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And the winner is: Scott Koch ADP '04
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Scott Koch ADP '04 is the winner of the "Name this PC Staff Contest". Scott lives in a small village in Honduras and works for a non-profit organization, se llama Guaruma (guaruma.org), that teaches environmental education, photography, English and computers. Congratulations Scott.
Who is this PC Staff?
- Spent 16 summers in Alaskan canneries
- Has worked at PC for 2 years
- Owns a Husky named Blue
- Former president of Prescott Climbers Coalition
- Used to teach computer networking at Yavapai College
- Works with ADP/RDP/MAP/PhD students
The Answer:
Richard Lewis from the PC Library
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"In the past three years I have pondered what 'home' is...I am adrift. I am away from my Home. Away from my people...Consciously alone, with no one operating on my frequency, functioning at my level, thinking in tandem feeding off our mutual excitement for biodiversity, sculpture, bicycles, music, birds, strawberries, or the most simply incredible fact that we exist at all...I am talking about an awareness.
I am talking about a growth of self. I am talking about brand new, never before known realizations, not new experiences...The mutualistic excitement that I mention is something I value in my people. The mutual realization that you and I both have something to gain from each other. Share the load and it might be lighter, and you might be able to lift bigger things. The mutual willingness and desire to learn from both peers and elders is something that I have come to realize is not normal or common, yet it has been ever present in my life...
The message is that I miss my community, my people, my home."
If you would like to read Abram's entire message, email me at:
msmith@prescott.edu
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Maggie Madden RDP '04 is going to be a participant in the Longest Walk II: A Walk from San Francisco to Washington DC from Feb-July 2008. The message is: All life is sacred and the mission is to clean up Mother Earth. For more information and to see if the walk will be coming through your town, check out:
If you would like to join her on the walk through your area contact her at: canoemonkeylove@yahoo.com
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Flashpoint Gallery Presents
(an exhibition of
charcoal drawings)
by
Prescott College
Arts & Letter Faculty
Julie Comnick
Gallery at Flashpoint
916 G Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
flashpointdc.com
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Certified Organic Heirloom Grains & Dry Products PO Box 1082 Winthrop, WA 98862
www.bluebirdgrainfarms.com 
Box 91104
Lafayette, LA 70509-1104
337-296-6151
energy@catdancingproductions.com
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Every dollar donated to the Annual Scholarship Fund directly finances the education of a Prescott College student - a student committed to making a positive difference in our world. Please help us to create the future.
Thank you for everyone who has already generously given.
Prescott College
Office of Development
220 Grove Ave.
Prescott, AZ 86301
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Prescott College Ripple Project: Service Learning Coordinator
The Service Learning Coordinator is an Americorps VISTA assignment with the Ripple Project of Prescott College. The role of the Service Learning Coordinator entails creating service learning projects for class curriculums and designing community events to showcase the students involved with the Ripple Project. Another aspect of the job is to connect students willing to volunteer in the community with organizations that match the student's interest and needs. Promoting the Ripple Project and what the services we offer are is an essential piece of the role of Service Learning Coordinator, this manifests in the form of tabling at community events, speaking with classes to provide them with information on the resources the Ripple Project offers to the Prescott College community. The Service Learning Coordinator works closely with the Outreach Coordinator to bridge that community needs with Prescott College's student volunteer energy. The Service Learning Coordinator must be able to work both independently and in a team environment, they must be able to hold flexible hours and some nights and weekends are required. The Service Learning Coordinator provides applicants with the opportunity to work closely with students in a mentor/mentee atmosphere, gain valuable experience in hands on non-profit management, and learn the skills of self-direction and time management. Most of all the Service Learning Coordinator is a role in which a qualified applicant needs to embody the characteristics of patience, humor and flexibility. For more information contact Courtney Osterfelt at 928-350-1007 or costerfelt@prescott.edu
Director, Environmental Sciences
This global role is a big job and compelling on many fronts. It includes responsibility for global deployment of new programs, development of Cargill’s environmental talent pool, and more. The ideal candidate will be a strong scientist possessing an advanced degree in agriculture, forestry, environmental science, or similar bench science; and, will be adept at building constituencies and navigating communications/PR issues. Keen understanding of agricultural environmental issues is critical to the role (fates of pesticides, point-source pollution, fresh water usage, deforestation, carbon, GMOs, etc.). Cargill seeks an individual who will bring a minimum of 10 years of experience in the domain of environmental science, and have a passion for building an industry-leading program. There is strong preference for a PhD in the domain. The position is located at Cargill HQ just outside Minneapolis. Contact: Myron Davis, Protis Executive Innovations - A Human Capital Architecture and Retention Firm, 6640 Intech Boulevard Suite 295, Indianapolis, IN 46278,
Direct 317-275-5412, Office 317-275-5400
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This course will give you a certification from the Wilderness Medicine Institute (WMI of NOLS) and includes CPR. For more information:
Wilderness Orientation Director, Erin Lotz at elotz@prescott.edu or Jason Williams at jwilliams@prescott.edu
The Women’s Empowerment Breakthrough of Prescott College will be hosting a community forum titled “Speak Out: Women, Families, and the 2008 Election” at the College on February 2. The event will feature workshops, panel discussions, and keynote speakers, all focused on getting women and families involved in community decision-making and politics. The event will be held in the Prescott College Crossroads Center, begins at 9:30 a.m. and will continue throughout the day. A noon luncheon will be served. This unique event is for both women and men and will feature local and regional representatives on such crucial issues as our health care system, the school board, youth activities, and domestic violence. Elected town officials as well as candidates for Congressional District 1 will be present to answer questions. Tickets are $20. For information and tickets please contact Mattea Kramer, event coordinator at 928-350-2018.
