is cen- "To date gifts and pledges for unre- tems," state Julyan. "In the same light, my tral in the development, planning and stricted purposes have reached a total of work with people as they explore what implementation of major ideas about approximately $377,500. However, we they understand often involves trying to colleges, both public and private," states must raise an additional $392,500 to understand the complicated relationships Rabineau. "The role of the state has achieve our goal of $769,000 by June 30, among systems." been increasing in higher education. 1987," Hesse said. "The support of Prassede Calabi has also been impressed E.T. Dunlap was chosen for an oral his- friends is more important than ever this with COA student enthusiasm. "COA tory because he had the longest period year in order to keep COA at the cut- students are here because they want to be of service of anyone alive." ting edge of liberal higher education." here," she observes. "This affects the Hesse explained that the College has whole quality of class discussion." Pras- initiated a bold effort this year to in- sede taught two courses during the winter crease student financial aid by 60% and term: Behavior and Ecology of Social In- to devote 20% more money to continue sects, and Comparative Vertebrate to acquire and retain*the most distin- Anatomy. guished faculty possible. "We hope our Prassede's doctoral dissertation at friends will consider increasing their gifts Boston University focused on the conse- accordingly, in order to help assure that quences of social organization in ants. COA can continue to provide the high- She has travelled widely to pursue other est quality educational experience to research interests. She spent six months outstanding and deserving young peo- in Kenya carrying out studies in prima- ple," he stated. "If we receive the same tology. And in Australia she helped de- spirit of generosity as we did last year, I velop a study to determine effects of plant know we can reach our goal. We have chemicals as possible triggers to reproduc- balanced our operating budget for two tion in kangaroos. years in a row, and it is crucial that we Looking towards the future, Prassede continue to maintain this kind of sound says she will continue to pursue her re- financial record. With the help of our search in insect behavior. "I would also friends, including the business communi- like to begin involving COA students in ty, we will do it." my research," she adds. "Since COA is receptive to implementing research, it ap- peals to me to think about contributing to this effort by including COA students Louis Rabineau COA Students in the process." Rabineau said that the next two sub- jects for oral history will be Dr. Lyman Impress New Faculty Glenny, considered to be a major schol- ar of systems of higher education, and Rabineau Produces Dr. Richard Millard, who was chosen Two women have joined COA this because of his extensive experience in winter as full-time faculty members: Oral History the national scene in advising statewide Candace Julyan, instructor of Educa- governors, legislators, and educators on tion, and Prassede Calabi, instructor of matters concerning higher education in Biology. Louis Rabineau, president of College of the states. Teaching undergraduates is a change the Atlantic and Senior Vice President The oral history of Dr. Dunlap was for Candace Julyan, who has spent the of the Academy of Educational Develop- made possible through a grant from the past four years as a teaching fellow at ment, was in Washington D.C. on Mon- Frost Foundation in support of the In- Harvard, working with graduate stu- day, February 9 to make a private pres- service Education Program of the State dents. She has found the students at entation of an oral history which he Higher Education Executive Officers COA "remarkable." "When I first came produced of Dr. .T.Dunlap, Chancel- Association (SHEEO). The next two to COA, I realized the students were lor Emeritus of Oklahoma State Regents oral histories will be funded under a really willing to think about difficult of Higher Education. new grant from the Frost Foundation to problems. I couldn't imagine better stu- In attendance were Dr. William Arce- the Academy of Educational Develop- dents to work with than those at COA." neaux, Louisiana commissioner of higher ment. 4 Larry Clendenin and Vicki Nichols cartographical, architectural, anatomical made a unique visit to the Worcester and mathematical projects three-dimen- Faculty/Staff public high schools and Worcester sionally. This system, funded under the Academy in February. Vicki presented Title III grant, allows the user to capture News Notes the Whales on Wheels program and unique perspectives that are alternative Larry presented a slide show depicting or supplemental to a more traditional the special educational opportunities at approach. Hyman considers this system Rich Borden is on research leave for COA. "a more comprehensible medium," for the winter term. He will be visiting uni- COA Research Associates Beverly the student, and will be offering a versities on the east and west coasts to Agler (COA '81), Lisa Baraff (COA course next term in CAD techniques. give talks on "the development of an '86) and Bob Bowman have just Jill Barlow-Kelly from Career Services ecological perspective." He will also meet returned from San Carlos, Mexico, is offering students the opportunity to with other researchers on this topic. where they joined COA