(752,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HP-Rotator-Inspire-and-Educate.jpg','xhtml','/donate/inspireandeducate','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'none'),(753,1,9,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}IMG_0685-300pxl-adjusted(1).jpg\" style=\"width: 225px; float: right; height: 168px;\" />Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies has received a two-year grant from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) for its new citizen science initiative to empower local citizens to collect information on water quality to monitor and protect the Upper Manistee River. The Upper Manistee River Stream Team will comprise local citizens passionate about protecting the Upper Manistee River Watershed and not afraid to get a little wet doing it.</p>\n<p>\n	Au Sable Environmental Education Coordinator, Paul Wiemerslage says, &ldquo;This new program is an exciting way to bring people together to care for our local stream and watershed. Northwest Michigan streams are beautiful and unique and the Manistee is no exception. Au Sable has been taking nearby students to the Manistee River to learn about our local streams and stream science for decades. We&rsquo;re pleased to coordinate a program that teaches people the skills to collect data that can inform how we protect the Manistee River going forward.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}IMG_0691-300pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 225px; height: 155px; float: right;\" />The Institute has already held its first Volunteer Stream Monitoring Day this past spring. Groups of participants ventured out to collect aquatic insects at five locations in the Upper Manistee. The presence of these aquatic insects, called macroinvertebrates, serves an indicator of the stream&rsquo;s water quality. By monitoring these stream locations over time, the data collected can be used by decision-makers to gauge stream quality and make improvements if stream conditions become compromised.</p>\n<p>\n	&ldquo;This is a way for people to make a real difference,&rdquo; says Wiemerslage.</p>\n<p>\n	The program is part of a larger movement spearheaded by the Michigan Clean Water Corps (MiCorps) to empower local citizens to collect important data on Michigan rivers, streams, and lakes for local decision-makers to use to protect our watersheds.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	All ages are welcome to join in monitoring efforts when the Manistee Stream Team will sample in the fall. For anyone interested in participating, or wish to have more information, please contact Paul Wiemerslage at 231-587-8686 or paul.w@ausable.org.</p>\n','none','{filedir_8}IMG_0685-300pxl-adjusted_thumb.jpg','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'none'),(754,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}HP-Rotator-Wendell-Berry-Interviews.jpg\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 219px;\" /></p>\n<p>\n	<em>All this week, we&#39;ll be releasing excerpts from our&nbsp;<strong>Au Sable Graduate Fellows Conference with Wendell Berry</strong>&nbsp;this past January. The Conference title,&nbsp;<strong>&quot;For the Love of God&#39;s Earth,&quot;</strong>&nbsp;delved into a theme Berry has explored in his Jefferson Lecture and in his most recent collection of essays, &quot;It All Turns on Affection.&quot; As part of the Conference, the Au Sable Graduate Fellows, a community of 40 Christian graduate students across 10 major public research universities who are engaged in studies and research on the care of God&#39;s creation, had the opportunity to speak with Berry</em></p>\n<p>\n	In these first two videos, Berry discusses a topic at the forefront of his mind: science in present day. This includes everything from conservation science to use of technology. In the second video, he offers his perspective on teaching the affections in the modern age, where technology integration in the classroom and standardized testing has become the norm.</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}HP-Rotator-Wendell-Berry-Interviews.jpg\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 219px;\" /></p>\n<p>\n	<em>All this week, we&#39;ll be releasing excerpts from our <strong>Au Sable Graduate Fellows Conference with Wendell Berry</strong> this past January. The Conference title, <strong>&quot;For the Love of God&#39;s Earth,&quot;</strong> delved into a theme Berry has explored in his Jefferson Lecture and in his most recent collection of essays, &quot;It All Turns on Affection.&quot; As part of the Conference, the Au Sable Graduate Fellows, a community of 40 Christian graduate students across 10 major public research universities who are engaged in studies and research on the care of God&#39;s creation, had the opportunity to speak with Berry</em></p>\n<p>\n	In these first two videos, Berry discusses a topic at the forefront of his mind: science in present day. This includes everything from conservation science to use of technology. In the second video, he offers his perspective on teaching the affections in the modern age, where technology integration in the classroom and standardized testing has become the norm.</p>\n<h2>\n	On Science</h2>\n<p>\n	<iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/WOeFwI4yLaM\" width=\"560\"></iframe></p>\n<h2>\n	On Teachers</h2>\n<p>\n	<iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/N39cpyNk3uM\" width=\"560\"></iframe></p>\n<p>\n	Check back for more interview excerpts the rest of the week.</p>\n<p>\n	Learn more about our Graduate Fellows program and our passionate group of fellows who are positioned to be leaders in Christian earthkeeping for the next generation on our <a href=\"/alumni_and_grad_fellows/#GradFellows\">Graduate Fellows webpage</a>.</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'none'),(755,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HP-Rotator-Wendell-Berry-Interviews1.jpg','xhtml','/news_and_resources/conferences/au_sable_graduate_fellows_conference_2014/','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'none'),(756,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}HP-Rotator-Wendell-Berry-Interviews.jpg\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 219px;\" /></p>\n<p>\n	<em>All this week, we&#39;ll be releasing excerpts from our <strong>Au Sable Graduate Fellows Conference with Wendell Berry</strong> this past January. The Conference title, <strong>&quot;For the Love of God&#39;s Earth,&quot;</strong> delved into a theme Berry has explored in his Jefferson Lecture and in his most recent collection of essays, &quot;It All Turns on Affection.&quot; As part of the Conference, the Au Sable Graduate Fellows, a community of 40 Christian graduate students across 10 major public research universities who are engaged in studies and research on the care of God&#39;s creation, had the opportunity to speak with Berry during a two hour Question &amp; Answer session.</em></p>\n<p>\n	In these next two videos, Berry deals with how we should address big power and big issues. In the first video, he discusses how he thinks households and communities can begin to take back the power that has been delegated to corporations. In the second video, he offers his perspective on how we should think about and address big environmental issues.</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}HP-Rotator-Wendell-Berry-Interviews.jpg\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 219px;\" /></p>\n<p>\n	<em>All this week, we&#39;ll be releasing excerpts from our <strong>Au Sable Graduate Fellows Conference with Wendell Berry</strong> this past January. The Conference title, <strong>&quot;For the Love of God&#39;s Earth,&quot;</strong> delved into a theme Berry has explored in his Jefferson Lecture and in his most recent collection of essays, &quot;It All Turns on Affection.&quot; As part of the Conference, the Au Sable Graduate Fellows, a community of 40 Christian graduate students across 10 major public research universities who are engaged in studies and research on the care of God&#39;s creation, had the opportunity to speak with Berry during a two hour Question &amp; Answer session.</em></p>\n<p>\n	In these next two videos, Berry deals with how we should address big power and big issues. In the first video, he discusses how he thinks households and communities can begin to take back the power that has been delegated to corporations. In the second video, he offers his perspective on how we should think about and address big environmental issues.</p>\n<h2>\n	On Economies, Criticism, and Public Reform</h2>\n<p>\n	<iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/DtKGVxbqUlo\" width=\"560\"></iframe></p>\n<h2>\n	On Addressing Big Environmental Issues</h2>\n<p>\n	<iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/KK7pmJO48_c\" width=\"560\"></iframe></p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	Previous Day Videos</h1>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"http://ausable.org/news_and_resources/blog/wendell_week_on_science_and_teaching#.U6niGvldVIE\" target=\"_self\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Day-1-On-Science-Teaching-295pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 295px; height: 166px;\" /></a></p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'none'),(757,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}HP-Rotator-Wendell-Berry-Interviews.jpg\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 219px;\" /></p>\n<p>\n	<em>All this week, we&#39;ll be releasing excerpts from our <strong>Au Sable Graduate Fellows Conference with Wendell Berry</strong> this past January. The Conference title, <strong>&quot;For the Love of God&#39;s Earth,&quot;</strong> delved into a theme Berry has explored in his Jefferson Lecture and in his most recent collection of essays, &quot;It All Turns on Affection.&quot; As part of the Conference, the Au Sable Graduate Fellows, a community of 40 Christian graduate students across 10 major public research universities who are engaged in studies and research on the care of God&#39;s creation, had the opportunity to speak with Berry during a two hour Question &amp; Answer session.</em></p>\n<p>\n	In these next two videos, Berry discusses hope and inspiration. In the first video, he talks about why he has hope and why he thinks &quot;neighborliness&quot; is a helpful word to build society around. In the second video, he discusses why he goes to the woods each Sunday sabbath, quietness, and the heavenly muse.</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}HP-Rotator-Wendell-Berry-Interviews.jpg\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 219px;\" /></p>\n<p>\n	<em>All this week, we&#39;ll be releasing excerpts from our <strong>Au Sable Graduate Fellows Conference with Wendell Berry</strong> this past January. The Conference title, <strong>&quot;For the Love of God&#39;s Earth,&quot;</strong> delved into a theme Berry has explored in his Jefferson Lecture and in his most recent collection of essays, &quot;It All Turns on Affection.&quot; As part of the Conference, the Au Sable Graduate Fellows, a community of 40 Christian graduate students across 10 major public research universities who are engaged in studies and research on the care of God&#39;s creation, had the opportunity to speak with Berry during a two hour Question &amp; Answer session.</em></p>\n<p>\n	In these next two videos, Berry discusses hope and inspiration. In the first video, he talks about why he has hope and why he thinks &quot;neighborliness&quot; is a helpful word to build society around. In the second video, he discusses why he goes to the woods each Sunday sabbath, quietness, and the heavenly muse.</p>\n<h2>\n	On Hope and Neighborliness</h2>\n<p>\n	<iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/V6EhACDDOd8\" width=\"560\"></iframe></p>\n<h2>\n	On Heavenly Muses and Going to the Woods</h2>\n<p>\n	<iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/_o8TTZ4vwb8\" width=\"560\"></iframe></p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	Previous Day Videos</h1>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"http://ausable.org/news_and_resources/blog/wendell_week_on_science_and_teaching#.U6rmUPldVIE\" target=\"_self\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Day-1-On-Science-Teaching-500pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 281px; float: left;\" /></a></p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"http://ausable.org/news_and_resources/blog/wendell_week_day_2#.U6rmg_ldVIE\" target=\"_self\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Day-2-On-Public-Reform_Addressing-Env-Issues-500pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 281px; float: left;\" /></a></p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'none'),(758,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}HP-Rotator-Wendell-Berry-Interviews.jpg\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 219px;\" /></p>\n<p>\n	<em>All this week, we&#39;ll be releasing excerpts from our&nbsp;<strong>Au Sable Graduate Fellows Conference with Wendell Berry</strong>&nbsp;this past January. The Conference title,&nbsp;<strong>&quot;For the Love of God&#39;s Earth,&quot;</strong>&nbsp;delved into a theme Berry has explored in his Jefferson Lecture and in his most recent collection of essays, &quot;It All Turns on Affection.&quot; As part of the Conference, the Au Sable Graduate Fellows, a community of 40 Christian graduate students across 10 major public research universities who are engaged in studies and research on the care of God&#39;s creation, had the opportunity to speak with Berry during a two hour Question &amp; Answer session.</em></p>\n<p>\n	These next two excerpts demonstrate the depth and range of Berry&#39;s thought. In one of the most fascinating parts of the Q&amp;A, he discusses the other matter that he has been researching and puzzling over most recently (in addition to &quot;science&quot;; see&nbsp;<a href=\"/news_and_resources/blog/wendell_week_on_science_and_teaching#.U6rmUPldVIE\">Day 1</a>), which is nature&#39;s role and description in the Western literary tradition. He follows this response with a description of the hymns that have been meaningful, and two that have not, in his own life, which leads to a description of how the Civil War still affects Kentucky and the broader effects of war on community and country. Each shows Berry&#39;s love and knowledge of literature and his commitment to place.</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}HP-Rotator-Wendell-Berry-Interviews.jpg\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 219px;\" /></p>\n<p>\n	<em>All this week, we&#39;ll be releasing excerpts from our <strong>Au Sable Graduate Fellows Conference with Wendell Berry</strong> this past January. The Conference title, <strong>&quot;For the Love of God&#39;s Earth,&quot;</strong> delved into a theme Berry has explored in his Jefferson Lecture and in his most recent collection of essays, &quot;It All Turns on Affection.&quot; As part of the Conference, the Au Sable Graduate Fellows, a community of 40 Christian graduate students across 10 major public research universities who are engaged in studies and research on the care of God&#39;s creation, had the opportunity to speak with Berry during a two hour Question &amp; Answer session.</em></p>\n<p>\n	These next two excerpts demonstrate the depth and range of Berry&#39;s thought. In one of the most fascinating parts of the Q&amp;A, he discusses the other matter that he has been researching and puzzling over most recently (in addition to &quot;science&quot;; see <a href=\"/news_and_resources/blog/wendell_week_on_science_and_teaching#.U6rmUPldVIE\">Day 1</a>), which is nature&#39;s role and description in the Western literary tradition. He follows this response with a description of the hymns that have been meaningful, and two that have not, in his own life, which leads to a description of how the Civil War still affects Kentucky and the broader effects of war on community and country. Each shows Berry&#39;s love and knowledge of literature and his commitment to place.</p>\n<h2>\n	On Nature in Western Literature</h2>\n<p>\n	<iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/NBTmUdtaOnw\" width=\"560\"></iframe></p>\n<h2>\n	On Hymns, Violence, and the Civil War in Kentucky</h2>\n<p>\n	<iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/f1t_3f-XTMw\" width=\"560\"></iframe>Previous Day Videos</p>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"http://ausable.org/news_and_resources/blog/wendell_week_on_science_and_teaching#.U6rmUPldVIE\" target=\"_self\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Day-1-On-Science-Teaching-500pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 281px; float: left;\" /></a></p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"http://ausable.org/news_and_resources/blog/wendell_week_day_2#.U6rmg_ldVIE\" target=\"_self\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Day-2-On-Public-Reform_Addressing-Env-Issues-500pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 281px; float: left;\" /></a></p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"http://ausable.org/news_and_resources/blog/wendell_week_day_3#.U6rpvfldVIH\" target=\"_self\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Day-3-On-Hope-Neighborliness-Going_to_the_Woods-500pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 281px; float: left;\" /></a></p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'none'),(762,1,1,'<h1>\n	Au Sable Graduate Fellows Conference 2014 with Wendell Berry</h1>\n<div id=\"video\">\n	<iframe height=\"338\" src=\"http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/XWhgU3qECJc\" width=\"600\"></iframe></div>\n<div>\n	&nbsp;</div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	In 2014, the <a href=\"/alumni_and_grad_fellows/#GradFellows\">Au Sable Graduate Fellows</a> gathered for their annual conference in Carrollton, Kentucky to explore the theme <strong>&quot;For the Love of God&#39;s Earth.&quot;</strong> The conference began with a two hour conversation with Wendell Berry, whose most recent book of essays -- titled&nbsp;<u>It All Turns on Affection</u> --&nbsp;inspired the conference theme. The video excerpts below cover the vast range of topics Berry discussed in caring for land and community.</p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<strong>Click on any link below to watch an excerpt:</strong></h3>\n<div id=\"links\">\n	<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" style=\"width: 600px;\">\n		<tbody>\n			<tr>\n				<td>\n					<a href=\"V6EhACDDOd8\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}On-Hope-and-Neighborliness-300pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 270px; height: 152px; float: left;\" /></a></td>\n				<td>\n					<a href=\"WOeFwI4yLaM\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}On-Science-300pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 270px; height: 152px; float: right;\" /></a></td>\n			</tr>\n			<tr>\n				<td>\n					<a href=\"_o8TTZ4vwb8\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}On-the-Heavenly-Muse-and-Going-to-the-Muse-300pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 270px; height: 152px; float: left;\" /></a></td>\n				<td>\n					<a href=\"b4VDQuohHyM\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}On-Being-a-Public-Figure-300pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 270px; height: 152px; float: right;\" /></a></td>\n			</tr>\n			<tr>\n				<td>\n					<a href=\"KK7pmJO48_c\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}On-Address-Big-Environmental-Issues-300pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 270px; height: 152px; float: left;\" /></a></td>\n				<td>\n					<a href=\"N39cpyNk3uM\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}On-Teaching-300pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 270px; height: 152px; float: right;\" /></a></td>\n			</tr>\n			<tr>\n				<td>\n					<a href=\"DtKGVxbqUlo\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}On-Economics-Criticism-and-Public-Reform-300pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 270px; height: 152px; float: left;\" /></a></td>\n				<td>\n					<a href=\"zE0dwY5-trk\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}On-Rural-Life-300pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 270px; height: 152px; float: right;\" /></a></td>\n			</tr>\n			<tr>\n				<td>\n					<a href=\"NBTmUdtaOnw\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}On-Nature-in-Western-Literature-300pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 270px; height: 152px; float: left;\" /></a></td>\n				<td>\n					<a href=\"13qDnkv3H88\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}On-Moving-Back-to-Kentucky-300pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 270px; height: 152px; float: right;\" /></a></td>\n			</tr>\n			<tr>\n				<td>\n					<a href=\"3IxnRbcEzOo\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}On-Government-and-Agricultural-Cooperatives-300pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 270px; height: 152px; float: left;\" /></a></td>\n				<td>\n					<a href=\"f1t_3f-XTMw\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}On-Hymns-Violence-and-the-Civil-War-in-Kentucky-300pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 270px; height: 152px; float: right;\" /></a></td>\n			</tr>\n			<tr>\n				<td>\n					<a href=\"lk6xegMlvVE\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}On-Reforming-Universities-300pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 270px; height: 152px; float: left;\" /></a></td>\n				<td>\n					<a href=\"FGjwUIwsXw8\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Interview-Part-1-300pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 270px; height: 176px; float: right;\" /></a></td>\n			</tr>\n			<tr>\n				<td>\n					<a href=\"XWhgU3qECJc\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Interview-Part-2-300pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 270px; height: 176px; float: left;\" /></a></td>\n			</tr>\n		</tbody>\n	</table>\n</div>\n<p>\n<script type=\"text/javascript\">\n	$(document).ready(function() {\n\n$(\'#links a\').click(function(e) {\ne.preventDefault();\nvar vidHtml = \'<iframe width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/\' + $(this).attr(\'href\') + \'?rel=0&autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen ></iframe>\';\n$(\'#video\').html(vidHtml);\n\n$(\'html,body\').animate({\n   scrollTop: $(\'#video\').offset().top-20\n});\n		});\n	});\n</script></p>\n','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'none'),(761,1,1,'<h1>\n	Au Sable Graduate Fellows Conference 2014 with Wendell Berry</h1>\n<div id=\"video\">\n	<iframe height=\"315\" src=\"http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/XWhgU3qECJc\" width=\"560\"></iframe></div>\n<div id=\"links\">\n	<a href=\"_o8TTZ4vwb8\"><img alt=\"tag\" src=\"{filedir_5}Day-1-On-Science-Teaching-500pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 281px; float: left\" /></a> <a href=\"KK7pmJO48_c\"><img alt=\"tag\" src=\"{filedir_5}Day-1-On-Science-Teaching-500pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 281px; float: left\" /></a></div>\n<p>\n<script type=\"text/javascript\">\n	$(document).ready(function() {\n\n$(\'#links a\').click(function(e) {\ne.preventDefault();\nvar vidHtml = \'<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/\' + $(this).attr(\'href\') + \'?rel=0&autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen ></iframe>\';\n$(\'#video\').html(vidHtml);\n\n$(\'html,body\').animate({\n   scrollTop: $(\'#video\').offset().top-20\n});\n		});\n	});\n</script></p>\n','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'none'),(759,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}HP-Rotator-Wendell-Berry-Interviews.jpg\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 219px;\" /></p>\n<p>\n	<em>All this week, we&#39;ll be releasing excerpts from our&nbsp;<strong>Au Sable Graduate Fellows Conference with Wendell Berry</strong>&nbsp;this past January. The Conference title,&nbsp;<strong>&quot;For the Love of God&#39;s Earth,&quot;</strong>&nbsp;delved into a theme Berry has explored in his Jefferson Lecture and in his most recent collection of essays, &quot;It All Turns on Affection.&quot; As part of the Conference, the Au Sable Graduate Fellows, a community of 40 Christian graduate students across 10 major public research universities who are engaged in studies and research on the care of God&#39;s creation, had the opportunity to speak with Berry during a two hour Question &amp; Answer session.</em></p>\n<p>\n	These last two excerpts are more personal in nature. Berry discusses his motivation for moving back home to Kentucky and what enabled him to do so. He also discusses what it means for him to be a public figure.</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}HP-Rotator-Wendell-Berry-Interviews.jpg\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 219px;\" /></p>\n<p>\n	<em>All this week, we&#39;ll be releasing excerpts from our <strong>Au Sable Graduate Fellows Conference with Wendell Berry</strong> this past January. The Conference title, <strong>&quot;For the Love of God&#39;s Earth,&quot;</strong> delved into a theme Berry has explored in his Jefferson Lecture and in his most recent collection of essays, &quot;It All Turns on Affection.&quot; As part of the Conference, the Au Sable Graduate Fellows, a community of 40 Christian graduate students across 10 major public research universities who are engaged in studies and research on the care of God&#39;s creation, had the opportunity to speak with Berry during a two hour Question &amp; Answer session.</em></p>\n<p>\n	These last two excerpts are more personal in nature. Berry discusses his motivation for moving back home to Kentucky and what enabled him to do so. He also discusses what it means for him to be a public figure.</p>\n<h2>\n	On Moving Back Home to Kentucky</h2>\n<p>\n	<iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/13qDnkv3H88\" width=\"560\"></iframe></p>\n<h2>\n	On Being a Public Figure</h2>\n<h1>\n	<iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/b4VDQuohHyM\" width=\"560\"></iframe></h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	Previous Day Videos</h1>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"http://ausable.org/news_and_resources/blog/wendell_week_on_science_and_teaching#.U6rmUPldVIE\" target=\"_self\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Day-1-On-Science-Teaching-500pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 281px; float: left;\" /></a></p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"http://ausable.org/news_and_resources/blog/wendell_week_day_2#.U6rmg_ldVIE\" target=\"_self\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Day-2-On-Public-Reform_Addressing-Env-Issues-500pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 281px; float: left;\" /></a></p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"http://ausable.org/news_and_resources/blog/wendell_week_day_3#.U6rpvfldVIH\" target=\"_self\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Day-3-On-Hope-Neighborliness-Going_to_the_Woods-500pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 281px; float: left;\" /></a></p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"http://ausable.org/news_and_resources/blog/wendell_week_day_4#.U6r18vldVIE\" target=\"_self\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Day-4-On-Nature-in-Western-Lit-500pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 281px; float: left;\" /></a></p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'none'),(763,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<a href=\"/news_and_resources/conferences/au_sable_graduate_fellows_conference_2014\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Wendell-Play-Button.jpg\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 337px;\" /></a><br />\n	<strong>VIDEOS</strong><br />\n	<b style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0); font-family: Garamond, \'Times New Roman\', Times, serif; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;\"><a _mce_href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/conferences/au_sable_graduate_fellows_conference_2014/\" _mce_shape=\"rect\" _mce_style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #800000; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"/news_and_resources/conferences/au_sable_graduate_fellows_conference_2014\" linktype=\"1\" shape=\"rect\" style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0) !important; text-decoration: none !important;\" target=\"_blank\" track=\"on\">Watch Clips from our 2014 Graduate Fellows Conference with Writer and Farmer Wendell Berry</a></b><br />\n	Wendell Berry, whose writings have been a potent and challenging voice for modern Christian environmental stewardship, had a lot to share with our Graduate Fellows at their 2014 Conference. Now we are excited to share it with you.<a _mce_href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/conferences/au_sable_graduate_fellows_conference_2014/\" _mce_shape=\"rect\" _mce_style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #3366ff; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"/news_and_resources/conferences/au_sable_graduate_fellows_conference_2014\" linktype=\"1\" shape=\"rect\" style=\"font-family: Garamond, \'Times New Roman\', Times, serif; font-size: 16.363636016845703px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255) !important; text-decoration: none !important;\" target=\"_blank\" track=\"on\">[Watch excerpts from Wendell&#39;s Q&amp;A with the Grad Fellows]</a></p>\n<hr />\n<p>\n	<strong><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Summer-Spotlight-Invasive-Biocontrol-Manistee-Lake.jpg\" style=\"width: 550px; height: 202px; float: left;\" /><br />\n	RESEARCH</strong><br />\n	<b _mce_style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 14pt;\" style=\"font-family: Garamond, \'Times New Roman\', Times, serif; color: rgb(128, 0, 0); font-size: 14pt;\">Student Teams Explore Key Questions in Conservation through Summer Research</b></p>\n<p>\n	Au Sable research students are scattering throughout Northwest Michigan to study key environmental issues throughout the region and beyond. Read up on each of our projects and the students gaining valuable skills as they study these important issues:</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<ul>\n	<li>\n		<a _mce_href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/news/summer_spotlight_do_biocontrol_methods#.U7GckfldVIE\" _mce_shape=\"rect\" _mce_style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #3366ff; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/news/summer_spotlight_do_biocontrol_methods#.U7GckfldVIE\" linktype=\"1\" shape=\"rect\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255) !important; text-decoration: none !important;\" target=\"_blank\" track=\"on\">Controlling Invasive Watermilfoil in Manistee Lake&nbsp;&nbsp;</a></li>\n	<li>\n		<a _mce_href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/news/new_research_aims_to_study_impact_of_noise_pollution_on_songbird_communicat#.U7GclPldVIE\" _mce_shape=\"rect\" _mce_style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #3366ff; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/news/new_research_aims_to_study_impact_of_noise_pollution_on_songbird_communicat#.U7GclPldVIE\" linktype=\"1\" shape=\"rect\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255) !important; text-decoration: none !important;\" target=\"_blank\" track=\"on\">Effects of Noise Pollution on Breeding Songbirds&nbsp;</a></li>\n	<li>\n		<a _mce_href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/news/boardman_river_restoration_research_enters_its_7th_year#.U7GcmfldVIE\" _mce_shape=\"rect\" _mce_style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #3366ff; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/news/boardman_river_restoration_research_enters_its_7th_year#.U7GcmfldVIE\" linktype=\"1\" shape=\"rect\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255) !important; text-decoration: none !important;\" target=\"_blank\" track=\"on\">Restoring Stream Biological Health Following Dam Removal</a></li>\n	<li _mce_style=\"color: #3366ff;\" style=\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\">\n		<a _mce_href=\"{filedir_11}research/2014_research_students/\" _mce_shape=\"rect\" _mce_style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; color: #3366ff; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"{filedir_11}research/2014_research_students/\" linktype=\"1\" shape=\"rect\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255) !important; text-decoration: none !important;\" target=\"_blank\" track=\"on\">Meet our 2014 Research Students</a></li>\n</ul>\n','none','<p>\n	<a href=\"/news_and_resources/conferences/au_sable_graduate_fellows_conference_2014\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Wendell-Play-Button.jpg\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 337px;\" /></a><br />\n	<strong>VIDEOS</strong><br />\n	<b style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0); font-family: Garamond, \'Times New Roman\', Times, serif; font-size: 19.09090805053711px;\"><a _mce_href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/conferences/au_sable_graduate_fellows_conference_2014/\" _mce_shape=\"rect\" _mce_style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #800000; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"/news_and_resources/conferences/au_sable_graduate_fellows_conference_2014\" linktype=\"1\" shape=\"rect\" style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0) !important; text-decoration: none !important;\" target=\"_blank\" track=\"on\">Watch Clips from our 2014 Graduate Fellows Conference with Writer and Farmer Wendell Berry</a></b><br />\n	Wendell Berry, whose writings have been a potent and challenging voice for modern Christian environmental stewardship, had a lot to share with our Graduate Fellows at their 2014 Conference. Now we are excited to share it with you.<a _mce_href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/conferences/au_sable_graduate_fellows_conference_2014/\" _mce_shape=\"rect\" _mce_style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #3366ff; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"/news_and_resources/conferences/au_sable_graduate_fellows_conference_2014\" linktype=\"1\" shape=\"rect\" style=\"font-family: Garamond, \'Times New Roman\', Times, serif; font-size: 16.363636016845703px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255) !important; text-decoration: none !important;\" target=\"_blank\" track=\"on\">[Watch excerpts from Wendell&#39;s Q&amp;A with the Grad Fellows]</a></p>\n<hr />\n<p>\n	<strong><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Summer-Spotlight-Invasive-Biocontrol-Manistee-Lake.jpg\" style=\"width: 550px; height: 202px; float: left;\" /><br />\n	RESEARCH</strong><br />\n	<b _mce_style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 14pt;\" style=\"font-family: Garamond, \'Times New Roman\', Times, serif; color: rgb(128, 0, 0); font-size: 14pt;\">Student Teams Explore Key Questions in Conservation through Summer Research</b><br />\n	Au Sable research students are scattering throughout Northwest Michigan to study key environmental issues throughout the region and beyond. Read up on each of our projects and the students gaining valuable skills as they study these important issues:</p>\n<ul>\n	<li>\n		<a _mce_href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/news/summer_spotlight_do_biocontrol_methods#.U7GckfldVIE\" _mce_shape=\"rect\" _mce_style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #3366ff; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/news/summer_spotlight_do_biocontrol_methods#.U7GckfldVIE\" linktype=\"1\" shape=\"rect\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255) !important; text-decoration: none !important;\" target=\"_blank\" track=\"on\">Controlling Invasive Watermilfoil in Manistee Lake&nbsp;&nbsp;</a></li>\n	<li>\n		<a _mce_href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/news/new_research_aims_to_study_impact_of_noise_pollution_on_songbird_communicat#.U7GclPldVIE\" _mce_shape=\"rect\" _mce_style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #3366ff; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/news/new_research_aims_to_study_impact_of_noise_pollution_on_songbird_communicat#.U7GclPldVIE\" linktype=\"1\" shape=\"rect\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255) !important; text-decoration: none !important;\" target=\"_blank\" track=\"on\">Effects of Noise Pollution on Breeding Songbirds&nbsp;</a></li>\n	<li>\n		<a _mce_href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/news/boardman_river_restoration_research_enters_its_7th_year#.U7GcmfldVIE\" _mce_shape=\"rect\" _mce_style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #3366ff; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/news/boardman_river_restoration_research_enters_its_7th_year#.U7GcmfldVIE\" linktype=\"1\" shape=\"rect\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255) !important; text-decoration: none !important;\" target=\"_blank\" track=\"on\">Restoring Stream Biological Health Following Dam Removal</a></li>\n	<li _mce_style=\"color: #3366ff;\" style=\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\">\n		<a _mce_href=\"{filedir_11}research/2014_research_students/\" _mce_style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #3366ff; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/news/boardman_river_restoration_research_enters_its_7th_year#.U7GcmfldVIE\" linktype=\"1\" shape=\"rect\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255) !important; text-decoration: none !important;\" target=\"_blank\" track=\"on\">Meet our 2014 Research Students</a></li>\n</ul>\n<hr />\n<p>\n	<strong style=\"font-size: 16.363636016845703px;\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}IMG_0685-300pxl-adjusted(1).jpg\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 149px; float: right;\" />RESEARCH</strong><br />\n	<b style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0); font-size: 19.09090805053711px;\"><a _mce_href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/news/au_sable_launches_the_manistee_river_stream_team_with_mdeq_grant#.U7GcjvldVIE\" _mce_shape=\"rect\" _mce_style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #800000; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/news/au_sable_launches_the_manistee_river_stream_team_with_mdeq_grant#.U7GcjvldVIE\" linktype=\"1\" shape=\"rect\" style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0) !important; text-decoration: none !important;\" target=\"_blank\" track=\"on\">Manistee River Stream Team Launched with DEQ Grant</a></b><br />\n	Au Sable is partnering with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) to kick off a new citizen science program to engage the local community in protecting our watershed through water quality monitoring.&nbsp;<a _mce_href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/news/au_sable_launches_the_manistee_river_stream_team_with_mdeq_grant#.U7GcjvldVIE\" _mce_shape=\"rect\" _mce_style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0a74db; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/news/au_sable_launches_the_manistee_river_stream_team_with_mdeq_grant#.U7GcjvldVIE\" linktype=\"1\" shape=\"rect\" style=\"font-family: Garamond, \'Times New Roman\', Times, serif; font-size: 16.363636016845703px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(10, 116, 219) !important; text-decoration: none !important;\" target=\"_blank\" track=\"on\">[Read more]</a></p>\n<hr />\n<p>\n	<strong><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Katherine-patterson.jpg\" style=\"width: 100px; height: 130px; float: right;\" />ALUMNI STORIES</strong><br />\n	<b style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0); font-family: Garamond, \'Times New Roman\', Times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a _mce_href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/news/snyder_fellowship_recipient_following_au_sable_founders_footsteps#.U7ygNfldVIE\" _mce_shape=\"rect\" _mce_style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #690b0b; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/news/snyder_fellowship_recipient_following_au_sable_founders_footsteps#.U7ygNfldVIE\" linktype=\"1\" shape=\"rect\" style=\"color: rgb(105, 11, 11) !important; text-decoration: none !important;\" target=\"_blank\" track=\"on\">Meet Snyder Fellowship Recipient Katherine Patterson</a>&nbsp;</b><br />\n	Our first Harold Snyder Fellowship recipient couldn&#39;t be a better fit. Already an Au Sable alum from last summer, Katherine Patterson&#39;s calling mirrors Au Sable&#39;s founder.&nbsp;<a _mce_href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/news/snyder_fellowship_recipient_following_au_sable_founders_footsteps#.U7ygNfldVIE\" _mce_shape=\"rect\" _mce_style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #0067ce; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/news/snyder_fellowship_recipient_following_au_sable_founders_footsteps#.U7ygNfldVIE\" linktype=\"1\" shape=\"rect\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 103, 206) !important; text-decoration: none !important;\" target=\"_blank\" track=\"on\">[Read more]</a></p>\n<hr />\n<p>\n	<strong>NEWS &amp; NOTES</strong><br />\n	<b style=\"color: rgb(128, 0, 0); font-family: Garamond, \'Times New Roman\', Times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">July News &amp; Notes</b></p>\n<ul>\n	<li _mce_style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\n		Our&nbsp;<a _mce_href=\"{filedir_11}alumni_and_grad_fellows/alumni_and_friends_reunion1/\" _mce_shape=\"rect\" _mce_style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #3366ff; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"{filedir_11}alumni/alumni_and_friends_reunion1/\" linktype=\"1\" shape=\"rect\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255) !important; text-decoration: none !important;\" target=\"_blank\" track=\"on\">2nd Alumni and Friends Reunion</a>&nbsp;is approaching the weekend August 15-17. Join us to reconnect with friends, enjoy beautiful northern Michigan, and be challenged in caring for God&#39;s earth. You can see see our schedule, learn about our featured speaker, and learn&nbsp;who&#39;s coming&nbsp;on our Reunion homepage.</li>\n	<li _mce_style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\n		See photographs from our annual&nbsp;<a _mce_href=\"https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152532315134395.1073741836.45780179394&amp;type=1\" _mce_shape=\"rect\" _mce_style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #3366ff; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152532315134395.1073741836.45780179394&amp;type=1\" linktype=\"1\" shape=\"rect\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255) !important; text-decoration: none !important;\" target=\"_blank\" track=\"on\">Butterfly Day 5K Run/Walk</a>&nbsp;that took place over the 4th of July Weekend. We had a great turnout for the race, native plant sale, and butterfly count. Proceeds benefited our Environmetnal Education Internship Program (EEIP).&nbsp;</li>\n	<li _mce_style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\n		<a _mce_href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/news/the_kings_university_college_becomes_newest_au_sable_sustaining_partner_ins#.U7Gc7vldVIE\" _mce_shape=\"rect\" _mce_style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #3366ff; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/news/the_kings_university_college_becomes_newest_au_sable_sustaining_partner_ins#.U7Gc7vldVIE\" linktype=\"1\" shape=\"rect\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255) !important; text-decoration: none !important;\" target=\"_blank\" track=\"on\">The King&#39;s University College</a>&nbsp;has become the Institute&#39;s newest Sustaining Partner college. We are excited about our partnership and welcome their students for courses and research.</li>\n	<li _mce_style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\">\n		The Institute&nbsp;<a _mce_href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/news/new_faculty_bring_passion_expertise_to_institute_courses#.U7Gcn_ldVIE\" _mce_shape=\"rect\" _mce_style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #3366ff; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/news/new_faculty_bring_passion_expertise_to_institute_courses#.U7Gcn_ldVIE\" linktype=\"1\" shape=\"rect\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255) !important; text-decoration: none !important;\" target=\"_blank\" track=\"on\">added four new faculty</a>&nbsp;for our Summer I &amp; II courses. Take a moment to get to know these great additions to our teaching faculty!</li>\n</ul>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'none'),(765,1,1,'<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	Animal Ecology (Biol 321)</h1>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>Great Lakes Campus - Summer Session I</em></span></h4>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}IMG_4069-300pxl-rounded.jpg\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 300px; float: right;\" /></h2>\n<h2>\n	Course Description</h2>\n<p>\n	Interrelationships between animals and their biotic and physical environments, emphasizing animal population and community dynamics. A field course that centers on the ecology of northern Michigan fauna from a field biology perspective with an emphasis on stewardship. Included are individual student projects. Prerequisite: one year of introductory science. (4-credits)&nbsp;<em>Field.</em></p>\n<p>\n	<strong>Professor:</strong>&nbsp;Dr. Matt Ingle<br />\n	<strong>Meets:</strong>&nbsp;Wednesday &amp; Friday</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<a class=\"shinyBtn\" href=\"{filedir_11}courses/register/\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Register now!</a></p>\n<h2>\n	Knowledge Gained</h2>\n<ul>\n	<li>\n		Principles of animal ecology, including information on distribution, habitat, movement, reproduction, and behavior</li>\n	<li>\n		Understanding of population and community dynamics</li>\n	<li>\n		Ability to read and understand scientific literature on animal ecology</li>\n	<li>\n		Ability to develop and conduct hypothesis-driven research</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>\n	Skills Developed</h2>\n<ul>\n	<li>\n		Identification of northern vertebrates, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes</li>\n	<li>\n		Use of capture methods and indicies to assess population size, community diversity, and multi-community similarities</li>\n	<li>\n		Experience with the Grinnell system for field journaling</li>\n	<li>\n		Ability to conduct field research, prepare a research poster&nbsp;and present scientific results</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>\n	Field Experiences</h2>\n<ul>\n	<li>\n		<div>\n			Wilderness State Park</div>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n		<div>\n			Lake Skegemog</div>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n		<div>\n			Hartwick Pines State Park</div>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n		<div>\n			South Higgins Lake State Park - &quot;Big Day&quot; bird watching competition</div>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n		<div>\n			Night search for nocturnal animals</div>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n		<div>\n			Bog &amp; Forest Study site - Daily sampling of small mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and birds</div>\n	</li>\n</ul>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<div>\n	&nbsp;</div>\n<h2>\n	Interested in learning more about Animal Ecology?</h2>\n<div>\n	<p>\n		Check out this blog!</p>\n	<p>\n		<strong><a href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/blog/courses_that_change_your_life_animal_ecology_biol_321#.Wh2xchOPLUI\">Courses That Change Your Life: Animal Ecology</a></strong></p>\n</div>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Animal-Ecology.jpg\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 222px;\" /></p>\n','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'none'),(766,1,1,'<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	Conservation Biology (Biol/Geog 471)</h1>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>Great Lakes Campus - Summer Session I</em></span></h4>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}DSC_2313-300pxl-rounded.jpg\" style=\"width: 300px; height: 223px; float: right;\" /></h2>\n<h2>\n	Course Description</h2>\n<p>\n	Principles of conservation biology with applications to sustainable human society and biospheric integrity. An integrative approach to biology and society that interrelates population biology, ecological principles, biogeochemical cycles, ecosystem functions, and human society in the context of biospheric degradation. The course develops a stewardship perspective rooted in biological principles and directed at conservation of plant and animal species, biotic communities, ecosystems, and human society. Included are topics of human development, poverty, and economic growth. Prerequisite: one year in biology and one course in ecology, or permission of professor. (4 credits)&nbsp;<em>Field, Applied, Interdisciplinary.</em></p>\n<p>\n	<strong>Professor: </strong>Dr. Vern Peters<br />\n	<strong>Meets:</strong>&nbsp;Tuesday &amp; Thursday</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<a class=\"shinyBtn\" href=\"{filedir_11}courses/register/\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Register now!</a></p>\n<h2>\n	Knowledge Gained</h2>\n<ul>\n	<li>\n		<div>\n			Biblical foundation for conservation biology</div>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n		<div>\n			Value and measurement of biodiversity</div>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n		<div>\n			Ecological processes that maintain biodiversity</div>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n		<div>\n			Major threats to biodiversity</div>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n		<div>\n			Incentive mechanisms for conservation</div>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n		<div>\n			Endangered species management</div>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n		<div>\n			Managing biodiversity in anthropogenic landscapes</div>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n		<div>\n			Legal foundations for conservation</div>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n		<div>\n			Ethical frameworks for conservation</div>\n	</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>\n	Skills Developed</h2>\n<ul>\n	<li>\n		<div>\n			Sampling &amp; measuring biodiversity</div>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n		<div>\n			Population modelling &amp; viability analysis</div>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n		<div>\n			Adaptive management</div>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n		<div>\n			Principles of reserve design</div>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n		<div>\n			Assessing genetic health and status</div>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n		<div>\n			Conducting public surveys on conservation value</div>\n	</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>\n	Field Experiences</h2>\n<ul>\n	<li>\n		<div>\n			Great Lakes shoreline ecosystems (IS)</div>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n		<div>\n			Antrim County Natural Area: Threatened plant census</div>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n		<div>\n			Kirtland&rsquo;s Warbler Management Area</div>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n		<div>\n			Agriculture Conservation with Natural Resources Conservation Service</div>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n		<div>\n			Refitt Preserve with Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy</div>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n		<div>\n			Jordan River Valley Fish Hatchery</div>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n		<div>\n			Boardman River Restoration Project</div>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n		<div>\n			Grass River Natural Area</div>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n		<div>\n			Hartwick Pines State Park - Forest Management</div>\n	</li>\n</ul>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<div>\n	&nbsp;</div>\n<h2>\n	Interested in learning more about Conservation Biology, and Dr. Vern Peters?</h2>\n<div>\n	<p>\n		Check out these blogs!</p>\n	<p>\n		<a href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/blog/courses_that_change_your_life_conservation_biology_biol_471#.Wh21hxOPLUI\"><strong>Courses That Change Your Life: Conservation Biology</strong></a><strong></strong></p>\n	<p>\n		<a href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/blog/featured_faculty_vern_peters_conservation_biology#.Wh21bxOPLUI\"><strong>Featured Faculty: Dr. Vern Peters</strong></a></p>\n</div>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Conservation-Biology.jpg\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 214px;\" /></p>\n','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'none'),(777,1,1,'<h1>\n	Graduate Fellows Chapters</h1>\n<p>\n	Au Sable Graduate Fellows chapters are currently established at seven universities:</p>\n<h3>\n	Cornell University</h3>\n<p>\n	Au Sable Graduate Fellows at Cornell are coordinated by Paul Simonin, PhD Candidate in Natural Resources, with meetings held in Annabelle Taylor Hall. Interested Cornell graduate students and faculty may contact Paul at psw44@cornell.edu or reach him by telephone at 315-629-9524.</p>\n<h3>\n	Michigan State University</h3>\n<p>\n	Dr. Sarah Bodbyl Roels is the coordinator of the Graduate Fellows at Michigan State University. Interested students may contact Sarah at bodbyl@msu.edu.</p>\n<h3>\n	Penn State University</h3>\n<p>\n	<span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\">A Graduate Fellows chapter at Penn State University includes both graduate students and faculty members as participants. Interested persons should contact Grady Zuiderveen (gjz5033@psu.du) or Will Miller (</span><a href=\"mailto:wlm159@psu.edu\" style=\"color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\" target=\"_blank\">wlm159@psu.edu</a><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;\">) for more information.</span></p>\n<h3>\n	The Ohio State University</h3>\n<p>\n	Dr. Greg Hitzhuisen, Lecturer in School of Environment and Natural Resources at The Ohio State University, coordinates The Ohio State Graduate Fellows. Interested students or faculty may contact him at hitzhusen.3@osu.edu.</p>\n<h3>\n	University of Michigan</h3>\n<p>\n	Dr. Rolf Bouma coordinates the Au Sable Graduate Fellows at Michigan where he directs the Center for Faith &amp; Scholarship and teaches in UM&rsquo;s Program in the Environment. Graduate students and Michigan faculty may contact him at rbouma@umich.edu or 734-668-7421.</p>\n<h3>\n	University of Wisconsin-Madison</h3>\n<p>\n	Wisconsin Graduate Fellows are coordinated by Jon Dahl, Graduate Student Program Director for Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. Interested students or faculty may contact him at jdahl2@gmail.com or 608-251-0001.</p>\n<h3>\n	University of Minnesota</h3>\n<p>\n	The Minnesota Graduate Fellows are coordinated by Dr. Brian Aukema, Program Coordinator at the MacLaurin Institute. Interested students or faculty may contact brianaukema@umn.edu or 612-624-1847.</p>\n<h3>\n	Yale University</h3>\n<p>\n	A new chapter is forming in 2016 at Yale University between the Divinity School and the School of Forestry. Interested persons should contact Julia Johnson (ph: 248-881-3486 or email: julia.johnson@yale.edu).