Lark Paulson, RDP '04
Lark took a transformational year-long solo journey to Thailand, Nepal and India in 2006. Most of her travels were spent in India volunteering and deeply studying meditation and yoga. The intention she set for the journey was to live each day as though it were her last, which led to many risk taking adventures and unexpected opportunities. One of these brought her in contact with an Indian family, all of whom are Ayurvedic doctors, who after watching her practice yoga in their home for a week, asked her to team up with their son to accompany him on his TV program. In this show, she demonstrated yoga poses and breathing techniques with the aim of educating the public on how to prevent and treat over 30 common health disorders through the practices of Ayurveda and Yoga, both ancient sciences originating in India. The TV program aired for 4 months in the US, UK and all over Europe (in Hindi) in 2007. That same year she was also spotted on the front cover of one of India's most popular family health magazines, Arogyadham, again demonstrating yoga postures. Now she's happily living in Madison, Wisconsin working as a yoga instructor and as an administrator for a company called Community Car that rents out both regular and hybrid cars to people by the hour. She would love to hear from you and may be contacted at larkpaulson@gmail.com
Matt 'Red' Radlowski, RDP '01
Since leaving PC I got a dog (Lucky), settled in Missoula, MT, got married, started graduate school, and my wife (Leigh) and I are expecting a baby in March '08 (our first!). Immediately after leaving Prescott in early 2002 I moved to Idaho where I became involved in wilderness therapy working with "at-risk" adolescents. My experiences in Idaho brought me to Montana where I started working for a small start-up, non-profit wilderness program called Three Rivers. My work as a field staff there was focused on helping kids learn the tools necessary to build/heal the relationships with their family. This is where I really became inspired to pursue a degree in social work and began attending the University of Montana's MSW program. I am currently a therapist intern at Three Rivers gaining experience facilitating family therapy, helping develop the clinical training program for Three Rivers field staff, and generally being helpful in any way I can. I'd love to hear from folks; my email is mradlowski@hotmail.com drop me a line.
Ethan Hipple, RDP '00
Ethan and Sarah Hipple checking in from snowy Tuftonboro, New Hampshire. Ethan just took a new job with the American Youth Foundation as the Director of Camp Merrowvista. Sarah is running her own business as a Personal Chef (welcomehomechef.com). Our two kids Jackson and Tasha are now 6 and 4 and they are brimming with energy and joy. Spending time fixing up our new house, building a small wooden sailboat and playing in the snow. Hope to see our fellow Prescotteers soon! ethan.hipple@gmail.com
Will Duncan, RDP '97
After P.C. I spent a year in Benares, India, and then moved to Tuscaloosa, Alabama for a couple of years. Feeling lost in Alabama I went for a really beautiful bike ride from Tucson to Manitoba. Camping out alone every night, no destination, running from tornados, buffalo, and crazy people, and the constant and bewildering sky all served to revitalize my ailing heart. I ended up in Tucson where I have been for the past 7 years. I am halfway through a 6-year program in Tibetan Buddhism where I am training to do long retreat. I spend most of my time lecturing around the country and studying at my second dream school Diamond Mountain University. The school is a cross between a Buddhist Monastery, Prescott College and what I imagine Plato's Academy might have been like. My kind Buddhist teachers on occasion send me out on adventures, which keep my desire for the open road fed. In 2006 I traveled throughout the northern Himalayas of Kashmir with Nathan Montgomery in search of some old scriptures and visiting impossible cliff monasteries and pristine Muslim and Buddhist villages. The teaching side of things is what I love the most. A few months ago I was invited to lecture all over Brazil, which was both exhausting and amazing. I also guest lecture once or twice a year at State University of New York thanks to Dr. Matt Immergut professor of Sociology. I spend a lot of time trying to meditate and so have started The Shaktipat Marching Band here in Tucson to try to make up for all the noise and commotion I miss out on. We are a spoken word, hip-hop based percussion marching band. I think fondly of my PC days and am always excited to see old and new alum friends as they pass through Tucson. If anyone wants to come to Diamond Mountain University for a day or two and try your skills on the debate ground or in Tibetan yoga drop me a line. shaktipatchurch@gmail.com
H. Anne Lipp, RDP '85
Early this year I was trained by Al Gore and The Climate Project to be a global warming presenter, and am now the Assistant District Manager in Louisiana for The Climate Project. This summer I attended training at SEI (Solar Energy International) for PV Design & Installation and started up a solar business in Louisiana. One of my first installs in Louisiana was to participate with a team of people working with SELF (Solar Electric Light Fund) to install nine 5kW solar arrays for Brad Pitt's project Make It Right in New Orleans' 9th Ward.