students Kim work with Sigi Plus, a computerized Rich and Peter Corcoran were Robertson and Tim Cole during Feb- guidance system featuring values clarifi- featured at the FIPSE project directors ruary. They studied the natural history cation exercises and occupational infor- meeting in Washington D.C. in Decem- and marine biology of that region and mation. The software is on loan and ber, where they gave a workshop on guided independent research studies for will help determine student interest in "New Directions in Teacher Educa- Kim and Tim. such a resource. tion-Human Ecology." Research Associate Judy Beard is shar- Pam Parvin recently joined the ad- Stewart Brecher completed a course ing the computer expertise she devel- visory board of the Teen Parent Pro- in Computer Aided Design in Cam- oped at Allied Whale with the rest of gram at Mount Desert Island High bridge, Mass. during Christmas break. the College as part of the Computer School. Melita Brecher was awarded two new Education course funded under Title III. Anne Pearson, coordinator of "The commissions, one for wall reliefs for Fi- Research Associate Harriet Corbett is Ten Thousand Things Film Project," delity Investment Corporation, Boston, in Florida working with the New Eng- has recently received a gift of $5,000 the other for outdoor sculpture for East- land Aquarium's annual winter survey and a letter expressing enthusiastic sup- ern Maine Vocational Technical Insti- for right whales under the direction of port from Steven C. Rockefeller, Dean tute in Bangor, Me. Scott Kraus (COA '78). of Middlebury College in Vermont. Steve Katona attended the Biennial Gary Friedmann participated in a Ann has also just been notified by the Conference of the American Cetacean 10-person winter camping expedition Maine Humanities Council that her Society in Monterey, California, on which included snowshoeing on the project has been awarded a $500 Plan- November 22 and 23. The conference frozen Allagash. This program, led by ning Grant. theme was "The World's Whales; the COA graduates Alexandra and Garrett Rebecca Buyers-Basso and Jill Whale's World." Steve chaired a sympo- Conover, was sponsored by the North Barlow-Kelly are researching a project sium on "The Ecological/Technical Im- Woods Arts Center and the University similar to that of the Mentor Programs pact of Humans on Cetaceans," gave a of Maine. established at other college campuses. lecture titled "Are whales ecologically Harris Hyman and Stewart Brecher The Mentor Program would facilitate important: what would happen if they have been working together on COA's students' interaction and work with disappeared?", and was a guest on a na- Design Graphics Laboratory which util- alumni who are currently involved in tionally broadcast PBC television series izes the AUTO-CAD (Computer Aided professional fields of interest to career- called "Living with Animals." Design) system as a means to illustrate oriented students. Benefit Dinner JOIN IN HONORING EDWARD G. KAELBER AND ELIZABETH F. THORNDIKE ON B $ APRIL 11, 1987 IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS and HELP BRING THE PHOENIX FUND CAMPAIGN TO REBUILD KAELBER HALL and the THORNDIKE LIBRARY to a SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION Call The Development Office For Details Architect Daniel Scully's drawings for the new Kaelber Hall/Thorndike Library complex. 207-288-5015 5 COA Profiles The Right Chemistry For COA Prospector for Opportunities At the beginning of the winter semester, amidst crates and boxes that contained the new equipment for the chemistry "Helping COA develop its potential is lab, I managed to find Don Cass, one of my greatest joys," says Ted Koff- COA's chemistry teacher. As we talked, man, Director of Financial Aid and Sum- workmen were busily putting the lab mer Programs. Successfully achieving the back in order. "The College recently recent Title III grant exemplifies this. As received a $40,000 grant, from a won- the person responsible for writing the derful friend of COA named Charlotte proposal and shepherding it through the Bordeaux, to furnish the chemistry lab U.S. Department of Education's (USDE) with new equipment. All $40,000 has grant review process, Ted spent many been spent for fume hoods, safety equip- evenings and weekends writing the ment, lab tables, more usable storage grant. He hired a consultant for an in- space, as well as gas and water service tensive weekend of drafting; got feed- which is now provided at every lab sta- back from faculty and staff members tion," Don explained. Peter Corcoran, Harris Hyman, Charlie Smoot Major, student "These improvements will enable the Hesse and others; and sought guidance students to do more of the experiments from Paul Bucci, a grant writer/manager for the course themselves and improve associated with the Academy of Educa- Watching Hawks their lab skills," Don said enthusiastical- tional Development who was suggested ly. "Now I will also be able to offer a by Lou Rabineau. Like A Hawk physics course and lab. This will tie in In October of 1986, the USDE awarded with "Patterns of Invention" taught by the COA a Title III grant of $591,000, Dan Kane and "The Philosophy of Sci- the largest single grant ever received by Smoot Major (COA '87) has been study- ence" taught by John Visvader. Their the College. According to Ted, the grant ing the hawks in this area with great classes will be able to come to the phys- should have far reaching ramifications