</p>\n','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(1114,1,9,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	Registration for the 2018&nbsp;College Program is now open.</p>\n<p>\n	Start your application today, so that you can be sure to get a spot in your selected courses next summer. Some classes will fill up quickly so be sure to register early.&nbsp;</p>\n','none','<p>\n	Registration for the 2018&nbsp;College Program is now open.</p>\n<p>\n	Start your application today, so that you can be sure you get a spot in your selected courses next summer. Some classes will fill up quickly so be sure to register early.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/register\">Register Now</a></p>\n<p>\n	For details about the application procedure, financial aid, tuition, courses, certifications and more, please refer to the <a href=\"{filedir_5}2018_bulletin_web_compressed.pdf\">2018 Official Bulletin</a>.</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}IMG_4505.jpg\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 267px;\" /></p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(787,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Intern Blog Header.jpg\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 217px;\" /></p>\n<p>\n	There is always something happening at Au Sable that keeps life interesting and training week during the internship never disappoints.&nbsp;&nbsp; We had a birthday, thunderstorms, MiCorps stream monitoring training, encounters with bats (the mammal, not the equipment), and wasps.&nbsp; Training week is a merging of people and place.&nbsp; We learn about each other and our surroundings.&nbsp; Information and expectations are doled out like Halloween candy.&nbsp; And when it is all over the real work begins.&nbsp; Thankfully, that is the fun part.</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Intern Blog Header(1).jpg\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 217px;\" /></p>\n<p>\n	There is always something happening at Au Sable that keeps life interesting and training week during the internship never disappoints.&nbsp;&nbsp; We had a birthday, thunderstorms, MiCorps stream monitoring training, encounters with bats (the mammal, not the equipment), and wasps.&nbsp; Training week is a merging of people and place.&nbsp; We learn about each other and our surroundings.&nbsp; Information and expectations are doled out like Halloween candy.&nbsp; And when it is all over the real work begins.&nbsp; Thankfully, that is the fun part.</p>\n<p>\n	Now it is time to meet the staff that has been part of it all.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Casey Headshot.jpg\" style=\"width: 187px; height: 250px; float: left;\" />Casey Shoaff is no stranger to Au Sable or northern Michigan for that matter.&nbsp; Casey grew up in Traverse City and has been a valuable member of Au Sable&rsquo;s research team studying the Boardman River dam removal project for the previous two summers. &nbsp;This past summer, Casey filled in on short notice to help lead a day program for a Traverse City youth camp attending Au Sable.&nbsp; Ensuring the day was especially memorable for his students, Casey showed them how to eat a grasshopper&hellip; Casey&rsquo;s lighthearted, hardworking nature is always appreciated and we are excited to have him on our teaching staff this fall.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Sara Headshot.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 187px; float: right;\" /></p>\n<p>\n	Sara Wendt is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point.&nbsp; Sara&rsquo;s love of the outdoors began at a young age.&nbsp; During her youth she cherished Milwaukee&rsquo;s green spaces and later earned a degree in Wildlife Management and Research.&nbsp; Since graduating Sara has followed her passion all over the United States gaining experience in the wildlife field. During her last appointment as a predator prey technician in the Upper Peninsula, Sara used radio-telemetry to track deer, bobcat, black bear, coyote, and wolf.&nbsp; Already Sara is excited to help update and rework some of our wildlife lessons, and so are we!</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Neil Headshot.jpg\" style=\"width: 180px; height: 250px; float: left;\" />Since May of this year, Au Sable has had the privilege of enlisting the many skills of Neil Gilbert or &ldquo;Young Neil&rdquo; as some call him.&nbsp; Neil is a recent graduate of Calvin College and worked this past summer as a cook on our kitchen staff.&nbsp; Between the end of summer session II and the start of the internship he observed a short stint on maintenance and for the next six weeks we are fortunate to have him on staff as a member of our teaching team.&nbsp; Neil is a passionate birder and startled me with his talent earlier this week as he performed a complex birdcall that resulted in something resembling Noah calling in the animals to the ark.&nbsp; It was really magnificent.&nbsp; That&rsquo;s Neil.</p>\n<p>\n	As always I invite you to check back weekly to hear what our fine staff has been up to and how they are doing.</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(828,1,9,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','none','<p>\n	The Au Sable Institute has long been blessed with exceptional faculty in all of its college courses, as well as with exceptional faculty loyalty. Professors who teach here often like it so much they never want to leave, which results in low turnover. This year, however, Au Sable is pleased to welcome two new faculty filling critical roles in its summer studies at the Great Lakes Campus, Michigan, Rick Hammer and Andrew Sensenig.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}RH_3.png\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 250px; float: right;\" />Dr. Rick Hammer, Assistant Professor of Biology at Hardin-Simmons University (Texas), will be starting his first year of an alternate year appointment in Au Sable&rsquo;s Summer Session II offering,&nbsp; <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/course_information/summer_session_ii_great_lakes/restoration_ecology/\"><em>Restoration Ecology</em></a>. An expert in plant ecology and taxonomy, Rick&rsquo;s studies have been published in such journals as <em>Molecular Endocrinology</em>, <em>Journal of Biological Chemistry</em>, and <em>Southwestern Naturalist</em>. His current research on endangered plants in Texas is funded by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. At Hardin-Simmons, Rick has taught courses in, among other things, General Ecology, General Botany, Field Systematic Botany and Tropical Ecology (in Costa Rica). Known not only for his command of subject matter and professional expertise, Rick is admired by students and faculty alike for his relentless care for and interest in the success of each student. As one colleague put it, Rick &ldquo;demonstrates genuine interest in the ultimate career success of students. He acts as a mentor and sponsors Tri-Beta, Delta-Psi Chapter, and The Environmental Service Club.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}RH_1.png\" style=\"float: left;\" />A Christian who takes the importance of Christian witness seriously, Rick has been active in the Ecological Society of America&rsquo;s (ESA) Environmental Justice Section and has been a &nbsp;leading voice to establish, a Scientists Speakers Bureau for Outreach to Faith Communities within the ESA. A recipient of Hardin-Simmons University&rsquo;s Provost Award for Outstanding Service to the Community, Rick serves as a Deacon in his home church in Abilene as well as a local leader in the Boy Scouts of America in his community.He has also recently accepted a position on the Christian Life Commission of the Baptist General Convention of Texas where he will serve on the Creation Care Commission of the Baptist World Alliance.&nbsp; Rick is uniquely qualified and motivated to serve at Au Sable.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}AS_3.png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />Dr. Andrew Sensenig, Assistant Professor of Biology at Tabor College (Kansas), will be leading the Institute&rsquo;s <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/course_information/summer_session_i/#Research%20Methods\"><em>Research Methods I</em></a> class in Summer Session I, a course required of all students in Au Sable&rsquo;s undergraduate research program. An accomplished researcher who is exceptionally qualified to mentor undergraduate students, Andrew&rsquo;s studies (primarily on spiders and insects) have been published in the <em>Journal of Experimental Biology</em>, <em>Journal of Evolutionary Biology</em>, <em>Journal of Zoology</em>, and <em>Zoology</em>, where his study on the mechanical properties of spider dragline silk was honored as the cover article in a 2009 issue. An expert in multiple aspects of quantitative biology including biomechanics, sampling design, and biostatistical analysis, Andrew is superbly qualified to guide and mentor Au Sable&rsquo;s research students during their first five weeks of beginning their research efforts at Au Sable.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}AS_2.png\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 250px; float: left;\" />A vibrant Christian with a passion for working with youth, Andrew serves as a pre-school Sunday School teacher, children&rsquo;s storyteller and youth sponsor in his home church in Hillsboro, Kansas. His love of God&rsquo;s creation complements his love for people. His pastor observes that Andrew sees &ldquo;the earth as a precious and intriguing gift&hellip;stirring within us all a love and joy and awe of the beauty, complexity, and responsibility of living on earth.&rdquo; Although he has never taught at Au Sable before, Andrew declares that he wants to come because of Au Sable&rsquo;s reputation as a premier Christian environmental research center. Andrew Sensenig is certain to be an important force in moving Au Sable&rsquo;s research program forward, and moving students toward becoming serious scientists themselves in the process.</p>\n<p>\n	Of both new professors, Fred Van Dyke, Au Sable&rsquo;s Executive Director, noted, &ldquo;I thank God that He has blessed us in the coming year with such extraordinarily talented and qualified people who so perfectly fit the roles and needs that face us this year. Rick and Andrew will make major contributions to a great summer of learning here at our Great Lakes Campus in 2015.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	Au Sable welcomes Rick Hammer and Andrew Sensenig to its ever-growing community of Earthkeepers. See you soon in Michigan!</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(774,1,1,'<h1>\n	Current Fellows</h1>\n<h2>\n	&nbsp;</h2>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}5677362.jpg.png\" style=\"width: 175px; height: 131px; float: left;\" />Molly Van Appledorn</h2>\n<p>\n	Molly is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Geography &amp; Environmental Sciences at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Her interdisciplinary research on riparian forest ecosystem dynamics is largely motivated by practical conservation and restoration issues that surround these systems and a genuine love of their beauty and complexity. Before landing in Maryland, Molly worked various field jobs throughout the country, taught environmental science and ecology in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and earned her bachelor of science degree from the University of Michigan and a master of science from Utah State University. Everywhere she has lived she has enjoyed exploring the nooks and crannies that make each place unique, which has cultivated a deep appreciation for the diversity of environment, people and ideas.</p>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}3090736.jpg\" style=\"width: 141px; height: 155px; float: left;\" />Riley Balikian</h2>\n<p>\n	Riley is pursuing dual master&#39;s degrees in Environment and Resources and Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and focusing on food systems and community development. &nbsp; His thesis will be on the effect of increasing water rates in San Diego County on small Avocado farmers there.&nbsp; He is an affiliate of the Kaufman Lab for the Design and Study of Food Systems and Marketplaces on campus, and is on the steering committee for Young Evangelicals for Climate Action.&nbsp; He graduated from Wheaton College (&#39;12) with degrees in Geophysics and Bible/Theology and a certificate in Human Needs and Global Resources.&nbsp; Spare time is thin in graduate school, but when he gets it, Riley enjoys riding his bike and playing basketball.&nbsp; Things Riley wants to learn: how to fish, how to salsa dance, how to draw, and how to fix a car.</p>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Joel Betts Photo (1)-min.JPG\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 134px; float: left;\" />Joel Betts</h2>\n<p>\n	Joel is a master&rsquo;s student in Fisheries and Wildlife at Michigan State University. He grew up an outdoorsman, with a passion for fish and plants, in Michigan&#39;s streams in particular. He loves learning from the amazing variety of cultures and faiths, and is passionate about global conservation policy and practice. He did his undergrad at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI, with degrees in Biology and International Development, and focuses in Spanish and GIS, where he was able to merge his passions for ecology and development work. During summers he worked on a summer research team at Au Sable Institute, assessing the impacts of the Boardman River dam removal on macroinvertebrates and water quality. Since graduating he has worked in salmon habitat assessment in Alaska, on seedling surveys for an LTER in Puerto Rico, and installing rain-gardens for Plaster Creek Stewards, in Grand Rapids. His master&rsquo;s research, under Dr. Jerry Urquhart, is assessing the impact of deforestation and land use change on fish populations and water quality in the Rio Indio watershed in the Indio-Ma&iacute;z Biological Reserve/Rama indigenous territory on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua. He hopes to provide insight to the Rama people on why their rivers&rsquo; fishery has been degrading, as well as raise awareness about the astonishing rate of deforestation in one of Nicaragua&#39;s last remaining chunks of primary rain forest, and work with local partners to promote its conservation. He also teaches Cell &amp; Organismal Biology labs for Lyman Briggs College at MSU.</p>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Keith-Bouma-Gregson.jpg\" style=\"width: 175px; height: 125px; float: left;\" />Keith Bouma-Gregson</h2>\n<p>\n	Keith is a MS student in aquatic sciences at the University of Michigan in the School of Natural Resources and Environment. &nbsp;He is studying the environmental impacts of aquaculture production in Asia, and researching new ways to ecologically reduce aquaculture waste products. &nbsp;His interests include understanding the trophic and nutrient linkages in ecosystems and how human influences affect and alter them.Keith did his undergraduate degree at Westmont College studying Sociology. &nbsp;Prior to Michigan Keith led wilderness backpacking trips for Summit Adventure, a faith based wilderness expedition organization, and worked at LCC International University in Lithuania as the Intercultural Programs Coordinator. &nbsp;After several years of focusing on the social sciences, Keith wanted to shift focus to the environmental sciences to better inform communities and churches about creating sustainable relationships with natural resources and creation in general. &nbsp;He is also very interested in the philosophy of science and how better to communicate scientific information to the public. &nbsp;When not studying he enjoys rock climbing and camping, and is currently attending the Campus Chapel in Ann Arbor.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Carissa_De_Young.jpg\" style=\"width: 175px; height: 185px; float: left;\" /></p>\n<h2>\n	Carissa De Young</h2>\n<p>\n	Carissa is pursuing a dual MBA/MS focused on Environmental Justice and Sustainable Food Systems through the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan. Before starting graduate school, she spent five years in Ecuador working for Partners Worldwide, a nonprofit that seeks to end poverty through business growth and job creation. She worked in the Amazon rainforest and the Andes Mountains to explore environmentally sustainable methods to increase production and remove barriers to market entry for smallholder farmers. This experience deepened her conviction in God&rsquo;s calling to explore ways to improve the lives of those living in poverty and care for Creation, realizing that poverty and environmental degradation are closely linked in many parts of the world. Carissa&rsquo;s research interests include collapsing the food supply chain, improving long-term yields on marginal land through conservation agriculture, and aiding decision-making in rural communities as they weigh tradeoffs between forest conservation and agricultural production. She holds a bachelor&rsquo;s degree from Calvin College in Economics and International Development Studies. In her free time, Carissa enjoys running, playing ultimate frisbee, exploring Detroit, and hiking.</p>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}BrittanyEderer.jpg\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 194px; float: left;\" />Brittany Ederer</h2>\n<p>\n	Brittany is a student in the Environmental Conservation MS program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.&nbsp; Her project is on rainforest conservation in the Peruvian Amazon, in partnership with missions organization RiverWind Peru.&nbsp; She also works for Care of Creation and serves on the Steering Committee for Young Evangelicals for Climate Action.&nbsp; Brittany received her B.S. in International Agriculture and Natural Resources from UW-Madison in December of 2012. She participated in the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF) Undergraduate chapter and the Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society during her undergraduate years. Through these experiences, she gained a passion for sharing her faith with scientists and for sharing ecology with her Christian friends. In her free time, Brittany enjoys serving with her church community, Blackhawk Church Downtown, trail running, snowshoeing with her dog and oil painting.&nbsp;</p>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}1416887105.png\" style=\"width: 175px; height: 132px; float: left;\" />Katelyn Geleynse</h2>\n<p>\n	Katelyn is a PhD student in the Botany Department at UW-Madison where she is studying the&nbsp;impacts of abiotic stressors (particularly drought) on plant physiology. Having grown up in the&nbsp;Pacific Northwest, her love for nature was inspired by trips with her grandfather (a biologist&nbsp;himself) to nearby forests, mountains and streams&mdash;always with plastic collection jars and&nbsp;binoculars in hand. Katelyn obtained her B.S. in biology from Calvin College where she was&nbsp;blessed with many opportunities to integrate her faith with science&mdash;including a summer of&nbsp;research &amp; classes at Au Sable&rsquo;s Pacific Rim campus, a summer working as the Creation Care&nbsp;Intern at Intervarsity&rsquo;s Cedar Campus and a trip to the Galapagos Islands and Amazon&nbsp;Rainforest. &nbsp;After graduating from Calvin, she spent a year traveling around the U.S., working&nbsp;various seasonal jobs with the University of Minnesota, Rocky Mountain Youth Corps in Taos,&nbsp;NM and at a berry farm in her hometown of Lynden, WA. &nbsp;Katelyn is actively involved in UW-Madison&rsquo;s IV-GCF chapter and in her free time enjoys hiking, camping, kayaking, yoga and&nbsp;playing violin.</p>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Brad-Gordon.jpg\" style=\"width: 175px; height: 131px; float: left;\" />Brad Gordon</h2>\n<p>\n	Brad is a PhD student in Water Resources Science at the University of Minnesota. He received his BS in Biology from the University of Northwestern &ndash; St. Paul in 2010. At that time he studied wolf behavior and ecology as well as squirrel population dynamics in urban forests. He later received his MS in Environmental Science from Taylor University in 2013. While at Taylor, he studied the use of best professional judgment for establishing vegetative quality benchmarks in habitat restoration. Taylor also provided Brad an opportunity to use his passion for teaching non-science majors about their relationship with and impact on the environment from a biblical perspective. Brad used this platform to teach students how God&rsquo;s creation reflects His character, God uses creation to teach us more about Him, and creation prepares hearts for the gospel. He is currently studying the relationship between vegetative cover for best management practices and erosion reductions in the Minnesota River Basin. His career goals are to continue his work in ecological restoration and to teach people about the ecological and biblical importance of caring for God&rsquo;s creation. He enjoys being involved in small group Bible studies, reading, playing and listening to music, exploring natural areas, gardening, cooking, and coffee.</p>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Julia Johnson Photo (1)-min.jpg\" style=\"width: 175px; height: 175px; float: left;\" />Julia Johnson</h2>\n<p>\n	Julia is currently at Yale Divinity School completing a Master&rsquo;s in Divinity. She is interested in exploring the human-animal relationship, especially regarding food, labor, companionship, death, and the afterlife. Julia is chair of the environmental and animal student groups at YDS, raising awareness of the Christian responsibility to food animals and the earth. Before arriving at Yale, Julia graduated from Michigan State University (2015) with a B.A. in Religious Studies and a Concentration in Nonprofit Leadership, as well as a Specialization in Environmental Public Policy. Her interests in animal welfare and theological ethics, as well as her experience as a large animal handler, prompted her first publication, <em>Animism, Animals, and Agriculture: Vegetarianism in Nineteenth Century Shaker Religious Practice</em>. In her free time, Julia enjoys spending time with her horse Isabel and exploring New England. After Yale, she hopes that her future will involve the ever-needed conversation between theologians, environmentalists, politicians, and scientists to strive toward a healthier, more sustainable planet. Julia hopes to pursue a doctoral degree and ordination to use the church as a platform to advocate for animal welfare and promote empathy for all of God&rsquo;s creation.&nbsp;</p>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Kiara-Jorgenson.jpg\" style=\"width: 133px; height: 200px; float: left;\" />Kiara Jorgenson</h2>\n<p>\n	Kiara is a Ph.D. candidate at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. &nbsp;Her doctoral work is in the area of ecological vocation of the Christian. Her experiences in the Middle East and in India have shaped her understanding of the pressures being placed on God&#39;s creation. &nbsp;She has taught Christian ethics and environment in both a Christian camp setting and at the high school and college level. &nbsp;Kiara is pursuing a Ph.D. in the conviction that the church can be a major force to affect the ecological crisis for good. &nbsp;For this to happen, Christians will have to live out their ecological responsibilities as part of their vocation.</p>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Scott-Kalafatis.jpg\" style=\"width: 144px; height: 199px; float: left;\" />Scott Kalafatis</h2>\n<p>\n	Scott is pursuing a PhD in Resource Policy and Behavior at the School of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Michigan. His work examines what shapes our efforts to protect ourselves from the projected impacts of climate change. He believes that through coming to terms with this century&rsquo;s global challenges, we are called to critically examine the values system that led us to this point and how this discussion can be informed by Catholic teachings. He has completed a dual MS/MUP at Michigan and a BA in English from the University of Virginia. His background has taken him back and forth from the wilderness to the inner-city and he has heard the call to service in both.</p>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}6352518.jpg.png\" style=\"float: left; width: 175px; height: 233px;\" />Geneva Langeland</h2>\n<p>\n	Geneva is pursuing her master&#39;s degree in environmental policy at the University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment. She hopes to use her background in ecology and writing to help the scientific community translate research findings into real-world policy applications. Geneva graduated in 2013 from Calvin College with a biology degree and a writing minor.&nbsp;Her interest in creation care stems from a passion for the natural world and a desire to restore shalom in any way she can. She got a taste of this while volunteering with the Plaster Creek Stewards in Grand Rapids, MI, and she&#39;s excited to see what her time with the Au Sable Fellows might bring. When she&#39;s not writing papers, Geneva loves to read, play the piano, wander outdoors, explore Ann Arbor by bicycle, and play with her roommate&#39;s cats.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Julie_Laudick_Photo.jpg\" style=\"width: 175px; height: 164px; float: left;\" /></p>\n<h2>\n	Julie Laudick</h2>\n<p>\n	Julie is pursuing an M.S. in Environmental Science at The Ohio State University, and her research focuses on the use of microbial inoculants in organic farming systems. In particular, she is investigating how different soil amendments influence the survival and efficacy of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria. Previously, she earned a B.A. in Philosophy and a B.S. in Biology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Traveling through rural regions of Panama and Peru for research and non-profit work has deeply influenced her worldview. While in college, she joined the Catholic Church, and so was very excited to&nbsp;read Pope Francis&rsquo; encyclical,&nbsp;<em>Laudato Si&rsquo;: On Care for Our Common Home</em>, when it was released in June of 2015. Themes in the encyclical of the broken relationships we share with our God, our neighbors, and our earth resonate with her. She believes that&nbsp;&ldquo;renewal entails recovering and respecting the rhythms inscribed in nature by the hand of the Creator&rdquo; (<em>LS</em>71).&nbsp;Julie hopes to play a role in this renewal by advancing agricultural systems are socially responsible, economically viable, and ecologically sound. She currently lives on a sheep farm in northeast Ohio, and during her free time she enjoys running through the woods, biking, and sharing food and thoughts with friends. Julie also volunteers at Local Roots, a year round farmer&rsquo;s market cooperative and community center.</p>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}1551788.jpg.png\" style=\"width: 175px; height: 234px; float: left;\" />Jamie McArdle</h2>\n<p>\n	Jamie completed her Bachelor of Social Work at Wayne State University and after working in long term care for three years decided to go back for a Master&rsquo;s degree in the field of Landscape Architecture. While these two areas may seem to not have anything in common, she is interested in enacting change for people by bettering their environments. Her research includes elements of nature that can effectively improve mood and affect as well as overall well being. Some specific ways she would like to enact this is with urban gardens, prayer gardens and healing gardens.</p>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}6765765.jpg.png\" style=\"width: 175px; height: 142px; float: left;\" />Remington Moll</h2>\n<p>\n	Rem is a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Fisheries and Wildlife at Michigan State University. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Wildlife Science from the University of Missouri. Rem&rsquo;s research focuses on large mammal movement ecology, predator-prey interactions, and the philosophy of statistical modeling. Before coming to Michigan State, Rem and his family ministered overseas in Lebanon, where he taught high school science and his wife provided medical care to Syrian refugees. Rem feels that the redemption believers find in Christ should extend through them to all creation. To that end, he seeks to study, conserve, promote, and cherish the natural glories of God&rsquo;s earth and inspire others to do the same.</p>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Amanda_McMillan.jpg\" style=\"width: 150px; height: 126px; float: left;\" />Amanda McMillan</h2>\n<p>\n	Amanda is a graduate student in Community and Environmental Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, working towards her MS/PhD. &nbsp;She is particularly interested in agriculture as a mechanism of community re-establishment, environmental conservation, and sense of &ldquo;home&rdquo; in post-disaster scenarios. &nbsp;After graduating from Messiah College in Pennsylvania, Amanda worked as the assistant to the founder of A Rocha, a Christian conservation organization, in France. &nbsp;She returned to the US in 2009 to polish her skills of phone-answering as a receptionist at an engineering firm. &nbsp; She also worked part-time as an afterschool agriculture club coordinator at an urban garden in Harrisburg, PA. &nbsp;Amanda is very happy to be back at school, particularly in such a bike-friendly, sunny city as Madison. &nbsp;She is involved with Intervarsity Christian Fellowship and Geneva Campus Church. &nbsp;Amanda&rsquo;s playtimes include swing and folk dancing, hosting board-game nights, and chatting with friends in coffee shops.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Miller-Salamander-Pic.jpg\" style=\"width: 175px; height: 144px; float: left;\" /></p>\n<h2>\n	Will Miller</h2>\n<p>\n	Will is a PhD candidate in the Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Ecology at the Pennsylvania State University.&nbsp; Will received a BS in Biology from Messiah College in 2014.&nbsp; Will spent four summers at Au Sable during his undergrad, taking classes and conducting research at the Great Lakes and Pacific Rim campuses.&nbsp; Will feels that his experience at Au Sable was instrumental in his professional development and his understanding of the role faith plays in environmental conservation.&nbsp; After graduating from Messiah, Will went on to earn a MS in Biology from Towson University in 2014 where he studied how the dispersal dynamics of headwater salamanders influence gene flow in stream networks.&nbsp; Will&rsquo;s current research focuses on assessing patterns of genetic connectivity in white-tailed deer to delineate potential transmission corridors for chronic wasting disease in the eastern United States.&nbsp; When Will is not in the lab, he enjoys mountain biking, whitewater kayaking, and pretty much any other activity that gets him out into God&rsquo;s creation.&nbsp; Will currently lives with his wife near State College, PA and attends Calvary Church in State College.&nbsp;</p>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Kevin Orner (1)-min.jpg\" style=\"width: 150px; height: 225px; float: left;\" />Kevin Orner</h2>\n<p>\n	Kevin Orner is a Ph.D. Candidate in Environmental Engineering at the University of South Florida, where he studies nutrient and energy recovery from centralized wastewater treatment plants. After obtaining his B.S. in Civil &amp; Environmental Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2008, he served for two years as an Environmental Health Peace Corps Volunteer in Panama. In December 2011, he completed his M.S. in Civil &amp; Environmental Engineering from the University of South Florida. Kevin&rsquo;s long-term goal is to invest in university students as a professor, where he would like to research sustainable development technologies, teach students in environmental stewardship, and serve local and global communities. In his spare time, Kevin enjoys traveling with his wife, Sarah, playing ultimate, and reading.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Brittany_Peterson.jpg\" style=\"width: 175px; height: 131px; float: left;\" /></p>\n<h2>\n	Brittany Peterson</h2>\n<p>\n	Brittany is pursuing a master&rsquo;s in Wildlife Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed her bachelor&rsquo;s at Humboldt State University in Wildlife Conservation and Management. Her identity has always been rooted in Christianity and a passion for wild things. She was fortunate to have been raised by parents who nurtured these desires by exposure to the outdoors and providing the tools to develop her faith. Her career focus is in game management, for she loves how interested and invested citizens are when it comes to the research of hunted wildlife. Not only does this bring her into contact with many people, where she can connect with and better understand them, but it gives her scientific role a level of accountability&mdash;the public will question the reasons and motives for different aspects of management, and she wants to be able to give acceptable answers.&nbsp;</p>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Will-Pluer(1).jpg\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 136px; float: left;\" />Will Pluer</h2>\n<p>\n	Will is pursuing a MS/PhD in Water Resources Engineering at Cornell University, working in the Soil and Water Lab of the Biological/Environmental Engineering department. His research concentrates on systems designed to encourage microbial processes to remove excess nitrogen from agricultural runoff. He completed his BS from NC State University in Biological Engineering focusing on design of best management practices for urban stormwater treatment. While an undergraduate, he studied abroad in Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands for a semester, studying interactions between marine ecosystems and communities. Through this trip, and countless other awe-inducing experiences in creation, Will feels blessed to be in a field that allows him to work outdoors and care for a passion of his. He is excited to be joining a community in Ithaca that values God&rsquo;s beautiful creation, and he looks forward to exploring his role its stewardship as he pursues his call to be a professor. In his free time, he enjoys volleyball, cooking, and reading, and is always up for a good outdoor adventure.</p>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Russ-Powell.jpg\" style=\"width: 200px; height: 134px; float: left;\" />Russ Powell</h2>\n<p>\n	Russ is a PhD student at Princeton Theological Seminary in the Religion and Society program, concentrating on religious ethics and social criticism. He is especially interested in the intersection of such theological themes as awe, wonder, and gratitude with the aesthetic experience of the natural world. Russ is a candidate for ordination in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and sees his work as contributing both to academic discourse as well as local church congregations, particularly on issues related to environmental sustainability, local activism, and community organizing. Born and bred in the Piedmont Triad of North Carolina, and also having grown up in central Alabama, Russ received his bachelor&#39;s from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School. He has worked as a research fellow at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and as a research associate with the Forum on Religion and Ecology, both at Yale University. Additionally, Russ has instructed or helped to instruct courses at Yale, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Princeton University on topics ranging from moral philosophy to church leadership, Reinhold Niebuhr to Buddhism. He lives in Princeton, NJ with his wife, Kristy, and daughter, Adiah.</p>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Steve-Roels.jpg\" style=\"width: 148px; height: 148px; float: left;\" />Steve Roels</h2>\n<p>\n	Steve is a doctoral student in the Department of Zoology at Michigan State University. His research focuses on avian ecology and bird-insect-plant trophic cascades in Panamanian forest restorations. He received his MA from the University of Kansas in 2011, where he studied the ecology of a threatened prairie milkweed. Prior to his master&#39;s research, he worked for a land trust creating conservation easements on prairies and agricultural lands in Kansas. His interest in creation care originally blossomed at Calvin College, where he completed his BS in biology in 2006. He maintains an active interest in the intersections of science and faith, particularly ecology, evolutionary biology, and Reformed theology. When he gets restless from long stretches at the computer, he wanders into his backyard to work on habitat restoration for wildlife and insect pollinators.</p>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Derek-Rosenberger(1).jpg\" style=\"width: 146px; height: 162px; float: left;\" />Derek Rosenberger</h2>\n<p>\n	Derek is a PhD student in Entomology at the University of Minnesota studying forest entomology and conservation biology. Derek&rsquo;s research is in invasion ecology and involves studying the mountain pine beetle&rsquo;s ecological and climatic potential for successful incursion from its native western range into eastern pine forests due to newly warmed northern corridors. Derek received his BS from Messiah College in Biology with a minor in Environmental Science. He has taken courses at Au Sable&rsquo;s campuses in Michigan, Washington, and India. While at the India program he got to know Ashley Beck, a fellow student who he eventually married. Following Messiah Derek interned at ECHO where he studied tropical agricultural development in rain forests. He then completed an MA from Taylor University in Higher Education with thesis research in environmental service learning. Most recently Derek and Ashley directed the Creation Care Study Program in Belize, a study abroad program focusing on the intersection of ecology, sustainable development and faith and environmental ethics. Derek and Ashley have a young son named Isaac who lives up to his name and is a source of much joy and laughter.</p>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Smidt_Headshot.jpg\" style=\"width: 175px; height: 168px; float: left;\" />Samuel Smidt</h2>\n<p>\n	Sam is a PhD student in the Department of Geological Sciences at Michigan State University working towards a degree in Environmental Geosciences with a specialization in Environmental Science and Policy. His research broadly involves regional water and land management with a particular emphasis on water transport through unsaturated zones. Prior to Michigan State, Sam received his MS degree from the University of Iowa while conducting stream restoration research, and he received his BS degree in geology and environmental science from Olivet Nazarene University. His passion for environmental stewardship stems from the evangelism opportunities found in healthy ecosystems, as he believes practicing environmental stewardship is one way to show Christ to others. In his spare time, Sam enjoys spending time outdoors, following the St. Louis Cardinals, and attending Mennonite relief sales.&nbsp;</p>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}1428376094.png\" style=\"font-size: 12px; width: 166px; height: 147px; float: left;\" /></h2>\n<h2>\n	Doug Sponsler</h2>\n<p>\n	Doug is a Ph.D. student in the Ohio State University Department of Entomology, where he explores honey bee foraging and pesticide exposure using the novel tools and concepts of spatial ecology. He received his B.S. in biology from Cedarville University in 2010, having spent the summers of 2008 and 2009 at Au Sable&rsquo;s Great Lakes campus. While Doug has nurtured entomological aspirations since early childhood, he owes his first formal training in the discipline to Dr. Tim Burkholder, whose insect ecology course at Au Sable was instrumental in preparing Doug for his present studies. Doug enjoys his work immensely, but his favorite part of each day is coming home to his wife, Molly, and their early-instar daughter, Eleanor. On free evenings, Doug likes to pick up a variety of stringed instruments, most of which he can only barely claim to play, and make folksy sounds with them--both Molly and Eleanor are usually entertained. When he is able to pursue extracurricular studies, Doug is drawn strongly to biblical theology and church history, motivated by the ever-pressing need to figure out how the Gospel is to be preached, believed, and lived in today&rsquo;s world.&nbsp;</p>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}1416924550(1).png\" style=\"float: left; width: 175px; height: 191px;\" />Trevor Sutton</h2>\n<p>\n	Trevor is a master&rsquo;s student in Digital Rhetoric and Professional Writing at Michigan State University. He holds a Master&rsquo;s of Divinity from Concordia Seminary (St. Louis, Missouri) and a B.A. in English from Concordia University (Ann Arbor, Michigan). While studying at Concordia Seminary, he co-authored a book (Creature Life, forthcoming 2015) on environmental stewardship with Dr. Charles Arand published by Concordia Seminary Press. His research interests are in the role of location in rhetoric, the rhetoric of environmental stewardship, and the dialogue between faith and science. He resides in Lansing, Michigan and serves as a pastor of a Lutheran congregation.</p>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Tinklenberg Photo (1)-min.jpeg\" style=\"width: 175px; height: 175px; float: left;\" />Jessica Tinklenberg</h2>\n<p>\n	Jessica Tinklenberg is a Ph.D. student studying wildlife ecology in the Department of Natural Resources at Purdue University. She is particularly interested in migratory songbirds, and is studying broad-scale migration patterns through the fragmented forest-agricultural systems in Indiana. She received her bachelor&rsquo;s degree in biology at Taylor University in 2016, and spent the past two summers at Au Sable Institute doing research on stream macroinvertebrates following a dam removal. Jessica is very interested in getting people excited about science and the natural world. Specifically, she is passionate about conserving God&rsquo;s earth, serving His people through conservation, and educating students about the importance of learning from and caring for creation. In her free time, Jessica loves spending time with her incredible church family at City of God Church, reading anything related to theology or science fiction/fantasy, drawing and painting wildlife, and spending as much time outside as possible.&nbsp;</p>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}5127792.jpg.png\" style=\"float: left; width: 175px; height: 156px;\" />Katie Todd</h2>\n<p>\n	Katie is a MS student in Entomology at The Ohio State University where she is studying how urban green space design in Cleveland, OH impacts wasp communities and niche partitioning of arthropod predators. She is broadly interested in researching ways to restore or improve ecological communities in human-dominated environments- especially urban or agricultural. Previously, Katie has worked at Pennsylvania State University, Michigan State University and the University of Connecticut where she conducted a spectrum of entomological research ranging from native pollinator conservation to emerald ash borer ecological impacts and moth rearing. Katie graduated from Messiah College in May, 2013 with a B.S. in Environmental Science and a B.A. in English. At Messiah, Katie was a member of a sustainable living community, the Restoration House, and was heavily involved with Joshua Farm, an urban farm in Harrisburg, PA. Since her junior year in college, Katie has also served with Young Evangelicals for Climate Action (YECA), an organization devoted to mobilizing Christians towards climate action in faithful witness to God&rsquo;s commandment to care for our neighbors (<a href=\"http://www.yecaction.org/\" title=\"\">http://www.yecaction.org/</a>). She is a member of St. Stephen&rsquo;s Episcopal Church in Columbus, OH and enjoys throwing pottery, reading novels, and spending time with her cat, Poppy.</p>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}1064219.jpg.png\" style=\"width: 175px; height: 117px; float: left;\" /></h2>\n<h2>\n	Nick Turman-Bryant</h2>\n<p>\n	Nick is a masters student at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California. He is pursuing an interdisciplinary degree in energy, technology, and policy, which means he can unabashedly indulge his love of engineering, environmental science, economics, and social science. His current research is related to sustainable energy access in Sub-Saharan Africa, and he gets excited about small solar lamps that are less expensive, less harmful, and less polluting than kerosene. Before graduate school, Nick worked for eight years with a ministry in Washington State and Honduras called Tierra Nueva. Nick helped coordinate several income-generating enterprises and also managed a five-acre organic farm. When he&#39;s not studying, Nick loves to share meals, hear stories, and play games with his wife, toddler, and friends.</p>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}8705133.jpg.png\" style=\"width: 175px; height: 126px; float: left;\" />Cody Yarbrough</h2>\n<p>\n	Cody is a masters student in Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Systems at the University of Michigan. Before coming to Ann Arbor he studied Physics and Math at Azusa Pacific University, where he also developed a passion for environmental stewardship after doing research in Christian and environmental ethics. Most recently, this interest has taken the form of local stream restoration projects within the Huron River watershed as well as research involving the use of artificial spawning reefs in the Great Lakes. Throughout his education, his primary interests have been focused on water resource and sustainability issues in the developing world, especially as they relate to missiology. When Cody is not studying or spending time with his amazing church family (Antioch Ann Arbor), he loves to read, play soccer, and do just about anything outdoorsy.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}IMG_0852.JPG\" style=\"width: 175px; height: 135px; float: left;\" /></p>\n<h2>\n	Grady Zuiderveen</h2>\n<p>\n	Grady is pursuing a PhD in Forest Resources in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management at Penn State University. His work investigates the ecological, social, and economic components of medicinal plants in temperate forests in order to make informed recommendations to woodland owners interested in forest farming as well as rare and endangered forest herb conservation. The hope is to promote conservation through cultivation. He received his BS in Plant Biology and Biomedical Science from Grand Valley State University and his MS in Plant Breeding and Genetics with a specialization in Ecological Food and Farming Systems from Michigan State University. Grady&rsquo;s career goals are to continue research within temperate forest conservation and to share the wonder of God&rsquo;s creation with students as a professor. He attends Oakwood Presbyterian church in State College, and in his free time enjoys spending time with his wife Allison, gardening, hiking, playing tennis and bowling.</p>\n','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(882,1,1,'<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	Environmental Chemistry (Chem 332)</h1>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>Great Lakes Campus - Summer Session II</em></span></h4>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}AS_Day2_HighRes-075-300pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 300px; height: 199px; float: right; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px;\" /></h2>\n<h2>\n	Course Description</h2>\n<p>\n	Principles, analysis, and impact of chemical movement and distribution - both natural and human-induced - in natural environments focusing primarily on the hydrosphere and atmosphere. Sampling and analytical methods are included for water, soil, and air. Work is conducted both on site in natural habitats and the laboratory. Prerequisite: one year of general chemistry and one semester of either biochemistry or organic chemistry.&nbsp;<em>Field.</em></p>\n<p>\n	<strong>Professor:</strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"/courses/faculty_and_fellows/#Dr.%20Scott%20Carr\">Dr. Scott Carr</a><br />\n	<strong>Meets:</strong>&nbsp;Wednesday &amp; Friday</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<a class=\"shinyBtn\" href=\"{filedir_11}courses/register/\">Register now!</a></p>\n<h2>\n	Field Experiences</h2>\n<ul>\n	<li>\n		Big Twin Lake</li>\n	<li>\n		Gas treatment facility</li>\n	<li>\n		Traverse City water treatment plants</li>\n	<li>\n		Tar Lake (former Superfund site)</li>\n</ul>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<h2>\n	Interested in learning more about Environmental Chemistry, and Dr. Carr?</h2>\n<div>\n	<p>\n		Check out these blogs!</p>\n	<p>\n		<a href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/blog/courses_that_change_your_life_environmental_chemistry_chem_332#.Wh7j5rT81UM\"><strong>Courses That Change Your Life: Environmental Chemistry</strong></a><strong></strong></p>\n	<p>\n		<a href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/blog/faculty_profiles_scott_carr_environmental_chemistry#.Wh7kQLT81UM\"><strong>Featured Faculty: Dr. Scott Carr</strong></a><strong></strong></p>\n</div>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Env-Chem-course.jpg\" style=\"width: 595px; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px; height: 195px;\" /></p>\n','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(823,1,1,'<h1>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Homeschool Webpage Header(1).png\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 189px;\" /></h1>\n<p>\n	All of Au Sable&rsquo;s K-12 educational programing is available to interested homeschool students and groups.&nbsp; Simply contact Paul Wiemerslage, Au Sable&rsquo;s environmental education coordinator, by phone or email (231-587-8686 or <a href=\"mailto:paul.w@ausable.org\">paul.w@ausable.org</a>) to inquire. &nbsp;Au Sable also hosts <a href=\"#Winter Homeschool Day\">designated homeschool events</a> during the fall and winter.&nbsp; Details and registration information regarding designated homeschool days will be posted on this page prior to fall and winter events.&nbsp; You may also sign up to receive announcements about special homeschool opportunities by <a href=\"mailto:paul.w@ausable.org?subject=Homeschool%20Inquiry\">emailing</a> us.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<h2>\n	<u><a name=\"Winter Homeschool Day\"></a><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}17 Homeschool Day.png\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 194px;\" /></u></h2>\n<h3>\n	&nbsp;</h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<strong><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;\"><u>Natural History Day: September 27th, 10:00 am - 2:30 pm</u></span></strong></h3>\n<p>\n	<span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Plant Study (6 - 8 years old) -&nbsp;</strong></span>Discover the wonder found in the plant world. Students engage in activities such as role-playing games about photosynthesis, pollinating flowers, and creating leaf rubbings of northern Michigan&rsquo;s dominant tree species. This study offers plenty of opportunities to be amazed by the micro- and macroscopic workings of plants.</p>\n<p>\n	<strong style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;\">Wildlife Study (9 - 11 years old) -&nbsp;</strong>Wildlife Study introduces students to beginning ecology lessons by leading them through a variety of habitats to conduct a wildlife census. The data the students gather are used to highlight how energy flows through an ecosystem and create food chains, food webs, food pyramids, and carrying capacities. Students learn through the census, games, and simulations that all wildlife need unpolluted food, clean water, clean air, shelter, and space.</p>\n<p>\n	<strong style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;\">Michigan Wetlands Study (12 - 18 years old) -&nbsp;</strong>Demonstrations, models, and games help students understand how watersheds function and how human actions can impact water quality. Later, students compare and contrast several wetland types on Au Sable&rsquo;s property using a simple habitat assessment that includes chemical testing, biotic sampling, and a look at vegetative communities.&nbsp; Through this comparative study, students will use evidence gathered to classify wetland types.</p>\n<h3>\n	&nbsp;</h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<strong><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;\"><u>Michigan History Day: October 18th, 10:00 am - 2:30 pm</u></span></strong></h3>\n<p>\n	<strong style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;\">Michigan History (8 - 18 years old) -</strong>&nbsp;A favorite study of many teachers and students, Michigan History demonstrates our dependency on our environment by taking students back in time when it was easily understood where our food, water, clothing, and energy came from. Students experience life at an 1800&rsquo;s fur trading post as they interact with voyageurs and traders to learn candle making, trading signs, and how to create fire using primitive methods. Later in the day, students travel to a 1900&rsquo;s logging camp where they are introduced to the life of a camp cook, river hog, and foreman. During their stay, students will help bake cookies in a wood stove, use a crosscut saw, and test their burling skills on dry land. Costumed instructors guide this interactive study that brings the past to life.</p>\n<h3>\n	<strong style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Registration Information</strong></h3>\n<p>\n	Space is limited. Sign up now to ensure your spot!&nbsp;Cost is $10 per student and provides 4 hours of instruction. &nbsp;To schedule your child or homeschool group, please <a href=\"{filedir_5}2017 Fall Homeschool Registration Form.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">download the registration</a> form&nbsp;or contact Paul Wiemerslage directly by phone (231-587-8686) or email (paul.w@ausable.org).</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<a href=\"{filedir_5}2017_2018 EE Bifold(3).pdf\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Screen Shot 2017-08-16 at 9_25_59 AM.png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 393px;\" /></a></p>\n<p>\n	Do you have a specific topic or outdoor skill that you would like us to help you address?&nbsp; If so, contact us and we will design a program to fit your needs.</p>\n','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(1050,1,3,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'Environmental Education Program Assistant','none','jessi@ausable.org','none','','none','231-587-8686','none','<p>\n	Jessi works at Au Sable as the Program Assistant for the Environmental Education Program. She helps with curriculum updates, pre- and post-assessments, internship instruction, and other odds and ends.</p>\n','none','{filedir_2}JessiKramer_100px.jpg','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'0058','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	Jessi graduated from Spring Arbor University with a degree in Biology, followed by a Master&rsquo;s in Environmental Science from Taylor University.</p>\n<p>\n	A variety of jobs over the years reflect her interest in outdoor and science-based work, such as her role as a teaching assistant in undergrad and grad school as well as her Explorer Guide position at Waterloo State Park.