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'Challenge of the Infinite Frontier' - SOEI 40th Anniversary Event

Apr 3, 2013

Location Information
7:30-8:30 pm @ Sentry Room - SOEI

6-7:15 p.m. - SOEI Sentry Room "Singing Wilderness, Reading Wilderness, Writing Wilderness." - Northland students Jake McGinnis and Peter Wolak have gathered a collection of Northland students to share their favorite Olson quotes and the inspiration provided therein.

7:15-7:30 p.m. - Break with refreshments

7:30-8:30 p.m. - SOEI Sentry Room "Challenge of the Infinite Frontier"- Northland Alum and author Rocky Barker will share his experience as a student at Northland when the Institute was created. He will also discuss new views on wildland conservation.

 

** Additional Events for SOEI 40th Anniversary 'Wildness Week' **

April 4, 7 - 9 p.m.  |  Ponzio Campus Center, Alvord Theater

7 p.m. - Welcome from Mark Peterson, Executive Director, Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute

7:15-8:15 p.m. - "Facing Climate Catastrophe with Hope: Rediscovering the Olson Way" by David Backes, Professor of Mass Communications at UW-Milwaukee and author of A Wilderness Within: The Life of Sigurd F. Olson

8:15-8:30 p.m. - Break with refreshments

8:30-9 p.m. - Filmmaker Peter Olsen will share clips and stories from his newest documentary project, "The Singing Wilderness; The Life of Sigurd F. Olson

April 5, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.  |  Ponzio Campus Center, Alvord Theater

Wilderness Expeditions - Trip Reports from around North America
8-8:50 a.m. - "Pam's Journey to the Arctic Ocean and Beyond" by John Olson- John has been an active lifetime paddler and wildlife biologist for 37 years with the WI DNR .

9-9:50 a.m. - "One Man, One Canoe, Two Countries" by Dave R. Doering- Dave is an independent film maker, owner of "Sun Ridge Moving Pictures" and Bayfield Public School Teacher.

10-10:50 a.m. - "Baffin Island 2007: Exploring The Frontlines of Climate Change" by Elizabeth K. Andre- Elizabeth is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Education and Outdoor Education at Northland College.

11-11:50 a.m. - "Ideas of the North" by Conor Mihell- Conor is an editor-at-large with Canoe and Kayak magazine and an award-winning environmental and adventure travel journalist based in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

12-12:50 p.m. - Lunch on your own

1-1:50 p.m. - "Traversing the Brooks Range by Canoe: Haul Road to the Chukchi Sea" by Geoffrey Smith-Geoffrey is an Aquatic Ecologist for Voyageurs National Park and has worked for the National Park Service for over 30 years.

2-2:50 p.m. - "Pikes Portage: East onto the Barrens from Great Slave Lake with lessons from Sigurd Olson" by Bob Henderson- Bob is the author of Every Trail has a Story: Heritage Travel in Canada and the long time editor of Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education. He has taught outdoor education at McMaster University and now Brock University for over 30 years.

3-3:25 p.m. - "The Voyageur's Highway: A Journey in Five Parts" by Ted Gostomski. Ted is a biologist, writer and hivernant whose internal compass points North.

3:30-3:55 p.m. - "Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: America's Last Wilderness" by Laurel Ipsen. Laurel is a freshman at Northland College studying Outdoor Education. She hails from Duluth, MN.

4-4:25 p.m. - "Life is Better There" by Will "John Wayne" Krift. Will grew up hiking trails north of The Smoky Mountains National Park and is a student at Northland College. He spent 4 months last summer hiking the Appalachian Trail.
All events have been coordinated and supported by the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute and the A.D. & Mary Elizabeth Andersen Hulings Distinguished Chair in the Humanities.

Contact Information

Jean Ayers
715-682-1264
jayers@northland.edu

'Singing Wilderness, Reading Wildernes, Writing Wilderness' - SOEI 40th Anniversary Event

Apr 3, 2013

Location Information
6-8:30 pm @ Sentry Room - SOEI

April 3, 6 - 8:30 p.m.  |  SOEI Sentry Room

6-7:15 p.m. - SOEI Sentry Room "Singing Wilderness, Reading Wilderness, Writing Wilderness." - Northland students Jake McGinnis and Peter Wolak have gathered a collection of Northland students to share their favorite Olson quotes and the inspiration provided therein.
7:15-7:30 p.m. - Break with refreshments
7:30-8:30 p.m. - SOEI Sentry Room "Challenge of the Infinite Frontier"- Northland Alum and author Rocky Barker will share his experience as a student at Northland when the Institute was created. He will also discuss new views on wildland conservation.

April 4, 7 - 9 p.m.  |  Ponzio Campus Center, Alvord Theater

*7 p.m. - Welcome from Mark Peterson, Executive Director, Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute
*7:15-8:15 p.m. - "Facing Climate Catastrophe with Hope: Rediscovering the Olson Way" by David Backes, Professor of Mass Communications at UW-Milwaukee and author of A Wilderness Within: The Life of Sigurd F. Olson
8:15-8:30 p.m. - Break with refreshments
*8:30-9 p.m. - Filmmaker Peter Olsen will share clips and stories from his newest documentary project, "The Singing Wilderness; The Life of Sigurd F. Olson

April 5, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.  |  Ponzio Campus Center, Alvord Theater

Wilderness Expeditions - Trip Reports from around North America
*8-8:50 a.m. - "Pam's Journey to the Arctic Ocean and Beyond" by John Olson- John has been an active lifetime paddler and wildlife biologist for 37 years with the WI DNR .
*9-9:50 a.m. - "One Man, One Canoe, Two Countries" by Dave R. Doering- Dave is an independent film maker, owner of "Sun Ridge Moving Pictures" and Bayfield Public School Teacher.
*10-10:50 a.m. - "Baffin Island 2007: Exploring The Frontlines of Climate Change" by Elizabeth K. Andre- Elizabeth is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Education and Outdoor Education at Northland College.
*11-11:50 a.m. - "Ideas of the North" by Conor Mihell- Conor is an editor-at-large with Canoe and Kayak magazine and an award-winning environmental and adventure travel journalist based in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
12-12:50 p.m. - Lunch on your own
1-1:50 p.m. - "Traversing the Brooks Range by Canoe: Haul Road to the Chukchi Sea" by Geoffrey Smith-Geoffrey is an Aquatic Ecologist for Voyageurs National Park and has worked for the National Park Service for over 30 years.
2-2:50 p.m. - "Pikes Portage: East onto the Barrens from Great Slave Lake with lessons from Sigurd Olson" by Bob Henderson- Bob is the author of Every Trail has a Story: Heritage Travel in Canada and the long time editor of Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education. He has taught outdoor education at McMaster University and now Brock University for over 30 years.
*3-3:25 p.m. - "The Voyageur's Highway: A Journey in Five Parts" by Ted Gostomski. Ted is a biologist, writer and hivernant whose internal compass points North.
3:30-3:55 p.m. - "Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: America's Last Wilderness" by Laurel Ipsen. Laurel is a freshman at Northland College studying Outdoor Education. She hails from Duluth, MN.
4-4:25 p.m. - "Life is Better There" by Will "John Wayne" Krift. Will grew up hiking trails north of The Smoky Mountains National Park and is a student at Northland College. He spent 4 months last summer hiking the Appalachian Trail.
All events have been coordinated and supported by the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute and the A.D. & Mary Elizabeth Andersen Hulings Distinguished Chair in the Humanities.

Contact Information

Jean Ayers
715-682-1264
jayers@northland.edu