dedication, along with fellow student, ics lab." for COA in terms of supporting growth Glen Mittelhauser. and stability, with grant monies being "I began the study on August 30th, channeled over three years into the de- 1986." he explains "I originally started velopment of computer resources, insti- this whole idea when I took an orni- tutional research, and ecological educa- thology class with Bill Drury. It was tion. then that I decided I wanted to do an independent study on hawks here in the area. It was really for enjoyment pur- poses when I first started out, but I quickly realized how little information there is on hawks, and how inaccurate the information is. I spent over 700 hours on Hawk Mountain in Acadia National Park last term watching, count- ing, and identifying male and female species. I want to have accurate num- bers to use next year. For example, in Don Cass, Professor of Chemistry 1958 the Red Shouldered Hawk was Having just finished a study of Somes considered the most numerous bird Sound with fellow COA teacher, Carl around. I have only counted three SO Ketchum, Don was optimistic about far." what his future holds. "We (Carl and I) In his 700 hours of hawk watching were hired by the Somes Sound Asso- Smoot has identified 13 species within ciation to study the Sound and see if it four families of hawks. Specifically, he was being polluted. We studied the Ted Koffman, Director of Summer Programs has counted 3215 hawks individually. flushing cycle of the Sound and the nu- and Financial Aid "The most hawks I ever counted in one trient flow from feeding streams. The A man who seems to thrive on multi- day was 869 in a four-hour period. That report was submitted to the Association faceted responsibilities, Ted speaks with was a magic day for hawk watching," he for further study." pride of his brainchild, the summer notes. He has also identified a sub- This is only one of the many projects Field Studies by the Sea program (FSS) species of the falcon, which is usually that Don has been working on during for science teachers and environmental found in the midwest. the past several years. He completed an educators. "The simple magic resides in Smoot plans on starting his senior acid rain study in the summer of 1985 Cont. on next page Cont. on next page Cont. on next page 6 Koffman-Cont. from page 6 know I'll be right on Beech Mountain rent ones mixed with alumni, faculty, providing high quality college services every fall for the next five years study- and administrators. Sitting around ta- and academic programs," he says. "Our ing the hawks, but there are so many bles, using newly familiar first names, goal is to become the most exciting and places where I can study after COA, they asked each other those questions highest quality environmental field stud- who knows where I'll end up. What can that are the beginnings of friendships. ies center in the country. We can do I say, I'm a school addict. And there The prospective students felt that they it," he emphasizes, "by supplementing isn't a day I'm not looking up at the sky had received honest answers during our own excellent faculty with the best watching a bird or two." their brief stay, and liked COA all the visiting faculty available." better. They enjoyed the school's small Always looking for new ideas, Ted has -Jeanne Kimlicka size, the independence of freshmen, and a list of ways to enhance Field Studies the broad perspective of Human Ecology. by the Sea-developing a library of edu- Cass-Cont. from page 6 Bill Scanga, a high school senior from cational video films of the FSS work- which was also a part of his recent 1986 Philadelphia, praised COA. "It's just shops; interweaving arts and humanities Fall Course "Environmental Chemistry." what I'm looking for, perfect well, into the FSS curriculum; and developing When asked about his personal plans maybe not perfect, but close to it." an 'age-integrated' program in which and hopes for the next few years he rat- people of- all ages can share their enthu- tled off a list of projects, from studying -Kevin Geiger siasm for ecological studies. the content of streams here on the Is- Quality ideas bring quantity results, is land, to testing the pesticide residues on Ted's premise. Not only has the FSS en- the Museum taxidermy specimens to rollment increased dramatically, but the determine causes of death. Letter to the Editor six-week program is attracting increasing Ever the perennial student, Don also numbers of students from the midwest wants to attend classes at the University and southern states. The program began of Maine to learn more about toxicolo- The last issue of the COA News with one 2-week session the first sum- gy, public policy and nutrition. presented a brief summary of the results mer, and now offers three such sessions Besides teaching chemistry, Don is of a Spring Study of Somes Sound com- each summer. It has increased from 18 Chairman of the Personnel Committee, pleted by Don Cass and myself. The im- graduate students in 1980 to 148 par- a responsibility he enjoys. He is working plication that we found the "Sound in ticipants this past season (1986). with Pam Parvin on a handbook for Good Shape" is misleading. It is more Colleagues who work closely with Ted training advisors. Coming up for Don appropriate to state that our findings in call him "persistent," and " a man of vi- this summer is an Elderhostel course on the Spring Study did not uncover as- sion." Ted calls himself "a prospector acid rain