</p>\n<p>\n	During the past couple years, she worked some organic farming jobs due to the wholesome nature of the work and wanting to gain more firsthand knowledge of the environmental impact of various agricultural practices. As much as she enjoyed farming, she realized something was missing: meaningfulness found in direct service of and connection to people, not just the plants they eat. Upon reflection, she realized that her past teaching experiences, though often outside of her comfort zone, provided such a connection.</p>\n<p>\n	Recognizing this, plus guidance from a mentor, brought her to Au Sable in the spring of 2016 to do the environmental education internship. She has been at Au Sable ever since.</p>\n<p>\n	Jessi wants to live out the Norwegian word &ldquo;koselig&rdquo;; hence, she is a big fan of bike rides, laying in a patch of sunshine, toast with lots of butter, dogs, laughter, the TV show <em>Lost</em>, and fireside reading.</p>\n','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(834,1,3,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','none','','none','','none','','none','<p>\n	Noah Toly is Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Politics &amp; International Relations, as&nbsp;well as Director of the Center for Urban Engagement at Wheaton College (Illinois). He also teaches at the Free University of Berlin&#39;s Center for Global Politics. A scholar with&nbsp;advanced degrees in diverse fields, including a PhD and an MA in Urban Affairs and Public&nbsp;Policy from the University of Delaware and an MA in Theology from Wheaton College, Noah&nbsp;is recognized internationally as a global expert in environmental politics. The author&nbsp;of dozens of scholarly articles and book chapters in his field, Noah is also author or editor&nbsp;of five books, including, Cities and Global Governance (co-editor) and Transforming&nbsp;Power: Energy, Environment, and Society in Conflict (co-editor).</p>\n','none','{filedir_2}Noah_100.png','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'0034','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	Noah edits the Routledge book series Cities and Global Governance and was selected to the&nbsp;Chicago Council on Global Affairs Emerging Leaders Program for 2011-2013.&nbsp;A leading figure in the integration of environmental policy and Christian faith, Dr. Toly is&nbsp;co-editor (with Daniel Block) of Keeping God&rsquo;s Earth: The Global Environment in Biblical&nbsp;Perspective and a contributor to the Handbook of Religion and Politics (2009) with his essay,&nbsp;&ldquo;Changing the Climate of Religious Internationalism: Evangelical Responses to Global Warming&nbsp;and Human Suffering.&rdquo; For 2012-2013, Noah was appointed a Senior Fellow at the Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion at the University of Chicago. Among his current&nbsp;efforts, Noah recently completed a co-authored introduction to the life and work of French social&nbsp;theorist and theologian, Jacques Ellul. He is continuing his ongoing research on the intersection&nbsp;of global environmental governance and Christian ethics, as well as his collaborative research&nbsp;with various scholars on cities and climate change.</p>\n','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(863,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}KP_1.jpg\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 250px; float: right;\" />A man with many talents, multiple roles and multitudes of duties at Bethel University (Minnesota) where he serves as Professor of Biology and Director of the Environmental Studies Program, Ken Petersen brings everything he is and has to his Au Sable course, Field Ecology of Birds (May Term, Great Lakes Campus). Moving from the general to the specific as his education progressed, Ken received his Bachelors&rsquo; degree in Biology from Dordt College (Iowa) before going on to earn a Master&rsquo;s in Wildlife Biology and PhD in Animal Ecology from Iowa State University. A widely respected ornithologist, Ken&rsquo;s research has been published in the leading bird journals in science, including <em>Auk</em>, <em>Condor</em>, <em>Journal of Field Ornithology</em> and <em>Wilson Bulletin</em>, and he is one of the nation&rsquo;s leading experts on the ecology of Brewer&rsquo;s sparrow, a sagebrush-dependent species that has suffered declines in some parts of the US intermountain west under programs converting sagebrush to grassland or other habitats. A man of extensive teaching experience and skill, Ken taught at his alma mater, Dordt College, before coming to Bethel University, as well as at Viterbo University (Wisconsin) and Monmouth College (Illinois), where he received Monmouth&rsquo;s award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching. It takes a combination of great eyes and ears to teach a field ornithology course well, but Ken is among the best. One of his students, Deborah Cushman of Cornerstone University (Michigan), remembers the Field Ecology of Birds class at Au Sable vividly, noting, &ldquo;Professor Petersen did not leave any room for a dull moment in class. During our breaks in between lectures someone in the group might bring up something fun or funny and everyone including Professor Petersen would be laughing. Professor Petersen knew what he was teaching well and had a strong love for the subject that was very evident as we worked through class material or were out birding&hellip;He did very well and had great patience with some of us who were slow at finding the birds that had been sighted.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}KP_1(1).jpg\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 250px; float: right;\" />A man with many talents, multiple roles and multitudes of duties at Bethel University (Minnesota) where he serves as Professor of Biology and Director of the Environmental Studies Program, Ken Petersen brings everything he is and has to his Au Sable course, <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/course_information/may_term/field_ecology_of_birds_biol_305/\">Field Ecology of Birds</a> (May Term, Great Lakes Campus). Moving from the general to the specific as his education progressed, Ken received his Bachelors&rsquo; degree in Biology from Dordt College (Iowa) before going on to earn a Master&rsquo;s in Wildlife Biology and PhD in Animal Ecology from Iowa State University. A widely respected ornithologist, Ken&rsquo;s research has been published in the leading bird journals in science, including <em>Auk</em>, <em>Condor</em>, <em>Journal of Field Ornithology</em> and <em>Wilson Bulletin</em>, and he is one of the nation&rsquo;s leading experts on the ecology of Brewer&rsquo;s sparrow, a sagebrush-dependent species that has suffered declines in some parts of the US intermountain west under programs converting sagebrush to grassland or other habitats. A man of extensive teaching experience and skill, Ken taught at his alma mater, Dordt College, before coming to Bethel University, as well as at Viterbo University (Wisconsin) and Monmouth College (Illinois), where he received Monmouth&rsquo;s award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching. It takes a combination of great eyes and ears to teach a field ornithology course well, but Ken is among the best. One of his students, Deborah Cushman of Cornerstone University (Michigan), remembers the Field Ecology of Birds class at Au Sable vividly, noting, &ldquo;Professor Petersen did not leave any room for a dull moment in class. During our breaks in between lectures someone in the group might bring up something fun or funny and everyone including Professor Petersen would be laughing. Professor Petersen knew what he was teaching well and had a strong love for the subject that was very evident as we worked through class material or were out birding&hellip;He did very well and had great patience with some of us who were slow at finding the birds that had been sighted.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}KP_2.png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: left;\" />Despite the fact that spring is an ideal time for field work in ornithology, Ken returns to Au Sable each May term, a time of rich variety and animated behavior for birds in northern Michigan who are moving into the peak of their breeding season. Ken explains, &ldquo;I find the allure of spring-time birds in the woods, fields, and wetlands of northern Michigan irresistible.&nbsp; And helping young men and women to see them, hear them, and understand them is just icing on the cake.&nbsp; I can think of few other creatures that so vividly display the glory of the Creator.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	Field Ecology of Birds is one of Au Sable&rsquo;s best courses to see animal behavior and its complex ecologies at their best in the life of spring birds, and with one of the best instructors to bring meaning and understanding to the sometimes overwhelming variety of bird songs, activities and displays that accompany this time of year. Spring, birds and <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/faculty_and_fellows/#Dr.%20Kenneth%20Petersen/\">Ken Petersen</a> come together each year at Au Sable to give students an exceptional educational experience.</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(772,1,17,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'1','none'),(773,1,1,'<h1>\n	Graduate Fellows</h1>\n<p>\n	The Au Sable Graduate Fellows program is a way for graduate students interested in Christian environmental stewardship to connect with peers within their home university and across other major research universities. Members of the Graduate Fellows program attend major research universities (<a href=\"{filedir_11}graduate_fellows/chapters/\">listed here</a>) and are recognized by Au Sable as having exceptional abilities, interests, and leadership potential in the area of environmental stewardship. Please visit the&nbsp;<a href=\"http://ausablegradfellows.weebly.com/\">Graduate Fellows webpage</a>&nbsp;for more information.<br />\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Grad Fellows_Cropped.jpg\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 340px;\" /><br />\n	<strong>Benefits:</strong><br />\n	Graduate Fellows also have the opportunity to meet regularly for exploration of Christian environmental stewardship topics with an emphasis on integrating Christian environmental stewardship within their field of study.<br />\n	<br />\n	Annual retreats at the Au Sable Great Lakes Campus encourage group activities and fellowship with Graduate Fellows from other chapters, bringing everyone together for discussion about a variety of environmental topics, presentations on current issues in environmental stewardship, outdoor recreation, and good food.</p>\n<p>\n	Au Sable Graduate Fellows receive a fellowship stipend of up to $200 per year for the purchase of books and reference materials on Christian environmental stewardship. Third and fourth year Ph.D. students can also use the stipend to attend conferences on Christian environmental stewardship.</p>\n<p>\n	If you are interested in the graduate fellows program consider joining one of our <a href=\"{filedir_11}graduate_fellows/chapters/\">current chapters</a> or if you want to explore the possibility of a graduate fellows group at your university, please contact Rolf Bouma at rbouma@ausable.org.</p>\n','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(775,1,1,'<h1>\n	Applying to be an Au Sable Graduate Fellow</h1>\n<p>\n	The Au Sable Graduate Fellows program is open to graduate students (Masters and Ph.D.) in the biological, ecological, or environmental fields. &nbsp;Graduate students in other fields who have a research focus in a topic related to Christian environmental stewardship may also apply. &nbsp;We currently have chapters at eight universities: &nbsp;Cornell University, Michigan State University, Ohio State University, Penn State University, University of Michigan, University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin - Madison, and Yale University. &nbsp;Applications from graduate students at these universities will be received by October 10 (Fall term) and February 10 (Winter term). &nbsp;Graduate students at other institutions may apply with permission of the Au Sable Graduate Fellows coordinator (Dr. Rolf Bouma -- rbouma@umich.edu).</p>\n<p>\n	If appointed as an Au Sable Graduate Fellow, the appointment continues for the duration of one&#39;s graduate program (one does not need to apply again each year). &nbsp;The application process requires an information form, a concise essay, two letters of recommendation, a CV/resume, and unofficial transcripts for the past two years. &nbsp;These should be submitted, if possible, electronically, to Rolf Bouma (rbouma@umich.edu).</p>\n<h3>\n	Application Materials</h3>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"{filedir_5}AGF Information Sheet -- 2016.pdf\">Information Form</a></p>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"{filedir_5}AppForm2016-Fillable.pdf\">Application Form</a></p>\n','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(776,1,1,'<h1>\n	Graduate Fellows Book List</h1>\n<p>\n	As members of the Christian community and academia, the Au Sable Graduate Fellows often come across news, research, and literature on themes related to Christian environmental stewardship. &nbsp;As an act of service to the wider Christian community, we have compiled our resources to create a comprehensive list of resources that can be used for discussion groups, courses, bible studies, or personal use. &nbsp;This list is continually updated by the fellows throughout the year, so be on the lookout for new titles (listed in&nbsp;red).&nbsp;</p>\n<h3>\n	Christian Environmental Stewardship Book List</h3>\n<p>\n	The Au Sable Graduate Fellows have put together a&nbsp;<a href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1atIEPotbP7MdSWdwaLKicBN2AqhURWyo_apTcZ5AiSE/pub\">book list</a>&nbsp;of resources, including:</p>\n<ul>\n	<li>\n		<a href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1atIEPotbP7MdSWdwaLKicBN2AqhURWyo_apTcZ5AiSE/pub#h.442984fa30df\">Agriculture, Food, Land and Land Use</a></li>\n	<li>\n		<a href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1atIEPotbP7MdSWdwaLKicBN2AqhURWyo_apTcZ5AiSE/pub#h.78d101b78b77\">Animals, Wilderness, Wildlife</a></li>\n	<li>\n		<a href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1atIEPotbP7MdSWdwaLKicBN2AqhURWyo_apTcZ5AiSE/pub#h.efceea17661b\">Biblical Studies</a></li>\n	<li>\n		<a href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1atIEPotbP7MdSWdwaLKicBN2AqhURWyo_apTcZ5AiSE/pub#h.e3d2e396417d\">Bibliographies</a></li>\n	<li>\n		<a href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1atIEPotbP7MdSWdwaLKicBN2AqhURWyo_apTcZ5AiSE/pub#h.2ea4e7c796e7\">Christian Environmental Theology and Ethics</a></li>\n	<li>\n		<a href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1atIEPotbP7MdSWdwaLKicBN2AqhURWyo_apTcZ5AiSE/pub#h.c2d1f50011a8\">Christian Environmental Theology and Ethics - Church, Ministry and Mission</a></li>\n	<li>\n		<a href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1atIEPotbP7MdSWdwaLKicBN2AqhURWyo_apTcZ5AiSE/pub#h.38f8932863d3\">Christian Environmental Theology and Ethics - Essay Collections</a></li>\n	<li>\n		<a href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1atIEPotbP7MdSWdwaLKicBN2AqhURWyo_apTcZ5AiSE/pub#h.e9f524c987f7\">Creation, Theology of Culture, and Theological Ethics</a></li>\n	<li>\n		<a href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1atIEPotbP7MdSWdwaLKicBN2AqhURWyo_apTcZ5AiSE/pub#h.1251a6659fc2\">Environmental Economics</a></li>\n	<li>\n		<a href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1atIEPotbP7MdSWdwaLKicBN2AqhURWyo_apTcZ5AiSE/pub#h.f3dd9464bd0c\">Environment:&nbsp; Population, Consumption, Climate Change, Etc.</a></li>\n	<li>\n		<a href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1atIEPotbP7MdSWdwaLKicBN2AqhURWyo_apTcZ5AiSE/pub#h.06dfc4a7b8cb\">Environmental Philosophy and Ethics</a></li>\n	<li>\n		<a href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1atIEPotbP7MdSWdwaLKicBN2AqhURWyo_apTcZ5AiSE/pub#h.879eddb1be1d\">Environmental Ethics - Aldo Leopold</a></li>\n	<li>\n		<a href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1atIEPotbP7MdSWdwaLKicBN2AqhURWyo_apTcZ5AiSE/pub#h.5d1d372767ee\">Environmental Ethics - Rachel Carson</a></li>\n	<li>\n		<a href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1atIEPotbP7MdSWdwaLKicBN2AqhURWyo_apTcZ5AiSE/pub#h.eebccef5ec85\">History and Surveys</a></li>\n	<li>\n		<a href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1atIEPotbP7MdSWdwaLKicBN2AqhURWyo_apTcZ5AiSE/pub#h.2e416b24ce5f\">Journals</a></li>\n	<li>\n		<a href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1atIEPotbP7MdSWdwaLKicBN2AqhURWyo_apTcZ5AiSE/pub#h.1574a9d1749f\">Literature and Poetry</a></li>\n	<li>\n		<a href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1atIEPotbP7MdSWdwaLKicBN2AqhURWyo_apTcZ5AiSE/pub#h.b45e6c7e1dbe\">Origins and Evolution</a></li>\n	<li>\n		<a href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1atIEPotbP7MdSWdwaLKicBN2AqhURWyo_apTcZ5AiSE/pub#h.38d4213e7aec\">Praxis</a></li>\n	<li>\n		<a href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1atIEPotbP7MdSWdwaLKicBN2AqhURWyo_apTcZ5AiSE/pub#h.4cf3fc2f5de2\">Science &amp; Religion</a></li>\n	<li>\n		<a href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1atIEPotbP7MdSWdwaLKicBN2AqhURWyo_apTcZ5AiSE/pub#h.be8a3e6ae858\">Technology</a></li>\n	<li>\n		<a href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1atIEPotbP7MdSWdwaLKicBN2AqhURWyo_apTcZ5AiSE/pub#h.00f8ca2b7108\">Urban Issues</a></li>\n	<li>\n		<a href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1atIEPotbP7MdSWdwaLKicBN2AqhURWyo_apTcZ5AiSE/pub#h.7ef8723b96ae\">World Religions</a></li>\n</ul>\n','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(785,1,1,'<h1>\n	1985 - Missionary Earthkeeping Forum</h1>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Missionary-Earthkeeping-Book.jpg\" style=\"width: 128px; height: 198px; float: right;\" />In 1985, Au Sable held a forum on Missionary Earthkeeping, in which scholars and missionaries gathered to discuss how the missionary field could &quot;join biblical teachings on earthkeeping with ecological knowledge to bring Good News to the world - Good News that announces and honors God and Jesus Christ as Creator, sustainer, and reconciler of all things.&quot;&nbsp;The conference was later turned into an edited volume called&nbsp;<a href=\"http://books.google.com/books/about/Missionary_Earthkeeping.html?id=LYhfPgAACAAJ\">Missionary Earthkeeping</a>&nbsp;by Sir Ghillean Prance, Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens Kew, and Dr. Calvin DeWitt, Au Sable Institute Executive Director and Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.&nbsp;</p>\n<h3>\n	Conference Proceedings</h3>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"{filedir_5}1985-Conference-Schedule-Missionary_Earthkeeping.pdf\">Conference Schedule</a></p>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"{filedir_5}1985-Missionary_Earthkeeping-Abstract.pdf\">Conference Abstracts</a></p>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"{filedir_5}What_is_Missionary_Earthkeeping-Cal_DeWitt.pdf\">What is Missionary Earthkeeping?</a>&nbsp;by Ghillean T. Prance, New York Botanical Gardens, New York</p>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"{filedir_5}There_is_an_Environmental_Crisis-Norman_Myers-1985.pdf\">Keynote: There is an Environmental Crisis</a>&nbsp;by Norman Myers, Consultant in Environment and Development, United Kingdom</p>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"{filedir_5}Missionary_Earthkeeping_Overview-Dennis_Testerman-1985.pdf\">Missionary Earthkeeping: An Overview</a>&nbsp;by Dennis Testerman, Missionary Candidate for Pakistan, Presbyterian Church (USA)</p>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"{filedir_5}Missionary_Earthkeeping-Ghillean_Prance.pdf\">Missionary Earthkeeping: A Case Study in the Tropical Forest</a>&nbsp;by Ghillean T. Prance, New York Botanical Gardens, New York</p>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"{filedir_5}Ecofarming_and_Land_Ownership_in_Ghana-Robert_Globus-1985.pdf\">Ecofarming and Land Ownership in Ghana</a>&nbsp;by Rev. Robert Clobus, Society of African Missions<br />\n	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"{filedir_5}Response_to_Robert_Clobus-Ecofarming_and_Land_Ownership-Stephen_Monsma-1985.pdf\">Response to Clobus</a>&nbsp;by Stephen Monsma, Calvin College, Michigan</p>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"{filedir_5}Redeemed_People_Redeemed_Land-Fred_Van_Dyke.pdf\">Redeemed People, Redeemed Land</a>&nbsp;by Fred Van Dyke, Fort Wayne Bible College, Indiana<br />\n	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"{filedir_5}Response_to_Fred_Van_Dyke-Redeemed_People-Richard_Hodgson.pdf\">Response to Van Dyke</a>&nbsp;by Richard Hodgson, Dordt College, Iowa</p>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"{filedir_5}Environmental_Impacts_of_a_Church_Project_in_a_Zairian_Village-Mutombo_Mpanya-DONOTQUOTE.pdf\">Environmental Impacts of a Church Project in a Zairian Village</a>&nbsp;by Mutombo Mpanya, The Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame, Indiana</p>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"{filedir_5}From_Salutation_to_Satiation-Leon_Watson-1985.pdf\">From Salutation to Satiation, Some Spiritual and Cultural Factors in Conservation Based Development Projects</a>&nbsp;by Leon Watson, Michigan State University</p>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"{filedir_5}Gods_Abundant_Resources_for_the_Struggle_Against_World_Hunger-Martin_Price-1985.pdf\">God&#39;s Abundant Resources for the Struggle Against World Hunger</a>&nbsp;by Martin Price, Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization (ECHO), Florida<br />\n	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"{filedir_5}Response_to_Gods_Abundant_Resources-TC_Dent-1985.pdf\">Response to Price</a>&nbsp;by Thomas C. Dent, Gordon College, Massachusetts</p>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"{filedir_5}Integrated_Holistic_Development_and_the_World_Mission_of_the_Church-Jim_Gustafson-1985.pdf\">Integrated Holistic Development and the World Mission of the Church</a>&nbsp;by Jim Gustafson, Center for Church Planting and Church Growth in N.E. Thailand<br />\n	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"{filedir_5}Response_to_Jim_Gustafson-Integrated_Holistic_Development-Jeff_Weidenhauer.pdf\">Response to Gustafson</a>&nbsp;by Jeff Weidenhauer, Brethren House Ministries</p>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"{filedir_5}Our_Lords_Understanding_of_Nature_and_Local_Culture-Stephen_Smith-1985.pdf\">Our Lord&#39;s Understanding of Nature and Local Culture as Illustrated in Parables</a>&nbsp;by Stephen Smith, Trinity Episopal School of Ministry, Pennsylvania<br />\n	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"{filedir_5}Response_to_Stephen_Smith-On_Parables-Loren_Wilkinson.pdf\">Response to Smith</a>&nbsp;by Loren Wilkenson, Regent College, British Columbia</p>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"{filedir_5}The_Ecological_Awareness_of_the_Amazon_Indians-Ghillean_Prance.pdf\">The Ecological Awareness of the Amazon Indians</a>&nbsp;by Ghillean T. Prance, The New York Botanical Garden, New York</p>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"{filedir_5}The_Earth_is_the_Lords-James_Kraakevik-1985.pdf\">The Earth is the Lord&#39;s: Global Issues in Man&#39;s Environment</a>&nbsp;by James Kraakevik, Bill Graham Center, Wheaton College, Illinois<br />\n	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"{filedir_5}Response_to_Kraakevik-The_Earth_is_the_Lords.pdf\">Response to Kraakevik</a>&nbsp;by Ragnar Overby, World Bank, Washington, D.C.</p>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"{filedir_5}Swimming_Up_Stream_in_the_Third_World-Vincent_Miller_Jr.pdf\">Swimming Up Stream in the Third World: A Christian Critique of the Development Process</a>&nbsp;by Vincent P. Miller, Jr., Department of Geography and Regional Planning, Indiana University of Pennsylvania<br />\n	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"{filedir_5}Response_to_Vincent_Miller-Swimming_Upstream_in_Third_World-Max_Terman.pdf\">Response to Miller</a>&nbsp;by Max Terman, Tabor College, Kansas</p>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"{filedir_5}Choosing_a_Scripturally_and_Ecologically_Sound_Mission-Robert_Wolff-Paul_Wolff.pdf\">Scripturally and Ecologically Sound Mission</a>&nbsp;by Robert Wolf and Paul Wolf, Trinity Christian College, Illinois</p>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"{filedir_5}Response_to_Mutombo_Mpanya-View_From_Zaire-Carroll_Houle.pdf\">Response to Warwick E. Kerr</a>&nbsp;by Carroll Houle</p>\n','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(778,1,1,'<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	Ecological Agriculture (Biol/Agric/Geog 303)</h1>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>Pacific Rim Campus - Summer Session II</em></span></h4>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}P1000476-300pxl-adjusted-curves.jpg\" style=\"width: 300px; height: 200px; float: right;\" /></h2>\n<h2>\n	Course Description</h2>\n<p>\n	Ecological Agriculture focuses on how agricultural systems can be developed to better resemble natural ecosystems to achieve multiple outcomes: food for communities, a vibrant economy, and healthy ecosystems. Focus is on learning agricultural principles that can be applied in rural, urban, temperate, and tropical settings. Issues of justice and public policy are also discussed. This course employs a discussion format both in classroom and field settings. It grapples with difficult, practical, and ethical problems and issues that require deep interdisciplinary analysis. <em>Field, Interdisciplinary, Applied.</em></p>\n<p>\n	<strong>Professor: </strong><a href=\"/courses/faculty_and_fellows/#Dr.%20Ronald%20Vos\">Dr. Ron Vos</a><br />\n	<strong>Meets:</strong>&nbsp;Monday &amp; Thursday</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<a class=\"shinyBtn\" href=\"{filedir_11}courses/register/\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Register now!</a></p>\n<h2>\n	Knowledge Gained</h2>\n<ul>\n	<li>\n		Where food comes from</li>\n	<li>\n		Issues that people involved in agriculture face (zoning, water rights, immigration)</li>\n	<li>\n		How to analyze a farm&rsquo;s sustainability</li>\n	<li>\n		How different worldviews affects one&rsquo;s view of agriculture</li>\n	<li>\n		What a theocentric view of agriculture could look like</li>\n	<li>\n		Employment opportunities in the area of agriculture and community development</li>\n	<li>\n		Role of graduate students in agricultural research</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>\n	Skills Developed</h2>\n<ul>\n	<li>\n		Learning how to take good soil samples and understand soil test results</li>\n	<li>\n		Learning how to compost</li>\n	<li>\n		Learning about macro-nutrients and their deficiency symptoms</li>\n	<li>\n		Learning what &lsquo;weeds&rsquo; and pests are and how to manage them</li>\n	<li>\n		Learning how to develop a community food project and how to share it with others</li>\n	<li>\n		Distinguishing between organic farms, sustainable farms and conventional farms</li>\n	<li>\n		Learning the differences between tropical and temperate agriculture and how each is unique</li>\n	<li>\n		Learning how to assess one&rsquo;s own food footprint</li>\n	<li>\n		Understanding and identifying different world views</li>\n	<li>\n		Learning how to set up a randomized, complete block design experiment</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>\n	Field Experiences</h2>\n<ul>\n	<li>\n		Participate in on-farm activities</li>\n	<li>\n		Design, develop and complete a small research project</li>\n	<li>\n		Visit and learn from people involved in various farms and gardens including tree fruits, berries, salmon, mussels, dairy cows, goats, chickens, geese, ducks, bison, oysters, clams, leeks, carrots, potatoes, permaculture, urban agriculture, and backyard gardening</li>\n	<li>\n		Meet graduate students and learn about their research projects&nbsp;</li>\n	<li>\n		Observe bio-generation of electricity</li>\n</ul>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<h2>\n	Interested in learning more about Ecological Agriculture, and Dr. Vos?</h2>\n<div>\n	<p>\n		Check out these blogs!</p>\n	<p>\n		<a href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/blog/courses_that_change_your_life_ecological_agriculture_biol_agric_geol_303#.WiFr2LT81UM\"><strong>Courses That Change Your Life: Ecological Agriculture</strong></a></p>\n	<p>\n		<a href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/blog/faculty_profiles_ron_vos_ecological_agriculture#.WiFr8LT81UM\"><strong>Featured Faculty: Dr. Ron Vos</strong></a></p>\n</div>\n<div>\n	&nbsp;</div>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Untitled-2.jpg\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 210px;\" /></p>\n','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(779,1,1,'<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	Restoration Ecology (Biol 482)</h1>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>Great Lakes Campus - Summer Session II</em></span></h4>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}48-Place-Katelyn-Weldy-SSI2013-CalvinCollege-300pxl-curves-adjusted-cropped.jpg\" style=\"width: 300px; height: 230px; float: right;\" /></h2>\n<h2>\n	Course Description</h2>\n<p>\n	Ecological and theoretical foundations for ecosystem, community, and species level restoration. This course develops ecological principles for restoration and connects them to our faith-based emphasis on being redeemers of creation (II Cor 5). Field studies include analysis of restoration and rehabilitation work with the Kirtland Warbler, local rivers, coastal dunes, kettle-hole bogs, deforested lands, abandoned oil wells, as well as a full day field trip to engage urban restoration in practice. Practical field skills are emphasized through a class project during which a degraded area around Au Sable is made available for the students to develop and implement their own restoration plan. Prerequisite: one year of biology and one course in ecology or field biology, or permission of professor.&nbsp;<em>Field, Applied.</em></p>\n<p>\n	<strong>Professor:</strong>&nbsp;Dr. Rick Hammer<br />\n	<strong>Meets:</strong>&nbsp;Wednesday &amp; Friday</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<a class=\"shinyBtn\" href=\"{filedir_11}courses/register/\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Register now!</a></p>\n<h2>\n	Knowledge Gained</h2>\n<ul>\n	<li>\n		How creation care, and in particular restoration ecology can be a physical, tangible expression of our faith commitment.</li>\n	<li>\n		How to recognize and assess degraded ecosystems and how to understand the disturbance(s) that contributed to its degradation.</li>\n	<li>\n		How to develop and implement plans to restore degraded ecosystems.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>\n	Skills Developed</h2>\n<ul>\n	<li>\n		Reading a landscape for its natural quality and/or level of degradation.</li>\n	<li>\n		How to recognize native and invasive species and important information the presence or absence of species can contribute to an understanding of the history of a particular site.</li>\n	<li>\n		Practical methods that will help to heal a degraded ecosystem and bring back some of its former functionality and beauty</li>\n	<li>\n		Hands-on experience in restoration ecology through an applied restoration project throughout the duration of the course</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>\n	Field Experiences</h2>\n<ul>\n	<li>\n		Field Measurements of Discharge</li>\n	<li>\n		Hartwick Pines State Park</li>\n	<li>\n		Oil well sites in the vicinity of Au Sable Institute</li>\n	<li>\n		Kirtland&rsquo;s Warbler habitat - endangered species restoration</li>\n	<li>\n		Grayling and Au Sable River restoration work</li>\n	<li>\n		Grand Rapids and Plaster Creek Stewards restoration work</li>\n	<li>\n		On-campus field restoration project site</li>\n</ul>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<h2>\n	Interested in learning more about Restoration Ecology?</h2>\n<div>\n	<p>\n		Check out this blog!</p>\n	<p>\n		<a href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/blog/courses_that_change_your_life_restoration_ecology_biol_482#.WiFlCrT81UM\"><strong>Courses That Change Your Life: Restoration Ecology</strong></a></p>\n	<p>\n		&nbsp;</p>\n</div>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Restoration-Ecology.jpg\" style=\"width: 589px; height: 210px;\" /></p>\n','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(780,1,1,'<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	Lake Ecology and Management (Biol 302)</h1>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>Great Lakes Campus - Summer Session II</em></span></h4>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Limnology-pxl250-curved-adjusted-cropped(1).jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 321px; float: right;\" /></h2>\n<h2>\n	Course Description</h2>\n<p>\n	Field study of lakes and other freshwater systems with applications to planning and management. Includes an introduction to limnology and investigation of representative lakes, streams, and wetlands of the region and compares the North American Great Lakes with the other great lakes of the world and their stewardship. Prerequisite: one year of general biology and one year of general chemistry.&nbsp;<em>Field, Applied.</em></p>\n<p>\n	<strong>Professor:</strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/faculty_and_fellows/#Dr.%20John%20Korstad\">Dr. John Korstad</a></p>\n<p>\n	<strong>Meets:</strong>&nbsp;Tuesday &amp; Thursday</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<a class=\"shinyBtn\" href=\"{filedir_11}courses/register/\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Register now!</a></p>\n<h2>\n	Knowledge Gained</h2>\n<p>\n	Students gain knowledge of lake ecosystems by piecing together the physical, chemical, and biological data they collect to understand how complex lake ecosystems work. They learn how to assess the data in interdisciplinary ways and then apply it in practical ways as student teams by taking the information collected about each lake and putting together an informative report for the local Lake Associations to help them serve, protect, and restore their lake.</p>\n<h2>\n	Skills Developed</h2>\n<ul>\n	<li>\n		Field and lab methodology for identification and quantitative analysis of physical (temperature, light, currents, etc.), chemical (pH, alkalinity, hardness, conductivity, total dissolved solids, carbon dioxide, nitrate, phosphate, chloride, and other chemicals), and biological (plankton, fecal coliform bacteria, benthos, and fish) properties of water samples.</li>\n	<li>\n		How to scientifically graph water sample data.</li>\n	<li>\n		How to appropriately meet, interview, work with, and help lake homeowners understand and implement best practices for lake management.</li>\n	<li>\n		Learn how to work as a class-team as well as a smaller team of 2-4 students in more detailed sampling of one lake and then writing a report on that lake that includes a thorough description (including graphs), analysis, and recommendations to the lake homeowners on how they can best manage their common ecosystem.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>\n	Field Experiences</h2>\n<ul>\n	<li>\n		Little Twin Lake</li>\n	<li>\n		Pickerel&nbsp;Lake</li>\n	<li>\n		Starvation&nbsp;Lake</li>\n	<li>\n		Big Blue&nbsp;Lake</li>\n	<li>\n		Papoose&nbsp;Lake</li>\n	<li>\n		Squaw&nbsp;Lake</li>\n	<li>\n		Rainbow&nbsp;Lake</li>\n	<li>\n		Bear&nbsp;Lake</li>\n	<li>\n		Manistee&nbsp;Lake</li>\n	<li>\n		Bear Lake Bog</li>\n	<li>\n		Boardman River</li>\n</ul>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<h2>\n	Interested in learning more about Lake Ecology and Management, and Dr. Korstad?</h2>\n<div>\n	<p>\n		Check out these blogs!</p>\n	<p>\n		<a href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/blog/courses_that_change_your_life_lake_ecology_and_management_biol_302#.WiFkM7T81UM\"><strong>Courses That Change Your Life: Lake Ecology and Management</strong></a><strong></strong></p>\n	<p>\n		<a href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/blog/faculty_profiles_john_korstad_lake_ecology_and_management#.WiFkDLT81UM\"><strong>Featured Faculty: Dr. John Korstad</strong></a></p>\n	<p>\n		&nbsp;</p>\n</div>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Limnology.jpg\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 198px;\" /></p>\n','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(781,1,1,'<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	Tropical Agriculture and Missions (Biol/Agric/Geog 343)</h1>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>Costa Rica Campus - May Term</em></span></h4>\n<h2>\n	&nbsp;</h2>\n<h2>\n	<a href=\"{filedir_11}gallery_detail/costa_rica/1\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}SMALL 0.jpg\" style=\"width: 300px; height: 200px; float: right;\" /></a>Course Description</h2>\n<p>\n	An introduction to tropical agriculture for working with resource-poor farmers. Topics include the scientific basis behind successful low cost techniques, a survey of major tropical crops and their requirements, and on-site practical work. Selected issues in Christian missions and in community development, and some urban gardening and small animal techniques are also covered. Taught in a rural, mountainous village in Costa Rica in collaboration with a Christian organization aiding redevelopment after an earthquake, with several trips to different ecosystem regions of Costa Rica.&nbsp;<em>Field, Applied.</em></p>\n<p>\n	<strong>Professor:</strong>&nbsp;Dr. Dave Unander, Tomas Dozier<br />\n	<strong>Meets:</strong>&nbsp;Monday-Friday</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<a class=\"shinyBtn\" href=\"{filedir_11}courses/register/\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Register now!</a></p>\n<h2>\n	Knowledge Gained</h2>\n<ul>\n	<li>\n		Learning the major staple, fruit, and vegetable crops grown in the tropics and their particular needs and limitations</li>\n	<li>\n		Introduction to soil science for agriculture</li>\n	<li>\n		Practices of agroforestry, composting, small animal farming, and biogas systems in tropical environments</li>\n	<li>\n		Understanding of key missions and development issues, such as how to enter a community, approaches to extension,&nbsp;and exploring different in-country living arrangements</li>\n	<li>\n		Understanding tropical ecosystems, climate, and biomes</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>\n	Skills Developed</h2>\n<ul>\n	<li>\n		Taxonomy of tropical agriculture plants</li>\n	<li>\n		Ability to identify major plant families with important crops and understand the chemical characteristics of those families</li>\n	<li>\n		Soil assessment and improvement techniques</li>\n	<li>\n		Horticulture techniques, such as planting, grafting, and pruning</li>\n	<li>\n		Communication techniques for conveying tropical agriculture practices in local communities, practiced through sharing tropical agriculture practices in the town of Vara Blanca</li>\n	<li>\n		Approaches to fast language learning</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>\n	Field Experiences</h2>\n<p>\n	Previous classes have visited small dairy and strawberry farms in the mountains, small, diverse, farms in both wet and arid lowland areas; successful agricultural co-ops for coffee, sugarcane, cacao and organic bananas; agricultural researchers and field experiments at Univ. of Costa Rica, EARTH Univ., CATIE (Center for Research and Education in Tropical Agriculture - an international research program).&nbsp; This is not primarily a farming techniques course, but we do some fieldwork half-days on farm.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	For our Au Sable integrative sessions, during the last four years, we have visited the actively steaming crater of Poas Volcano Natl. Park and the cloud forest around the crater at 9,000 ft.; Caihuita Natl. Park, a shore and estuary ecosystem on the Caribbean near Panama;&nbsp;the Organization for Tropical Studies research station at La Selva, a lowland rainforest area near the Nicaraguan border;&nbsp; the watershed area of Arenal Volcano Natl. Park, an actively erupting, classical cone, with many hot springs.</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<h2>\n	Interested in learning more about Tropical Agriculture and Missions and Dr. Unander?</h2>\n<p>\n	Check out these blogs!</p>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/blog/courses_that_change_your_life_tropical_agriculture_and_missions_biol_agric#.WfyTkhOPLUI\"><strong>Courses That Change Your Life: Tropical Agriculture and Missions</strong></a></p>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/blog/featured_faculty_dave_unander_tropical_agriculture_missions#.WfyUFhOPLUI\"><strong>Featured Faculty: Dr. Dave Unander</strong></a></p>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"{filedir_11}gallery_detail/costa_rica/1\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Collage 2.png\" /></a></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<strong><a href=\"{filedir_11}gallery_detail/costa_rica/1\">Photo Gallery</a></strong></p>\n','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(782,1,1,'<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	Environmental Applications in GIS (Biol/EnvSt/Geog 362)</h1>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>Great Lakes Campus - Summer Session II</em></span></h4>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}IMG_4670-300pxl-curved-adjusted.jpg\" style=\"width: 300px; height: 227px; float: right;\" /></h2>\n<h2>\n	Course Description</h2>\n<p>\n	Theory and application of spatial analysis for applied social and ecological problem-solving. This course combines GPS field data collection; ArcGIS use for storage, processing, interpretation, and presentation of data; location and integration of existing source information; and remote sensing integration with GIS applications. The course is designed around an environmental project to apply GIS techniques for real-world problem-solving in protecting and restoring ecosystems. &nbsp;<em>Field, Applied, Interdisciplinary.</em></p>\n<p>\n	<strong>Professor:</strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"/courses/faculty_and_fellows/#Dr.%20Mark%20Gathany\">Dr. Mark Gathany</a><br />\n	<strong>Meets:</strong>&nbsp;Tuesday &amp; Thursday</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<a class=\"shinyBtn\" href=\"{filedir_11}courses/register/\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Register now!</a></p>\n<h2>\n	Knowledge Gained</h2>\n<ul>\n	<li>\n		Examination of foundational principles of geography and cartography</li>\n	<li>\n		An understanding of how to collect a spatially balanced sample</li>\n	<li>\n		A working knowledge of spatial statistics</li>\n	<li>\n		Experience working with remote sensed imagery and their processing</li>\n	<li>\n		A better understanding of landscape ecology and associated issues in conservation and environmental planning.&nbsp;</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>\n	Skills Developed</h2>\n<ul>\n	<li>\n		Data Collection:\n		<ul>\n			<li>\n				Use of recreational (Garmin) and professional (Trimble) GPS units</li>\n			<li>\n				Field collection of spatial features (e.g. trees) and their attributes (e.g. species) using GPS</li>\n			<li>\n				Experience with Trimble&rsquo;s TerraSync and GPS Pathfinder Office and/or Esri&rsquo;s ArcPad software for field data collection</li>\n			<li>\n				Integrating GPS and GIS to generate new data layers</li>\n			<li>\n				Searching, accessing, downloading and displaying web-based data</li>\n		</ul>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n		Data manipulation &amp; analysis:\n		<ul>\n			<li>\n				A working knowledge of Esri&rsquo;s ArcGIS Desktop software</li>\n			<li>\n				ArcMap, ArcCatalog, ArcToolbox, Spatial Analyst &amp; 3D Analyst</li>\n			<li>\n				Exploration of open source GIS packages such as QGIS or GRASS</li>\n			<li>\n				GoogleEarth Standard and Pro for visualization and accessing real-time data updates</li>\n			<li>\n				Creating and editing features in the digital environment</li>\n			<li>\n				Working with remotely sensed imagery for analysis or visualization purposes</li>\n			<li>\n				Investigation of habitat loss, fragmentation, and isolation with FragStats/PatchAnalyst</li>\n		</ul>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n		Project and data management:\n		<ul>\n			<li>\n				Proceed through all of the stages of a project from conception to presentation</li>\n			<li>\n				Produce a portfolio to exhibit your newly developed skillset</li>\n		</ul>\n	</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>\n	Field Experiences</h2>\n<ul>\n	<li>\n		Creating a trail map using a common (recreational grade) GPS unit</li>\n	<li>\n		Developing and implementing a strategy for complex data collection in the field</li>\n	<li>\n		Remote sensing &ldquo;ground truthing&rdquo;</li>\n	<li>\n		Tentative plans for some or all of the following:\n		<ul>\n			<li>\n				wetland delineation (soils, hydrology, and vegetation)</li>\n			<li>\n				vegetation mapping</li>\n			<li>\n				habitat suitability</li>\n			<li>\n				fire severity mapping</li>\n		</ul>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n		Time for individual-based projects</li>\n</ul>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<h2>\n	Interested in learning more about Environmental Applications in GIS, and Dr. Gathany?</h2>\n<div>\n	<p>\n		Check out these blogs!</p>\n	<p>\n		<a href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/blog/courses_that_change_your_life_environmental_applications_for_gis_biol_envst#.Wh7mnrT81UM\"><strong>Courses That Change Your Life: Environmental Applications in GIS</strong></a></p>\n	<p>\n		<a href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/blog/featured_faculty_mark_gathany_environmental_applications_for_gis#.Wh7nRLT81UM\"><strong>Featured Faculty: Dr. Mark Gathany</strong></a></p>\n	<p>\n		&nbsp;</p>\n</div>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Env-Applications-in-GIS.jpg\" style=\"width: 465px; height: 200px;\" /></p>\n','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(801,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Unander.png\" style=\"float: right;\" />David Unander has always been a practical man. He began his scientific career as a plant breeder, studying genetics, agronomy and agricultural ecology while completing his PhD at the University of Minnesota, and then spent several years at the University of Puerto Rico, investigating disease resistance and harvest quality in vegetables and dry beans. That introduction to the study of disease led Dave to the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, where he combined his interests in botany and medicine by studying tropical plants with potential antiviral effects.&nbsp; Joining the faculty at Eastern University (Pennsylvania) in 1992, Dave was soon teaching not only core courses in science like ecology, but adding electives like Medical Botany and Tropical Biology. He has taught Au Sable&rsquo;s Tropical Agriculture and Missions course in Costa Rica since 2003.</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Unander(1).png\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 250px; float: right;\" />David Unander has always been a practical man. He began his scientific career as a plant breeder, studying genetics, agronomy and agricultural ecology while completing his PhD at the University of Minnesota, and then spent several years at the University of Puerto Rico, investigating disease resistance and harvest quality in vegetables and dry beans. That introduction to the study of disease led Dave to the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, where he combined his interests in botany and medicine by studying tropical plants with potential antiviral effects.&nbsp; Joining the faculty at Eastern University (Pennsylvania) in 1992, Dave was soon teaching not only core courses in science like ecology, but adding electives like Medical Botany and Tropical Biology. He has taught Au Sable&rsquo;s Tropical Agriculture and Missions course in Costa Rica since 2003.</p>\n<p>\n	A Trustee on the Boards of multiple Christian mission organizations, Dave knows from both study and firsthand experience how critical it is for missionaries and Christian development workers to have real environmental knowledge and earthkeeping skills to create sustainable agricultural systems, address issues of medicine and community health and contribute to establishing sanitary living conditions. Fluent in Spanish, Dave often travels to Latin American and Caribbean countries on behalf of Christian mission and development organizations like Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization (ECHO), Plant with Purpose (formerly Florista) and Hope Seeds. A man who lives as well as teaches the integration of faith, learning and science, Dave has been an invited speaker at many scientific and missions conferences in these countries.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}TAM.png\" style=\"float: left;\" />Dave&rsquo;s Au Sable course, Tropical Agriculture and Missions, is truly a culturally immersive experience. Dave and his students travel to the Vara Blanca region of rural Costa Rica where they spend three weeks on the campus of the Christian development organization ADE (Association for Development through Education), a group dedicated to redevelopment of post-disaster regions and economically marginalized communities. The Vara Blanca region suffered economically from the effects of an earthquake in 2009, but its biodiversity remains unparalleled, with the ADE campus located at the edge of a mountainous tropical cloud forest. Working intensively with, as well as learning from local farmers, ADE workers and employees of Costa Rican government agencies, students learn not only the fundamentals of tropical sustainable agriculture but its applications and interfaces with government and culture in a Latin American community. Because both the human and ecological communities he works with are so dynamic, every course is a new experience, part of the reason Dave continues to return to this work. The need for environmentally knowledgeable and skilled people to engage the work of Christian mission and holistic development has never been greater. This May, Dave Unander and the class of Tropical Agriculture and Missions 2018 will again learn by entering the fray. And once again, Dave is looking forward to it.</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(786,1,1,'<h1>\n	Missionary Earthkeeping Conference 2013</h1>\n<div id=\"video\">\n	<iframe height=\"338\" src=\"http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/_UR2YXhha1Y\" width=\"600\"></iframe></div>\n<div>\n	&nbsp;</div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	In 2013, Au Sable held a conference for directors and faculty of Missions and Development programs around North America in conjunction with the Faith and International Development Conference at Calvin College. The conference sought to aid in integrating the environmental knowledge and skills of creation care into mission and development programs that train students for service in advancing the gospel and seeking peace, justice, and prosperity for all people. Missions and Development programs are interdisciplinary fields of study, but in reviewing curriculum at a number of colleges, most featured course work in Religion, Economics, or Sociology, with limited science courses. This conference advanced integrating Biology and Environmental Studies courses directly into these programs, making plain that humans are inextricably linked with creation and can only flourish as God intended if the waters, soils, forests, and all other ecosystems on which people rely, are well cared for.</p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<strong>Click on any link below to watch a conference presentation:</strong></h3>\n<div id=\"links\">\n	<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" style=\"width: 600px;\">\n		<tbody>\n			<tr>\n				<td>\n					<a href=\"_UR2YXhha1Y\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Missionary_earthkeeping-1-300pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 300px; height: 190px; float: left;\" /></a></td>\n				<td>\n					<a href=\"8a8CJU5FoOY\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Missionary_earthkeeping-2-300pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 300px; height: 190px; float: right;\" /></a></td>\n			</tr>\n			<tr>\n				<td>\n					<a href=\"wm-6Bds7KX8\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Missionary_earthkeeping-3-300pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 300px; height: 190px; float: left;\" /></a></td>\n				<td>\n					&nbsp;</td>\n			</tr>\n		</tbody>\n	</table>\n</div>\n<p>\n<script type=\"text/javascript\">\n	$(document).ready(function() {\n\n$(\'#links a\').click(function(e) {\ne.preventDefault();\nvar vidHtml = \'<iframe width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/\' + $(this).attr(\'href\') + \'?rel=0&autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen ></iframe>\';\n$(\'#video\').html(vidHtml);\n\n$(\'html,body\').animate({\n   scrollTop: $(\'#video\').offset().top-20\n});\n		});\n	});\n</script></p>\n','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(788,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HP-Rotator-DSS-Position1.jpg','xhtml','about/jobs/','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(789,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<a href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/blog/musings_9_18_10_1_by_neil_gilbert#.VDVTrEslnLs\" target=\"_self\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Neil Fall.jpg\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 300px;\" /></a></p>\n<p>\n	I enter the woods nearly daily with my journal. In this and forthcoming series of entries, I will share what I&rsquo;m seeing and hearing out there. Since birds are my first love, most of the entries will having strong avian components&mdash;but, I promise, it won&rsquo;t just be birds!&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	<strong><em>18 September 2014, 6:30PM</em></strong></p>\n<p>\n	Out here at Beaver Pond, doing some sitting. The air is cool and moist; the sun is down, twilight comes. I sit, I listen. I hear....&nbsp;</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<a href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/blog/musings_9_18_10_1_by_neil_gilbert#.VDVUBEslnLt\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Neil Fall(1).jpg\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 300px;\" /></a></p>\n<p>\n	I enter the woods nearly daily with my journal. In this and forthcoming series of entries, I will share what I&rsquo;m seeing and hearing out there. Since birds are my first love, most of the entries will having strong avian components&mdash;but, I promise, it won&rsquo;t just be birds!&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	<strong><em>18 September 2014, 6:30PM</em></strong></p>\n<p>\n	Out here at Beaver Pond, doing some sitting. The air is cool and moist; the sun is down, twilight comes. I sit, I listen. I hear:</p>\n<ul>\n	<li>\n		Red Squirrels &ndash; one on the east side of the pond chirping, and another machine-guns on the west side</li>\n	<li>\n		Blue Jay &ndash; one screaming close by, talking to another in the distance</li>\n	<li>\n		Black-capped Chickadees overhead in the pines</li>\n	<li>\n		Blue Jay wing flaps over the canopy</li>\n	<li>\n		Oil pumps/wells &ndash; a muffled roar in the distance</li>\n	<li>\n		Insect &ndash; a short, dry, &ldquo;slit&rdquo;, given singly and infrequently</li>\n	<li>\n		Bark scraping &ndash; a climbing Red Squirrel?