Communities and Natural Resources
Graduate Seminar Course with OSU
What role do natural resources play in the social, cultural, and economic lives of rural Oregon communities? How are selected rural communities dealing with existing conditions and planning for their future? What are the causes of rural poverty? View the 2005 photo gallery. Sept. 10 - 21, 2007 |
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September 10-21, 2007
This will be the third annual offering of COMMUNITIES AND NATURAL RESOURCES,
an advanced experiential learning opportunity for graduate students. Whether
you are new to the state, new to graduate school, or a 3rd year native Oregonian
PhD candidate, this class will be unlike any other you've participated in,
and will change the way you think about communities and natural resources.
We anticipate the class will include about 15 graduate students from Forest Resources, Human Development and Family Science, Public Policy, Anthropology, Public Health, and other departments across campus.
Class will start Monday, September 10 in Peavy Hall on the OSU Corvallis campus. We’ll spend a couple of days on campus before embarking on our visits to rural Oregon communities from the Pacific Coast to Hell's Canyon. We'll be away from campus a total of about seven days, likely with a stop back in Corvallis sometime in the middle of the class. We will be in Wallowa County from Sunday Sept. 16 through Wednesday the 19th.
There will be a fee of $350 per student to help defray expenses, and students will also have limited additional meal and miscellaneous expenses. If this creates a serious financial hardship for you, please see Nils, Kate, or I and we will work out a solution.
Please visit the website frequently as we update the itinerary, readings, and class requirements.
And feel free to stop by and visit any of us, any time.
John Bliss, Forest Resources, OSU
Kate MacTavish, Human Development and Family Science, OSU
Nils Christoffersen, Wallowa Resources, Enterprise, Oregon