which he will be teaching in pects of Somes Sound that needed im- for opportunities." "I think of COA as conjunction with Mount Desert High mediate attention and to emphasize that bursting with potential, but we need to School science teachers. the results only apply to the Spring con- take steps to realize our opportunities. I ditions in the Sound. -Keith Goodrich look forward to doing more," he says. Later results on the nutrient distribu- tion in August indicate that the concen- -Carolyn Dow trations of ammonia were relatively high in the deeper waters and this is an in- Major-Cont. from page 6 Prospective Students dication that a "potential" for eutrophi- project this fall, studying the hawks cation exists. Thus, the final results sug- once again. He hopes to live on Beech Visit COA gest the need for further studies during Mountain 24 hours a day, using the old the summer. fire tower as a base for bad weather. -Carl Ketchum Smoot will be busy taking on other Twenty-seven prospective students, many projects as well, such as photography with parents in tow, came to COA dur- and making a video on hawk migration ing the College's Winter Tour from Feb- COA NEWS is published three for the Outreach Education program at ruary 18-20. They came to take a look the college. He also hopes to publish his times a year. It is circulated to at the school, its faculty and students. Alumni, Parents, Staff, Faculty, work eventually and has already sent They could be seen wandering in groups, and Friends. out data to other bird organizations. admiring the half-frozen Frenchman's "I'd like to go to Canada and figure Bay, or quietly sitting in on regular Editor out a way to track a group of hawks, classes. red-shouldered hawks hopefully, from College of the Atlantic Alumni Carolyn Dow Canada to South America", he says "I (COAA) members, Michael Kaiser, Student Assistants could then study their behavior patterns Glen Berkowitz and Bob Holley, were and how environmental factors can af- Jim Cole also on campus for the Tour. Holley, fect their habitat." COAA President, spoke at the All- Katrina Hodgkins Maureen Donohoe As always, money has its part in College Meeting about COA's past, re- dreams such as these, and Smoot has calling the student concerns of his days Kevin Geiger applied for a grant from the Hawk Jeanne Kimlicka and giving current students a histori- Keith Goodrich Mountain Society to continue his cal perspective on the College. The Winter Tour came to a close with Josh Winer studies. "I hope to study both birds and botany after graduation, since I do love a potluck dinner in the Turrets Great them both. They are related as far as Hall on Friday, February 20th. The din- HAVE YOU MOVED? If so we would ecology goes. In fact, birds are the best ner seemed more like a beginning than appreciate your notifying us of a change environmental indicators in the world. I an end, as prospective students and cur- of address. 7 Human Race Moving Through Space Begun in the fall of 1986 the COA Out- door Program has continued to grow in popularity. One goal of this program is to plan and offer activities to students on a regular basis. The first function last October was a pot-luck dinner and slide show by Gar- rett Conover (COA '78). The show, en- titled "Caribou Winds", details a winter trip to Labrador led by Garrett and his wife Alexandra (COA '77). Together, the Conovers own and operate North- woods Arts in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. A sea kayaking workshop was the sec- ond event sponsored by the outdoor program. Instruction and boats were provided by Coastal Kayaking Tours based in Bar Harbor. Sightings of bald eagles and a harbor seal, as well as plen- ty of sun and surf, highlighted the four- hour trip. The Winter program began with the acquisition of eight sets of cross-country skis. The skis have been widely used in Snowbound? 'Sno problem! Students Ben Verbeck and Alice Moore emerge from the Quin- ski instruction, and as rentals by stu- sy they created after Blizzard # ????. dents. The Moonlight ski, attended by ing students, the snow pile was tunneled ing workshops in May, as well as ses- eleven students, left from Eagle Lake out to form a Quinsy, a shelter used in sions in CPR and backcountry First-Aid. parking lot, looped past Aunt Betty's winter camping. The construction turn- Ski rentals and instruction have been Pond and returned along the west shore ed out to be a good way for students to offered on a regular basis. of Eagle Lake. A hot chocolate break be physical, have fun and take a break For more information contact Jim and a beautiful full moon made the ski from their class schedule. Cole at the College. Jim, who has head- tour a special one. Other activities offered during the ed the Outdoor Program, wishes to ex- The latest activity offered by the pro- winter included another moonlight ski, press thanks to COA and the Student gram was snow shelter construction. On February 14, and a slide show about an Activities Committee for their support, Wednesday, February 4th, Alice Moore expedition to Denali (Mt. McKinley) in and to all the students who have helped and Ben Verbeck began piling snow on late February. make it all possible. the front lawn of COA. Helped by pass- The spring program will feature kayak- -Jim Cole COA NEWS NON-PROFIT ORGANIZ. COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC U.S. POSTAGE PAID Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 BAR HARBOR, ME PERMIT #47 8