</li>\n	<li>\n		Tapping &ndash; a woodpecker?</li>\n	<li>\n		Hairy Woodpecker &ndash; going <em>peak</em> on the far side of the pond</li>\n	<li>\n		Red Squirrel gnawing on a pine cone overhead</li>\n	<li>\n		Pileated Woodpecker &ndash; an outburst of laughter to the west</li>\n	<li>\n		Eastern Towhee &ndash; asks &ldquo;wheat?&rdquo; from the young aspens on the north side of the pond</li>\n	<li>\n		Spring Peeper &ndash; distance-shrouded</li>\n	<li>\n		White-breasted Nuthatch yanking</li>\n	<li>\n		Mechanical squealing &ndash; brakes?</li>\n	<li>\n		American Robin flight notes overhead</li>\n	<li>\n		Distant truck motor</li>\n	<li>\n		My pen and paper shuffling and scratching</li>\n	<li>\n		Sudden splash (frog?) eliciting a scold note from a hidden Common Yellowthroat in the rushes</li>\n	<li>\n		Ovenbird chipping</li>\n</ul>\n<p>\n	There is a lot to hear&mdash;but to hear, one must first make the decision to listen.</p>\n<p>\n	<strong><em>26 September 2014, 4:25PM</em></strong></p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Second, Third Weeks 045.JPG\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 187px; float: right;\" />Wetlands are often compared to sponges or filters&mdash;basically, through their very existence, they purify the earth&rsquo;s water. I do not know what pollutants seep into Beaver Pond, but I do know that it acts as my personal filter. I come here when my heart is heavy, when I face significant decisions, or when I simply need quiet time to think and pray. It absorbs my anxieties and leaves me refreshed.</p>\n<p>\n	It is a glorious autumn day. The &ldquo;heat wave&rdquo; has resurrected one or two mosquitoes that harry me as I sit and write. The leaves are changing, some flamboyantly, as with the scarlet maples across the pond, and some subtly, as with the White Pines and rushes and bracken.</p>\n<p>\n	In defiance to their name, Spring Peepers squeak at each other throughout the woods. A black squirrel eyes me suspiciously from a low branch, waving its tail. Blue Jays and flickers wing across the pond at the rate of one or two birds a minute. The forest is full of them.</p>\n<p>\n	<strong><em>28 September 2014, 8PM</em></strong></p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Second, Third Weeks 047.JPG\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 187px; float: left;\" />Here I am on Louie&rsquo;s Pond, somewhere on the divide between day and night. The evening throbs with crickets but is otherwise quiet&mdash;except for the piercing &ldquo;Pee-weet-weet-weet&rdquo; of a Solitary Sandpiper that is circling above the pond, probably taking off for a night of southbound flight.</p>\n<p>\n	I came here hoping to glimpse the beaver that has been roving between the two ponds on campus. I figured that twilight was the optimal time to see him. Within five minutes, I looked up from my writing to see a ripple traversing the pond fifteen feet from my perch. I could barely see his head in the darkness. I tapped my foot on the dock to get his attention; he immediately responded with a violent splash. I haven&rsquo;t seen him since. This beaver has been active at the aptly named Beaver Pond; while hiking out there earlier today, a friend and I found thoroughfares where the beaver has dragged branches through the emergent grass.</p>\n<p>\n	<strong><em>1 October 2014, 5PM</em></strong></p>\n<p>\n	October is here, and with it, exciting birding.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Second, Third Weeks 046.JPG\" style=\"width: 187px; height: 250px; float: right;\" />Ever since I found a White-winged Scoter on Big Twin Lake last week, I have made the daily habit of scoping the lake for migratory waterfowl. This morning, while squinting through my scope at a lone Lesser Scaup, I heard a Lapland Longspur rattle overhead. Then, hearing frantic trilling behind me, I turned just in time to see a Merlin nab a Cedar Waxwing out of the beachside pines.</p>\n<p>\n	Yes, it is certainly fall. Many of the trees are shedding their raiment. Don&rsquo;t be fooled&mdash;it&rsquo;s not just the maples and aspens. The great White Pine by the driveway has dropped enough needles that the driveway appears to be paved with tarnished gold.</p>\n<p>\n	And it is getting chilly. This morning, I built a fire with waist-high flames to keep me warm while awaiting the kids at my teaching station and pulled my canvas cloak close to keep warm.</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(790,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Casey Header.jpg\" /></p>\n<p>\n	I have been affiliated with Au Sable for several years now.&nbsp; My first Au Sable experience came as a research student during the summer of 2013.&nbsp; During this time I was fortunate to work as a member of the Boardman River research team.&nbsp; Growing up near Traverse City and being an avid fisherman, I was well acquainted with this stream and I thought I knew most of what there was to know about the quality of it&rsquo;s water, the debate surrounding the removal of its dams, and particularly the location of many of its trout. But through my research that summer something new was revealed to me.&nbsp;&nbsp; Questions that I hadn&rsquo;t thought to ask before became obvious.&nbsp; In all my time growing up around the Boardman, I felt as though the Boardman and I were just being introduced.</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Casey 4.jpg\" style=\"width: 234px; height: 187px; float: right;\" />I have been affiliated with Au Sable for several years now.&nbsp; My first Au Sable experience came as a research student during the summer of 2013.&nbsp; During this time I was fortunate to work as a member of the Boardman River research team.&nbsp; Growing up near Traverse City and being an avid fisherman, I was well acquainted with this stream and I thought I knew most of what there was to know about the quality of it&rsquo;s water, the debate surrounding the removal of its dams, and particularly the location of many of its trout. But through my research that summer something new was revealed to me.&nbsp;&nbsp; Questions that I hadn&rsquo;t thought to ask before became obvious.&nbsp; In all my time growing up around the Boardman, I felt as though the Boardman and I were just being introduced.</p>\n<p>\n	Now as I return to Au Sable as an environmental education intern, I feel like something very similar is happening again.&nbsp; I am no stranger to children.&nbsp; In the past I have enjoyed working with students in settings that ranged in scope from Sunday school to youth mentoring programs. Growing up with a parent as a teacher I thought I knew what I was getting into.&nbsp; However, now as we enter of 5<sup>th</sup> week of the internship, I can honestly say I have been challenged in ways I never thought.</p>\n<p>\n	Some of it is obvious stuff that I guess I didn&rsquo;t expect to be as challenging as it has turned out to be.&nbsp; For example; what is with the mysterious chemistry that exists between boys and girls?&nbsp; Why do some groups seem to disassociate while others can seem all too interested?&nbsp; Even more, it seems that just as I figure out how to overcome these obstacles to teaching, it is time for the students to leave!</p>\n<p>\n	Less obvious to anticipate are the differences between individuals and the effects that one or two people can have on the group as a whole.&nbsp; Learning to read student body language and interpret behavioral queues has also been a difficult process.&nbsp; At times I can feel that the group is disengaging from a particular lesson only to find out later during my assessment checks that they remembered every piece of my lesson.&nbsp; Instances like these, while positive in hindsight, nonetheless in the meantime result in an enormous amount of anxiety!</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Casey  3.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 187px; float: left;\" />One thing I know for sure, I love wetlands.&nbsp; It is nice to be able to teach others about one of your passions.&nbsp; Last week I was able to lead two different groups through our wetland study.&nbsp; While each group had particular characteristics that I felt challenged my teaching, each found joy and wonder at the pond during our afternoon collection event.&nbsp; Nets in hand, the boy/girl dynamic dissolved, students exclaimed their satisfaction with screams of delight and wide-eyed amazement in what they found in their nets.&nbsp; We were sharing wonder for this amazing place and for these amazing creatures.&nbsp; My passion for water and insects collided with their adventure and resulted in something wonderful.</p>\n<p>\n	In my efforts to teach lessons to the students and ensure that I convey core concepts correctly, it has been humbling to remember the joy of learning, the gift of challenge, and the reward of wonder that accompanies this process.</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(791,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Neil 1.jpg\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 300px;\" /></p>\n<p>\n	At the beginning of every summer college session, Dave Mahan delivers an introductory speech that <em>always</em> contains the line, &ldquo;And, because we want to make sure you leave Au Sable with a practical skill as a back up in case grad school doesn&rsquo;t work, we have assigned you to a dish crew to help clean up after meals&hellip;&rdquo; His proclamation is met with tentative laughter and groans. During my sojourn at Au Sable, I have learned many such practical skills.</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Neil 2.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 187px; float: right;\" />At the beginning of every summer college session, Dave Mahan delivers an introductory speech that <em>always</em> contains the line, &ldquo;And, because we want to make sure you leave Au Sable with a practical skill as a back up in case grad school doesn&rsquo;t work, we have assigned you to a dish crew to help clean up after meals&hellip;&rdquo; His proclamation is met with tentative laughter and groans. During my sojourn at Au Sable, I have learned many such practical skills.</p>\n<p>\n	My work in the kitchen taught me how cook for fifty hungry college students. Such a feat requires judicious time management, efficient clean up, and strong arms to heft five-gallon pots of boiling pasta water. Additionally, I learned some prize-winning recipes&mdash;pineapple carrot cake, zucchini-feta casserole, and maple baked oatmeal, to name a few. And, after making cookies two or three times a week, I developed baking prowess that would make any grandmother envious.</p>\n<p>\n	I mastered other handy skills during the short weeks I worked maintenance. One morning, I met Bob Barr to learn how to operate a chainsaw. &ldquo;The day I learned how to use a chainsaw,&rdquo; he told me, &ldquo;The guy who was teaching me took a chunk out of his knee. I hope that doesn&rsquo;t happen today.&rdquo; Thankfully, neither of us lost blood or limb in our morning of sawing.</p>\n<p>\n	Another day, Eric and I tramped into the basement of Willow House to find the bathroom a flooded, moldy mess. Eric kneeled in the puddle on the floor and stuck his head behind the toilet. &ldquo;Hmm, this is a soldering job,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Have you ever soldered before?&rdquo; Of course, I hadn&rsquo;t, so we hiked to the shop to accouter ourselves. We returned with a blowtorch, soldering wire, a new toilet valve, and a slice of bread to absorb trickles of water in the pipe. Following Eric&rsquo;s instruction, I installed the new valve in five minutes. &ldquo;That would have cost a hundred bucks if we had brought a plumber in here. Good skill to have,&rdquo; he said.</p>\n<p>\n	I had never split wood before coming to Au Sable. If Paul is not careful, I will propose that the environmental education internship be renamed the wood splitting internship. The Michigan History program requires copious fire building and therefore lots of wood!</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Neil 3.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 187px; float: left;\" />I love splitting wood. Successful technique requires a healthy marriage between power and precision. You must aim the ax head at the edge of the log and swing <em>hard</em> for an even split. And, to be safe, you must stand with your legs spread wide. I learned this the hard way when the blade bounced off a knotted pine log and nicked my ankle. When a log splits&mdash;or, as it often seems, jumps&mdash;apart, I can&rsquo;t help but feel wonderfully strong.</p>\n<p>\n	These are skills that will never appear my r&eacute;sum&eacute;. However, I am sure that I will utilize them later in life. Years down the road, when I need to split wood or solder a pipe, I can thank Au Sable for lending me this practical knowledge.</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(825,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HP_Rotator_InternationalDevelopment.jpg','xhtml','/news_and_resources/blog/courses_that_change_your_life_international_development_and_environmental_s#.VLRYIcYl','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(826,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}SC_2.png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />Although many people think of &ldquo;environmental issues&rdquo; as large scale <em>effects</em> they can see or physically describe, the <em>causes</em> of these effects are often chemical in nature.&nbsp; Scott Carr, Professor of Chemistry at Anderson University (Indiana), enables students to enter a new level of understanding of environmental problems through his unique course, Environmental Chemistry, offered each year at Au Sable&rsquo;s Great Lakes Campus (Michigan) during Summer Session II (July-August). In Scott, students find a rare combination of expert teaching skill, personal concern for every individual, and depth of scientific expertise. A widely published expert on ionization chemistry, chemistry of gases, and chemical instrumentation, Scott takes a subject potentially intimidating to most students and shows them how to understand both its theoretical foundations and its visible effects in ways that genuinely engage their interest.&nbsp;</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}SC_2(2).png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />Although many people think of &ldquo;environmental issues&rdquo; as large scale <em>effects</em> they can see or physically describe, the <em>causes</em> of these effects are often chemical in nature.&nbsp; <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/faculty_and_fellows/#Dr.%20Scott%20Carr\">Scott Carr</a>, Professor of Chemistry at Anderson University (Indiana), enables students to enter a new level of understanding of environmental problems through his unique course, <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/course_information/summer_session_ii_great_lakes/#Environmental%20Chemistry\">Environmental Chemistry</a>, offered each year at Au Sable&rsquo;s Great Lakes Campus (Michigan) during Summer Session II (July-August). In Scott, students find a rare combination of expert teaching skill, personal concern for every individual, and depth of scientific expertise. A widely published expert on ionization chemistry, chemistry of gases, and chemical instrumentation, Scott takes a subject potentially intimidating to most students and shows them how to understand both its theoretical foundations and its visible effects in ways that genuinely engage their interest.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}SC_1.png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: left;\" />Scott&rsquo;s ability to provide students with an effective introduction to the role of chemistry in the environment stems from his own education, as well as his experience in multiple aspects of chemistry teaching and research. After receiving his BS in Chemistry from Taylor University (Indiana), Scott earned his PhD in Analytical Chemistry at Miami University (Ohio), and then taught at Trinity Christian College in Illinois before joining the faculty at Anderson. Scott&rsquo;s skill in making a course like <em>Environmental Chemistry</em> a pleasure rather than an ordeal is appreciated by all of his students. As one student noted, &ldquo;The course brought together many issues that affect everyone in the world, such as water treatment, water pollution, air pollution, heavy metals and how they affect us. It was a very relevant course! [Scott] gave us real world examples and took us out to sites where the topics he was teaching were exemplified.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	Scott teaches his students skills that matter (and matter to employers) through classroom- and field-based inquiries into the chemistry of the environment, including sampling methods for testing chemical composition of air, water, and soil; analysis of chemical data; and interpretation of chemical data relative to assessment of hazards and risks to human health. Students in <em>Environmental Chemistry </em>leave Scott&rsquo;s course with new appreciation of the chemical nature of God&rsquo;s creation, and the skills to investigate and understand some of its basic chemical attributes.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}SC_3.png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />Scott&rsquo;s genuine care and concern for others is evident from the first time you meet him.&nbsp; He remarks,&ldquo;Au Sable Institute has captured a piece of my heart.&nbsp; If offers a sanctuary of shalom inviting those who pass under it&#39;s gates to find more than a sense of peace, but also an opportunity to find place and purpose.&nbsp; Teaching in this environment strips away many of the accouterments that accompany our current state of more virtual higher-level learning and allows the students, faculty and staff to get to the actual essence of education by being immersed in their studies and feeling the pulse of their topics. Au Sable is a touchstone of honest understanding.&rdquo;</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(792,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Dannielle-Favela-3-Place_Snakelum Point-300pxl(2).jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 176px; float: right;\" />Humans are land dwellers. Our reference points, our expressions, and our spatial perspectives all reveal that we consider land our &ldquo;home,&rdquo; and we have studied the biology of land well. Marine systems, although they cover most of the Earth, are not places where we live. But they are the abode of millions of unique species; the exact number and types is still being discovered.</p>\n<p>\n	Au Sable&rsquo;s offering in Marine Biology provides a fascinating introduction to the species and systems that comprise marine life. Offered in the coastal environment provided by <a>Au Sable&rsquo;s Pacific Rim Campus</a>&nbsp;on Whidbey Island (Washington), Marine Biology provides opportunity for firsthand study of marine creatures, especially in the intertidal realm prevalent on the Whidbey Island coast, the eelgrass communities of adjoining shallow water zones, and marine communities associated with the island communities of Puget Sound. These biological systems, which can be studied firsthand at this location, provide students with examples of how to comprehend broader concepts and theories of marine community structure, population management and exploitation, oceanic microbialization and marine biogeochemical cycles and processes.</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Dannielle-Favela-3-Place_Snakelum Point-300pxl(1).jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 176px; float: right;\" />Humans are land dwellers. Our reference points, our expressions, and our spatial perspectives all reveal that we consider land our &ldquo;home,&rdquo; and we have studied the biology of land well. Marine systems, although they cover most of the Earth, are not places where we live. But they are the abode of millions of unique species; the exact number and types is still being discovered.</p>\n<p>\n	Au Sable&rsquo;s offering in <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/course_information/summer_session_ii_pacific_rim/marine_biology_biol_318/\">Marine Biology</a> provides a fascinating introduction to the species and systems that comprise marine life. Offered in the coastal environment provided by <a>Au Sable&rsquo;s Pacific Rim Campus</a>&nbsp;on Whidbey Island (Washington), Marine Biology provides opportunity for firsthand study of marine creatures, especially in the intertidal realm prevalent on the Whidbey Island coast, the eelgrass communities of adjoining shallow water zones, and marine communities associated with the island communities of Puget Sound. These biological systems, which can be studied firsthand at this location, provide students with examples of how to comprehend broader concepts and theories of marine community structure, population management and exploitation, oceanic microbialization and marine biogeochemical cycles and processes.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}47-Place-Hali-Jungers-SSII2013-CampCaseyBeach-300pxl-rounded(1).jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: left;\" /><a href=\"{filedir_11}home/people/dr._tim_wakefield\">Tim Wakefield</a>, Professor of Biology at John Bown University (Arkansas), brings his lifelong experience and study of marine systems to every student in Marine Biology. A recognized expert on cell-to-cell interactions between marine invertebrates, as well as a former trainer of bottlenose dolphins, Tim&rsquo;s recent studies have &ldquo;moved up&rdquo; to investigations of orcas (killer whales) and the effects of &ldquo;whale watching&rdquo; on their populations. A student from the 2013 class noted, &rdquo;One element of the course that really helped was spending a lot of time in the field and seeing what we were learning about, within its ecological context. It was much more helpful for learning than simply talking about it. It was also beneficial that the instructor talked about relationships between organisms, as well as their interactions, when we identified organisms in the field so that we could understand the role of the organism in its habitat.&rdquo; Drawing on his own experience of teaching, research and working in the field of marine biology, Tim believes that the most valuable element of the course is helping students make the connections between land and sea.&nbsp; &ldquo;Many students have little to no knowledge of how the marine environment effects the terrestrial environment.&nbsp; The food that we eat, our weather patterns and climate, even the very ground that we stand upon is influenced by the world&rsquo;s oceans.&nbsp; To not have at least a basic understanding of this leaves a person with an incomplete picture of God&rsquo;s good design for Earth.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	No human being can live for long within the marine environment, but an understanding of a system so &ldquo;other&rdquo; compared to our own creates a perspective in biology, and in life, that changes how we look at things, and increases our capacity to see and understand &ldquo;life&rdquo; in biology very different than ourselves.</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(793,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HP_Rotator_CTCYL_MarineBiology1.jpg','xhtml','news_and_resources/blog/courses_that_change_your_life_marine_biology_biol_318#.VGP_kIclnyc','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(794,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}TAM 2.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />Do people who plan to work as missionaries and development specialists in foreign countries need environmental skills? The answer is, not surprisingly, yes. But the next question is, where can a student see missions, development, and environmental science effectively combined in a single college course? The answer to this second question is: in Au Sable&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/course_information/may_term/tropical_agriculture_and_missions/\"><em>Tropical Agriculture and Missions&nbsp;</em></a>course. Like all Au Sable courses, this one is field intensive, but this time the &ldquo;field&rdquo; is in Costa Rica, and it may be a field of corn, soybeans, cassava, or any of a multitude of crop plants that can flourish in a tropical environment. Tomas Dozier of Costa Rica&#39;s Association for Development through Education&nbsp;takes students from colleges across the US and Canada to learn how missions and the environment interact, and why they need to.&nbsp;</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}TAM 2.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />Do people who plan to work as missionaries and development specialists in foreign countries need environmental skills? The answer is, not surprisingly, yes. But the next question is, where can a student see missions, development, and environmental science effectively combined in a single college course? The answer to this second question is: in Au Sable&rsquo;s <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/course_information/may_term/tropical_agriculture_and_missions/\"><em>Tropical Agriculture and Missions </em></a>course. Like all Au Sable courses, this one is field intensive, but this time the &ldquo;field&rdquo; is in Costa Rica, and it may be a field of corn, soybeans, cassava, or any of a multitude of crop plants that can flourish in a tropical environment. Tomas Dozier of Costa Rica&#39;s Association for Development through Education&nbsp;takes students from colleges across the US and Canada to learn how missions and the environment interact, and why they need to. Set in the rural mountains of Costa Rica, students reside on the campus of an active Christian development organization, Association for Development through Education (ADE), learning from both ADE staff and local residents about the problems (and solutions) associated with tropical agriculture and its effects on missions and development efforts. A student from the 2013 class explained, &ldquo;Going and visiting local farmers I think was a really good experience. Not only could we meet local people, but we could also experience something they do every day and is an important part of their culture.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}TAM 3.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 187px; float: left;\" />From ADE and local residents, students in <em>Tropical Agriculture and Missions</em> learn the scientific basis and practical use of low-cost agriculture techniques, the requirements of major regional crop plants, and the major issues facing effective integration of missions and community development. The mix of biology and missions is not just in the subject matter, but in the students who make up the class. As one missions student put it, &ldquo;Having not come from a scientific background, I felt I was able to keep up with the pace of the class without too much difficulty while my bio major friends were also able to get a lot out of the course. The instructor did an excellent job of making learning hands-on as we traveled across several ecosystems and became very acquainted with the tropical botany.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	<em><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}TAM 1.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />Tropical Agriculture and Missions</em> is one of Au Sable&rsquo;s best examples of courses designed to make future missions and development workers knowledgeable and effective in contributing to sustainable economies among the people and communities they serve. Special <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/costs_and_financial_aid/\"><em>Missionary Earthkeeping Fellowships ($1000)</em></a> are available for students interested in this course with demonstrated interest in and commitment to work in missions and development.</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(1033,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HP_Rotator_CTCYL_TropicalAg.jpg','xhtml','/news_and_resources/blog/courses_that_change_your_life_tropical_agriculture_and_missions_biol_agric#.WBns_-ErJBw','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(1034,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HP_Rotator_FF_MarkGathany1.jpg','xhtml','/news_and_resources/blog/featured_faculty_mark_gathany_environmental_applications_for_gis#.WBoDUeErJBw','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(1035,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	Dr. Steven Bouma-Prediger has been a member of the Board of Trustees since 2012, and with experience as a faculty member at Hope College for 22 years and being a&nbsp;well-established author, he brings much insight to Au Sable through his leadership.</p>\n','none','<p>\n	Dr. Steven Bouma-Prediger has been a member of the Board of Trustees since 2012, and with experience as a faculty member at Hope College for 22 years and being a&nbsp;well-established author, he brings much insight to Au Sable through his leadership.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Steven_Bouma-Prediger1.jpg\" style=\"width: 300px; height: 225px; float: left;\" />Steve has written a number of books, including <em>For the Beauty of the Earth: A Christian Vision&nbsp;for Creation Care</em> which is in its second edition, <em>Beyond Homelessness: Christian Faith in a Culture of Displacement,</em>&nbsp;and <em>The Greening of Theology</em>. For 17 years he has taught for the Creation Care Study Program in both Belize and New Zealand and has also held teaching positions at Fuller Seminary in California and Western Seminary in Michigan.</p>\n<p>\n	Now on the faculty at Hope College, Steven has the distinct privilege of also calling Hope his alma mater where he studied math and computer science during his undergrad. During those years of study, Dr. Bouma-Prediger explains that he was &quot;liberal-artsed&quot; and consequently discovered his truer passions; philosophy and religion. The next few years, he professionally instructed and led backpacking, canoeing, and rock climbing trips before returning to academia to pursue three (yes, three!) Master&#39;s degrees and a Doctorate. He holds an M. Phil. in philosophy from the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto, Ontario, an M. Div. in theology from Pasadena, California&#39;s Fuller Theological Seminary, then finally an M.A. and Ph.D. in religious studies from Chicago, Illinois&#39; University of Chicago.</p>\n<p>\n	Dr. Bouma-Prediger&#39;s teaching career began at North Park College where he worked for four years after which time, in 1994, he moved to Hope College. His current role at Hope is in teaching for the Religion department, coordinating the Environmental Studies program, and serving as Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning. As part of Hope College&#39;s &quot;Ecological Theology and Ethics&quot; course, he takes students whitewater rafting, flatwater canoeing, and backpacking in the Adirondacks of upstate New York.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Steven-Bouma-Prediger2.JPG\" style=\"width: 300px; height: 225px; float: right;\" />&quot;Caring for the earth and its many creatures -- human and non-human -- is our calling. We are supposed to be earthkeepers. But we Christians have not (yet) embraced this Genesis 2:15 calling. For decades Au Sable has been working in all kinds of ways to help Christians (and others) live into this vocation. For that same period of time, I have been -- in my teaching, research, writing and speaking -- trying to do the very same thing. The work of Au Sable has been a great encouragement to me and I have seen the many positive effects of its faithful and humble work,&quot; explains Steve. &quot;At the Institute, I have seen students who have caught on fire for earthkeeping,&nbsp;faculty who selflessly serve others by teaching and doing research, and books that have changed people&#39;s minds and actions.&quot;</p>\n<p>\n	With a careful appreciation for the good gifts in life; large and small, when speaking of his home life, Steven will share about his wife Celaine, three daughters Anna, Chara, and Sophia, their 122 year old home in Holland Michigan, and various pets from through the years; a dog Rosie, cat Lokita, bird aptly named Birdy, rabbits, Bella the chinchilla, and not least, numerous crickets. Steve spends as much time as possible in the outdoors, backpacking, canoeing, biking, birding, and hiking among many other activities and enjoys reading just about anything!</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(795,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_1}HP-Rotator-CTCYL-TAM2.jpg','xhtml','news_and_resources/blog/courses_that_change_your_life_tropical_agriculture_and_missions_biol_agric#.VGtzC4cln','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(796,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}BVE 7.jpg\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 250px; float: right;\" />Another of Au Sable&rsquo;s faculty who is himself an Au Sable alumni, Ben is a scientist and scholar who pays attention to detail, especially genetic and molecular detail. Ben earned his Bachelor&rsquo;s degrees (two of them) from Dordt College (Iowa) in Environmental Studies and Spanish before completing his PhD in Botany at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.&nbsp; Ben also holds a Naturalist and Land Resources Analyst certificate from Au Sable. Presently a faculty member and Director of the Herbarium in the Biology Department of the University of Puerto Rico-Mayag&uuml;ez, a Land Grant, Space Grant, and Sea Grant institution, he is the author of over 30 publications in molecular DNA analysis and plant systematics.&nbsp; His work represented in some of the best journals in his discipline, including <em>American Journal of Botany, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution,</em> <em>Systematic Botany</em>, and <em>Taxon. </em>He also serves as associate editor for the journals <em>Phytotaxa</em> and <em>Systematic Botany</em>.</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}BVE 7(1).jpg\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 250px; float: right;\" />Another of Au Sable&rsquo;s faculty who is himself an Au Sable alumni, Ben is a scientist and scholar who pays attention to detail, especially genetic and molecular detail. Ben earned his Bachelor&rsquo;s degrees (two of them) from Dordt College (Iowa) in Environmental Studies and Spanish before completing his PhD in Botany at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.&nbsp; Ben also holds Naturalist and Land Resources Analyst certificates from Au Sable. Presently a faculty member and Director of the Herbarium in the Biology Department of the University of Puerto Rico-Mayag&uuml;ez, a Land Grant, Space Grant, and Sea Grant institution, he is the author of over 30 publications in molecular DNA analysis and plant systematics.&nbsp; His work represented in some of the best journals in his discipline, including <em>American Journal of Botany, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution,</em> <em>Systematic Botany</em>, and <em>Taxon. </em>He also serves as associate editor for the journals <em>Phytotaxa</em> and <em>Systematic Botany</em>.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}BVE 4.jpg\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 250px; float: left;\" />At Au Sable, Ben&rsquo;s course, <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/course_information/summer_session_i/#Molecular%20Tools\">Applied Biodiversity Genetics</a>, offers students the opportunity to learn techniques of genetic and molecular investigation that are at the cutting edge of technology, and are valuable skills sought by graduate programs and scientific employers. Students like Casey Vogel, who took Ben&rsquo;s course recall,&ldquo;I found Ben Van Ee to be an excellent professor. He designed his course such that each student could apply current technology and techniques to investigate a question of their own interest relevant to current research with the potential to add to the current body of knowledge in a significant way. He challenges students to understand the vast possibilities for the application of our current tools and the implications of what we can find.&rdquo;Another student in the same class commented, &ldquo;Already having taken a genetics course but not fully understanding the subject material; this class supplemented all of that information so that I hopefully will apply this to future research, now knowing much more from taking this course.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	Despite many demands on his time and an increasing array of opportunities for his research and teaching skills, Ben continues to return each summer to Au Sable. He explains &ldquo;I developed a strong connection with the setting and with the idea of Au Sable during my time as a student, and it opened a lot of doors for me. I feel privileged and excited to be involved in training new scientists and earthkeepers.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	Ben Van Ee&rsquo;s course, Applied Biodiversity Genetics, is a truly unique offering that few other field study centers can duplicate. The skills acquired bring a whole new dimension to, and understanding of, conducting field investigations in biology and environmental science. Few courses offer knowledge and skills more employable, or more attractive to Graduate Selection Committees, than Molecular Tools for the Field Biologist. In the skilled hands of Ben Van Ee, these knowledge and skills become part of every student&rsquo;s tool kit in investigating plants and animals around us, and the best means to their conservation.</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(797,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_1}HP-Rotator-Ben-VanEe.jpg','xhtml','news_and_resources/blog/faculty_profiles_ben_vanee_molecular_tools_for_the_field_biologist#.VGuYzoclnyc','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(824,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}IDS_1.png\" style=\"float: right;\" />Many of Au Sable&rsquo;s offerings provide opportunity for more focused and specialized study of particular aspects of biology and conservation science. But sometimes there&rsquo;s a need for a course that can provide a truly &ldquo;big picture&rdquo; of the issues, forces and people shaping the environmental landscape worldwide, and not only in science, but in politics, sociology and economics. International Development and Environmental Sustainability&nbsp;<em>is</em> that big picture course. Taught at the Pacific Rim Institute&rsquo;s campus near Seattle, one of the USA&rsquo;s major gateways to international exchange of ideas, goods and people, International Development and Environmental Sustainability provides an introduction to the critical issues and agents associated with global environmental degradation, poverty, international debt, appropriate technology, Christian missions and the environment, and the biblical basis of environmental care and its implications in global development.&nbsp;</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}IDS_1(1).png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />Many of Au Sable&rsquo;s offerings provide opportunity for more focused and specialized study of particular aspects of biology and conservation science. But sometimes there&rsquo;s a need for a course that can provide a truly &ldquo;big picture&rdquo; of the issues, forces and people shaping the environmental landscape worldwide, and not only in science, but in politics, sociology and economics. <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/course_information/summer_session_ii_pacific_rim/#Global%20Development\">International Development and Environmental Sustainability</a>&nbsp;<em>is</em> that big picture course. Taught at the Pacific Rim Institute&rsquo;s campus near Seattle, one of the USA&rsquo;s major gateways to international exchange of ideas, goods and people, International Development and Environmental Sustainability provides an introduction to the critical issues and agents associated with global environmental degradation, poverty, international debt, appropriate technology, Christian missions and the environment, and the biblical basis of environmental care and its implications in global development.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}IDS_4.png\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 250px; float: left;\" />With ideas this big, it&rsquo;s not enough to read about them, see examples of them or listen to them explained in a lecture. Concepts like these need time for personal reflection and processing.&nbsp; International Development and Environmental Sustainability offers students a chance to learn primarily through discussion format from a Christian scholar who has worked in many of these areas, <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/faculty_and_fellows/#Dr.%20Michael%20Ferber\">Dr. Michael Ferber</a>, Director of Development at The King&rsquo;s University College (Edmonton, Alberta), Co-Director of Environmental Studies and Associate Professor of Geography. Michael&rsquo;s educational background includes degrees in geography, education and theology. No one is better suited to the challenge of the big ideas inherent in this course than Michael. In this kind of educational experience, the primary value of a course like International Development and Environmental Sustainability, says Michael, is &ldquo;gaining first-hand knowledge and experience regarding the causes of global inequality and environmental degradation and exploring Biblical solutions to some of the greatest challenges of our time.&rdquo; &nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}IDS_3.png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />Students attest that this approach works. Kelsey Rodin of Azusa Pacific University, said of her 2013 experience in International Development, &ldquo;This course changed my life. Ferber was so amazing at showing and teaching us about the issues in the world and about the things that we can do to help. We never sat in a classroom, except when we took a test. We saw orcas, met with people at world vision, had ice cream together, explored deep poverty in Canada, and went to the most amazing food bank that I have ever seen. Ferb went to no end to make sure that we understood the issues with international development and the good and bad ways to approach it&hellip; He took us to World Vision where we sat in on meetings and learned all about the way in which they work, we went to the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation and saw the many ways that [their] people are working in the world, we went to A Rocha Canada and learned about sustainable living, &hellip;we went to urban development sites and learned about helping the poor, and we went to Good Cheer Food Bank where we learned about community and the importance of promoting fresh food and simple living&hellip; This class taught me what a heart for people looks like and showed me that changing the world is possible and absolutely necessary.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(798,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}TVD1.jpg\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 250px; float: right;\" />Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology, <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/faculty_and_fellows/#Dr.%20Tim%20VanDeelen\">Tim Van Deelen</a> is known throughout the scientific community as an expert on deer and wolf ecology and wolf-deer interactions in the United States Upper Midwest, and the ecology of exploited species. Receiving his Bachelor&rsquo;s degree in Biology from Calvin College (Michigan), and an MS in Wildlife Biology from the University of Montana before completing his PhD in Wildlife Ecology from Michigan State University, Tim served as a Natural Resource Scientist for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and as a Forest Wildlife Ecologist for the Illinois Natural History Survey before assuming his present position at UW-Madison. Expert in both experimental field studies, applied conservation and theoretical modeling of predator-prey interactions, Tim&rsquo;s work has appeared in such publications as <em>Journal of Wildlife Management, Human Dimensions of Wildlife, Ecological Modeling</em>, and <em>Landscape Ecology</em>, and he is a co-editor of the recent book, <em>Recovery of Gray Wolves in the Great Lakes Region of the United States </em>(Springer 2009).&nbsp;</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}TVD1(1).jpg\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 250px; float: right;\" />Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology, <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/faculty_and_fellows/#Dr.%20Tim%20VanDeelen\">Tim Van Deelen </a>is known throughout the scientific community as an expert on deer and wolf ecology and wolf-deer interactions in the United States Upper Midwest, and the ecology of exploited species. Receiving his Bachelor&rsquo;s degree in Biology from Calvin College (Michigan), and an MS in Wildlife Biology from the University of Montana before completing his PhD in Wildlife Ecology from Michigan State University, Tim served as a Natural Resource Scientist for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and as a Forest Wildlife Ecologist for the Illinois Natural History Survey before assuming his present position at UW-Madison. Expert in both experimental field studies, applied conservation and theoretical modeling of predator-prey interactions, Tim&rsquo;s work has appeared in such publications as <em>Journal of Wildlife Management, Human Dimensions of Wildlife, Ecological Modeling</em>, and <em>Landscape Ecology</em>, and he is a co-editor of the recent book, <em>Recovery of Gray Wolves in the Great Lakes Region of the United States </em>(Springer 2009).</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}TVD2.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: left;\" />For students interested in the study of wildlife, Tim&rsquo;s Au Sable class in <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/course_information/summer_session_ii_great_lakes/#Wildlife%20Ecology\">Wildlife Ecology</a> (Great Lakes Campus, Summer Session II) has been, for many, one of the fastest and most direct routes to opportunity for graduate study and professional employment. Au Sable alumnus David MacFarland, now Carnivore Specialist for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, noted that, through his experiences in Tim&rsquo;s Wildlife Ecology class, &ldquo;I was immersed in field-based learning, developing skills which led directly to my acceptance into graduate school.&rdquo; Despite the multiple opportunities, rigorous demands, and high expectations that come with serving on the faculty of a major state university like UW-Madison, Tim, himself an Au Sable alumnus, returns to Au Sable each year to teach Wildlife Ecology because, in his words, &ldquo;I appreciate the community of Christian scholars and students and the common mission of training for the care of creation. The other professors are good friends and the sense of community that develops during each session with each new cohort of students is remarkable.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}TVD3.jpg\" style=\"float: right;\" />Tim understands his faith in Christ to find unique expression in his teaching and research. As he explains, &ldquo;Humans are faced with urgent questions about what it means live as responsible users of natural resources. Conservation and stewardship are synonyms that tend to live in different disciplines. Applied environmental and natural resource scientists mostly view their science as serving a conservation mission where the focus is on rigorous answers to questions of &ldquo;how?&rdquo;. Theologians, ethicists, and clergy concerned with a Christian view of stewardship tend to focus on rigorous answers to questions of &ldquo;why?&rdquo; I am interested in both.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	Tim Van Deelen&rsquo;s course in Wildlife Ecology at Au Sable offers field experience and instruction at the highest level of current wildlife science for every student who accepts the challenge of learning from a scientist respected worldwide for his accomplishments. Au Sable counts it a privilege to name Tim Van Deelen among its faculty.</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(799,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HP_Rotator_FF_TimVanDeelan.jpg','xhtml','news_and_resources/blog/faculty_profiles_tim_van_deelen_wildlife_ecology#.VHSfeIslnyc','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(800,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}CTCYL_AB1.png\" style=\"width: 167px; height: 250px; float: right;\" />For many people, even scientists and students of biology, lakes, streams, bogs and other aquatic environment are a mysterious world, yet they represent parts of a system essential and foundational to all life and to every biological community: the hydrosphere. Increasingly recognized in environmental law, policy and regulation (as well as science) for their importance, aquatic systems offer fruitful fields of interesting study and sustainable employment for those who learn how to understand, measure and monitor their dynamic states. Au Sable&rsquo;s <em>Aquatic Biology</em> at its Great Lakes Campus offers opportunity to pursue that interest and gain that expertise in a landscape endowed with diverse aquatic features.&nbsp;</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}CTCYL_AB1(1).png\" style=\"width: 167px; height: 250px; float: right;\" />For many people, even scientists and students of biology, lakes, streams, bogs and other aquatic environment are a mysterious world, yet they represent parts of a system essential and foundational to all life and to every biological community: the hydrosphere. Increasingly recognized in environmental law, policy and regulation (as well as science) for their importance, aquatic systems offer fruitful fields of interesting study and sustainable employment for those who learn how to understand, measure and monitor their dynamic states. Au Sable&rsquo;s <em>Aquatic Biology</em> at its Great Lakes Campus offers opportunity to pursue that interest and gain that expertise in a landscape endowed with diverse aquatic features.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}CTCYL_AB2.png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: left;\" />Providing field and laboratory settings for directly investigating aquatic plants and animals, their adaptations and the ecological systems in which they function, <em>Aquatic Biology</em>, taught by <strong>Dan Ippolito</strong> of Anderson University (Indiana), also shows students current best practices for protecting aquatic environments and the biblical principles of creation care that should guide them. As one recent student observed, &ldquo;The stream study was enjoyable. It gave us hands on learning of techniques used.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(802,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HP_Rotator_FF_DaveUnander.jpg','xhtml','/news_and_resources/blog/featured_faculty_dave_unander_tropical_agriculture_missions#.WgIWUROPLUI','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(803,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}CTCYL_AB1(2).png\" style=\"float: right;\" />Water is a mysterious world, yet foundational to all life and every biological community. For many people, even scientists and students of biology, the lakes, streams, and bogs of northern Michigan seem, on first inspection, difficult to investigate. Au Sable&rsquo;s course in <em>Aquatic Biology </em>opens the door to that investigation, exploring these fascinating environments that compose Michigan&rsquo;s hydrosphere. Increasingly recognized in environmental law, policy and regulation (as well as science) for their importance, aquatic systems offer fruitful fields of interesting study and sustainable employment for those who learn how to understand, measure and monitor their dynamic states. Au Sable&rsquo;s <em>Aquatic Biology</em> offers opportunity to pursue that interest and gain that expertise in a landscape endowed with diverse aquatic features. <em>Aquatic Biology</em> provides experience in learning identification and systematics of freshwater fishes and invertebrates within an integrated ecological approach examining patterns of energy flow, nutrient cycling and trophic dynamics in aquatic systems. It also offers an introduction to skills needed in the growing field of environmental inventory and assessment, an area in which aquatic environments receive disproportionate attention.</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}CTCYL_AB1(4).png\" style=\"width: 167px; height: 250px; float: right;\" />Water is a mysterious world, yet foundational to all life and every biological community. For many people, even scientists and students of biology, the lakes, streams, and bogs of northern Michigan seem, on first inspection, difficult to investigate. Au Sable&rsquo;s course in <em>Aquatic Biology </em>opens the door to that investigation, exploring these fascinating environments that compose Michigan&rsquo;s hydrosphere. Increasingly recognized in environmental law, policy and regulation (as well as science) for their importance, aquatic systems offer fruitful fields of interesting study and sustainable employment for those who learn how to understand, measure and monitor their dynamic states. Au Sable&rsquo;s <em>Aquatic Biology</em> offers opportunity to pursue that interest and gain that expertise in a landscape endowed with diverse aquatic features. <em>Aquatic Biology</em> provides experience in learning identification and systematics of freshwater fishes and invertebrates within an integrated ecological approach examining patterns of energy flow, nutrient cycling and trophic dynamics in aquatic systems. It also offers an introduction to skills needed in the growing field of environmental inventory and assessment, an area in which aquatic environments receive disproportionate attention.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	<em><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}CTCYL_AB2(1).png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: left;\" />Aquatic Biology</em> is perfectly situated in northern Michigan&rsquo;s &ldquo;headwater country,&rdquo; where national and state scenic rivers like the Jordan, the Manistee, and the Au Sable begin. Northern Michigan is also an area with a high density of lakes, bogs and springs, surrounded by the three Great Lakes of Michigan, Huron, and Superior. Providing field and laboratory settings for directly investigating aquatic plants and animals, their adaptations and the ecological systems in which they function, <em>Aquatic Biology </em>also shows students current best practices for protecting aquatic environments and the biblical principles of creation care that should guide them. As one recent student observed, &ldquo;The stream study was enjoyable. It gave us hands on learning of techniques used [by industry professionals].&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	<strong><em><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}CTCYL_AB3.png\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 250px; float: right;\" />Dan Ippolito, </em></strong>Professor of Biology at Anderson University (Anderson, Indiana), provides his students with the fruits of decades of his teaching experience investigating aquatic plants and animals, their adaptations, and the ecological systems in which they function. Dan also employs his expertise to show students current best practices for protecting aquatic environments, as well as the biblical principles of creation care that should guide them.