Ken Kingsley, RDP '72
Almost every day of my life I use skills and knowledge that I developed during my experience at Prescott College. In 2005, I retired after 14 years as a senior scientist with SWCA Environmental Consultants, a company with deep roots connecting to Prescott College. As a conservation biologist, my work has included invertebrate, mammal, bird, amphibian, reptile, and plant surveys of many areas in the Southwest and Hawaii. I have worked in a variety of natural and human-influenced habitats including wilderness, wildland, wetland, riparian, agricultural, and urban habitats in terrestrial, freshwater aquatic, and subterranean ecosystems. I did my Ph.D. at the University of Arizona in 1985, with a major in entomology and minor in ecology. Dr. R. Roy Johnson (Prescott College Faculty, 1968-74) was on my committee and continues to be a close friend, and we have been co-authors on several publications. Now (and for the past 15 years), I am married to Amy Gaiennie. Together we are exploring post-retirement opportunities as seasonal or volunteer biologists and interpreters. I was named Volunteer of the Year by Get Outdoors Nevada, the interagency volunteer organization, for work I did last summer on rare butterflies in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area. We live in a 5th-wheel trailer with our dog, Cody. It can be said that we are homeless unemployed itinerants. Now (Christmas 2007) we are heading to Zion National Park, where we will be volunteers for the winter. We are looking for our next opportunities, which we hope will be short-term (not more than six months) challenging situations in which to use our skills in science and interpretation. I have always enjoyed meeting and spending time with other PC alums, and would greatly enjoy hearing from any who remember me, or current students who would like to know about career opportunities and experiences in environmental consulting, or alums considering post-retirement. ken.kingsley7@gmail.com
520.870.8766 (graduated Prescott College 1972, adjunct faculty 1974-78).
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Debuts Dance, Cooking classes in January 2008
Prescott College’s new Center for Extended Studies and Lifelong Learning (CESLL, pronounced “Cecil”), opens its doors this January with 3 non-credit offerings:
January 26, 9 a.m. to noon
Unlocking the Mystery of Tamale-Making with Chef and Director of the Prescott College Café, Molly Beverly. Prescott College Café in the Crossroads Center. $34.
February 2, 1 to 4 p.m.
The Essence of Flavor – Enliven your Cooking with Spices with Chef and Director of the Prescott College Café, Molly Beverly, Prescott College Café in the Crossroads Center. $34.
Feb 13, April 23, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Learn to Dance - Latin Social Dance For Absolute Beginners Prescott College Granite Performing Arts Center, 218 N. Granite: $80 for the 10 week series.
The new Center will allow the public to experience Prescott College style classes and study tours, and give learners across the spectrum much-needed opportunities to draw from the College’s areas of specialty in shorter-term and non-degree programs. Additional spring offerings include a yoga teacher training, relationship-based horsemanship, sustainable business and home classes, rainwater harvesting, photography in the natural world and writing in nature.
Educational travel journeys will begin this spring. On the docket are: a week-long horse packing trip in Eastern Arizona; Kayaking & Exploring the Biogeography of the Midriff Islands in Kino Bay, Mexico; and numerous local birding, hiking and explorations with distinguished Prescott College naturalists and environmental studies faculty.
The department is also meeting with College and community leaders exploring certification programs in sustainable business development, community development, adventure tourism, and desert agriculture. Director Jill Hewins is exploring investigating ways to be carbon neutral in alignment with other initiatives of the College, with a focus on sustainability across the offerings.
To register for any of the programs or to get on the mailing list, please contact:
The Center (928) 350 – 4110 or cesll@prescott.edu
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