</p>\n<p>\n	Students in <em>Aquatic </em>Biology will acquire skills in aquatic microbial sampling techniques, chemical analysis of water, identification of freshwater vertebrate and invertebrate animals and their systematics, biological sampling techniques for aquatic systems, and how to practice in aquatic ecosystem habitat assessment. But beyond all these, they will gain a rich, one-of-a-kind experience in a whole new world of biological study.</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(804,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HP-Rotator-CTCYL-Aquatic_Biology2017.jpg','xhtml','/news_and_resources/blog/courses_that_change_your_life_aquatic_biology_biol_3221#.VH5so4slnyc','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(886,1,9,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}kyla_2.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />Kyla DeHaan of Redeemer University College (Ontario) is Au Sable&rsquo;s Calvin B. DeWitt Leadership Fellowship recipient for 2015. DeWitt&#39;s visionary leadership led Au Sable from its inception, and called upon the wider Christian community to care for the earth out of joy for God&rsquo;s gift of creation and out of our responsibility as earthkeepers tasked with serving and protecting it. &nbsp;Kyla is preparing for this work with an intention to become active in agricultural missions, and will be taking courses at Au Sable&rsquo;s Pacific Rim Campus this year to complete her double major in International Development and Environmental Science. At Pacific Rim, Kyla will be taking Ecological Agriculture with Dr. Ron Vos (Dordt College, Iowa) and International Development and Environmental Sustainability with Dr. Michael Ferber (The King&rsquo;s University, Alberta). Kyla chose these courses because as she puts it &ldquo;I love agriculture and want to gain practical skills on how to sustainably use it to benefit the environment and communities around the world.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Kyla_1.jpg\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 250px; float: left;\" />The DeWitt Fellowship is not only about recognizing superior academic achievement (Kyla&rsquo;s cumulative college GPA is 3.90), but, even more importantly, about recognizing leadership in creation care. Kyla has been exercising her gifts of leadership in, among other ways, working at a local Hamilton, Ontario food bank called Neighbor 2 Neighbor (N2N). At N2N, Kyla developed the organization&rsquo;s Cross Cultural Diversity Training Program, showing staff members how to more effectively relate to and serve individuals from different (and non-Canadian) cultures who used the food bank. At N2N, Kyla not only delivered food, <em>but also learned the value of having it grow in urban community gardens</em>. But Kyla was only just beginning to diversify her agricultural skills. Working during the summer of 2014 for the Canadian Goat Soap Company (yes, there really is such an organization), Kyla learned how to herd, milk, bed, and feed goats, as well as how to make goat cheese and &ldquo;goat soap&rdquo; (which is made from goat&rsquo;s milk). As goats are important animals in pastoral cultures worldwide, this is extremely practical knowledge. Kyla notes that the most important thing she learned from her experience with goats was &ldquo;how to prioritize work tasks and have fun while doing it.&nbsp; Taking care of animals involves being available at all times and being prepared for the unexpected, but not getting frustrated that emergencies may take away from your planned daily tasks.&rdquo; &nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	Kyla&rsquo;s life and work are respected by all who know her. Dr. Robert Joustra, Director of the Centre for Christian Scholarship at Redeemer University College said of Kyla, &ldquo;I would rate her as one of the best students I have ever taught, not only for her keen intellect, but her relaxed and conversational demeanor. She is far ahead of her peers in maturity in both faith and professionalism.&rdquo; Ida Kaastra Mutoigo, Director of World Renew, Canada, who has known Kyla as a student at Redeemer, said of her, &ldquo;She has a lot of innate gifts and high energy for pursuing a successful career in missions.&rdquo; Kyla affirms that judgment, noting, &ldquo;Through the grace of God I became convinced halfway through my first year that I was being called into another field, particularly related to agriculture. Therefore in my second year I transferred schools as well as my major to international development and environmental studies with the intent of pursuing a career in agricultural missions.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	All of us here at Au Sable congratulate Kyla on her award as the 2015 DeWitt Fellow, and commend her for his aspiration to serve others as a servant of Jesus Christ. Welcome Kyla, we look forward to having you here!</p>\n','none','{filedir_8}kyla_Thumb.jpg','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(806,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HPR_Rafe_Payne.png','xhtml','news_and_resources/blog/faculty_profiles_rafe_payne_marine_mammals#.VIXllIslnyc','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(807,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}GIS_1.png\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 250px; float: right;\" />No technology has revolutionized the practice, management and strategies of modern conservation as much as the development Geographic Information Systems and associated remote sensing techniques. Enabled by such technologies to match and relate different environmental, political, social and biological attributes in space and time to solve complex environmental problems in spatial analysis, and to do so using remote-sensing data collection systems, scientists and managers with skills in GIS applications and its attendant data-organization systems have become some of the most sought-after and highly-paid professionals in conservation science, as well as in other fields, where the same technologies have been applied to social, political and economic analyses, and subsequently better integrated with analysis of conservation problems. Environmental Applications of GIS, will be an applications-oriented course on GIS and GIS data management and organization, and focus on use of GIS technology in the field and in the actual application of GIS procedures to solving contemporary, real-world problems in environmental science.</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}GIS_1(1).png\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 250px; float: right;\" />No technology has revolutionized the practice, management and strategies of modern conservation as much as the development Geographic Information Systems and associated remote sensing techniques. Enabled by such technologies to match and relate different environmental, political, social and biological attributes in space and time to solve complex environmental problems in spatial analysis, and to do so using remote-sensing data collection systems, scientists and managers with skills in GIS applications and its attendant data-organization systems have become some of the most sought-after and highly-paid professionals in conservation science, as well as in other fields, where the same technologies have been applied to social, political and economic analyses, and subsequently better integrated with analysis of conservation problems. <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/course_information/summer_session_ii_great_lakes/environmental_applications_in_gis/\">Environmental Applications of GIS</a>, will be an applications-oriented course on GIS and GIS data management and organization, and focus on use of GIS technology in the field and in the actual application of GIS procedures to solving contemporary, real-world problems in environmental science.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}GIS_3.png\" style=\"width: 254px; height: 130px; float: left;\" />Au Sable alum Doug Sponsler, now a PhD student in entomology at The Ohio State University says, &quot;I would tell students who are serious about going into ecology that a course in GIS could be the single most useful course they take as an undergraduate. Beyond just preparing them for a career in research, GIS proficiency is a practical and employable skill that they can put on their resumes straight out of college. &quot; Another Au Sable alum, Thad Tuggle, now completing a Master&rsquo;s in Biology at Marshall University (West Virginia) agrees, noting, &ldquo;I truly believe having taken GIS as an undergraduate allowed me to be hired on with the Knox [County] Soil &amp; Water District [Ohio]. The class I took, coupled with the on the job experience, has lead me to use remote sensing [and] GIS as a main component in my thesis.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}GIS_2.png\" style=\"float: right;\" />Today no student giving serious consideration to graduate education or professional employment in conservation can afford to be without GIS skills, and can learn them in this course with firsthand experience in using them to solve environmental and conservation problems.&nbsp; <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/faculty_and_fellows/#Dr.%20Mark%20Gathany\">Mark Gathany</a>, Assistant Professor of Biology at Cedarville University, will be Au Sable&rsquo;s Professor of GIS, bringing interdisciplinary expertise in such areas as soil microbiology, habitat restoration, animal population dynamics, fire ecology and climate change, among others, to professional training and graduate education in Geographic Information System technologies. Experienced in guiding and directing undergraduate research, Mark will help students in Environmental Applications of GIS to structure hypotheses and experimental designs that will train them how to maximize the effectiveness of GIS in environmental investigations. Au Sable alum Nathan Reed, now completing a PhD in marine biology at the Texas A&amp;M University- Galveston, sums up why this course is so important. &quot;Speaking from the perspective of a current graduate student looking at both possible and current research topics, I would venture to say that it is next to impossible to complete a biological graduate degree program- Masters or Doctoral- without some amount of GIS usage&hellip;.The understanding and familiarity of GIS is crucial to any person seeking a career in life sciences.&quot;&nbsp;See you in GIS!&nbsp;</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(808,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HPR_CTCYL_GIS.png','xhtml','news_and_resources/blog/courses_that_change_your_life_environmental_applications_for_gis_biol_envst#.VIc3josl','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(809,1,9,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','none','<p>\n	Many of the Au Sable Institute&rsquo;s more than 4,000 alumni work throughout the world today in leadership positions in environmental science, teaching, and activism to effectively care for God&rsquo;s creation and inspire others to do the same. As part of its intentional effort to shape and enable future leaders to continue this work, the Au Sable Institute is pleased to invite interested and qualified students to apply for its largest and most competitive academic awards, the <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/costs_and_financial_aid/#Calvin%20B.%20DeWitt%20Fellowship\">Calvin B. DeWitt Leadership Fellowship</a> and the <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/costs_and_financial_aid/#HaroldSnyderFellowship\">Harold Z. Snyder Fellowship</a>, to support study at the Institute in the coming summer of 2015.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}CalDeWitt_250x188.png\" style=\"float: left;\" />The DeWitt Fellowship is named after the Institute&rsquo;s founding Executive Director and President Emeritus, Dr. Cal DeWitt. DeWitt&#39;s visionary leadership led Au Sable throughout its first two decades as an Institute, and engaged the wider Christian community to care for our Creator God&#39;s earth out of joy for God&#39;s good gift of creation and out of our responsibility as earthkeepers for serving and protecting it. The DeWitt Fellowship provides an award of US $5,100 to a student applicant who demonstrates not only exemplary academic ability, but a record of accomplishment in Christian leadership in environmental care and effective engagement of others in such work.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Harold_250x188.png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />The Harold Z. Snyder Fellowship commemorates the vision, life and legacy of Dr. Harold Snyder, Au Sable&rsquo;s founder. Using a small amount of land purchased in northern Michigan in 1956, Harold had, by 1958, begun a summer outdoor science camp for boys he called Au Sable Trails. Joining the Biology Faculty at Taylor University (Indiana) in 1962, Harold began to see the possibilities and values of expanding his camp&rsquo;s curriculum and vision to create courses for college students in environmental study and creation care., while at the same time expanding outdoor environmental education classes into a program that would eventually serve public, parochial, and home school students from 11 counties in northern Michigan. The Snyder Fellowship provides a US $2,500 award to a student of exceptional academic ability who demonstrates aptitude for and commitment to a career in science teaching.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	Students can learn more about the history of the DeWitt and Snyder Fellowships as well as details and materials needed to <strong>apply under our <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/costs_and_financial_aid/\">Financial Aid webpage</a></strong>. As current Executive Director Fred Van Dyke notes, &ldquo;We at Au Sable have been honored for many years by the quality of students who have applied for these awards, and by the service and accomplishments of their careers since then. We find that the experience of studying within a community of Christian earthkeepers here at the Institute, as well as the process of learning about Au Sable&rsquo;s history in the course of applying for these awards, have all played important roles in shaping people into effective leaders in their careers.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	<strong>Applications for the DeWitt and Snyder Fellowships will remain open through Thursday, January 15, 2015.</strong> Winners will be announced in February. Be part of the legacy. Make an application!</p>\n','none','{filedir_8}Harold_NewsThumb.png','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(810,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HPR_DewittSnynder.png','xhtml','/news_and_resources/news/todays_students_tomorrows_leaders_competition_opens_for_dewitt_and_snyder_f#.VIm_7Ysl','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(811,1,9,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}DP5.png\" style=\"float: right;\" />For the second consecutive year, the Au Sable Institute will join Calvin College Associate Professor of Biology Darren Proppe in an ongoing investigation of the response of forest bird species to noise pollution associated with oil and natural gas drilling in northern Michigan. Returning for his second summer to teach Au Sable&rsquo;s course in Animal Ecology (Summer Session I, Great Lakes), Proppe will also continue this investigation (the second of three years of planned research) that, at heart, explores the best way to expand quality habitat use for songbirds and perhaps other animals as well.</p>\n<p>\n	Noise pollution has been a noted deterrent to wildlife occupancy of otherwise quality habitats, particularly for animals that communicate vocally. In northern Lower Michigan, an examination of noise created in the process of oil and natural gas extraction is particularly relevant because, since the 1970s, such effort has proliferated in the area and become one of the most important drivers of local economy. The deterioration of habitat not only comes from the physical removal of trees, but the imposition of noise levels that impede the ability of vocal animals, such as songbirds to establish breeding territories and communicate with one another.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}DP6.png\" style=\"float: left;\" />This project builds off Proppe&#39;s extensive past work on other forms of noise pollution and their effects on songbirds, research that had been featured in major scientific publications as well as on BBC News. This study&#39;s outcome -- determining whether songbirds could successfully habituate and establish themselves in noisy areas -- has important implications for conservation. According to Proppe, this research will help guide the conservation community to either &quot;kick-start research into new methodologies for songbird conservation in noisy areas, or lend further support for more traditional methods of noise mitigation.&quot;&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	<strong>Research Aims and Conservation Impact</strong></p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}DP2.png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />Using ten control and treatment sites, Proppe and his student research assistants will examine activity patterns of six species of songbirds, all known to be less common in areas with high levels of human-produced noise. Species include ovenbird, hermit thrush, black-throated green warbler, great-crested flycatcher, eastern wood-pewee, and rose breasted grosbeak. Proppe and team will determine whether songbirds can be attracted by songs of their own species, as they usually are, if they hear these songs in conjunction with playback of anthropogenic noise. They also aim to determine the residence and reproductive success of birds living in noisy areas, learn if adverse behaviors due to noise subside over time, and examine whether noise-averse species can be attracted to high-quality natural areas adjacent to environments with high noise levels.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}DP1.png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: left;\" />The findings of Dr. Proppe and his students will contribute to our understanding of bird behavior, especially whether anthropogenic noise is merely perceived as an indicator of danger by songbirds which only temporarily lessens bird occupancy, or represents a real danger to fitness and reproductive success. The research also has important implications for conservation in determining if songbirds can establish and successfully breed in noisy areas. Dr. Fred Van Dyke, Au Sable&rsquo;s Executive Director, notes &ldquo;We&rsquo;re delighted to be able to continue to be a part of Darren&rsquo;s effort. This research meets all the key criteria of scientific importance, relevance to conservation, and opportunity for undergraduate experience that we strive for in all the studies that are part of our expanding research program at Au Sable. It will be great to have Darren and his students back.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>\n','none','{filedir_8}DP5_Thumb.png','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(812,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}DI_3(1).png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />Not every Au Sable course can claim to be taught by a fourth-degree black belt in karate, or an instructor who can cut a dashing figure in a wet suit, but &ldquo;Aqua Man Dan&rdquo; Ippolito provides this and much more to Au Sable&rsquo;s <em>Aquatic Biology</em> course<strong>, </strong>offered annually at Au Sable&rsquo;s Great Lakes Campus each year in Summer Session I (June and July). Starting his college studies by earning a BS in Biology from Yale University, Dan went on to gain a PhD in Zoology from the University of Texas where his doctoral research focused on competition between an aquatic invasive species (blue tilapia) and native bass in a power plant reservoir in the eastern part of the state.&nbsp; After teaching marine biology at the University of New England in southern Maine for four years, Dan joined the faculty of Anderson University in Indiana, where he has now taught for 26 years.</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}DI_3.png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />Not every Au Sable course can claim to be taught by a fourth-degree black belt in karate, or an instructor who can cut a dashing figure in a wet suit, but &ldquo;Aqua Man Dan&rdquo; Ippolito provides this and much more to Au Sable&rsquo;s <em>Aquatic Biology</em> course<strong>, </strong>offered annually at Au Sable&rsquo;s Great Lakes Campus each year in Summer Session I (June and July). Starting his college studies by earning a BS in Biology from Yale University, Dan went on to gain a PhD in Zoology from the University of Texas where his doctoral research focused on competition between an aquatic invasive species (blue tilapia) and native bass in a power plant reservoir in the eastern part of the state.&nbsp; After teaching marine biology at the University of New England in southern Maine for four years, Dan joined the faculty of Anderson University in Indiana, where he has now taught for 26 years.</p>\n<p>\n	Since joining the faculty at AU, Dan has developed increasing expertise not only through further studies in aquatic biology, but also in the philosophy of science. He has conducted long-term monitoring of the White River in Anderson using benthic macroinvertebrates as indicator organisms, sharing his data with municipal authorities in the city of Anderson to inform the city&rsquo;s overall strategy of storm water management. In his other area of expertise, Dan teaches an upper division seminar at Anderson on the integration of faith and science, and is currently investigating the question of how to reconcile divine action and special providence with the insights of modern scientific research.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}DI_2.jpg\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 250px; float: left;\" />In <em>Aquatic Biology</em>, Dan provides students with the fruits of decades of teaching and research experience, directly investigating aquatic plants and animals in the field, along with their adaptations to the aquatic environment and the ecological systems in which they function. Dan also employs his expertise to show students current best practices for protecting aquatic environments and the biblical principles of creation care that should guide them. As one student summarized the course experience, &ldquo;I appreciated that the field experiences we had were studied further and played well into lecture material. I enjoyed the adventurous nature of our trips and was very glad we were able to go to a fish hatchery. Dan instantly showed an interest in us and getting us interested in the subject matter, and was always eager to discuss &quot;big questions&quot; with us, during coffee breaks or on car rides or whenever we had off time.&rdquo; Regarding his own experiences in teaching this course, Dan states, &ldquo;I love coming to Au Sable because of the setting and the people. I learn something new every time I go, and it gives me a chance to share my passion for the Creation and for our stewardship responsibilities.&rdquo; Join Dan in <em>Aquatic Biology</em> at Au Sable for a life-changing course you will never forget.</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(813,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HP_Rotator_Dan_Ippolito.jpg','xhtml','news_and_resources/blog/faculty_profile_dan_ippolito_aquatic_biology','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(814,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_1}HPR_Songbird.png','xhtml','/news_and_resources/news/au_sable_joins_calvin_college_in_continuing_research_on_effects_of_noise_po','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(815,1,9,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}PRI_2.png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />After lengthy discussion and negotiation, <a href=\"http://www.pacificriminstitute.org\">The Pacific Rim Institute for Environmental Stewardship</a> purchased 175 acres on Central Whidbey Island from the Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies.&nbsp; The Whidbey Island campus, a gateway to the Ebey&rsquo;s Landing National Historical Reserve, is composed of forest, rare prairie, abandoned agricultural fields and educational facilities.&nbsp; The Pacific Rim Institute has been managing the property since 2009 with the intention of purchasing it from Au Sable.&nbsp; With the help of generous contributions of many individual donors, a no-interest loan and a discount on the selling price from the Au Sable Institute, the purchase was completed on December 15, 2014.<br />\n	<br />\n	The Au Sable Institute and the Pacific Rim Institute, with their closely aligned missions, plan to continue a strong partnership.&nbsp; In particular, Au Sable&rsquo;s six college courses traditionally offered at Pacific Rim will continue to be provided on Whidbey Island.&nbsp; In this program, college students travel to Whidbey from across the US and Canada to take intense, field-based ecology courses for five weeks.&nbsp; For more information about these courses can be found <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/course_information/summer_session_ii_pacific_rim/\">here</a>.</p>\n<p>\n	Au Sable&rsquo;s Executive Director, Dr. Fred Van Dyke, noted, &ldquo;We are glad to see this transaction completed, and believe it will be of great benefit to the Pacific Rim Institute in their mission of creation care, as well as in our cooperative efforts through the Au Sable courses we will continue to offer on the PacRim Campus. And we&rsquo;ve found the PacRim staff to be very effective in their support of Au Sable students and faculty in our courses on this campus. We look forward to continued collaboration and cooperation in this part of our academic program.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	The Pacific Rim Institute for Environmental Stewardship (PRI) works to equip people and communities to live sustainably and care for Creation.&nbsp; While their fundamental values are guided by Christian faith, they serve and embrace people of all backgrounds and beliefs. &nbsp;Since taking over management of the property in 2009, PRI has hosted over 250 college and high school students for various programs, equipped 19 interns, and provided dozens of public outreach and education events.</p>\n<p>\n	The Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies, based in Mancelona, MI, shares Pacific Rim Institute&rsquo;s commitment to creation care by inspiring and educating people to serve, protect, and restore God&rsquo;s earth.&nbsp; Au Sable offers environmental science programs for K -8 students from local schools as well as 22 college courses serving students from 59 colleges and universities in the US and Canada. With their courses, Au Sable maintains an active program of undergraduate research investigating questions of relevant conservation interest in northern Michigan.</p>\n<p>\n	All of us at Au Sable are pleased to be part of this important step forward for Pacific Rim and its ministry of creation care. All the best, PRI!</p>\n','none','{filedir_8}PRI_Thumb.png','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(816,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}FB_2.png\" style=\"float: right;\" />Many students are drawn to the study of biology by their fascination with the lives and behavior of animals. But those who go on to positions of research and management in environmental science and conservation soon learn that everything starts with plants. Plant species and plant communities influence soil structure and nutrient availability, alter site-specific topography and hydrology, and create or alter the specific conditions and availability of resources on which all animal species depend. Thus, modern conservation technologies like Geographic Information Systems (GIS), satellite imagery, and rapid assessment inventories all begin with plant species and plant communities.&nbsp;</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}FB_2(1).png\" style=\"float: right;\" />Many students are drawn to the study of biology by their fascination with the lives and behavior of animals. But those who go on to positions of research and management in environmental science and conservation soon learn that everything starts with plants. Plant species and plant communities influence soil structure and nutrient availability, alter site-specific topography and hydrology, and create or alter the specific conditions and availability of resources on which all animal species depend. Thus, modern conservation technologies like Geographic Information Systems (GIS), satellite imagery, and rapid assessment inventories all begin with plant species and plant communities.</p>\n<p>\n	Au Sable&rsquo;s <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/course_information/summer_session_i/#Field%20Botany\"><em>Field Botany</em> </a>at the Great Lakes Campus provides students a unique opportunity and field intensive experience in learning to identify, collect, preserve, classify and ecologically appreciate diverse plant species and communities that distinguish northern Michigan. Taught by <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/faculty_and_fellows/#Dr.%20Kenneth%20Sytsma\">Ken Sytsma</a>, one of the world&rsquo;s leading plant systematists and current President of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists, <em>Field Botany</em> provides a foundational introduction not only to the scientific study of plant taxonomy, but to the skills needed to identify new plant species, describe plant communities, and employ plant identification as a tool in site assessment and field inventory. As one 2013 student put, <em>Field Botany </em>was an &ldquo;amazing course! There was so much content and so many learning experiences in the field. One of my favorite classes due to balance of necessary classroom studies and fieldwork (both were extremely enjoyable).&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}FB_4.png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: left;\" />A scientist and scholar of Ken&rsquo;s stature could be intimidating, but Ken&rsquo;s skill as a teacher and his genuine concern for students makes his extensive knowledge and depth of expertise accessible and useful. As one student noted, &ldquo;Ken does everything well. He is very caring and genuine and helps you understand everything. He is the most knowledgeable botanist, hands down.&rdquo; &nbsp;&nbsp;Field Botany at Au Sable Great Lakes combines skilled teaching with the highest levels of scientific expertise, a comprehensive introduction to systematic botany, and the practical skills of plant identification that offer a myriad of (often employable) applications. It has been and continues to be a course that can change a student&rsquo;s scientific understanding, career options, and perception of the natural world.&nbsp;</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(817,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HP_Rotator_CTCYL_Field_Botany.jpg','xhtml','/news_and_resources/blog/coures_that_change_your_life_field_botany_biol_311','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(818,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}TW_1.png\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 250px; float: right;\" />Although oceans cover most of the Earth, and are home to some of its most fascinating creatures, their study requires expert guidance and skill. Tim Wakefield provides such expertise to students in Au Sable&rsquo;s <em>Marine Biology </em>course, offered each summer at the Pacific Rim Institute&rsquo;s Campus on Whidbey Island (Washington). Currently Professor of Biology at John Brown University (Arkansas), Tim brings lifelong experience and in depth professional training and study to students in his <em>Marine Biology</em> course.&nbsp;</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}TW_1(1).png\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 250px; float: right;\" />Although oceans cover most of the Earth, and are home to some of its most fascinating creatures, their study requires expert guidance and skill. Tim Wakefield provides such expertise to students in Au Sable&rsquo;s <em>Marine Biology </em>course, offered each summer at the Pacific Rim Institute&rsquo;s Campus on Whidbey Island (Washington). Currently Professor of Biology at John Brown University (Arkansas), Tim brings lifelong experience and in depth professional training and study to students in his <em>Marine Biology</em> course.</p>\n<p>\n	Tim&rsquo;s education in marine life started early in his career. After receiving his BS in Biology from Union University (Tennessee), Tim earned an MA from the University of Missouri &ndash; Kansas City, working his way through graduate school there as a trainer of bottle-nosed dolphins at Kansas City&rsquo;s Worlds of Fun Amusement Park. After gaining teaching experience at Donnelly College (Kansas), Southern Union Community College (Alabama) and Auburn University (Alabama), Tim earned a PhD from Auburn University, studying marine dinoflagellates and their symbiotic relationships to anemones. He joined the faculty of John Brown University in 2000, where he has taught Biological Sciences, Honors Biology, Animal Biology, Marine Biology, Human Anatomy, Animal Physiology, Global Environmental Stewardship, and Faith and Science. Tim&rsquo;s ongoing research studies and experience with marine organisms is increasingly eclectic, including cell-to-cell communication in cnidarian symbioses, heliozoan locomotion, marine invertebrate development, and cetacean behavior.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}TW_2.png\" style=\"float: left;\" />For all his diverse expertise, Tim&rsquo;s passion remains marine biology. His marine biology classes allow students to interact with marine life close-up, whether teaching on Whidbey Island or in his own course at John Brown, where his students take a Spring Break lab trips to the Florida Keys. As one student recalled of the Au Sable course experience, &ldquo;There were so many things we learned in this course in such a short time. Tim was super enthusiastic and knowledgeable about so much! It inspired me to work hard and learn with my full potential.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	Drawing on his own experience of teaching, research and working in the field of marine biology, Tim believes that the most valuable element of this course is helping students make the connections between land and sea.&nbsp; &ldquo;Many students have little to no knowledge of how the marine environment effects the terrestrial environment.&nbsp; The food that we eat, our weather patterns and climate, even the very ground that we stand upon is influenced by the world&rsquo;s oceans.&nbsp; To not have at least a basic understanding of this leaves a person with an incomplete picture of God&rsquo;s good design for Earth.&rdquo; In <em>Marine Biology, </em>Tim brings every student to a deeper appreciation of these connections.</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(819,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HP_Rotator_FF_TimWakefield1.jpg','xhtml','/news_and_resources/blog/faculty_profile_tim_wakefield_marine_biology','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(820,1,9,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}EWM_1.png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />The Au Sable Institute is pleased to announce its latest research partnership, a joint effort between the Institute and the Manistee Lake Improvement Board to continue a study, begun in 2013, of the effects of the Milfoil Weevil on the control of the aquatic invasive species, Eurasian watermilfoil. Through funding provided by the Lake Improvement Board, Au Sable will conduct a second year of investigation documenting trends in the abundance and distribution of Eurasian watermilfoil in relation to weevil abundance, and determine the relationship between the damage inflicted on the plant by weevils in late spring (May) and the abundance of Eurasian watermilfoil in late summer (July). &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}EWM_2(1).png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: left;\" />The research not only has high relevance to the residents around Manistee Lake, but for lake managers everywhere who are faced with the growing problem of controlling the spread of Eurasian watermilfoil throughout the US and Canada. Invasive species are among the most important threats to conservation of native ecosystems and species today, and can reduce or eradicate native species they outcompete. Using a detailed 150-point grid map of Manistee Lake, John Korstad and his student research assistants will be able to make a detailed determination of where milfoil is present, what proportion of the milfoil is infested with or has been damaged by weevils, and whether such damage will limit the spread of milfoil over the summer. Then, by comparing the data collected this summer with past years, Korstad and his students will be able to evaluate longer-term trends in the abundance and distribution of milfoil in Manistee Lake, and whether the weevils are having the intended effect.</p>\n<p>\n	Dr. Fred Van Dyke, Au Sable&rsquo;s Executive Director, said of the study, &ldquo;We at the Institute are honored to receive this grant from the Manistee Lake Improvement Board, a reflection of their trust in our scientific capability and professional integrity in doing this work. It means even more to us to be able to render an important service to our friends and neighbors around Manistee Lake, while at the same time providing opportunity for our students to gain firsthand experience in research that actually matters in conservation.&rdquo; Dr. John Korstad noted, &ldquo;I am delighted to be a part of this continuing collaborative work with area lakeside homeowners.&nbsp; This is a wonderful opportunity to strengthen the practical applications of Au Sable&rsquo;s excellent academic program.&rdquo; Wayne Jonker, Secretary-Treasurer of the Manistee Lake Improvement Board, noted that &ldquo;The support of the Lake Improvement Board was unanimous. We are happy to approve this partnership with the Au Sable Research Team.&rdquo; At Au Sable, we look forward to being part of this important and exciting work serving our neighbors and teaching our students in this important effort to care for God&rsquo;s creation.</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(821,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HPR_Pacific_Rim_Sale.png','xhtml','/news_and_resources/news/au_sable_institute_and_pacific_rim_institute_finalize_sale_of_whidbey_islan','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(822,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HPR_Manistee_Lake_Research.png','xhtml','/news_and_resources/news/au_sable_teams_with_manistee_lake_improvement_board_to_continue_research_on#.VKLDvA8J','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(827,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HP_Rotator_FF_ScottCarr.jpg','xhtml','news_and_resources/blog/faculty_profiles_scott_carr_environmental_chemistry#.VLUhocYlnyc','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(829,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HPR_NewFaculty1.png','xhtml','news_and_resources/news/au_sable_welcomes_new_faculty#.VLmxyMYlnyc','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(830,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}VP_2.png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />Among conservation biologists, it is common to find one group dedicated to the practice of conservation working for government agencies and private conservation organizations, while a second group, the academics, focus on conservation research and teaching. In Au Sable&rsquo;s course in <strong><em>Conservation Biology</em>, </strong>however, the Institute has been blessed with a unique individual who has depth of experience and skill at both, Vern Peters, Associate Professor at King&rsquo;s University, Edmonton, Alberta, and Adjunct Professor of Biology at the University of Alberta.</p>\n<p>\n	Vern&rsquo;s career in conservation began with multiple dimensions of experience in practical conservation management with Ducks Unlimited (a private conservation organization), the Alberta Pacific Forest Industry (an industry concerned with forest conservation and management), and a large federal government agency (the Canadian Forest Service). In these organizations, Vern worked for 11 years learning how to make conservation <em>work</em> in ways that involved hunters, the timber industry, and the general public in practical, concrete, and economically sustainable ways. Vern&rsquo;s second decade as a professional, from 2005 until now, has been focused on academia, teaching undergraduate students at King&rsquo;s University and graduate students at the University of Alberta the right way to understand and practice conservation biology as <em>science</em>, while at the same time making practical applications toward solving real conservation problems.</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}VP_2(1).png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />Among conservation biologists, one typically finds one group dedicated to the practice of conservation working for government agencies and private conservation organizations, while a second group, the academics, focus on conservation research and teaching. In Au Sable&rsquo;s course in <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/course_information/summer_session_i/conservation_biology_biol_geog_471/\">Conservation Biology</a><strong>, </strong>however, the Institute has been blessed with a unique individual who has depth of experience and skill at both, <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/faculty_and_fellows/#Dr.%20Vern%20Peters\">Vern Peters</a>, Associate Professor at King&rsquo;s University, Edmonton, Alberta, and Adjunct Professor of Biology at the University of Alberta.</p>\n<p>\n	Vern&rsquo;s career in conservation began with multiple dimensions of experience in practical conservation management with Ducks Unlimited (a private conservation organization), the Alberta Pacific Forest Industry (an industry concerned with forest conservation and management), and a large federal government agency (the Canadian Forest Service). In these organizations, Vern worked for 11 years learning how to make conservation <em>work</em> in ways that involved hunters, the timber industry, and the general public in practical, concrete, and economically sustainable ways. Vern&rsquo;s second decade as a professional, from 2005 until now, has been focused on academia, teaching undergraduate students at King&rsquo;s University and graduate students at the University of Alberta the right way to understand and practice conservation biology as <em>science</em>, while at the same time making practical applications toward solving real conservation problems.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}VP_1.png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: left;\" />In <em>Conservation Biology</em> at Au Sable, Vern combines these elements into a unique perspective that shows students a scientific understanding of the discipline, while at the same time revealing how one <em>works</em> in conservation to achieve meaningful goals, as well as the biblical basis of the <em>ethics</em> of conservation, answering difficult questions of why and how one conducts conservation efforts in ways that are morally &ldquo;right.&rdquo;. In his first offering of this course in 2014, 100% (7 of 7) students strongly affirmed in their evaluations that &ldquo;This course enhanced my appreciation for the subject matter covered.&rdquo; As one student commented, &ldquo;I appreciated both theoretical studies in the class and &lsquo;hard&rsquo; survey design studies in the class for the foundation of being able to know how to approach conservation biology, but also WHY we do what we do in conservation biology. Vern&#39;s willingness to take [the] class outside the classroom, and teach using case studies was awesome.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	Published in such prestigious journals as <em>Ecology</em> and <em>Canadian Journal of Forest Research</em>, Vern is also widely sought by government agencies, conservation organizations, and private industry as a consulting scientist. But, despite many demands and multiple opportunities to be involved in a variety of conservation efforts, Vern has made the commitment to invest five weeks of his summer with students at Au Sable. The reason, Vern explains, is &ldquo;Ilove teaching conservation biology at Au Sable because I can share case studies that are fresh for students coming from other geographic and social contexts than where I teach.&nbsp; I think this allows students to share their perspectives more, reducing barriers to communication and effective teaching.&nbsp; This dialogue is critical to my philosophy on equipping students to practice conservation &ndash; conservation occurs in the context of community, where we need to understand the societal contexts we operate in, in order to implement the best conservation science available.&rdquo; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	For every student seeking an effective integration of rigorous science, practical hands-on use of scientific theory and principles, and ethical understanding of their application, Au Sable&rsquo;s course in <strong><em>Conservation Biology</em> </strong>provides a unique learning environment, thanks to the skills, knowledge and experience of Vern Peters.&nbsp;</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(831,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HP-Rotator-VP.png','xhtml','/news_and_resources/blog/featured_faculty_vern_peters_conservation_biology','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(832,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}WIGD_1.png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />Many courses at Au Sable are admirably devoted to specialization and fine-focused investigation of particular areas of environmental science. In contrast, Watersheds in Global Development provides students with a course investigating a fundamental and increasingly used worldwide management unit, the watershed. Although watersheds are fundamental and truly reality-based ecosystem management units in traditional management-oriented conservation sciences, they are also of increasingly vital importance in the work of mission and development, as the problems of developing sustainably clean water and sanitation systems for people in developing countries will become an increasing concern for Christian mission and development organizations.</p>\n<p>\n	Integrated to include best current practices of watershed identification and management as identified by national and international standards, students who complete Watersheds in Global Development not only gain skill in various types of water monitoring, but also receive four certifications from Global Water Watch after successful demonstration of these skills, as well as certification in Watershed Science from the Watershed Academy of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 16 EPA modules in watershed identification and management. By the time the course is finished. Students in Watersheds in Global Development will have learned essential principles of watershed ecology, best practices of community-based water monitoring and watershed management for developing and developed countries, and how to create data access and analysis using an online relational database and data-to-action strategies.&nbsp;</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}WIGD_1(1).png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />Many courses at Au Sable are admirably devoted to specialization and fine-focused investigation of particular areas of environmental science. In contrast, <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/course_information/summer_session_ii_great_lakes/watersheds_in_global_development/\">Watersheds in Global Development </a>provides students with a course investigating a fundamental and increasingly used worldwide management unit, the watershed. Although watersheds are fundamental and truly reality-based ecosystem management units in traditional management-oriented conservation sciences, they are also of increasingly vital importance in the work of mission and development, as the problems of developing sustainably clean water and sanitation systems for people in developing countries will become an increasing concern for Christian mission and development organizations.</p>\n<p>\n	Integrated to include best current practices of watershed identification and management as identified by national and international standards, students who complete Watersheds in Global Development not only gain skill in various types of water monitoring, but also receive four certifications from Global Water Watch after successful demonstration of these skills, as well as certification in Watershed Science from the Watershed Academy of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 16 EPA modules in watershed identification and management. By the time the course is finished. Students in Watersheds in Global Development will have learned essential principles of watershed ecology, best practices of community-based water monitoring and watershed management for developing and developed countries, and how to create data access and analysis using an online relational database and data-to-action strategies.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}WIGD_2.png\" style=\"float: left;\" />Despite its rigorous scientific and professional standards, Watersheds in Global Development is taught as &ldquo;self-contained&rdquo; learning experience with no pre-requisites, and so is open and accessible to mission and development majors as well as students from more traditional science backgrounds. As one student from 2013 recalled, &ldquo;The broad concept of watershed as an integrator was a very valuable concept I had never really thought of before. I realize now that it was extremely important to understand how a watershed works and the importance of its upkeep. All of the book material really increased my knowledge of water quality, monitoring and peoples influence in [maintaining] waterways and degrading them.&nbsp; Hearing case studies and successes..&hellip;was educational and inspiring.&rdquo; Christian Hayes of Cedarville University attests, &ldquo;Watershed Stewardship was truly a unique class that has shaped my perspective on water and people. Though I had studied environmental systems for several years and examined the interconnections between the land, nature, and humanity, it was not until Watershed Stewardship that these intrinsic relationships truly came alive.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	For Hannah Pigott of Redeemer University College, Watersheds in Global Development changed her entire set of career goals. She told Bill Deutsch, &ldquo;The watershed course you taught gave such inspiration for me and I have decided that I would like to incorporate my future career to deal with an aspect of a watershed issue. &hellip;Since the course, I have decided that I would like to tailor the rest of my schooling in a way that would launch me for a career dealing with watershed sustainability and river remediation.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	<strong><em><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}WIGD_3.png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" /></em></strong><a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/faculty_and_fellows/#Dr.%20William%20Deutsch\">Bill Deutsch</a>, Research Associate at Auburn University, brings a lifetime of international experience in research, teaching, management and implementation of watershed management to this course. The founder of Global Water Watch, Bill coordinates information on watershed status and stewardship worldwide, working with multiple organizations and governments, and with Christian mission and development agencies, to provide sustainable supplies of clean water and safe sanitation systems to people throughout the developing world. Reflecting on why this course has been a transformational experience for many students, Bill reflects, &ldquo;Many students come to ASI with a desire to act out their Christian faith and improve people&rsquo;s lives in practical ways. This course enables them to integrate the big-picture issues of global development and missions with the simplest act of giving a cup of clean water to thirsty person. On several occasions, students have told me that this has given them clarification in their calling, and confidence to advance their studies in ways that prepare them for careers in watershed stewardship and human development.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	Students not only learn the science, management, and politics of watershed stewardship, they may come back knowing how to start their own environmental NGO. Special <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/costs_and_financial_aid/\">Missionary Earthkeeping Fellowships ($2000)</a> are available for students interested in this course with demonstrated interest in and commitment to work in missions and development. Change your life in Watersheds in Global Development, and learn how you can change the lives of others.</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(854,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}RE_4.png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" /><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Today there is nowhere on Earth that is not touched by human influence, even in places where humans are rarely, if ever present. Yet climate change affects penguins in Antarctica, toxic wastes reach uninhabited islands, and invasive species spread even in wilderness areas. Never has there been as great a need to understand the theory, obtain the skills and gain the experience needed to restore degraded habitats, re-introduce endangered species, and relieve larger-scale ecological stressors in all of Earth&rsquo;s ecosystems.&nbsp;</span></p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}RE_4(1).png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" /><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Today there is nowhere on Earth that is not touched by human influence, even in places where humans are rarely, if ever present. Yet climate change affects penguins in Antarctica, toxic wastes reach uninhabited islands, and invasive species spread even in wilderness areas. Never has there been as great a need to understand the theory, obtain the skills and gain the experience needed to restore degraded habitats, re-introduce endangered species, and relieve larger-scale ecological stressors in all of Earth&rsquo;s ecosystems.</span></span></p>\n<p>\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}RE_1.png\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 250px; float: left;\" />Au Sable&rsquo;s course in Restoration Ecology addresses these issues and tackles these problems. Set in the natural beauty of Au Sable&rsquo;s Great Lakes Campus in northern Michigan, Restoration Ecology is perfectly placed to show students the juxtaposition of natural function and beauty with the environmental degradation of both from many causes, and in both short- and long-term perspective. Here in the landscape that once held the greatest pine forests of the Upper Great Lakes region, students can see the historic and continuing effects of degradation on many systems caused by logging over one hundred years past. In present context, students see the actual and potential degradations of current oil and natural gas extraction, urban and suburban development, and recreational use on this landscape. With clear understanding of immediate need, students learn the underlying theory and practical skills needed to restore degraded habitats by reducing erosion, revegetating historic and functionally useful plant cover, removing invasive species, and relocating individuals of critical species.</span></span></p>\n<p>\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}RE_2.png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" /></span></span></p>\n<p>\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Today academics, national and local governments, Christian missions and development workers, and a growing industry in environmental remediation and restoration are looking for people with the skills offered in Au Sable&rsquo;s Restoration Ecology course. Skills in restoration ecology can change the world and Au Sable&rsquo;s course in Restoration Ecology can change your life.</span></span></p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	<iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https://player.vimeo.com/video/193589620\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"640\"></iframe></p>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"https://vimeo.com/193589620\">Restoration Ecology 2016</a> from <a href=\"https://vimeo.com/ausableinstitute\">Au Sable Institute</a> on <a href=\"https://vimeo.com\">Vimeo</a>.</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(833,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HP-Rotator-CTCYL-Watersheds-in-Global-Development2.png','xhtml','news_and_resources/blog/courses_that_change_your_life_watersheds_in_global_development_biol_geog_35#.VL8KCsYl','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(853,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HP_Rotator_FF_EricSteinkamp.jpg','xhtml','/news_and_resources/blog/featured_faculty_eric_steinkamp_alpine_ecology#.VO0uVsYlnfT','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(835,1,9,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	Like a bride&rsquo;s dress, Au Sable research in northern Michigan streams will be something old and something new in 2015. For the eighth consecutive year, Institute faculty, staff and students will continue their evaluation of the effect of dam removal on stream macroinvertebrate communities in Michigan&rsquo;s Boardman River. At the same time, a new study on the distribution and environmental tolerances of sculpin, a group of bottom dwelling species of stream fish will begin in the Manistee River.</p>\n','none','<p>\n	Like a bride&rsquo;s dress, Au Sable research in northern Michigan streams will be something old and something new in 2015. For the eighth consecutive year, Institute faculty, staff and students will continue their evaluation of the effect of dam removal on stream macroinvertebrate communities in Michigan&rsquo;s Boardman River. At the same time, a new study on the distribution and environmental tolerances of sculpin, a group of bottom dwelling species of stream fish will begin in the Manistee River.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Streaming_4(1).png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />The Boardman Study, designed and developed by Au Sable&rsquo;s Associate Executive Director David Mahan and funded by the Conservation Resource Alliance, Trout Unlimited, and other local conservation organizations, has taken advantage of a unique natural experiment in the field of restoration ecology to answer the question: what are the differences between communities of stream insects and other invertebrates above and below a dam, and what happens to such communities when a dam is removed? Such invertebrate communities form the basis of food webs and food supplies for almost all stream organisms, as well as being the primary agents in ecological functions and services performed in the stream ecosystem, such as processing energy and shredding, collecting or removing material in and from the water. Moving water tends to have higher levels of oxygen and lower temperature, contributing to more diverse communities of stream invertebrates. Dams impede flow, resulting in lower oxygen levels and higher water temperatures immediately above and below the dam. Such impeded flow also tends to lead to a concentration of sediments and other pollutants above the dam. These conditions often lead to invertebrate communities with fewer species that are more tolerant of low quality water conditions.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Streaming_3.png\" style=\"float: left;\" />Through its first seven years, the Boardman Study has revealed that, in fact, above-dam (within reservoir) invertebrate communities are of lower diversity and contain more pollution-tolerant species than communities associated with unimpeded flow below the dam. After dams are removed, however, former reservoir and immediately downstream areas recover quickly, transitioning to more diverse and environmentally sensitive species within one &ndash;to &ndash; three years after dam removal. Thus, the negative effects of dams on stream invertebrate communities need not be permanent if dams are removed, and streams like the Boardman River can see their invertebrate communities, and other species that depend on them, recover quickly under appropriate management.&nbsp; Study leader Dave Mahan noted, &ldquo;Our studies on the Boardman have confirmed the natural restorative ability of stream ecosystems after removal of a disturbance, something that should serve as a model for other stream restoration projects.&rdquo; Au Sable expects to employ four student research assistants to continue this important effort in 2015.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Streaming_1.png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />While research continues on the Boardman, a new study will begin on the upper sections of the Big Manistee River in Kalkaska and Wexford Counties that will be focused on different species of sculpin, and especially the mottled sculpin. Sculpin are small, bottom-dwelling stream fish normally found in colder, highly oxygenated waters of high quality streams. The US Forest Service recently named the mottled sculpin as a &ldquo;Management Indicator Species&rdquo; for indicating high quality stream habitat on northern Michigan&rsquo;s Manistee-Huron National Forest, but the designation raises important questions that need answers for the mottled sculpin to be a useful &ldquo;indicator.&rdquo; First, where, exactly, does the mottled sculpin occur in the Big Manistee and its tributary streams? Second, is it possible to accurately distinguish the mottled sculpin from a closely related species, the slimy sculpin, which also occurs within the watershed? Finally, what conditions contribute to the presence and abundance of mottled sculpin (what does the presence of the mottled sculpin &ldquo;indicate&rdquo; about environment conditions?). &nbsp;Working with the expertise and financial support of the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians (LRBOI), the Au Sable sculpin study aims to provide answers to all of these questions, and so better enable stream managers to use the mottled sculpin more effectively to assess the quality of stream habitat. Marty Holtgren, Senior Fisheries Biologist for the LRBOI, described the value and importance of the study, and of the Tribe&rsquo;s collaboration with Au Sable, this way, &ldquo;We are enthusiastic about this new effort with Au Sable Institute. It will establish a partnership where we will develop a shared vision of river stewardship,&nbsp; expertise and experiences as stewards of the river.&nbsp; This partnership will provide us with a fuller understanding of the watershed and the options we may have for protecting it.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp; Stephanie Ogren, Senior Aquatic Biologist for LRBOI, also is looking forward to working with the student research assistants to expand the stream monitoring program and better inform management decisions.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Streaming_2.png\" style=\"float: left;\" />The sculpin study expects to employ four student research assistants, under the supervision of Institute staff and LRBOI scientists, to accomplish its goals in 2015. Fred Van Dyke, Executive Director of the Au Sable Institute, speaking of the significance of both studies, said, &ldquo;All of us at Au Sable are honored to be continuing this long term study of the effects of dam removal on the Boardman River, as well as beginning a pioneering effort in evaluating the usefulness of the mottled sculpin as an indicator species. These studies do a number of great things all at once. They provide opportunity to give undergraduate students from colleges across the US and Canada direct experience in meaningful environmental research, which is a critical component to future professional success. They will, in the long run, provide important information for the scientific community to better understand these stream ecosystems and the species in them. And, perhaps most importantly, they allow the Institute to serve our local neighbors, like the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians and the members of the Conservation Resource Alliance, in areas that are important to them and to us. We&rsquo;re grateful to have this opportunity to serve our neighbors and friends in this way.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	Students interested in being a part of these research teams can find instructions for applying at <a href=\"http://www.ausable.org/research/apply\">www.ausable.org/research/apply</a>. We&rsquo;ll see you in the stream!</p>\n','none','{filedir_8}Streaming_100.png','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(836,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HPR_Streaming.png','xhtml','/news_and_resources/news/old_stream_new_stream_au_sable_research_takes_the_plunge_in_2015#.VMLeW8Ylnyd','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(837,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}MT_2.png\" style=\"float: right;\" />With Geographic Information Systems (GIS), molecular DNA analysis has become and will continue to be a dominant technology of investigation in environmental science and conservation biology for at least the next two decades. Because of the opportunity it provides to investigate the characteristics of plant and animal populations in non-invasive ways, using material from feces, hair, urine, skin and skeletal material, skills in the use of molecular DNA analysis will be at a premium for employment and graduate school admissions, as its applications are both versatile and cost effective. Students taking Applied Biodiversity Genetics will gain a greater, deeper, firsthand understanding of DNA sequences and structures, and the complex mathematical bioinformatics tools used to analyze them, as well as a greater grasp of basic and advanced chemistry in manipulating chemical solutions of enzymes, buffers, detergents and solvents needed to isolate genetic material and replicate it using the technique of the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR).&nbsp;</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}MT_2(1).png\" style=\"float: right;\" />With Geographic Information Systems (GIS), molecular DNA analysis has become and will continue to be a dominant technology of investigation in environmental science and conservation biology for at least the next two decades. Because of the opportunity it provides to investigate the characteristics of plant and animal populations in non-invasive ways, using material from feces, hair, urine, skin and skeletal material, skills in the use of molecular DNA analysis will be at a premium for employment and graduate school admissions, as its applications are both versatile and cost effective. Students taking Applied Biodiversity Genetics will gain a greater, deeper, firsthand understanding of DNA sequences and structures, and the complex mathematical bioinformatics tools used to analyze them, as well as a greater grasp of basic and advanced chemistry in manipulating chemical solutions of enzymes, buffers, detergents and solvents needed to isolate genetic material and replicate it using the technique of the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR).&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	In conceptual analysis, students, guided by Dr. Ben Van Ee, will be shown how to construct investigative hypotheses using these techniques and approaches, and will apply them in the field collecting plant and animal specimens and tissue samples from each (like bear hair, porcupine quills, bird feathers, and all manner of interesting stuff).&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	As one former student noted, &ldquo;Already having taken a genetics course but not fully understanding the subject material, this class supplemented all of that information so that I hopefully will apply this to future research, now knowing much more from taking this course. The objective of having a research project and many manuscripts to read in&hellip;preparation [for] grad classes was very useful.&rdquo; &nbsp;Nathan Hadley of Wheaton College, a veteran of the 2013 class noted, &ldquo;I wasn&rsquo;t looking forward to Molecular Tools*, but Ben&rsquo;s excitement for the material rubbed off on me, and by the end of the course I was pretty excited about organizing DNA sequences on my computer. It was really beneficial to go through the whole process of collecting plant material to extracting its DNA, sequencing it, and finally analyzing it.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	No student who is serious about having a competitive advantage for employment or graduate school admission can afford to be without these skills, or pass on an opportunity to obtain them in such an effective educational setting.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}MT_3.png\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 250px; float: left;\" /><a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/faculty_and_fellows/#Dr.%20Benjamin%20Van%20Ee\">Ben Van Ee</a><strong>, </strong>who teaches Applied Biodiversity Genetics, is the author of over 30 publications in molecular DNA analysis and plant systematics in two languages (English and Spanish), with his work represented in some of the best journals in his discipline, including <em>American Journal of Botany, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution,</em> <em>Systematic Botany</em>, and <em>Taxon. </em>Reflecting on the value of these skills after many years of using and mastering them, Ben notes, &ldquo;Understanding the applications of molecular biology, particularly the powerful tool of DNA analysis, is essential for organismal biologists. Whether you go on to use DNA applications in your own work or research, or apply the information obtained from genetic studies as a manager, you will greatly benefit from a more thorough understanding of molecular methods. This course provides a solid introduction to this broad topic from the perspective of a field, and organismal, biologist.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 10px; \">*Applied Biodiversity Genetics was formerly titled &quot;Molecular Tools for the Field Biologist&quot; as mentioned in the student quote above</span></p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(838,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}LN_1(1).png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />As Au Sable courses go, Environmental Health (Pacific Rim, Summer Session II), may not be the offering with the most interesting or ear-grabbing name, but, under the instruction of University of Georgia&rsquo;s Luke Naeher, it is one of Au Sable&rsquo;s best educational offerings. A course of exceptional value to students considering overseas work in missions and development, as well as biology students intrigued by issues where policy issues of health and environment intersect, Environmental Health brings critical issues from multiple disciplines together in the hands of one of the nation&rsquo;s leading environmental health experts, Luke Naeher.&nbsp;</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}LN_1(2).png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />As Au Sable courses go, Environmental Health (Pacific Rim, Summer Session II), may not be the offering with the most interesting or ear-grabbing name, but, under the instruction of University of Georgia&rsquo;s Luke Naeher, it is one of Au Sable&rsquo;s best educational offerings. A course of exceptional value to students considering overseas work in missions and development, as well as biology students intrigued by issues where policy issues of health and environment intersect, Environmental Health brings critical issues from multiple disciplines together in the hands of one of the nation&rsquo;s leading environmental health experts, Luke Naeher.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}LN_2.png\" style=\"float: left;\" />As a faculty member of the University of Georgia&rsquo;s College of Public Health, Luke lives out a mission to improve environmental health and working environments for all people through both research and teaching. An individual whose education took him through some of the Ivy League&rsquo;s finest institutions including Cornell (BS in Biology), Harvard (MS in Environmental Health Sciences) and Yale (PhD in Epidemiology and Public Health), Luke has been with UGA&rsquo;s College of Public Health since its inception in 2005, serving before that time in the University&rsquo;s College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences. With research that often intersects health and environmental science, Luke&rsquo;s publications cover among the broadest spectrum of journals of any Au Sable faculty, including <em>Science of the Total Environment, Environment International</em>, and <em>Environmental Health Perspectives</em>, as well as more traditional journals in environmental and natural resource science like <em>Forest Ecology and Management</em> and <em>Journal of Applied Forestry</em>.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}LN_3.png\" style=\"float: right; width: 250px; height: 188px;\" />In Environmental Health, Luke shows students where environmental pollutants originate, how to control them, and how such control is affected by current law and policy. Students also learn the basics of environmental medicine, environmental epidemiology, and how to interact effectively with public health agencies. One student, recalling her experiences in Luke&rsquo;s course, wrote, &ldquo;Luke was one of the most fantastic professors I have ever had. He invested so much time in our class and took the time to get to know each of us and to help us think about and plan for the future.&rdquo; Despite the pressing demands and high expectations of a major university, Luke returns each year to Whidbey Island to teach a new group of Au Sable students. A truly integrative and cross-disciplinary offering, Environmental Health brings students face to face with the truly complex and multi-dimensional nature of the interaction between environment and health, but with the understanding and insight that a scientist and teacher like Luke Naeher can uniquely provide.&nbsp;</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(839,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HPR_Naeher.png','xhtml','/news_and_resources/blog/faculty_profiles_luke_naeher_environmental_health#.VMbgl8Ylnyc','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(840,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HP-Rotator-CTCYL-Molecular_Tools.png','xhtml','news_and_resources/blog/courses_that_chance_your_life_molecular_tools_for_the_field_biologist_biol#.VMeI3MYln','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(841,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}FEB_5.png\" style=\"float: right;\" />With every return of spring, no animals are more visible, more vocal or more demonstrative than birds. Yet their very abundance and complexity can make their identification and observation seem an overwhelmingly complex task. But a well-trained observer can not only distinguish birds by sight, but also by song, as well as relate the presence of different birds to different habitats, vegetation types and key natural resources. Such skills open a world of wonder and pleasure to nature that many people have never known &ndash; until they take Field Ecology of Birds with Ken Petersen of Bethel University. A widely respected ornithologist, Ken&rsquo;s research has been published in the leading bird journals in science, including <em>Auk</em>, <em>Condor</em>, <em>Journal of Field Ornithology</em> and <em>Wilson Bulletin</em>, and he is one of the nation&rsquo;s leading experts on the ecology of Brewer&rsquo;s sparrow, a sagebrush-dependent species that has suffered declines in some parts of the US intermountain west under programs converting sagebrush to grassland or other habitats. This depth and combination of skill, scholarship and scientific expertise is deeply valued by his students. As one member of Ken&rsquo;s 2013 class noted at the end of the course, &ldquo;I loved learning about birds, I have always been interested in them and to learn at the extent that I did was fantastic. [Ken Petersen was] by far the best instructor I have ever had.&rdquo;</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}FEB_5(1).png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />With every return of spring, no animals are more visible, more vocal or more demonstrative than birds. Yet their very abundance and complexity can make their identification and observation seem an overwhelmingly complex task. But a well-trained observer can not only distinguish birds by sight, but also by song, as well as relate the presence of different birds to different habitats, vegetation types and key natural resources. Such skills open a world of wonder and pleasure to nature that many people have never known &ndash; until they take Field Ecology of Birds with <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/faculty_and_fellows/#Dr.%20Kenneth%20Petersen/\">Ken Petersen</a> of Bethel University. A widely respected ornithologist, Ken&rsquo;s research has been published in the leading bird journals in science, including <em>Auk</em>, <em>Condor</em>, <em>Journal of Field Ornithology</em> and <em>Wilson Bulletin</em>, and he is one of the nation&rsquo;s leading experts on the ecology of Brewer&rsquo;s sparrow, a sagebrush-dependent species that has suffered declines in some parts of the US intermountain west under programs converting sagebrush to grassland or other habitats. This depth and combination of skill, scholarship and scientific expertise is deeply valued by his students. As one member of Ken&rsquo;s 2013 class noted at the end of the course, &ldquo;I loved learning about birds, I have always been interested in them and to learn at the extent that I did was fantastic. [Ken Petersen was] by far the best instructor I have ever had.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}FEB_2.png\" style=\"float: left;\" />Students note that Ken and his subject come together powerfully in this course experience. As one former student remarked, &ldquo;Being able to see the birds in the field that we&#39;re learning about in the classroom was great. It made it easier to remember the bird class and behavior of the bird. The examples that Dr. Petersen included in the lectures helped reinforce the ideas he taught. The facts, past experiments with birds, his personal experience studying birds, and other facts about ecology all contributed to the meaning of the course.&rdquo; These experiences are available each and every May at Au Sable&rsquo;s Great Lakes Campus, an opportunity to study some of nature&rsquo;s most beautiful and interesting creatures from an accomplished scientist and teacher who knows them well.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}FEB_3.png\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 250px; float: right;\" /><a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/course_information/may_term/field_ecology_of_birds_biol_305/\">Field Ecology of Birds</a> brings more than personal satisfaction and enjoyment in nature. Individuals who possess skills in identifying birds by sight and song are among the people most in demand as interpreters and environmental educators. In the field of environmental consulting, government agencies and, in some cases, industries use the presence of specific bird species or species groups as indicators of environmental quality, or as indicators of the effects of environmental change. People with skills in bird identification are the ones hired to carry out and complete such surveys that consulting companies contract to provide. In-depth study of one major vertebrate group, like birds, is also excellent preparation for graduate education and training, where one is often thrown into courses with greater depth and focused attention on a single group of organisms. Field Ecology of Birds provides opportunity for students to study one vertebrate group in an immersive field experience for three weeks, and it just happens to be a group that is among the most colorful, active and interesting in the natural world.&nbsp;</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(842,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HP-Rotator-CTCYL-Field-Ecology-of-Birds.png','xhtml','news_and_resources/blog/courses_that_change_your_life_field_ecology_of_birds_biol_3051#.VNAOzsYlnfS','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(843,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}DD_8.png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />What course could possibly teach you <em>everything</em> about any natural environment you walk into, from sampling soil to keying out wildflowers to identifying bird songs to correctly distinguishing animal tracks? Only one, Field Biology in Spring (Great Lakes Campus, May Term), taught by Calvin College Professor of Biology David Dornbos. Don&rsquo;t let David&rsquo;s area of specialization (MS, from The Ohio State University and PhD, from Iowa State University in crop production and physiology, of all things, after receiving his BS in Biology from Calvin) fool you. Although his current research and publications focus on plants (domestic, wild and invasive, with studies published in scientific journals like <em>Crop Management</em>, <em>Crop Science</em>, and <em>Canadian Journal of Plant Science</em>), David&rsquo;s natural curiosity and fascination with all things living and natural makes him the perfect instructor for a course requiring an enormous range of scientific and observational skills. David explains, &ldquo;Natural systems illustrate how food production systems <em>should </em>be constructed because natural systems are inherently sustainable.&nbsp; So it is deeply interesting to learn how these systems function and to think carefully how Christians should live, what we should eat, how we might use agroecological ideals to construct food production systems, to live out the dual command of Genesis 2:15 to &rsquo;serve&rsquo; and &rsquo;protect&rsquo; God&rsquo;s Creation.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}DD_8(1).png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />What course could possibly teach you <em>everything</em> about any natural environment you walk into, from sampling soil to keying out wildflowers to identifying bird songs to correctly distinguishing animal tracks? Only one, Field Biology in Spring (Great Lakes Campus, May Term), taught by Calvin College Professor of Biology <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/faculty_and_fellows/#Dr.%20David%20Dornbos/\">David Dornbos</a>. Don&rsquo;t let David&rsquo;s area of specialization (MS, from The Ohio State University and PhD, from Iowa State University in crop production and physiology, of all things, after receiving his BS in Biology from Calvin) fool you. Although his current research and publications focus on plants (domestic, wild and invasive, with studies published in scientific journals like <em>Crop Management</em>, <em>Crop Science</em>, and <em>Canadian Journal of Plant Science</em>), David&rsquo;s natural curiosity and fascination with all things living and natural makes him the perfect instructor for a course requiring an enormous range of scientific and observational skills. David explains, &ldquo;Natural systems illustrate how food production systems <em>should </em>be constructed because natural systems are inherently sustainable.&nbsp; So it is deeply interesting to learn how these systems function and to think carefully how Christians should live, what we should eat, how we might use agroecological ideals to construct food production systems, to live out the dual command of Genesis 2:15 to &rsquo;serve&rsquo; and &rsquo;protect&rsquo; God&rsquo;s Creation.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}DD_2(1).png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: left;\" />His students agree. A former student in the course recalls &ldquo;The elements of the course were wonderful. I think I learned a lot from them and they will definitely help me in my further studies. The way the instructor taught was amazing. Putting a personal touch really helped me understand the information very well.&rdquo; Despite the many demands, callings and uses of his multiple interests, skills and talents, David returns each May to Au Sable&rsquo;s Great Lakes Campus for another round of Field Biology in Spring. Notes David, &ldquo;Every spring is unique and interesting.&nbsp; Renewed joy is found when re-acquainting with &lsquo;old friends&rsquo; like big-flowered trilliums, yellow birch trees, porcupines, common yellowthroat warblers, or a brook trout.&nbsp; I am thrilled when people experience this world and find their own joy in God&rsquo;s handiwork. &ldquo;</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}DD_1.png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />There is no course quite like <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/course_information/may_term/field_biology_in_spring_biol_361/\">Field Biology in Spring</a>, and no instructor quite like David Dornbos. Au Sable is honored that they come together every May with us. For those aiming to teach environmental education and field natural history to others, or simply learn how to appreciate and enjoy every part of the natural world around them, David Dornbos and Field Biology in Spring are the gateway to a new and wonderful world of discovery in God&rsquo;s great creation.</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(844,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HP_Rotator_FF_DaveDornbos.jpg','xhtml','/news_and_resources/blog/faculty_profiles_dave_dornbos_field_biology_in_spring#.VNFJG8YlnfS','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(845,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Jared.png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />Scared, anxious, terrified, petrified, excited and uncomfortable are all words that describe the way I was feeling driving up to Au Sable to start this environmental education internship. Typically when I&rsquo;m asked to do anything with kids I tend to take a pass because I&rsquo;m not quite sure how to interact with them. It sounds silly but when I look down at these tiny humans we call children my mind goes blank and all I can think to do is to just start speaking gibberish. Once training started I was feeling fairly comfortable with my situation, mainly because I wasn&rsquo;t thinking about the kids who would be coming in just under a week.&nbsp; However, as the first day of teaching grew closer my anxiety started to soar and I was filled with doubt. I was constantly thinking that I made a mistake and wasn&rsquo;t the right type of person to do this internship, but I kept praying that God would give me the strength to make it through and that I wouldn&rsquo;t be a complete failure. The night before the kids arrived I didn&rsquo;t get much sleep and couldn&rsquo;t look at my notes enough.&nbsp;</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Jared(2).png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />Scared, anxious, terrified, petrified, excited and uncomfortable are all words that describe the way I was feeling driving up to Au Sable to start this environmental education internship. Typically when I&rsquo;m asked to do anything with kids I tend to take a pass because I&rsquo;m not quite sure how to interact with them. It sounds silly but when I look down at these tiny humans we call children my mind goes blank and all I can think to do is to just start speaking gibberish. Once training started I was feeling fairly comfortable with my situation, mainly because I wasn&rsquo;t thinking about the kids who would be coming in just under a week.&nbsp; However, as the first day of teaching grew closer my anxiety started to soar and I was filled with doubt. I was constantly thinking that I made a mistake and wasn&rsquo;t the right type of person to do this internship, but I kept praying that God would give me the strength to make it through and that I wouldn&rsquo;t be a complete failure. The night before the kids arrived I didn&rsquo;t get much sleep and couldn&rsquo;t look at my notes enough.</p>\n<p>\n	I&rsquo;ll never forget that first day. The kids arrived and I had to push all my worries to the side and focus on what I had to do. The kids in my group were all really excited to be here and weren&rsquo;t shy at all like I feared. Before I could even get my name out to the group they were wrapped around my legs thinking I was a tree to climb. My fears and anxieties subsided and I quickly realized just how lame my trepidation leading up to that first day was.</p>\n<p>\n	Now, three weeks into the internship I can say that everything has been great so far. &nbsp;I&rsquo;ve learned that teaching can be a lot of fun, both for the students and the instructor.&nbsp; I am also happy to report that I am sleeping like a baby.</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(846,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Ferber_3(1).png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />Michael Ferber never runs out of things to do at The King&rsquo;s University College (Edmonton, Alberta), where he serves as the university&rsquo;s Director of Development, Co-Director of Environmental Studies and Associate Professor of Geography. Being a multi-talented and multi-disciplined scholar and teacher is essential for teaching Au Sable&rsquo;s International Development and Environmental Sustainability course (Pacific Rim, Summer Session II), where students engage problems diverse in subject and intertwined in effect, like ecological sustainability, the relationship of poverty and environmental conditions, international debt, missions in developing countries, and appropriate technology.&nbsp;</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Ferber_3.png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />Michael Ferber never runs out of things to do at The King&rsquo;s University College (Edmonton, Alberta), where he serves as the university&rsquo;s Director of Development, Co-Director of Environmental Studies and Associate Professor of Geography. Being a multi-talented and multi-disciplined scholar and teacher is essential for teaching Au Sable&rsquo;s International Development and Environmental Sustainability course (Pacific Rim, Summer Session II), where students engage problems diverse in subject and intertwined in effect, like ecological sustainability, the relationship of poverty and environmental conditions, international debt, missions in developing countries, and appropriate technology.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Ferber_1.png\" style=\"float: left;\" />Mike Ferber has been prepared by life and education for exactly this kind of course. In addition to earning a BA in Geography, MA in Education and a PhD in Geography from West Virginia University, Mike also holds an MDiv in Theology from Asbury Theological Seminary (Kentucky). All of these components connect in Mike&rsquo;s life and work, as he has served variously as a Pastor, Christian School Administrator, Director of Development for World Vision, Graduate Teaching Fellow of the US National Science Foundation, and a lecturer at his alma mater, West Virginia University. A thoughtful Christian who integrates faith in all matters of teaching and scholarship, Mike has published in such diverse forums as <em>The Encyclopedia of Geography, International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences</em>, <em>Evangelical Missionary Society</em>, and <em>American Religious Experience</em>.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Ferber_2.png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />Precise, rigorous thinking about Christian integration in issues of development and sustainability is essential for a course like Mike&rsquo;s. He explains, &ldquo;The creation is facing difficult crises including environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, global climate change, limits to growth and global wealth inequalities heretofore unheard of in the history of humanity.&nbsp; The next generation of Christian leaders must be able to address these multi-faceted and inter-disciplinary challenges.&rdquo; Students who have taken International Development and Environmental Sustainability with Mike remember it as a challenging experience, intellectually and practically. Emi Tucker of Anderson University (Indiana) recalls, &ldquo;International Development and Environmental Sustainability is probably one of my favorite classes that I&#39;ve taken over my college career. The class material dared to go beyond the usual development topics to get to the root of the issue. We read a variety of authors with different points of view, which forced us to really examine all the possibilities.&rdquo; Tony Blankers of Bethel University (Minnesota) explains, &ldquo;Dr. Ferber had a great way of relating to students. He was able to sing along with Simon and Garfunkel one minute and sit down and have an intense conversation about global macroeconomics and development the next. Through his discussion-based learning, I took ownership of the class material and was able to process what it meant for my life.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	Despite abundant opportunities to use his expertise in many places, Mike returns each year to Au Sable&rsquo;s Pacific Rim Campus. The reason, says Mike, is that &ldquo;At the Au Sable Pacific Rim campus passionate and gifted Christian students from across the continent converge to explore environmental and social challenges on one of the most beautiful landscapes in North America.&nbsp; Though my role is Professor, I learn more every year through my colleagues and students.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	Not many courses, and not many teachers, can produce for their students the kind of intellectual connecting and thoughtful Christian integration needed for subjects like development and sustainability. International Development and Mike Ferber can. This is why International Development and Environmental Sustainability is one of Au Sable&rsquo;s best offerings for students interested in missions, development, and holistic applications of environmental science. Au Sable is honored to count Mike Ferber among its distinguished faculty to serve these students and their future work.</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(847,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HP-Rotator-Ferber_1.png','xhtml','news_and_resources/blog/faculty_profiles_michael_ferber_international_development_and_sustainabilit#.VOUR-MYl','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(848,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}ENH_2.png\" style=\"float: right;\" />One doesn&rsquo;t usually think of medical and health issues as being the focus of a course at a biological field station, but Au Sable&rsquo;s Environmental Health breaks the mold. More than any other factor, a person&rsquo;s surrounding physical and biological environment will determine health parameters like physical well being, susceptibility to disease and life span, as well as many other health characteristics. Today perhaps not field in medical science is expanding as rapidly or as uniquely as that of environmental health as medical scientists begin to learn more about how the environment affects the rate of disease transmission (environmental epidemiology), provides resources for medicine and pharmaceuticals (environmental medicine) and affects the delivery of both private and government health agencies to deliver health services. No wonder the new version of MCAT will now contain a section devoted to questions related to environmental health.</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}ENH_2(1).png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />One doesn&rsquo;t usually think of medical and health issues as being the focus of a course at a biological field station, but Au Sable&rsquo;s Environmental Healthbreaks the mold. More than any other factor, a person&rsquo;s surrounding physical and biological environment will determine health parameters like physical well being, susceptibility to disease and life span, as well as many other health characteristics. Today perhaps not field in medical science is expanding as rapidly or as uniquely as that of environmental health as medical scientists begin to learn more about how the environment affects the rate of disease transmission (environmental epidemiology), provides resources for medicine and pharmaceuticals (environmental medicine) and affects the delivery of both private and government health agencies to deliver health services. No wonder the new version of MCAT will now contain a section devoted to questions related to environmental health.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}ENH_5.png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: left;\" />Biology students of all interests and backgrounds, including pre-medical and health professions students, can benefit from Au Sable&rsquo;s Environmental Health, not only because of what it teaches, but because of who teaches it. In the skilled hands of Dr. Luke Naeher, Associate Professor of Health Science in the University of Georgia&rsquo;s College of Public Health, students not only learn theories and concepts explaining the interaction of environment and health, but come to grasp their applications and effects on health professionals, health agencies, and health delivery systems throughout the world. As one student of the 2013 offering of Environmental Health noted, &ldquo;Luke was extremely responsive. His knowledge on the subject matter far exceeded any of my expectations. The work load was dense and challenging in subject matter, but it was very rewarding. Luke&#39;s teaching style was incredibly supportive and engaging. He is a great encourager and facilitator of critical thinking.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}ENH_3.png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />Few courses are more valuable than those which teach the art of critical thinking in relation to environmental problems relevant to the entire world community, but Environmental Health is one of those. Au Sable&rsquo;s class in Environmental Health is unfailingly effective in changing the perspective of students who aspire to be future health professionals, and unfailingly transforming in altering the understanding of health and the environment for every student who participates in this learning experience.</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(849,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HP-Rotator-CTCYL-Environmental_Health.png','xhtml','news_and_resources/blog/courses_that_change_your_life_environmental_health_biol_452#.VOVBPcYlnfQ','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(850,1,9,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}MiCORPS_1.png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />Au Sable Institute&rsquo;s Volunteer Stream Water Monitoring efforts were recognized by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and Michigan Clean Water Corps (MiCorps) during the MiCorps stream monitoring conference held annually at the Ralph A. MacMullan conference center in Roscommon. &nbsp;Paul Steen, MiCorps Program Manager stated,<strong><em>&ldquo;</em></strong>The Au Sable Institute has greatly contributed to the MiCorps community.&nbsp; The group is collecting data on key stretches of the Manistee that have been unsampled and largely unknown to the state biologists.<strong><em>&rdquo;</em></strong>&nbsp; This is the second certificate of recognition Au Sable has received for their work organizing volunteer monitoring efforts within the Upper Manistee River watershed. Paul Wiemerslage, Project Manager and Au Sable&rsquo;s Environmental Education Program Coordinator, said of the program, &ldquo;We feel fortunate to have the support of MiCorps behind our efforts and their years of experience to help us accomplish the important task of protecting and conserving our local waterways.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}MiCORPS_2.png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: left;\" />A major initiative in the pursuit of &ldquo;Citizen Science,&rdquo; Au Sable began their Volunteer Stream Water Monitoring Program in 2013 after receiving a start-up grant from MiCorps.&nbsp; Currently Au Sable monitors five locations within the Manistee River watershed.&nbsp; Volunteer groups of local area residents sample the stream for invertebrates and record important habitat characteristics twice a year during the fall and spring.&nbsp; The information they have collected can be accessed online at the <a href=\"http://www.micorps.net/data/view/search/\">MiCorps data exchange network</a> and will be used to document changes in water quality over time.&nbsp; Additional water quality information will also be available on Au Sable&rsquo;s website later next month.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}MiCORPS_3.png\" style=\"float: right;\" />&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got a lot of community members who are concerned about the health of northern Michigan and they want to help any way they can.&rdquo; Wiemerslage continued, &ldquo;The MiCorps program is an opportunity for these individuals to get involved and contribute to meaningful work aimed at protecting our watershed.&rdquo; Fred Van Dyke, Au Sable&rsquo;s Executive Director, noted, &ldquo;All of us at the Institute commend and congratulate Paul, with all our neighborhood volunteers, on their deserving recognition accompanying this award. Paul&rsquo;s work in funding this effort and organizing these volunteers provides us at Au Sable with a very tangible expression of caring for God&rsquo;s creation, involving our neighbors in this important work, and serving scientists and managers who care for this watershed with valuable data on its condition. Together, these represent all of the things we want to be doing in our work at the Institute.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	Spring training and sampling events are set for May 2<sup>nd</sup> and 16<sup>th </sup>respectively. &nbsp;Individuals and groups interesting in volunteering can contact Paul Wiemerslage at 231-587-8686 or <a href=\"mailto:paul.w@ausable.org\">paul.w@ausable.org</a>.&nbsp;</p>\n','none','{filedir_8}MiCorps_100p.png','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(851,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HPR_MiCORPS.png','xhtml','news_and_resources/news/state_of_michigan_honors_au_sable_institute_water_monitoring_program#.VOVQTMYlnfS','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(855,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HP_Rotator_CTCYL_RestorationEcology2018.jpg','xhtml','news_and_resources/blog/courses_that_change_your_life_restoration_ecology_biol_482#.VO9oP8YlnfQ','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(856,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}PG_2(1).jpg\" style=\"float: right;\" />Most of our past profiles have been stories of individuals who exercise their ministry of caring for God&rsquo;s creation in some form of fulltime, paid employment outside their home. But there are many alumni caring for God&rsquo;s creation, and teaching others the same, within their own homes and families. This edition of <em>Profiles in Stewardship</em> examines an outstanding example of the latter, the full time work of Krista Boltjes Pendergrass, wife of David Pendergrass, an Assistant Research Scientist at Tarleton State University (Texas) and mother of four growing boys, aged 1, 4, 6, and 7.&nbsp;</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}PG_2(2).jpg\" style=\"width: 300px; height: 220px; float: right;\" />Most of our past profiles have been stories of individuals who exercise their ministry of caring for God&rsquo;s creation in some form of fulltime, paid employment outside their home. But there are many alumni caring for God&rsquo;s creation, and teaching others the same, within their own homes and families. This edition of <em>Profiles in Stewardship</em> examines an outstanding example of the latter, the full time work of Krista Boltjes Pendergrass, wife of David Pendergrass, an Assistant Research Scientist at Tarleton State University (Texas) and mother of four growing boys, aged 1, 4, 6, and 7.</p>\n<p>\n	Today Krista and her family live in Dublin, Texas. Krista came to Au Sable 16 years ago, in 1998, having just completed her freshman year at Northwestern College in Iowa, where she would go on to earn a Bachelor&rsquo;s degree in Biology and Environmental Science. Krista took Au Sable&rsquo;s course in Woody Plants, and has been an avid botanist and plant lover ever since, although she has admitted that her present environment in Texas has &ldquo;some of the meanest plants I&rsquo;ve ever met.&rdquo; Krista also worked as an intern and then Research Assistant for the Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization (ECHO) in Florida, and as a research assistant on studies of the response of elk to prescribed burning in Montana before &ldquo;settling down&rdquo; in Texas with David to build a home and family. As our latest Profile in Stewardship, we asked Krista about her current work and ministry and their connections to Au Sable.</p>\n<p>\n	<strong><em>What do you do in your current position? </em></strong></p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}PG_1.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />I support David in his work as a biologist at Tarleton State and manage our affairs at home. We homeschool our four boys, and I do most of the teaching. All of us in the family work together to keep our (large) garden and family chickens and turkeys healthy, fruitful, and contributing to our &ldquo;home economy.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	<strong><em>Why is this work important to conservation?</em></strong></p>\n<p>\n	I&rsquo;m able to share my joy and wonder in creation with my boys every day. In many cases they can identify more creatures than some adults. It&rsquo;s been easy to teach them.&nbsp; When they have a question, David and I can easily answer it from our education and experiences. My boys are the next generation of conservationists. It&rsquo;s fun to see them excited about God&rsquo;s creation</p>\n<p>\n	<strong><em>What was most memorable and important to you about your time at Au Sable?</em></strong></p>\n<p>\n	The most important and memorable thing about being at Au Sable was that I met my husband, of course! Au Sable will always be special to me for that reason and we often daydream about going back with our boys.</p>\n<p>\n	Even if I had not met Dave, Au Sable was a confidence booster. I had just finished my freshman year at Northwestern College in Iowa (which was full of many &ldquo;out of my comfort zone&rdquo; experiences) and Au Sable helped set my course for the remaining years of college. Au Sable also surrounded me with folks who loved the same things I loved, and with the physical beauty of God&rsquo;s creation. It&rsquo;s not hard to thrive and grow in a situation like that.</p>\n<p>\n	<strong><em>How does your faith in Jesus Christ affect the work you do today?</em></strong></p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}PG_4.jpg\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 250px; float: right;\" />It affects everything I do. We desire more than anything that our boys will love and follow Jesus Christ. I teach, guide, and am watched by them intently. We are always seeking what can bring God glory and how we can serve others like Christ served. We&rsquo;ve been the recipients of the service of others with our young kids. I eagerly look forward to paying the service forward when I&rsquo;m better able.</p>\n<p>\n	<strong><em>How did your time at Au Sable help prepare you for what you are doing now?</em></strong></p>\n<p>\n	I am better able to naturally teach my kids, others&rsquo; kids, and even adults about plant identification and life cycles. I find my skills are not as sharp as they once were, but my training at Au Sable and Northwestern gives me confidence that I could easily get them back.</p>\n<p>\n	The joy that naturally exuded from Au Sable students and professors about creation is something I try to emulate with others. It&rsquo;s easy because I find so much joy, wonder, and peace from God&rsquo;s creation.</p>\n<p>\n	<strong><em>Why do you think people should continue to study at Au Sable today?</em></strong></p>\n<p>\n	It&rsquo;s fun! You are getting college credit for studying something you enjoy. You are surrounded by believers who will encourage you if you let them. You&rsquo;ll make friends from around the country. The beauty of the northern Michigan campus made the whole time seem like more of a retreat than a college class. It&rsquo;s hard to achieve that on a typical college campus. I wish I had taken more classes. I have such fond memories of class time, field trips, study groups, and the fun the students had when relaxing.</p>\n<p>\n	And you may even meet your spouse! I certainly did not attend Au Sable with that intention, but God knew!</p>\n<p>\n	The story of Krista Boltjes Pendergrass is, in one way, like the story of nearly every Au Sable alum, a unique journey of God&rsquo;s call in the world of serving and protecting His creation. It is also like other stories in common threads that connect it to the Au Sable Institute as a place, a powerful learning experience, and a continuing community. Watch for more stories that follow as we continue to celebrate the life and work of Au Sable alumni in future Profiles in Stewardship.</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(857,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HPR-PIS-Pendergrass2.png','xhtml','news_and_resources/blog/profiles_in_stewardship_krista_bolties_pendergrass#.VO-vRsYlnfQ','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(858,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Kevin_W3.jpg\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 250px; float: right;\" />Spending the winter in the great North Woods of Michigan can be challenging.&nbsp; Usually associated with bitter cold, hostile temperatures, roaring blizzards and below zero wind chills, it&rsquo;s no wonder people find winter in the north hard to endure.&nbsp; However, as an intern at the Au Sable during the winter session, I was able to see this cold and quiet season from a new perspective.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	Growing up in Michigan, winter has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember.&nbsp; The bitter cold, short days, and slippery roads have long since been a part of my childhood and early adulthood.&nbsp; I wouldn&#39;t say that I dislike winter, I enjoy outdoor sports such as cross-country skiing and snowshoeing, but it&#39;s always been a sort of season to endure.&nbsp; Au Sable has always been a place where I can connect with God&#39;s creation on a deeper level, the atmosphere has a way of captivating me and slows me down to see the natural world in a new way. &nbsp;</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Kevin_W3(1).jpg\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 250px; float: right;\" />Spending the winter in the great North Woods of Michigan can be challenging.&nbsp; Usually associated with bitter cold, hostile temperatures, roaring blizzards and below zero wind chills, it&rsquo;s no wonder people find winter in the north hard to endure.&nbsp; However, as an intern at the Au Sable during the winter session, I was able to see this cold and quiet season from a new perspective.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	Growing up in Michigan, winter has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember.&nbsp; The bitter cold, short days, and slippery roads have long since been a part of my childhood and early adulthood.&nbsp; I wouldn&#39;t say that I dislike winter, I enjoy outdoor sports such as cross-country skiing and snowshoeing, but it&#39;s always been a sort of season to endure.&nbsp; Au Sable has always been a place where I can connect with God&#39;s creation on a deeper level, the atmosphere has a way of captivating me and slows me down to see the natural world in a new way.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Kevin_W2(1).jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: left;\" /></p>\n<p>\n	The Au Sable atmosphere has captivated me over the past four weeks, time as a winter intern and has showed me a different side of the winter season.&nbsp; I&rsquo;ve learned to slow my gaze, and absorb my surroundings.&nbsp; I woke the other day to catch the morning sun creep through the forest casting its light along the surface of the freshly fallen snow, shining like a million diamonds scattered on the ground.&nbsp; I&rsquo;ve observed the myriad of tracks scattered across the snows brilliantly white surface leaving clues as to who left them and writing their stories in the snow like a thousand little books waiting to be read.&nbsp; I&rsquo;ve even encountered the great white snowy owl, an almost mythical nomad of the North as it sat silently atop a telephone pole in search for its next winter meal.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Kevin_W1.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" /></p>\n<p>\n	All of these experiences, upon many more, have helped me to see and appreciate the winter season in a new light and a new perspective.&nbsp; Now as I prepare to depart I pray that I will keep these lessons close to my heart, that I might continue to learn from my time at Au Sable long after the snow has melted and the snowy owl has retreated north.</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(859,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}ECOAG_3.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />There are few skills more practical, or more biblical, than that of growing your own food, and doing it the right way. Adam&rsquo;s first responsibility was tending a garden. Today, amidst all the technology and complexity of modern life, understanding the basics of an ecological approach to agriculture has never been more important. That practicality is vividly presented to students in Au Sable&rsquo;s course, Ecological Agriculture. Offered at Au Sable&rsquo;s Pacific Rim Campus in the central portion of Washington&rsquo;s Whidbey Island, a region of active and diverse agricultural activity, Ecological Agriculture, Ecological Agriculture offers students an opportunity to learn how to make an agricultural system as productive and an environmentally valuable as the natural system it replaces. Instead of the usual one-dimensional approach typical of modern industrial farming, Ecological Agriculture shows students how to design agricultural systems that can achieve multiple outcomes that not only produce food, but create stable communities, vibrant and diverse economies, and healthy environments.</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}ECOAG_3(1).jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />There are few skills more practical, or more biblical, than that of growing your own food, and doing it the right way. Adam&rsquo;s first responsibility was tending a garden. Today, amidst all the technology and complexity of modern life, understanding the basics of an ecological approach to agriculture has never been more important. That practicality is vividly presented to students in Au Sable&rsquo;s course, <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/course_information/summer_session_ii_pacific_rim/ecological_agriculture/\">Ecological Agriculture</a>. Offered at Au Sable&rsquo;s Pacific Rim Campus in the central portion of Washington&rsquo;s Whidbey Island, a region of active and diverse agricultural activity, Ecological Agriculture, Ecological Agriculture offers students an opportunity to learn how to make an agricultural system as productive and an environmentally valuable as the natural system it replaces. Instead of the usual one-dimensional approach typical of modern industrial farming, Ecological Agriculture shows students how to design agricultural systems that can achieve multiple outcomes that not only produce food, but create stable communities, vibrant and diverse economies, and healthy environments.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}ECOAG_2.jpg\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 250px; float: left;\" />Just as few skills are as personally practical as that of growing food, so few skills are as useful and foundational to Christian missions and development efforts worldwide. Few scholars or scientists could offer depth of experience, research and practice that combines technical knowledge of agricultural systems with an understanding of their essential role in missions and development, but Au Sable has one of them on its faculty. <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/faculty_and_fellows/#Dr.%20Ronald%20Vos\">Ron Vos</a>, Professor of Agriculture at Dordt College (Iowa), brings to his students the benefit of worldwide travel and consultation in developing agriculture systems, graduate education and research in agricultural science, and in-depth Christian reflection on the problems of agriculture and its role in Christian life and community through books like <em>Biblical Holism and Agriculture </em>(2002)<em>, Theocentric Sustainable Agriculture </em>(2004),<em>Just Agriculture </em>(2005) and (with Del Vander Zee), <em>A Christian Perspective on Sustainable Agriculture</em> (in <em>Signpost of God&rsquo;s Liberating Kingdom </em>(1998)<em>. </em>From this unique combination of life experience, scientific study and biblical reflection, Ron notes that &ldquo;the greatest value for students who take Ecological Agriculture is that they can take a course that is not available on their own campuses.&nbsp; Many students have commented that the course has transformed their lives and opened up career opportunities and graduate school possibilities that they had not thought of before.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	Students who have taken Ecological Agriculture wholeheartedly agree. As one noted, &ldquo;Before I took this class, I knew nothing about farming or agriculture. I am not a biology major, I have never planted anything that survived more than a week, and I&#39;m freaked out by soil organisms. But this class really gave me an appreciation for agriculture, and for farming in general. I knew that farming was hard, but I never knew just how difficult it was or how important it was until after taking Dr. Vos&#39;s class. Although I will probably never be a farmer, I can now appreciate the role that farmers play in my community and to my survival.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	Ecological Agriculture is a course filled with &ldquo;take home lessons&rdquo;. &nbsp;Or, perhaps, &ldquo;take back to the garden lessons&rdquo;. &nbsp;It is an experience that can change the way a person goes about living at the most basic level and in one of the most universal and essential human activities: eating. Few changes can be more foundational than that. These changes can happen in Ecological Agriculture.</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(860,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HPR_Ecological_Ag.png','xhtml','/news_and_resources/blog/courses_that_change_your_life_ecological_agriculture_biol_agric_geol_303#.VPj6AcYlnfQ','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(877,1,1,'<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	Applied Biodiversity Genetics (Biol 360)</h1>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>Great Lakes Campus - Summer Session I</em></span></h4>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}IMG_4505-300pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 300px; height: 200px; float: right;\" /></h2>\n<h2>\n	Course Description</h2>\n<p>\n	A field class introducing recent advances in molecular biology techniques, computation, and storage for applied ecological work. The ability to utilize these techniques is becoming more and more important to scientists for addressing fundamental questions in biology. This course will expose you to a broad range of techniques and concepts in molecular biology and phylogenetics. Emphasis is placed on the strengths and limitations of each method and its application to a wide range of organisms, including plants, animals, and microorganisms. It will provide a foundation for molecular applications to issues of environmental stewardship. Prerequisites: Two years of biology, one year of chemistry.&nbsp;<em>Field.</em></p>\n<p>\n	<strong>Professor:</strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"/courses/faculty_and_fellows/#Dr.%20Benjamin%20Van%20Ee\">Dr. Benjamin Van Ee</a><br />\n	<strong>Meets:</strong>&nbsp;Wednesday &amp; Saturday</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<a class=\"shinyBtn\" href=\"{filedir_11}courses/register/\">Register now!</a></p>\n<h2>\n	Field Experiences</h2>\n<ul>\n	<li>\n		Kalkaska School Forest (fern gametophytes)</li>\n	<li>\n		Manistee River</li>\n	<li>\n		Jordan River Valley</li>\n	<li>\n		Sleeping Bear Dunes and Great Lakes shoreline ecosystems</li>\n	<li>\n		Kniss Road bear hair snare with Keith Kintigh, Wildlife Supervisor, Northern Lower Peninsula, Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources</li>\n	<li>\n		Kirtland&rsquo;s Warbler protected area</li>\n	<li>\n		Maple Bay County Park</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>\n	Student Testimonials</h2>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"/news_and_resources/blog/on_becoming_a_molecular_ecologist_apologist#.VSWds_nF9IF\">Will Miller</a>&nbsp;- On Becoming a Molecular Ecologist Apologist&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"/news_and_resources/blog/molecular_tools_testimonials#.VSWdyvnF9IF\">Tommy McElrath</a>&nbsp;- Molecular Ecology: Here to Stay in Ecology and Conservation</p>\n<p>\n	<a href=\"/news_and_resources/blog/molecular_ecology_opening_doors_for_undergraduate_research_by_erik_swanson#.VSWd4PnF9IF\">Erik Swanson</a>&nbsp;- Molecular Ecology: Opening Doors for Undergraduate Research</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Molecular-Tools.jpg\" style=\"width: 572px; height: 200px; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px;\" /></p>\n','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(875,1,9,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Lamb_2.jpg\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 250px; float: right;\" />Faculty of the Au Sable Institute include numerous individuals with long careers covering many years of distinguished service and achievement in science and education. But the Institute can also claim the honor of having many rising scholars, teachers and practitioners now joining its work, who are themselves becoming widely known and respected in their fields. In this summer of 2015, Au Sable celebrates the addition of one of these to its faculty in Rachel Loraine Lamb, the newest member of its teaching team in its Land Resources course.</p>\n<p>\n	A scholar and practitioner in the field of environmental law and policy, Rachel Lamb brings the fruits of a formal education intensively focused in these subjects and their applications to conservation, as well as experience in the work of compliance, regulation and policy issues in major environmental policy agencies of the United States, practical experience as a professional consultant transforming scientific research into conservation policy, and professional skill as an environmental activist.</p>\n<p>\n	Joining the Land Resources course in the second half of Summer Session I at the Great Lakes Campus (Michigan), Rachel comes to Au Sable from the University of Maryland where she earned a Master of Public Policy with an Environmental Policy Specialization and a Master of Science in Sustainable Development and Conservation Biology. Prior to her graduate studies, Rachel worked as a Researcher for the Enforcement Division of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, where she was engaged in the review of environmental enforcement orders, as well as monitoring and resolving violations of environmental permits. Subsequently, serving as a Fellow of the US Environmental Protection Agency, Rachel worked in the EPA&rsquo;s Tribal Trust and Assistance Unit in Alaska and the US Pacific Northwest, helping Native American communities develop strategies for mitigating the effects of climate change on their traditional lifestyles. More recently, Rachel served as a Consultant to the Defenders of Wildlife, where she coordinated an effort to determine the means of using spatial analysis tools and technologies for translating scientific research into management objectives and policies for endangered species. Concurrently, as a Project Coordinator at Society for Conservation Biology, Rachel worked with the Southern Rockies Landscape Conservation Cooperative to determine priority conservation resources throughout the region and determine a wide-range of management objectives.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Lamb_1.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: left;\" />For all of her formal education and professional experience, Rachel is becoming best known for her efforts and leadership as Chair of Young Evangelicals for Climate Action (YECA), a ministry of the Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN) mobilizing young Christians throughout North America and the world in efforts to encourage governments, private organizations, and individual citizens to take action to stop climate change. As YECA&rsquo;s Policy Representative in Washington, D.C., Rachel has joined meetings with other faith leaders in the offices of congressmen, senators, and heads of federal environmental agencies, where her presence has become increasingly respected and persuasive. As Ben Lowe, Director of Young Adult Ministries of EEN and Chair of the Au Sable&rsquo;s Board of Trustees noted, &quot;Rachel Lamb brings a lot to Au Sable through both her academic expertise as well as her leadership experience on the front lines of sustainable development, climate action, and Christian advocacy. She is a valuable addition to our faculty and will serve as an inspiring yet relatable teacher, mentor, and role-model for our students.&quot; Fred Van Dyke, Au Sable&rsquo;s Executive Director, concurred, saying, &ldquo;In Christian academics, we hear a lot about the integration of faith and learning. But I wanted to bring someone to our students who would be a passionate example of faith and practice, whose faith in and love for Jesus Christ was at the very center of what they were known for in their practice of environmental advocacy and activism. Rachel Lamb is one of those individuals and is increasingly becoming the voice and the face of this generation of Christians involved in advocacy for climate action. I am thrilled to be able to name her among our faculty at Au Sable.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	Rachel considers it a joy to fit teaching at Au Sable into her work and ministry, because, as she puts it; &ldquo;Walking alongside and equipping students to more fully engage the Christian call to serve, protect and restore the earth is always a privilege. Au Sable&rsquo;s dedication to place-based education and the conscious fostering of theocentric vocations among its students makes this a particularly special place to teach.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;It&rsquo;s a great day in the life of the Institute to welcome such an outstanding young Christian professional to the Au Sable community! We look forward to the blessing Rachel will be and bring to all our students and faculty this summer.</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n','none','{filedir_8}Lamb_Thumb.jpg','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(872,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Gathany_1.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 234px; float: right;\" />Dr. Mark Gathany brings a rare combination of expertise to the Au Sable Institute, as well as to his students at Cedarville University, as a scientist with a Ph.D. in ecology, formal training and certification in conservation biology, and a specialist in ecosystem science and biogeochemistry. &nbsp;Remarking on his own work, Mark says, &ldquo;The overall objective of my research is to develop our understanding of nutrient cycling and energy flow within ecosystems. &nbsp;Within this framework I study carbon and nitrogen dynamics in response to disturbances (such as fire) and changing land use (urbanization, agriculture, forestry).&nbsp;&rdquo; Mark&rsquo;s studies of the effects of wildfire on carbon storage in western forests has received support from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and he has participated in studies that are part of the National Science Foundation&rsquo;s (NSF) Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program. His publications have appeared in scientific journals like <em>Forests</em>, <em>Global Change Biology</em>, and the <em>International Journal of Wildland Fire</em>, and his current research is examining the effects of forest fragmentation on wildlife disease transmission.&nbsp;</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Gathany_1.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 234px; float: right;\" /><a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/faculty_and_fellows/#Dr.%20Mark%20Gathany\">Dr. Mark Gathany</a> brings a rare combination of expertise to the Au Sable Institute, as well as to his students at Cedarville University, as a scientist with a Ph.D. in ecology, formal training and certification in conservation biology, and a specialist in ecosystem science and biogeochemistry. &nbsp;Remarking on his own work, Mark says, &ldquo;The overall objective of my research is to develop our understanding of nutrient cycling and energy flow within ecosystems. &nbsp;Within this framework, I study carbon and nitrogen dynamics in response to disturbances (such as fire) and changing land use (urbanization, agriculture, forestry).&nbsp;&rdquo; Mark&rsquo;s studies of the effects of wildfire on carbon storage in western forests has received support from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and he has participated in studies that are part of the National Science Foundation&rsquo;s (NSF) Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program. His publications have appeared in scientific journals like <em>Forests</em>, <em>Global Change Biology</em>, and the <em>International Journal of Wildland Fire</em>, and his current research is examining the effects of forest fragmentation on wildlife disease transmission.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Gathany_2.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: left;\" />Mark Gathany also brings expertise in what has become one of conservation&rsquo;s most important new technologies, Geographic Information Systems (GIS). GIS technologies have revolutionized how conservation biology can be done because it permits biologists to examine issues like habitat conservation at landscape scales, to make use of satellite images and other remote-sensing technologies, and to then determine critical attributes of such areas through more complex spatial analysis. With such technology and the skills to use it, biologists can employ GIS to identify potential habitat conservation areas for endangered species, determine optimal areas for new agricultural efforts in developing countries by overlaying multiple attributes like soil type, rainfall and topography, and precisely relate animal locations to physical and biological attributes of their surroundings. Mark notes that, while a doctoral student at Colorado State University, &ldquo;I was working in the field of fire ecology at the ecosystem and landscape scale and had the opportunity to be involved with a NASA-funded study to detect fire proneness in the Colorado Front Range. Since that time, I have seen how this skill set gives us a new way of viewing and caring for Creation.&nbsp; Furthermore, I have seen its&rsquo; practical side as I have taught an introductory course and heard from many alums (just this week in fact) how important GIS is to their job, and sometimes getting that job.&rdquo;Mark&rsquo;s goals for his new GIS course at Au Sable are to teach students the theories and applications of GIS-based spatial analysis for applied social and ecological problem-solving. Students will not only learn how to use GIS, but how to employ Global Positioning System (GPS) technologies in field data collection, how to store, process, interpret&nbsp;and present spatial data, and how to integrate remote sensing technologies with GIS applications. Senior Professor of Biology Emeritus at Cedarville University, Dr. John Silvius noted of Mark that &ldquo;His GIS course has been well enrolled on campus since he began to offer it upon his arrival. Students have appreciated the practical skills they gain in mapping and geospatial analysis, and they are motivated by their awareness that these skills will be essential for successful careers in ecology, environmental sciences, and in other fields.&rdquo; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	The Au Sable Institute is dedicated not only to its stated mission to educate and inspire people to serve, protect and restore God&rsquo;s earth, but to provide skills needed to do so. Students with skills in GIS will find themselves in increasing demand in multiple disciplines&nbsp;and highly paid to employ these skills in a variety of ways. Au Sable looks forward to another offering of&nbsp;<a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/course_information/summer_session_ii_great_lakes/environmental_applications_in_gis/\">Environmental Applications in GIS</a>, guided under the expert and skillful hand of Dr. Mark Gathany. &nbsp;</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(864,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HP-Rotator-Ken-Petersen.png','xhtml','news_and_resources/blog/faculty_profiles_ken_petersen_field_ecology_of_birds1#.VP6-ysZdO2s','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(865,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Alpine_2.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />By definition (in biology) <em>alpine</em> ecosystems are treeless areas found at high elevations (above &ldquo;tree line&rdquo;) characterized by short growing seasons, shallow soils, harsh environments and unique life forms adapted to their conditions. You can&rsquo;t study the ecology of an alpine system just anywhere, but you can study them in Alpine Ecology<em>, </em>one of Au Sable&rsquo;s most fascinating courses offered at Pacific Rim.</p>\n<p>\n	A field intensive course with study sites centered in the beautiful Olympic Mountains of northwest Washington, Alpine Ecology provides students, especially those considering graduate studies, with the chance to see and learn what it&rsquo;s like to study a unique biological community in detail and at an advanced level. To learn the ways of an alpine system, one&rsquo;s study has to be as specialized as the adaptations of the alpine species being studied, whose unique growth forms, physiology, migratory patterns and resource use strategies permit them to live in what, for non-alpine species, would be an inhospitable environment.&nbsp;</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Alpine_2(1).jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />By definition (in biology) <em>alpine</em> ecosystems are treeless areas found at high elevations (above &ldquo;tree line&rdquo;) characterized by short growing seasons, shallow soils, harsh environments and unique life forms adapted to their conditions. You can&rsquo;t study the ecology of an alpine system just anywhere, but you can study them in <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/course_information/summer_session_ii_pacific_rim/alpine_ecology_biol_478/\">Alpine Ecology</a><em>, </em>one of Au Sable&rsquo;s most fascinating courses offered at Pacific Rim.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Alpine_3.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: left;\" />A field intensive course with study sites centered in the beautiful Olympic Mountains of northwest Washington, Alpine Ecology provides students, especially those considering graduate studies, with the chance to see and learn what it&rsquo;s like to study a unique biological community in detail and at an advanced level. To learn the ways of an alpine system, one&rsquo;s study has to be as specialized as the adaptations of the alpine species being studied, whose unique growth forms, physiology, migratory patterns and resource use strategies permit them to live in what, for non-alpine species, would be an inhospitable environment.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Alpine_1.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />Different as they are, alpine systems possess a transcendent beauty that inspires everyone and anyone who has ever seen them. Their vivid colors, magnificent vistas, abundant surface water and often startling, gigantic geological features are like no other, and truly display the glory of God. Au Sable has the perfect person to teach such a course in <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/faculty_and_fellows/#Dr.%20Eric%20Steinkamp/\">Eric Steinkamp</a>, Professor of Life Science at Northwestern University (Washington). Eric not only holds a Master&rsquo;s degree in Forest Management and a PhD in Forest Science, but also a Master of Divinity. In Alpine Ecology, Eric not only teaches students advanced concepts in the analysis and interpretation of elevational zonation in biological communities, or the theories of latitudinal biogeography, he also presents careful biblical and theological study to understand more deeply how God displays His traits in His work, the nature of its inherent value, and the human responsibility to care for and protect it, even, and especially, when a system is as fragile as an alpine environment. As one student said, &ldquo;I think that the emphasis on field trips was an element of the course that really helped me because it really allowed us to see firsthand the concepts we were learning in their ecological context. It helped me to learn better than always sitting through lectures. A helpful practice of the instructor was encouraging us to observe and think things through ourselves rather than always handing us the answers, such as when we identified plants.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	For students ready to attempt a study of specialization, Alpine Ecology offers the opportunity. The things you learn, and the method in which you learn them, can change your perception of not only your goals in science, but yourself as a scientist.&nbsp;</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(866,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HP_Rotator_CTCYL_AlpineEcology.jpg','xhtml','news_and_resources/blog/courses_that_change_your_life_alpine_ecology_biol_478#.VP7G0sZdO2s','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(867,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}CB_2.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />In the late 1970s a new discipline formally emerged from the ranks of older, more established fields like ecology, wildlife management and fisheries biology. The newcomer came to be called <em>Conservation Biology</em>, a study of &ldquo;the biology of endangerment,&rdquo; a <em>science</em> that was <em>mission driven</em> and value laden, intended to be employed practically and, if necessary, quickly to learn what steps were required to save endangered and threatened species, to restore small and declining populations, conserve genetic diversity, preserve and restore rare and critical habitats, and manage entire ecosystems to enhance biodiversity.</p>\n<p>\n	Few courses so fully and naturally capture Au Sable&rsquo;s ethic of stewardship and creation care as Conservation Biology, where ethical questions like &ldquo;Why save an endangered species?&rdquo; are not inquiries about philosophical abstractions but biological and management realities. Few courses can address so directly the practical value of learning skills like population viability analysis, captive population management, measurement of genetic diversity, or estimations of community species richness. Few courses can so quickly and meaningfully connect the scientific facts and theories of a textbook or classroom to a problem that can be observed directly in the field.&nbsp;</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}CB_2(1).jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />In the late 1970s a new discipline formally emerged from the ranks of older, more established fields like ecology, wildlife management and fisheries biology. The newcomer came to be called <em>Conservation Biology</em>, a study of &ldquo;the biology of endangerment,&rdquo; a <em>science</em> that was <em>mission driven</em> and value laden, intended to be employed practically and, if necessary, quickly to learn what steps were required to save endangered and threatened species, to restore small and declining populations, conserve genetic diversity, preserve and restore rare and critical habitats, and manage entire ecosystems to enhance biodiversity.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}CB_1(1).jpg\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 250px; float: left;\" />Few courses so fully and naturally capture Au Sable&rsquo;s ethic of stewardship and creation care as Conservation Biology, where ethical questions like &ldquo;Why save an endangered species?&rdquo; are not inquiries about philosophical abstractions but biological and management realities. Few courses can address so directly the practical value of learning skills like population viability analysis, captive population management, measurement of genetic diversity, or estimations of community species richness. Few courses can so quickly and meaningfully connect the scientific facts and theories of a textbook or classroom to a problem that can be observed directly in the field.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}CB_3.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />Set at Au Sable&rsquo;s Great Lakes Campus, Conservation Biology at Au Sable can bring students into direct contact with endangered species like Kirtland&rsquo;s warbler, piping plover and Pitcher&rsquo;s thistle, and the biologists who are managing them. Dr. Vern Peters, Associate Professor at King&#39;s University in Alberta, Canada, will be teaching Conservation Biology in 2018 and will provide students with an understanding of real conservation problems in biology and their connection to&nbsp;Christian faith. &nbsp;As one student noted from the class, &ldquo;Practicing modeling in the populations of organisms like real conservation biologists do was a good introduction to the real goings on in this field. Interacting with professionals in the areas we studied was interesting and helpful to get a real feel for what careers in these areas actually look like.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	Conservation Biology at Au Sable is a course that fully unites science, ethics and practice toward meaningful and inspirational goals in creation care. Together, that unity, meaning and inspiration creates a course that can change your life.</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(1086,1,9,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','none','<p>\n	The Arctic Grayling, a blue-grey fish characterized by its large, often rainbow colored dorsal fin, is the subject of Au Sable&rsquo;s newest research study. This fish is iconic in northern Michigan where even a town (Grayling) bears its name. Yet the Grayling has not inhabited the waters of this state since its last recorded catch in 1938. Prior to its extirpation in Michigan, the Grayling was a plentiful fish, highly popular with anglers who prized its flashy dorsal fin, but due to overfishing, habitat degradation from the logging of the 19<sup>th</sup> and 20<sup>th</sup> century, and competition with introduced fish species, the Arctic Grayling was lost in Michigan.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}ArcticGraylingHeld_JamesNPerdue2012.jpg\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 267px;\" /></p>\n<p>\n	<span style=\"font-size: 9px;\">Grayling photo by James N Perdue, 2012.</span></p>\n<p>\n	A partnership between The Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR), Michigan Technological University, Au Sable Institute, Trout Unlimited and a number of other organizations, is working to reintroduce the Arctic Grayling to Michigan&rsquo;s waters. This summer Au Sable&rsquo;s Grayling research team, Ridge Sliger and Brandan Ward, will be assisting Dr. Cameron Goble, a Post Doctoral Research Fellow with Michigan Tech, to identify suitable habitat characteristics for remote, in-stream rearing areas for Grayling fry. In these carefully chosen locations, reintroduction efforts should have the greatest opportunity for success in years ahead. Funded by a grant from Consumers Energy Foundation and administered by the MDNR and the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, 2017 will be the first year of this important study. The Au Sable Research Assistants, Ridge Sliger and Brandan Ward, will begin their work in May.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Sliger_Ridge-min.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 313px; float: left;\" />Ridge Sliger of Lee University (Tennessee) is a Biological Science major. A student well ahead of the curve, Ridge is at the top of his class and possesses experience in field studies through working with Dr. Michael Freake of Lee University on hellbender restoration research (the hellbender is a large salamander found in major river systems in the lower Midwest and Southeast regions of the US whose populations have been declining in recent years). Ridge has also been involved in junior and senior level research through the prestigious iMASS (Integration of Math and Science Students) program at Lee. Speaking of the research program at Au Sable, Ridge explained, &ldquo;This experience will allow me to utilize my current ecological fieldwork skill set as a servant of Christ and will allow me to further develop my skill set in a way that will prepare me for a career in which I will continue to honor Christ as a wildlife ecologist capable of conducting and publishing meaningful research for the good of God&rsquo;s Creation.&rdquo; Ridge brings a natural curiosity about science and proactive work ethic evident in past roles as President of Lee University&rsquo;s Creation Care Club and membership in multiple National Honor Societies. We are glad to have you on the Au Sable team, Ridge!</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Ward - removing invasives-min.jpeg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 333px; float: left;\" />Brandan Ward joins Ridge on the Grayling study, coming to Au Sable from Point Loma Nazarene University (California) where he is majoring in Environmental Science. With a background of service in the US Navy where he worked for ten years as a Nuclear Machinist Mate, Brandan has most recently served as a Leading Petty Officer. Trained as a Submarine Scuba Diver, Brandan is well acquainted with working in an aquatic environment.&nbsp; Possessing strong laboratory skills, an outstanding academic record, exemplary recommendations from faculty at Point Loma, and a passion for the outdoors, Brandan will be a great asset to Au Sable&rsquo;s research. &ldquo;As I&rsquo;ve grown older,&rdquo; said Brandan, &ldquo;I have begun to appreciate how threatened the outdoor places I so enjoy are. Participating in research, I believe, along with many other benefits, would help me direct my future endeavors in the world of environmental science.&rdquo; A recipient of Sailor of the Year (2016), and 6 Navy Achievement Medals, Brandan&rsquo;s dedication to excellence and quality is clear, as well as his leadership ability and personal initiative, invaluable assets to the Grayling research team. Welcome to the Au Sable Research Program, Brandan!</p>\n<p>\n	Dr. Cameron Goble of Michigan Tech will be leading this field study in 2017, &ldquo;As the only stream-dwelling member of the Salmonidae family native to the Lower Peninsula, Arctic Grayling were undoubtedly a central piece of these river ecosystems and the cultures that relied on them. I&rsquo;m thrilled to be a part of such a diverse and collaborative research team focusing on returning this iconic species to its native Michigan waters. I hope that one day soon Michigan&rsquo;s Lower Peninsula will once again be known worldwide for its thriving Arctic Grayling populations!&rdquo; said of the upcoming study. It is an honor to have Brandan and Ridge on the Grayling study team, and to have Dr. Goble at the helm. Looking forward to the upcoming field season!</p>\n<p>\n	<span style=\"font-size: 11px;\"><strong><em>This is the third in a series of stories that will introduce the Au Sable Research Teams for each study. Watch for the next story about ongoing studies of the behavioral ecology of forest bird communities, which will be taking place at Au Sable this summer through Dr. Darren Proppe of Calvin College.</em></strong></span></p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(868,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HPR_Con_Bio.png','xhtml','/news_and_resources/blog/courses_that_change_your_life_conservation_biology_biol_471#.VP7WsMZdO2s','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(869,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Korstad_3.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />Professor of Biology and Director of the Honors Program at Oral Roberts University (ORU), John Korstad is a well-known and much beloved member of the Au Sable faculty, annually teaching Lake Ecology and Management at Au Sables Great Lakes Campus in Summer Session II since 1996. Raised in northern California, John was a double major in biology and geology at California Lutheran College in Thousand Oaks. There John was strongly influenced by and attracted to Christian professors who expressed their faith in Christ transparently in many disciplines. Their examples had a profound impact on his ultimate decision to become a college professor who would teach students in a faith-based institution. After earning his Bachelor&rsquo;s degrees (BA in Geology and BS in Biology) from California Lutheran, John earned an MS in Environmental Biology from California State University- Hayward before completing both an MS and PhD in Zoology from the University of Michigan. A research contributor to such journals as <em>Hydrobiologia</em>, <em>Journal of Great Lakes Research</em>, and <em>Green Chemistry</em>, John is also known for his outstanding skill as an educator, having received awards at ORU for Faculty Member of the Year (Excellence in Teaching), Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year in the School of Arts and Sciences, and the Outstanding Faculty Award for All Schools, and, from the Carnegie Foundation, Professor of the Year in Oklahoma. A former Fulbright Scholar, John has conducted research in Norway on aquaculture research and the development of biofuels from algae. Known locally around Au Sable&rsquo;s Great Lakes Campus, John and his students in Lake Ecology and Management annually conduct surveys of local lakes and provide the results to local lake owner associations, a practice that has made many friends for the Au Sable Institute.&nbsp;</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Korstad_3(1).jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />Professor of Biology and Director of the Honors Program at Oral Roberts University (ORU), John Korstad is a well-known and much beloved member of the Au Sable faculty, annually teaching Lake Ecology and Management at Au Sables Great Lakes Campus in Summer Session II since 1996. Raised in northern California, John was a double major in biology and geology at California Lutheran College in Thousand Oaks. There John was strongly influenced by and attracted to Christian professors who expressed their faith in Christ transparently in many disciplines. Their examples had a profound impact on his ultimate decision to become a college professor who would teach students in a faith-based institution. After earning his Bachelor&rsquo;s degrees (BA in Geology and BS in Biology) from California Lutheran, John earned an MS in Environmental Biology from California State University- Hayward before completing both an MS and PhD in Zoology from the University of Michigan. A research contributor to such journals as <em>Hydrobiologia</em>, <em>Journal of Great Lakes Research</em>, and <em>Green Chemistry</em>, John is also known for his outstanding skill as an educator, having received awards at ORU for Faculty Member of the Year (Excellence in Teaching), Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year in the School of Arts and Sciences, and the Outstanding Faculty Award for All Schools, and, from the Carnegie Foundation, Professor of the Year in Oklahoma. A former Fulbright Scholar, John has conducted research in Norway on aquaculture research and the development of biofuels from algae. Known locally around Au Sable&rsquo;s Great Lakes Campus, John and his students in Lake Ecology and Management annually conduct surveys of local lakes and provide the results to local lake owner associations, a practice that has made many friends for the Au Sable Institute.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Korstad_2(1).jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: left;\" />Students like John Naritoku recall, &quot;Jon Korstad is a teacher that believes in the student&#39;s ability to excel in his class. He is very out-going and we get to take trips to lakes and ponds during the class period. Even though it sounds fun, it is hard but manageable work for everyone.&rdquo; Despite a demanding schedule and a constantly growing array of opportunities for his service and skill, John continues to return to Au Sable each year. He explains &ldquo;I love teaching at Au Sable.&nbsp; It fulfills my desire to apply the academic aspects of Lake Ecology and Management in practical ways through working with local lakeside homeowners to better manage their beautiful aquatic resources. I appreciate the opportunity to fellowship with the wonderful Au Sable community and to serve the Lord far beyond what I dreamed possible.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	For every student, the opportunity to learn under the skills and care of John Korstad in his Lake Ecology and Management course at Au Sable remains an exceptional privilege and a transformative educational experience.&nbsp;</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(870,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HP_Rotator_FF_John_Korstad2.jpg','xhtml','/news_and_resources/blog/faculty_profiles_john_korstad_lake_ecology_and_management#.VQl4NcZdO2s','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(871,1,1,'<h1>\n	&nbsp;</h1>\n<h1>\n	Manistee River Water Quality Data</h1>\n<p>\n	Stream Teams currently monitor water quality at five locations within the watershed, Flowing Wells, Big Cannon Creek, Big Devil Creek, Maple Creek and Pierson Creek.&nbsp;&nbsp; Stream Teams perform a habitat assessment (fall only) and collect macroinvertebrates from each site, this data is used to compute a Stream Quality Index score (SQI) which will be used to benchmark changes in water quality over time. &nbsp;A full summary of our methods and procedures can be found in our <a href=\"{filedir_5}Au Sable QAPP_FINAL(1).pdf\">Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP)</a>.&nbsp; Full individual stream reports are available online in the <a href=\"http://www.micorps.net/data/view/search/\">MiCorps data exchange network</a>, records can also be attained by contacting Au Sable directly.&nbsp; Biennial reports will be produced following our fall and spring collection events.&nbsp; A final year-end report will be distributed in August.</p>\n<p>\n	<strong>Understanding the SQI:</strong></p>\n<p>\n	The Stream Quality Index is a measure of stream health and water quality based on the presence or absence of specific orders (and some families) of macroinvertebrates typical of healthy cold-water streams.&nbsp; Macroinvertebrate orders (and some families) are categorized into three groups according to how well they tolerate pollution: Group 1) Sensitive, Group 2) Somewhat-sensitive, and Group 3) Tolerant. Groupings are weighted to account for discrepancies in pollution tolerances with Group 1 organisms weighted higher than Group 2, and Group 2 higher than Group 3.&nbsp; Species abundance is also accounted for in the weighting scale with higher sample counts for each order receiving a higher weight than lower sample counts (with the exception Group 3). Macroinvertebrates within a stream sample are identified to the necessary taxonomic level, recorded and scored.&nbsp; An example macroinvertebrate data sheet can be viewed or downloaded&nbsp;<a href=\"{filedir_5}MiCorps_Macro_Datasheet.pdf\">here</a>.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<a href=\"{filedir_5}FA15 SQI Chart.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}FA15 SQI Chart.png\" style=\"width: 450px; height: 224px;\" /></a><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Screen Shot 2015-03-25 at 2_14_59 PM.png\" style=\"width: 116px; height: 93px;\" /></p>\n<p>\n	<strong>Understanding Macroinvertebrate Family Data:</strong></p>\n<p>\n	Identifying our macroinvertebrate samples to the family taxonomic level can give us more precise data and a more complete understanding of stream health.&nbsp;&nbsp; For example, the order Ephemeroptera (mayflies) is typically associated with high water quality, which is true in general.&nbsp; However, some mayflies do not need high water quality to survive and may be present in water typically associated with very poor water quality.&nbsp; Identifying our sample to the family level can, in some instances, help account for pollution tolerance discrepancies within orders.&nbsp; Family data can be viewed or downloaded on the <a href=\"http://www.micorps.net/data/view/search/\">MiCorps Data Exchange</a>, or by contacting Au Sable.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<a href=\"{filedir_5}FA15%20Family%20Taxa(1).png\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}FA15 Family Taxa(1).png\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 242px;\" /></a></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<em>*Total number of families represented in the sample</em></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<a href=\"{filedir_5}FA15 EPT Chart(1).png\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}FA15 EPT Chart(1).png\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 245px;\" /></a></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<em>**Total number of families of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera (mayflies, stoneflies, and caddisflies respectively) represented in the sample</em></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<a href=\"{filedir_5}FA15 Sensitive Taxa(1).png\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}FA15 Sensitive Taxa(1).png\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 237px;\" /></a></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<em>*** Total number of sensitive familes represented in the sample (adapted from the Hilsenhoff biotic index). Organisms rated 0-2 (scale 0-10) by Hilsenhoff were considered sensitive.</em></p>\n<p>\n	<strong><em>Some notes and reminders about interpreting the data:</em></strong>&nbsp; All data should be considered preliminary until after our third year of collecting (Fall 2017).&nbsp; This will give time to increase our sample size and create a more reliable baseline of data.&nbsp;Note also that while SQI scores correspond with a qualitative rating (excellent, good, fair, poor), these ratings do not necessarily represent overall health of a particular stream.&nbsp; Taken alone, each score reflects a single sampling in time within a single stretch of stream and should be measured against historical sampling trends within that same sampling site, not necessarily against other streams or tributaries. Questions regarding data and sampling can be directed to the Project Manager, Paul Wiemerslage.</p>\n','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(873,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HP_Rotator_FF_MarkGathany2.jpg','xhtml','news_and_resources/blog/faculty_profiles_mark_gathany_environmental_applications_for_gis#.VRQHGMZdO2v','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(878,1,1,'<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	Field Botany (Biol 311)</h1>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>Great Lakes Campus - Summer Session I</em></span></h4>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}IMG_3967-300pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 300px; height: 200px; float: right; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px;\" /></h2>\n<h2>\n	Course Description</h2>\n<p>\n	Field and lab identification, systematics, natural history, and ecology of vascular plants as components of natural communities. Ecological features, including stratification, history, plant zonation, adaptation, and animal interactions are examined. Relationships of plant families and higher groups are covered. Project and/or plant collection required. Prerequisite: one year of general biology or one semester of botany.&nbsp;<em>Field.</em></p>\n<p>\n	<strong>Professor:</strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/faculty_and_fellows/#Dr.%20Kenneth%20Sytsma\">Dr. Ken Sytsma</a><br />\n	<strong>Meets:</strong>&nbsp;Tuesday &amp; Thursday</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<a class=\"shinyBtn\" href=\"{filedir_11}courses/register/\">Register now!</a></p>\n<h2>\n	Field Experiences</h2>\n<ul>\n	<li>\n		Au Sable Campus</li>\n	<li>\n		Antrim Creek Nature Preserve</li>\n	<li>\n		Cheboygan State Park</li>\n	<li>\n		Maple Bay Natural Area</li>\n	<li>\n		Jordan River</li>\n	<li>\n		Bear Lake Bog</li>\n	<li>\n		Twin Lake Road</li>\n</ul>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<h2>\n	Interested in learning more about Field Botany, and Dr. Sytsma?</h2>\n<div>\n	<p>\n		Check out these blogs!</p>\n	<p>\n		<a href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/blog/coures_that_change_your_life_field_botany_biol_311#.Wh7gSbT81UM\"><strong>Courses That Change Your Life: Field Botany</strong></a><strong></strong></p>\n	<p>\n		<a href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/blog/faculty_profiles_ken_sytsma_field_botany#.Wh7gX7T81UM\"><strong>Featured Faculty: Dr. Ken Sytsma</strong></a></p>\n	<p>\n		&nbsp;</p>\n	<p>\n		<strong></strong></p>\n</div>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Field_Botany-course.jpg\" style=\"width: 572px; height: 200px; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px;\" /></p>\n','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(879,1,1,'<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	Land Resources (Biol/Geol/Geog 301)</h1>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>Great Lakes Campus - Summer Session I</em></span></h4>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}IMG_4686-300pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 300px; height: 200px; float: right; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px;\" /></h2>\n<h2>\n	Course Description</h2>\n<p>\n	Systems level perspective on land forms and ecosystems. Includes analysis and interpretation of field data, remote sensing data derived from satellites and aircraft and geographic information systems (GIS). Field trips to and analysis of forests, wetlands, lakeshores, and rivers. Includes application to policy and land use planning. Prerequisite: one year of introductory science.&nbsp;<em>Field, Applied, Interdisciplinary.</em></p>\n<p>\n	<strong>Professor:</strong>&nbsp;Dr. Mark Gathany, Dr. Mike Guebert, Prof. Rachel Lamb<br />\n	<strong>Meets:</strong>&nbsp;Tuesday &amp; Thursday</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<a class=\"shinyBtn\" href=\"{filedir_11}courses/register/\">Register now!</a></p>\n<h2>\n	Field Experiences</h2>\n<ul>\n	<li>\n		Alba quarry</li>\n	<li>\n		Field trip to East Jordan, Charlevoix, and Ellsworth</li>\n	<li>\n		Tar Lake EPA Superfund site</li>\n	<li>\n		Sleeping Bear Dune National Lakeshore</li>\n	<li>\n		Kirtland&rsquo;s Warbler protected area</li>\n	<li>\n		Traverse City city planning office</li>\n	<li>\n		Hartwick Pines</li>\n</ul>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Land-Resources-course.jpg\" style=\"width: 590px; height: 200px; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px;\" /></p>\n','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(880,1,9,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Harold_3.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />The Harold Z. Snyder Fellowship commemorates the vision, life and legacy of Dr. Harold Snyder, Au Sable&rsquo;s founder. Using a small amount of land purchased in northern Michigan in 1956, Harold had, by 1958, begun a summer outdoor science camp for boys he called Au Sable Trails. Joining the Biology Faculty at Taylor University (Indiana) in 1962, he began to see the possibilities of expanding his camp&rsquo;s curriculum and vision to create courses for college students in environmental study and creation care, while at the same time expanding outdoor environmental education classes into a program that would eventually serve public, parochial, and home school students from 11 counties in northern Michigan, and eventually leading to the birth of the Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies.&nbsp; Today the Snyder Fellowship provides a US $2,500 award to a student of exceptional academic ability who demonstrates aptitude for and commitment to a career in science teaching. The fellowship was established by two of Au Sable&rsquo;s earliest college students, along with other friends of Dr. Snyder in appreciation of his role in their life and the life of the Institute.</p>\n<p>\n	In this year of 2015, Au Sable is pleased to announce co-winners of the Harold Z. Snyder Fellowship in Mariya Essani of Wayland Baptist University (Texas) and Whitney Lambert of Cornerstone University (Michigan). Co-winners will not be a normal pattern for the Snyder Fellowship, but, in this case, these two applicants were so well qualified that the Selection Committee decided that the only just decision was to recognize both, and give the full award to each. Mariya and Whitney are uniquely gifted individuals, that both share a passion for teaching natural science to others as a visible expression of God&rsquo;s good creation.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Essani_2.jpg\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 250px; float: right;\" />Mariya Essani&rsquo;s&nbsp;road to science teaching is different from most. Born in Russia, Mariya came to the United States at a young age with her mother. Homeschooled in much of her education prior to college, Mariya was inspired to be a teacher herself. A major in Life Science Education at Wayland, Mariya impressed many faculty who describe her as intelligent, curious, and eager to learn. Noting her work in three courses he taught at Wayland, Dr. Andrew Kasner, Professor of Biology, wrote of Mariya, &ldquo;She was an exceptional student in all three, with a disciplined approach to her studies and a willingness to help weaker students along in the process. In terms of her ability to excel in her Au Sable courses, I have no doubts.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	Dr. Kasner&rsquo;s colleague at Wayland, Dr. Herb Grover, Dean of Wayland&rsquo;s School of Mathematics and Sciences, wrote of Mariya that &ldquo;she was one of the most engaged and engaging students in the field and in the classroom. It was abundantly clear that Mariya loves studying God&rsquo;s creation and she seems to never tire from the process of field study.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Essani_1.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: left;\" />Mariya will get plenty of field study at Au Sable, where she has enrolled in Field Botany and Animal Ecology in Summer Session I at the Great Lakes campus (Michigan). In anticipating her experience, Mariya noted that she wanted to study at Au Sable because &ldquo;it will be a life-changing experience to participate in the hands-on field studies from which I can share what I have learned about God&rsquo;s creation with many others.&rdquo; We at Au Sable are certainthat Mariya will not be disappointed.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Lambert_2.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />Whitney Lambert&nbsp;has a much shorter road to the Au Sable Institute, studying and majoring in Biology at Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids, Michigan, just two and a half hours south of Au Sable&rsquo;s Great Lakes campus. Her approach to environmental education, however, is novel. Whitney wants to start a not-for-profit horse ranch where youth can connect with God&rsquo;s creation. Whitney explains, &ldquo;Horses are naturally therapeutic and give people a sense of responsibility and acceptance to build character. Being out in the environment builds healthy living and I would like to incorporate science for youth in an interesting and applicable way.&rdquo; Faculty at Cornerstone believe Whitney has the gifts and skills to do this. Dr. Kent Walters of Cornerstone University wrote, &ldquo;Whitney possesses a commitment to academic excellence demonstrated by consistent hard work in her classes, conscientious focus and follow through&hellip;and a willingness to go above and beyond course requirements by participating in additional class and extracurricular activities.&rdquo; Combining intellectual ability with Christian commitment, Whitney&rsquo;s pastor. Dr. Jay Childs, noted that Whitney is &ldquo;a model of Christian service, sincerity, and commitment. She models integrity, leadership, diligence, serving others and fortitude.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Lambert_1(1).jpg\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 250px; float: left;\" />At Au Sable, Whitney intends to take two very demanding, analytically-oriented and skill-based courses, Environmental Applications for Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Environmental Chemistry during Summer Session II at the Great Lakes Campus. Whitney explained her choices this way, saying &quot;I enjoy classes that develop critical thinking with a practical and hands-on approach, so I am looking forward to furthering my education through these analytical courses. The knowledge provided will develop skills that are applicable in a diverse range of environmental disciplines.&quot;</p>\n<p>\n	Dr. Rob Keys of Cornerstone University thinks that Whitney will do well at Au Sable, noting &ldquo;She has a great desire to make a difference in the sciences. Her motivation, drive, and application of learning show a great potential in reaching this goal.&rdquo; At Au Sable, we think so too, and are honored to name Whitney as the co-recipient of the 2015 Harold Snyder Fellowship.</p>\n<p>\n	Just as Dr. Snyder&rsquo;s work and legacy bestow honor on this fellowship, both in name and application, so too do those who receive it. Although very different in background and life experience, Mariya and Whitney honor Dr. Snyder and the Institute in embodying and representing his ideals in their forthcoming work at the Institute, and in all they have accomplished so far. We, at Au Sable, celebrate the recognition of Mariya and Whitney as this year&rsquo;s Harold Z. Snyder Fellows, and look forward to their time of study and work with us.</p>\n','none','{filedir_8}Harold_THUMB.jpg','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(881,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HPR_SnynderRecipients.jpg','xhtml','news_and_resources/news/2015_snyder_fellowship_produces_co_winners_from_wayland_baptist_and_corners#.VScESlxd','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(883,1,1,'<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	Wildlife Ecology (Biol 345)</h1>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>Great Lakes Campus - Summer Session II</em></span></h4>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}IMG_4047-300pxl-rounded.jpg\" style=\"width: 300px; height: 304px; float: right;\" /></h2>\n<h2>\n	Course Description</h2>\n<p>\n	This course covers the ecology, conservation, and stewardship of wildlife species and their habitats. The main components of the course includes growth and structure of natural and managed populations, environmental and human social factors affecting wildlife communities, and wildlife conservation. The course is set in the context of the historical development of the field from management, to ecology, and to the land ethic of Leopold. It also includes discussions of how to apply this information for management and stewardship of non-game and endangered species, and long-term prospects of wildlife in changing environmental, climatic, and social contexts. Prerequisite: one course in biology, or permission of professor.&nbsp;<em>Field, Applied.</em></p>\n<p>\n	<strong>Professor:</strong>&nbsp;Dr. Tim Van Deelen<br />\n	<strong>Meets:</strong>&nbsp;Tuesday &amp; Thursday</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<a class=\"shinyBtn\" href=\"{filedir_11}courses/register/\">Register now!</a></p>\n<h2>\n	Skills Developed</h2>\n<ul>\n	<li>\n		Setting up trapping grids</li>\n	<li>\n		Placing traps</li>\n	<li>\n		Small mammal handling</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>\n	Field Experiences</h2>\n<ul>\n	<li>\n		Grass River</li>\n	<li>\n		Seney Wildlife Refugee</li>\n</ul>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<h2>\n	Interested in learning more about Wildlife Ecology, and Dr. Van Deelen?</h2>\n<div>\n	<p>\n		Check out these blogs!</p>\n	<p>\n		<a href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/blog/courses_that_change_your_life_wildlife_ecology_biol_345#.WiFoRLT81UM\"><strong>Courses That Change Your Life: Wildlife Ecology</strong></a></p>\n	<p>\n		<a href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/blog/faculty_profiles_tim_van_deelen_wildlife_ecology#.WiFodbT81UM\"><strong>Featured Faculty: Dr. Tim Van Deelen</strong></a></p>\n	<p>\n		&nbsp;</p>\n</div>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Wildlife-Ecology-course(1).jpg\" style=\"width: 575px; height: 200px; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px;\" /></p>\n','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(884,1,1,'<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	International Development &amp; Environmental Sustainability (Biol/Geog 304)</h1>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>Pacific Rim Campus - Summer Session II</em></span></h4>\n<h2>\n	&nbsp;</h2>\n<h2>\n	Course Description</h2>\n<p>\n	Environmental analysis and natural resources in relation to society and development issues. The focus of 304 is on ecological sustainability and sustainable society in the context of various factors that are bringing environmental degradation and impoverishment to people and cultures. It deals with topics of hunger, poverty, international debt, appropriate technology, relief programs, missionary earthkeeping, conservation of wild nature, land tenure, and land stewardship. It employs a discussion format both in classroom and field settings. Its emphasis is on grappling with difficult practical and ethical problems and issues that require deep and persistent thought. <em>Interdisciplinary,&nbsp;Applied.</em></p>\n<p>\n	<strong>Professor:</strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"/courses/faculty_and_fellows/#Dr.%20Michael%20Ferber\">Dr. Michael Ferber</a><br />\n	<strong>Meets:</strong>&nbsp;Tuesday &amp; Friday</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<a class=\"shinyBtn\" href=\"{filedir_11}courses/register/\">Register now!</a></p>\n<h2>\n	Knowledge Gained</h2>\n<ul>\n	<li>\n		Biblical Understanding of poverty and environmental stewardship</li>\n	<li>\n		Current state of the creation</li>\n	<li>\n		Dimensions of global poverty and injustice</li>\n	<li>\n		Complexities of social, economic and environmental sustainability</li>\n	<li>\n		Faith-based approaches to international development and sustainability</li>\n	<li>\n		Relationships between poverty, injustice and the environment</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>\n	Skills Developed</h2>\n<ul>\n	<li>\n		Strategies for transformational development</li>\n	<li>\n		Micro and Macro approaches to poverty alleviation and environmental restoration</li>\n	<li>\n		Community building and community development</li>\n	<li>\n		Capacity building and empowerment</li>\n	<li>\n		Incarnational approaches to missions, development, and environmental restoration</li>\n	<li>\n		Capacity to speak hope into a hurting world</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>\n	Field Experiences</h2>\n<ul>\n	<li>\n		Rosario Beach</li>\n	<li>\n		Coupeville Wharf</li>\n	<li>\n		San Juan Islands</li>\n	<li>\n		Seattle\n		<ul>\n			<li>\n				World Vision Headquarters</li>\n			<li>\n				Gates Foundation</li>\n			<li>\n				Pike Market</li>\n			<li>\n				World Relief Seattle Refugee Centre</li>\n		</ul>\n	</li>\n	<li>\n		Olympic Peninsula\n		<ul>\n			<li>\n				Makah Cultural and Research Center</li>\n			<li>\n				Cape Flattery (most western point in the continental US)</li>\n			<li>\n				Hurricane Ridge</li>\n		</ul>\n	</li>\n</ul>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;</p>\n<h2>\n	Interested in learning more about International Development &amp; Environmental Sustainability, and Dr. Michael Ferber?</h2>\n<div>\n	<p>\n		Check out these blogs!</p>\n	<p>\n		<a href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/blog/courses_that_change_your_life_international_development_and_environmental_s#.WiFtOrT81UM\"><strong>Courses That Change Your Life: International Development &amp; Environmental Sustainability</strong></a><strong></strong></p>\n	<p>\n		<a href=\"{filedir_11}news_and_resources/blog/faculty_profiles_michael_ferber_international_development_and_sustainabilit#.WiFtXbT81UM\"><strong>Featured Faculty: Dr. Michael Ferber</strong></a></p>\n</div>\n','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(885,1,1,'<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	Environmental Health (Biol 452)</h1>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>Pacific Rim Campus - Summer Session II</em></span></h4>\n<h2>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}AS_Day1_LowRes-007-rounded-400pxl.jpg\" style=\"width: 300px; height: 200px; float: right;\" /></h2>\n<h2>\n	Course Description</h2>\n<p>\n	Introduction to the fundamentals of environmental health, with an introduction to environmental epidemiology and environmental medicine. Environmental pollutants and their sources, effects of environmental pollution on the environment and public health, environmental control agencies, methods of pollution control, environmental law and policy, environmental, and public health research agencies, environmental epidemiology, environmental medicine, and environmental stewardship are included. Field trips and lab assignments complement the materials covered in lectures. Open to all students with preference given to pre-medical students and students exploring a career in environmental health and public health. Prerequisite: two years of biology and one year of chemistry.&nbsp;<em>Interdisciplinary,&nbsp;Applied.</em></p>\n<p>\n	<strong>Professor:</strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"/courses/faculty_and_fellows/#Dr.%20Luke%20Naeher\">Dr. Luke Naeher</a><br />\n	<strong>Meets:</strong>&nbsp;Tuesday &amp; Friday</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n	<a class=\"shinyBtn\" href=\"{filedir_11}courses/register/\">Register now!</a></p>\n<h2>\n	Field Experiences</h2>\n<ul>\n	<li>\n		Deception Pass</li>\n	<li>\n		San Juan Islands</li>\n	<li>\n		Rosario Resort</li>\n	<li>\n		Ebey&rsquo;s Landing Double Bluffs</li>\n	<li>\n		Port Townsend</li>\n	<li>\n		Olympic Mountains</li>\n	<li>\n		Washington Park</li>\n	<li>\n		University of Washington-Seattle</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>\n	Pairs with</h2>\n<ul>\n	<li>\n		<a href=\"/courses/course_information/summer_session_ii_pacific_rim/international_development_and_environmental_sustainability_biol_geog_304/\">Biol/Geog 304: International Development and Environmental Sustainability</a></li>\n	<li>\n		<a href=\"/courses/course_information/summer_session_ii_pacific_rim/marine_mammals_biol_359/\">Biol 359: Marine Mammals</a></li>\n	<li>\n		<a href=\"/courses/course_information/summer_session_ii_pacific_rim/alpine_ecology_biol_478/\">Biol 478: Alpine Ecology</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Watershed-courses.jpg\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 210px;\" /></p>\n','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(891,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_8}HPR_OILPAD.jpg','xhtml','news_and_resources/news/restoring_the_michigan_forest','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(892,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}BD5K_Homepage_Rotator2.jpg','xhtml','/news_and_resources/events/','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(894,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HPR_Lausanne.jpg','xhtml','news_and_resources/news/au_sable_director_to_speak_at_north_american_lausanne_conference','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(895,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Sturgeon_2.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />Once a common species in the Great Lakes and larger rivers of Michigan, the Lake Sturgeon was depleted through overfishing throughout its range. Now a species of high conservation priority, efforts to restore populations of Lake Sturgeons are underway throughout the Midwest. One of these efforts is led by the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians (LRBOI). Focused on the lower Manistee River, near the center of the Band&rsquo;s traditional homeland, fisheries biologists of the LRBOI are capturing sturgeon fry in the lower Manistee River and raising them in a special sturgeon rearing facility. In this controlled environment, young sturgeon are protected from predators and environmental hazards, growing to larger sizes to be released later when they are less vulnerable. The program thus increases the survival of sturgeon fry and augments the river&rsquo;s sturgeon population.&nbsp;</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Sturgeon_1.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />Once a common species in the Great Lakes and larger rivers of Michigan, the Lake Sturgeon was depleted through overfishing throughout its range. Now a species of high conservation priority, efforts to restore populations of Lake Sturgeons are underway throughout the Midwest. One of these efforts is led by the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians (LRBOI). Focused on the lower Manistee River, near the center of the Band&rsquo;s traditional homeland, fisheries biologists of the LRBOI are capturing sturgeon fry in the lower Manistee River and raising them in a special sturgeon rearing facility. In this controlled environment, young sturgeon are protected from predators and environmental hazards, growing to larger sizes to be released later when they are less vulnerable. The program thus increases the survival of sturgeon fry and augments the river&rsquo;s sturgeon population.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Sturgeon_3.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: left;\" />This year the Au Sable Institute has been honored to assist in the effort, sending four students to assist with sturgeon capture in the lower Manistee River this May and June. Using large D-framed nets set across the river&rsquo;s channel at night, when sturgeon are most active, the Au Sable team has helped collect sturgeon fry to aid in this restoration effort. Corey Jerome, the Tribe&rsquo;s Aquatic and Fisheries Biologist who instructed the Au Sable team in sampling and collection techniques, noted, &ldquo;The assistance of Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies during the spring Manistee River Lake Sturgeon larval drift collection was an integral part in the completion of the 14<sup>th</sup> year of sampling. The willingness to jump in with two feet during high flows and late nights with enthusiasm and eagerness to learn new sampling techniques in the assistance with the collection of larval lake sturgeon for further rearing in the streamside rearing facility showed great appreciation for the work they were completing.&rdquo;&nbsp; Marty Holtgren, Senior Inland Fisheries Biologist added, &ldquo;The Au Sable staff have been a great addition to the sturgeon program.&nbsp; They instantly became an important part of the field crew and were instrumental to the success of this difficult survey.&nbsp; Their positive outlook and excitement towards a new experience was encouraging to see.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Sturgeon_2(2).jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />Fred Van Dyke, Executive Director of the Au Sable Institute who accompanied the Au Sable Team on their first collection event in May, explained, &ldquo;This is a wonderful opportunity for our students to be part of an ongoing and truly effective population restoration effort. We&rsquo;re honored to be part of this effort with the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, and we&rsquo;re pleased to be able to offer our students this kind of education in the practical work of conservation and restoration.&rdquo; &nbsp;The Au Sable Institute commends the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians for this important work in population restoration of an important native species, and thanks them for the honor of working with them in this effort.</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(896,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HPR_Sturgeon1.jpg','xhtml','news_and_resources/blog/late_nights_and_sturgeon#.VYyJ1WC4k_V','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(897,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}DP2(3).png\" style=\"float: right; width: 250px; height: 188px;\" />A joint research effort of the Au Sable Institute and Calvin College (Michigan) aims to determine the effects of noise pollution associated with roads and oil drilling on communities of forest songbirds, and to assess whether reductions in bird abundance and diversity in these noise-affected areas can be mitigated through the introduction of another acoustic cue: playback of songs recorded from other male songbirds. The first step of this research employed this concept &ndash; generally referred to as conspecific attraction &ndash; to assess the effects of playback on a community of songbirds that reside in low noise areas in the Au Sable region. In addition to being foundational for further work, these first year results offer much to the scientific community, and have been recently published in the journal, <em>Behavioral Ecology...</em></p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}DP2(1).png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />A joint research effort of the Au Sable Institute and Calvin College (Michigan) aims to determine the effects of noise pollution associated with roads and oil drilling on communities of forest songbirds, and to assess whether reductions in bird abundance and diversity in these noise-affected areas can be mitigated through the introduction of another acoustic cue: playback of songs recorded from other male songbirds. The first step of this research employed this concept &ndash; generally referred to as conspecific attraction &ndash; to assess the effects of playback on a community of songbirds that reside in low noise areas in the Au Sable region. In addition to being foundational for further work, these first year results offer much to the scientific community, and have been recently published in the journal, <a href=\"http://beheco.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/06/25/beheco.arv094.short?rss=1\"><em>Behavioral Ecology</em></a>, the official journal of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology and part of the prestigious Oxford Journal group. In summary, this research determined that conspecific attraction can be used to increase songbird establishment in an area for multiple species. Previous studies had used the technique for only single species. However, researchers also noted that some species who songs were not played back became less common within the research area. This suggests that biologist must carefully evaluate potential negative, as well as positive, impacts on a songbird community before conspecific attraction is employed as a conservation tool. The study, started in 2014 and led by Calvin College Associate Professor of biology <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/faculty_and_fellows/#Dr.%20Dan%20Ippolito/\">Darren Proppe</a>, is continuing in 2015 with playback sites now located along low to high use roads in Kalkaska County.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}DP5(1).png\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: left;\" />Au Sable has assisted Dr. Proppe in providing aid in selection of study sites, room and board for Proppe&rsquo;s student research assistants, and mentoring of such students with other assistants in its research program through its courses on Research Methods. Dr. Fred Van Dyke, Au Sable&rsquo;s Executive Director, noted, &ldquo;We are extremely pleased with Darren&rsquo;s success and recognition in publishing results of this important study in such a short time and with such a prestigious journal. When we publish research, our work serves and aids scientists all over the world, not just our own organization and our own students. Darren has produced a remarkable work in just the first year that will help scientists and conservation managers everywhere who have to deal with similar problems associated with noise pollution in forest environments.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(898,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HPR_ConspecificAttraction.jpg','xhtml','news_and_resources/blog/songbird_research_gains_national_attention#.VZJ8XWBdO2s','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(915,1,1,'','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(914,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	Lindsay Barden is the newest member of Au Sable&#39;s team. &nbsp;We are really excited for her to be here!<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Louies Pond.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 167px; float: right;\" /></p>\n','none','<p>\n	Lindsay Barden is the newest member of Au Sable&#39;s team. &nbsp;We are really excited for her to be here!<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Louies Pond(1).jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 167px; float: right;\" /></p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(962,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Lydia1.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />Here is a story: nine third graders, three chaperones, and one excited-but-flustered twenty-two year old walk into a rec building to put on snowshoes. The latter, the instructor, huddles the eight-year-olds into a circle. &ldquo;Tell me your name, and then tell me something that starts with the same letter of your name,&rdquo; Pizza. Newt. Hare. Banana. Jumping Bean. These are their monikers for the remainder of the day, as they are strapped into their winter apparatuses and guided on a wobbly winter hike.</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Lydia1(1).jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;\" />Here is a story: nine third graders, three chaperones, and one excited-but-flustered twenty-two year old walk into a rec building to put on snowshoes. The latter, the instructor, huddles the eight-year-olds into a circle. &ldquo;Tell me your name, and then tell me something that starts with the same letter of your name,&rdquo; Pizza. Newt. Hare. Banana. Jumping Bean. These are their monikers for the remainder of the day, as they are strapped into their winter apparatuses and guided on a wobbly winter hike.</p>\n<p>\n	This is a typical day for me, the nervous one, the instructor who is still on some days surprised that she&rsquo;s here, surrounded by quiet and forest and animals. This is, however, an abnormal day for the little ones. It&rsquo;s a field trip or an overnight class excursion, the theoretical &ldquo;favorite memory&rdquo; that they will list when the school year is over. In part, this is what environmental education is about, at least for me: I love the fact that there are programs available that capitalize on alternative learning strategies and show them that science isn&rsquo;t just a very particular set of facts in a very particular class. Perhaps this is selfish on my part, as this is why I liked outdoor experiences when I was in school. But given the wealth of pre-task reading we had during training week, I think I have support.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Lydia2.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: left;\" />The other side of it, though, is the idea that if we can prove to these third graders that there&rsquo;s something to this, the wandering, in however wobbly a manner, and the forest, snow or sun-filled, and the animals, whatever wintery adaptations they have developed (that the kids hopefully remember from the class I taught them), then maybe we won&rsquo;t have to teach them quite so explicitly that they get to be a part of it too. They can be a part of it, rather, if they decide to help keep it going. Pizza, with all his suppressed enthusiasm, can find peace here. Banana can find belonging. Hare and Jumping Bean can find new springs for their enthusiasm. And who knows what Newt will do. He covered a thorough scale of expressions while he was here, and against all odds, he paid attention. He could probably replace me if he wanted.</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(963,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Jono.jpg\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 250px; float: right;\" />I am extremely envious of extroverted people. In particular, I envy their ability to just talk. My most recent roommate, Matt, is definitely an extrovert.&nbsp; When you first meet him, he talks to you like you were old friends. On the opposite side of the spectrum, there&rsquo;s me. Conversationally I consider myself a slow starter, but once I&rsquo;ve gotten to know you aspects of my personality can resemble those of an extrovert. I bring this topic up because I have tried many times to pull and extract extroverted-ness from the very depths of my being.&nbsp; An act that any introvert will tell you ends with the individual feeling emotionally and physically exhausted. The reasons for me doing this are many, some selfish (popularity, attention, etc.) while others are honest attempts to produce better results for a given situation. However, in trying to force a new self, I felt I started to lose what made me Jono.&nbsp;</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Jono(1).jpg\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 250px; float: right;\" />I am extremely envious of extroverted people. In particular, I envy their ability to just talk. My most recent roommate, Matt, is definitely an extrovert.&nbsp; When you first meet him, he talks to you like you were old friends. On the opposite side of the spectrum, there&rsquo;s me. Conversationally I consider myself a slow starter, but once I&rsquo;ve gotten to know you aspects of my personality can resemble those of an extrovert. I bring this topic up because I have tried many times to pull and extract extroverted-ness from the very depths of my being.&nbsp; An act that any introvert will tell you ends with the individual feeling emotionally and physically exhausted. The reasons for me doing this are many, some selfish (popularity, attention, etc.) while others are honest attempts to produce better results for a given situation. However, in trying to force a new self, I felt I started to lose what made me Jono.</p>\n<p>\n	In teaching kids about science, Creation, and environmental concepts, I make it my responsibility to help them enjoy and gain insight to many new things. While participating in the winter internship, I had the privilege of meeting many kids who were all diverse in their personalities and attitudes. My big goal was to sow a seed that welcomed learning and to see the fun that can emerge. It is always a good feeling to see our work translate into smiles and nods of appreciation and understanding. The internship was a reminder that change occurs through small steps, rarely in large quantities.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Jono2.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 188px; float: left;\" />My introverted-ness has always posed a difficulty for me engaging others. However, as I have grown, I have come to the realization that my personality harbors multiple Jonos crafted from previous experiences to handle changing situations. Ironically, this understanding came about through my interactions with the very people (students and chaperones) that I was supposed to be teaching. The apostle Paul talks about how the grace of God has enabled believers to walk with the Lord as you put on the &ldquo;new self&rdquo; (Eph 4:24). Through my own growth, I learned that the discomfort, which I felt in response to attempts to be extroverted and engaging with others, was not necessarily an unnatural forced response but rather a necessary expression of my own nature and who I am. While energetically taxing this extroverted expression improved my interactions with people, increased my ability to form bonds, and made me a more effective teacher. In the end, what I understood as my own forced or false &ldquo;self&rdquo; was in reality new avenues of growth in my character and personality, God&rsquo;s patient grace emanating from my students and illuminating my very own &ldquo;new self.&rdquo;</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(899,1,9,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','none','<p>\n	As part of its ongoing commitment to grow its Board of Trustees in number, professional skill, and Christian ministry, the Au Sable Institute is pleased to welcome its two newest members, Dave Lamb and Dr. Robert Zwier, increasing the number of active Trustees from eight to ten. Both bring diverse and invaluable talents to Au Sable as the Institute continues to develop its ministries in education, research, and building the Au Sable community.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}DLNEWS.jpg\" style=\"width: 187px; height: 250px; float: right;\" />Dave Lamb (M. Div. Grand Rapids Theological Seminary, MI) currently resides in Lake Ann, Michigan, where he is Managing Director of Lake Ann Camp, an interdenominational Christian camp which has been changing lives and leading people to become disciples of Jesus Christ for over 60 years. A widely respected pastor, administrator, and development professional , Dave served for 17 years as Senior Pastor of the Highland Hills Baptist Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan before taking his present position at Lake Ann Camp. Active in the development of global missions and their supporting networks of outreach in Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Singapore, Hong Kong, India, The Philippines, and Brazil, David also developed local urban ministries in Grand Rapids that served migrant laborers, international professionals, and urban church planting. A skilled administrator, financial manager, and budget forecaster, Dave brings to the Au Sable Board a wealth of skill and experience in institutional administration in Christian mission, financial development, and budget management.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}ZwierStory.png\" style=\"width: 187px; height: 250px; float: left;\" />Robert Zwier (Ph.D, University of Wisconsin &ndash; Madison) is a respected Christian political scientist, teacher, scholar, and administrator. He has held positions as Provost and Senior Vice President of Roberts Wesleyan College (New York), Provost of Malone College (Ohio), Vice President for Academic Affairs at Colorado Christian University (Colorado), and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Northwestern College (Iowa). An expert in curricular development, evaluation, and educational assessment, Bob served for 11 years on the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association (NCA) of Colleges and Schools, the recognized accrediting authority for colleges and universities throughout the US Midwest. Bob also worked as a Mentor in the CCCU&rsquo;s Executive Leadership Development Program, a group formed specifically to assist individuals new to positions in academic leadership. Bob also served previously on the regional (Northwest Iowa) Board of the Center for Public Justice, working to develop a faith-based understanding of political issues.&nbsp;</p>\n<p>\n	Au Sable&rsquo;s Executive Director, Fred Van Dyke, noted of these individuals, &ldquo;We&rsquo;re richly blessed at this time to not only be able to grow the Board in number of trustees, but, much more importantly, to increase our capacity for leadership, administration, and educational assessment through the skills that Bob and Dave bring to us. And, with that, both bring a vibrant Christian commitment that enables them to truly understand the foundations of Au Sable&rsquo;s mission and ministry in environmental stewardship.&rdquo; Ben Lowe,&nbsp; Chair of the Board of Trustees added, <strong>&quot;</strong>Bob and Dave both come to us with distinguished records of faithful service and effective leadership. We&#39;re excited to have them on our team and look forward to how God will partner with them to further establish his kingdom work here at Au Sable.&quot;</p>\n<p>\n	Welcome aboard Bob and Dave! We&rsquo;re honored to have you with us.</p>\n','none','{filedir_8}DL_News_Thumb.jpg','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(900,1,2,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}rachelanddavefosterwhitehouse.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 187px; float: right;\" />Invitations to the White House don&rsquo;t come often, but when they do, they deserve notice. The Au Sable Institute is honored to name one of its own faculty as a recent White House invitee, Rachel Lamb, Assistant Professor of Land Resources. On Monday, July 20<sup>th</sup>, the White House recognized twelve people of faith as &ldquo;Champions of Change&rdquo; for their efforts in protecting our environment and communities from the effects of climate change. In the words of the White House Press Release, &ldquo;These Champions have demonstrated clear leadership across the United States and around the world through their grassroots efforts to green their communities and educate others on the moral and social justice implications of climate change.&rdquo; Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy and Senior Advisor to the President Brian Deese were the primary speakers at the event, and the presenters of the awards to their recipients. David Foster, Professor of Biology at Messiah College (Pennsylvania) and Vice Chair of the Au Sable Board of Trustees, also attended the event representing the Institute and to congratulate and support Rachel.</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}rachelanddavefosterwhitehouse(1).jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 187px; float: right;\" />Invitations to the White House don&rsquo;t come often, but when they do, they deserve notice. The Au Sable Institute is honored to name one of its own faculty as a recent White House invitee, Rachel Lamb, Assistant Professor of <a href=\"{filedir_11}courses/course_information/summer_session_i/land_resources_biol_geol_geog_301/\">Land Resources</a>. On Monday, July 20<sup>th</sup>, the White House recognized twelve people of faith as &ldquo;Champions of Change&rdquo; for their efforts in protecting our environment and communities from the effects of climate change. In the words of the White House Press Release, &ldquo;These Champions have demonstrated clear leadership across the United States and around the world through their grassroots efforts to green their communities and educate others on the moral and social justice implications of climate change.&rdquo; Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy and Senior Advisor to the President Brian Deese were the primary speakers at the event, and the presenters of the awards to their recipients. David Foster, Professor of Biology at Messiah College (Pennsylvania) and Vice Chair of the Au Sable Board of Trustees, also attended the event representing the Institute and to congratulate and support Rachel.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}rachelchampionsofchangepanel.jpg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 187px; float: left;\" />At this event, Rachel L. Lamb was recognized and honored for her work as Chair of the Steering Committee for Young Evangelicals for Climate Action (<a href=\"http://www.yecaction.org\">YECA</a>), an organization she has served since its inception. Under Rachel&rsquo; leadership, YECA has, over the past three years, grown into an active national organization with members from a diverse array of church denominations. Under Rachel&rsquo;s guidance, YECA has developed a successful Climate Leadership Fellows program that extends to college campuses throughout the United States and across international borders to the Christian Bilingual University of Congo in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. While still an undergraduate student at Wheaton College (IL), Rachel was one of a select number of US students to receive the EPA&rsquo;s Greater Research Opportunities (GRO) Fellowship for Undergraduate Environmental Study. With the support of this Fellowship, Rachel worked with Tribes in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest to produce a collection of best practices for climate change adaptation in that region, integrating both scientific findings and cultural knowledge and beliefs of native Americans. Rachel received degrees in Master of Public Policy and Master of Science in Sustainable Development and Conservation Biology from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2015, and is now working on a major new textbook in conservation biology with Au Sable&rsquo;s Executive Director, Fred Van Dyke, which will be published by Springer in 2018.</p>\n<p>\n	To read more about the event, Rachel, and other recognized Champions of Change in climate action, visit the White House link to this event at <a href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/champions\">https://www.whitehouse.gov/champions</a>. Congratulations, Rachel, on this deserved honor and recognition.&nbsp;</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(901,1,5,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'{filedir_3}HPR_Lausanne1.jpg','xhtml','/news_and_resources/blog/au_sable_at_the_white_house_rachel_lamb_honored#.VbDH93hdO2s','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(902,1,3,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','none','','none','','none','','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}DL Thumb.jpg\" style=\"width: 100px; height: 127px; float: right;\" />David Lamb (M. Div. Grand Rapids Theological Seminary, MI) is a widely respected pastor, administrator, and development professional who now serves as Managing Director of Lake Ann Camp in Lake Ann, Michigan west of Traverse City. For 17 years David served as Senior Pastor of the Highland Hills Baptist Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan before taking his present position at Lake Ann Camp.&nbsp;</p>\n','none',NULL,'xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'0035','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	David Lamb (M. Div. Grand Rapids Theological Seminary, MI) is a widely respected pastor, administrator, and development professional who now serves as Managing Director of Lake Ann Camp in Lake Ann, Michigan west of Traverse City. For 17 years David served as Senior Pastor of the Highland Hills Baptist Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan before taking his present position at Lake Ann Camp. Active in the development of global missions and their supporting networks of outreach in Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Singapore, Hong Kong, India, The Philippines, and Brazil, David also developed local urban ministries in Grand Rapids that served migrant laborers, international professionals, and urban church planting. A skilled administrator, financial manager, and budget forecaster, David brings to the Au Sable Board a wealth of skill and experience in institutional administration in Christian mission, financial development, and budget management.&nbsp;</p>\n','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(903,1,3,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','none','','none','','none','','none','<p>\n	David Lamb (M. Div. Grand Rapids Theological Seminary, MI) is a widely respected pastor, administrator, and development professional who now serves as Managing Director of Lake Ann Camp in Lake Ann, Michigan west of Traverse City. For 17 years David served as Senior Pastor of the Highland Hills Baptist Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan before taking his present position at Lake Ann Camp.&nbsp;</p>\n','none','{filedir_2}DL_Thumb.jpg','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'0036','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	Active in the development of global missions and their supporting networks of outreach in Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Singapore, Hong Kong, India, The Philippines, and Brazil, David also developed local urban ministries in Grand Rapids that served migrant laborers, international professionals, and urban church planting. A skilled administrator, financial manager, and budget forecaster, David brings to the Au Sable Board a wealth of skill and experience in institutional administration in Christian mission, financial development, and budget management.&nbsp;</p>\n','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(906,1,3,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','none','','none','','none','','none','<p>\n	Robert Zwier (Ph.D, University of Wisconsin &ndash; Madison) is a respected Christian political scientist, teacher, scholar, and administrator. He has held positions as Provost and Senior Vice President of Roberts Wesleyan College (New York), Provost of Malone College (Ohio), Vice President for Academic Affairs at Colorado Christian University (Colorado), and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Northwestern College (Iowa).&nbsp;</p>\n','none','{filedir_2}Zwier.jpg','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'0039','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	An expert in curricular development, evaluation, and assessment, Bob served for 11 years on the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association (NCA) of Colleges and Schools, the recognized accrediting authority for colleges and universities throughout the US Midwest. Bob also worked as a Mentor in the CCCU&rsquo;s Executive Leadership Development Program, a group formed specifically to assist individuals new to positions in academic leadership. Bob also served previously on the regional (Northwest Iowa) Board of the Center for Public Justice, working to develop a faith-based understanding of political issues.&nbsp;</p>\n','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(904,1,3,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','none','','none','','none','','none','<p>\n	David Lamb (M. Div. Grand Rapids Theological Seminary, MI) is a widely respected pastor, administrator, and development professional who now serves as Managing Director of Lake Ann Camp in Lake Ann, Michigan west of Traverse City. For 17 years David served as Senior Pastor of the Highland Hills Baptist Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan before taking his present position at Lake Ann Camp.&nbsp;</p>\n','none','{filedir_2}DL_Thumb.jpg','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'0037','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	David Lamb (M. Div. Grand Rapids Theological Seminary, MI) is a widely respected pastor, administrator, and development professional who now serves as Managing Director of Lake Ann Camp in Lake Ann, Michigan west of Traverse City. For 17 years David served as Senior Pastor of the Highland Hills Baptist Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan before taking his present position at Lake Ann Camp. Active in the development of global missions and their supporting networks of outreach in Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Singapore, Hong Kong, India, The Philippines, and Brazil, David also developed local urban ministries in Grand Rapids that served migrant laborers, international professionals, and urban church planting. A skilled administrator, financial manager, and budget forecaster, David brings to the Au Sable Board a wealth of skill and experience in institutional administration in Christian mission, financial development, and budget management.&nbsp;</p>\n','none',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,0,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL),(905,1,3,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'','none','','none','','none','','none','<p>\n	David Lamb (M. Div. Grand Rapids Theological Seminary, MI) is a widely respected pastor, administrator, and development professional who now serves as Managing Director of Lake Ann Camp in Lake Ann, Michigan west of Traverse City. For 17 years David served as Senior Pastor of the Highland Hills Baptist Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan before taking his present position at Lake Ann Camp.&nbsp;</p>\n','none','{filedir_2}DL_Thumb1.jpg','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'0038','xhtml',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'<p>\n	David Lamb (M. Div. Grand Rapids Theological Seminary, MI) is a widely respected pastor, administrator, and development professional who now serves as Managing Director of Lake Ann Camp in Lake Ann, Michigan west of Traverse City. For 17 years David served as Senior Pastor of the Highland Hills Baptist Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan before taking his present position at Lake Ann Camp. Active in the development of global missions and their supporting networks of outreach in Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Singapore, Hong Kong, India, The Philippines, and Brazil, David also developed local urban ministries in Grand Rapids that served migrant laborers, international professionals, and urban church planting. 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A long-time member of Au Sable&rsquo;s family of Participating Colleges, North Park University, located in Chicago, Illinois, has now joined another important group of Au Sable&rsquo;s supporting institutions, the Sustaining Partners. Sustaining Partner colleges and universities make direct financial contributions to the operation of Au Sable&rsquo;s academic program, and in return receive discounted tuition, reserved course slots and reserved research opportunities for their students.</p>\n<p>\n	With the new partnership agreement, North Park joins Bethel University, Calvin College, Cedarville University, Cornerstone University, Covenant College, The King&rsquo;s University College, Messiah College, and Redeemer University College to bring the total number of current Sustaining Partners to nine. Fred Van Dyke, Au Sable&rsquo;s Executive Director noted, &ldquo;It is both a delight and distinction to welcome such a distinguished institution as North Park University to the Sustaining Partner family. Over 100 Au Sable alumni are North Park graduates, making North Park a major contributor to Au Sable&rsquo;s alumni community and the number has been growing rapidly in recent years. It&rsquo;s fitting for us to enter into this new relationship with North Park that will bring additional benefits to its current and future students in their interactions with Au Sable. And it is an honor for us to partner with such a distinguished institution, one that works in the heart of a major urban area.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	North Park distinguished itself recently in the Au Sable community by being home to Katie Patterson, the inaugural (2014) winner of the Harold Z. Snyder Fellowship. Speaking of her education at Au Sable and its connection to North Park, Katie said, &ldquo;I believe that Au Sable&rsquo;s vision to &ldquo;inspire and educate people to serve, protect, and restore God&rsquo;s earth&rdquo; is an undeniable continuation of North Park&rsquo;s mission to &ldquo;prepare students for lives of significance and service&rdquo;.&nbsp; The most substantial aspect of my time was the community that I was a part of while taking classes with the institute. As integral to my experience as learning lake chemistry and identifying hundreds of marine invertebrates was, the open and honest conversations with my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ were just as much so. After each session at Au Sable I walked back onto the North Park campus with an unhindered passion for God and His Creation, and I could not keep myself from sharing my experience with everyone I met!&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	&nbsp;Through its status as a Sustaining Partner, North Park will now be able to offer its own students reduced tuition for Au Sable courses and special consideration for positions in the Au Sable research program, while its own administration can play a greater role in the review and development of Au Sable&rsquo;s own curriculum. North Park&rsquo;s Provost, Dr. Michael O. Emerson, noted, &ldquo;&ldquo;We are thrilled to move to Sustaining Partner status with Au Sable. Learning to care for God&rsquo;s creation is essential and urgent, and that is why our partnership with Au Sable is vital.&rdquo;</p>\n<p>\n	All of us at Au Sable are thrilled to welcome North Park University to the Sustaining Partner family. 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Whether animals made the tracks, snowshoes from a previous group, or cross-country skis, each set told a different story. Children love to interpret the tracks they find and create a story to explain them.&nbsp; They want to follow them and make up their own story and share it with others.</p>\n','none','<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Sarah Tracks(1).jpg\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 250px; float: right;\" />During my time at Au Sable I followed many tracks and made quite a few of my own. Whether animals made the tracks, snowshoes from a previous group, or cross-country skis, each set told a different story. Children love to interpret the tracks they find and create a story to explain them.&nbsp; They want to follow them and make up their own story and share it with others.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Sarah Snowshoe trail.jpg\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 250px; float: left;\" />Like an etch-a-sketch, fresh snowfall wipes the forest landscape clean and allows for new stories to be written in the snow. The photo to the left is from one of our morning snowshoe praise walks. This was a special time for everyone to participate in an outdoor devotional exercise. I would create a trail in the fresh snow leaving behind laminated card sharing Bible verses, inspirational quotes, questions asking the reader to complete a sensory action, like pausing to listen for birds. After the walk we have a chance to talk with everyone about his or her individual experience. One of the mothers shared that about half way through she noticed she could no longer see the person in front or behind her and she realized she was alone in the woods. Though she thought she would start to panic, not knowing where she was, she was able to remain calm because there was a trail. She equated it to life and the path Christ has given us. Sometimes we feel alone in the world but there is always a path. We need only trust Christ will help to guide us on our journey.</p>\n<p>\n	<img alt=\"\" src=\"{filedir_5}Sarah SkiTrail.jpg\" style=\"width: 188px; height: 250px; float: right;\" />I think the same sort of analogy could be used for the cross-country ski trails. Our overnight groups got to cross-country ski. The trails always began in perfect condition, two crisp parallel impressions spaced 10 inches apart weaving scenically for miles through the woods. However, before long, hundreds of slips and falls wear down the trail leaving it weathered and unimpressive. I can&rsquo;t help but think about how God created this perfect world for us, and through sin we mess things up. So now, instead of having a smooth trail in life, there are the rough spots, trouble areas, and sometimes the only thing we can do is crawl up the hill. But there is hope. There are those other people in life who want to help us get up the hill, who stick with us and help us complete the course. And the best part is even after the damage has been done, the trail can be fixed and made new again. What an image! 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