Class Notes 2005 | Alumni | Prescott College

My quarter at Prescott College was a rapid change from my 2nd tour in Vietnam (USMC) to the "world", and the Prescott campus in 5 days. The 3 weeks outward bound training proved to be a needed adjustment grace period for me. Afterwards I spent most of my time working down at the stables helping take care of the horses and watching the sunsets reflection off the dells. Needless to say the few classes I took suffered, except choir, never sang before, but the Christmas choir pratice also helped ground me. The blizzard that Dec. cut short the quarter, sending all home, and me to other opportunities. I feel the 4 months at PC allowed me to intergrate back into America, which otherwise would have been difficult and without a positive ending. We often wonder what influences we or places have on each other, I can tell current students and teachers that the brief 4 months at PC 37 years ago changed my life, both due to the classmates that reached out to me knowing how I was struggling and the PC environment that protected me during my return to America. Thanks Prescott College!

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 (swca.com), 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 life. ken.kingsley7@gmail.com 520.870.8766
(graduated Prescott College 1972, adjunct faculty 1974-78).

Christopher Haydock (RDP '73)
Thank you fellow alumni for making, keeping and reestablishing so many connections over the years. Laurel Wanek and I celebrate our 19th anniversary this month. Our son Graham will be graduating from high school this Spring. I'm just starting the 6th year of my journey into self-employment, see my company web site at www.appliednewscience.com . One easy way to get in touch with me is through the new Prescott College alumni group on CollectiveX.com . I'd especially love to hear from those of you who might remember me but aren't quite sure. Take a chance. Say hello. Its amazing what memories can come back.

Spring 1972 was my last quarter at PC (started fall 1968). Transferred to NAU, graduated magna cum laude. Novel now in progress is set on the (original) PC campus, beginning the eve of spring break, 1969. The story travels to Big Sur, a desert resort, tropical island, other places. Part 1 is complete as of 4/20/07 (9 chapters). Part 2 is forthcoming; two or three sequels are anticipated. Would love to have a handful of alumni hungry for a sneak preview to review one or more completed chapters. Contact motudulce@yahoo.com and identify your connection with the college. Reliable memory sources re: the way things were are also appreciated.

So I'm currently spending most of my time in New South Wales doing acupuncture and herbs in the bush. I spent some time in the Panjshir Valley about 5 hours north of Kabul last year, treating women in a small mountain community, where a girl's school has just opened. I'm returning there later this year to take supplies to the school and see my "patients" again. And to collect this rather rare medicinal made from the faeces of a deer that only lives in a remote part of the country. Afghans have used it for generations to treat everything from arthritis to canker sores. Surely there must be some alumnae living in OZ. Do give me a shout.

After 57 years of life in Southern California I have relocated in Portland, Oregon. I am looking forward to starting second half of life in the beautiful, more liberal, more comfortable northwest!! Terra Krieger-again-after 34years!! Looking for a job after all these years, happy about this new found "freedom."

A litigation partner in the law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP in New York, NY, was recently elected chair of the board of NETWORK, a National Catholic Social Justice Lobby headquartered in Washington, DC. NETWORK, which has maintained an active presence on Capitol Hill for more than three decades, lobbies, educates, and organizes on behalf of the poor. Its mission is to bring to our nation's political discussions the voices of the marginalized and disenfranchised. More information regarding NETWORK's activities and resources, including information on how to register for its free e-mail legislative alerts, can be found on NETWORK's website, www.networklobby.org.

Twenty six years ago, I left Arizona for Alaska, thinking only to spend a year or two pursuing adventure and shaking my sillies out before returning to "the real world" down south. After one year of adventure and twenty-five years as a midlevel state employee, I'm finally back in Arizona. I have just bought a 90 year old Craftsman style bungalow in the Warren district of Bisbee and am looking forward to a retirement consisting of general rabble-rousing and fanning the flames of discontent. I would love to reconnect with old Prescott friends from back in the Ice Ages, and with more recent Prescott graduates in southeastern Arizona. I have a pension, a lot of time on my hands, and a propensity for stirring things up. Contact me at: magmcq@cableone.net

Living in Austin, TX. Editing a technical journal for immigration lawyers, and a website: www.bibdaily.com. Office site: www.cenzio.com. Married to Rebeca Henderson: http://www.musicutexas.edu/directory/details.aspex?id.+=48

I attended Prescott for ethe semester before it closed in 1974. Though I do not remember many people from my short time there, I would be glad to hear from anyone who does remember me. My experience at Prescott taught me a lot about taking responsibility for myself and how empowering it is to dance along the growing edge of facing fear and pushing limits.

I wandered away from Prescott in 1973, wound up here (Corrales NM) in 1974 and never left. I have a wife, Gail,of 25 years, a 23 year old daughter, Emily, and a 14 year old son, Jacob. I still hike and climb, longer but not as difficult, and ride my bike, chase my son and read a lot. This is when I'm not working, which takes effort since I have a growing company with 65 employees. I do work around the Southwest region in hospitals, banks, restaurants and offices. I often feel like an actor who stumbled into the wrong play, but I really like it and I am good at it in my own way. I am still in touch with a few 70's Prescott friends but would like to find others.

When I transferred from PC after one (exhilarating, inspiring) year (70-71),to pursue a degree in theatre, I never imagined I would not return for 30+ years! How'd that happen? I visited AZ in spring of '04 and spent some delicious time clambering around the dells, and trying to figure out where old PC had gone! Found it's current form in town (that would have made trips to Baskin Robbins more frequent but much less adventurous!) and so much changed. Very glad to find the Smoki museum and El Charro's still in place. (My 16 year old son loves their T shirt with sombrero on the back). Anyway, I keep wondering what happened to all the crazy and amazing folks I spent that remarkable year with? Glad to know that PC has carried on, apparently with much of the same spirit it had in those days. I'd be very happy to hear from/about any other alums from those pioneer days. You can email me.

Corinne Masur (PC 1972 - 75) is a psychoanalyst practicing in Center City Phila and living 35 miles west of the city in what used to be a beatutiful rural/agricultural area. She is the mother of a seven year old boy, step-mother to a 21 year old girl and wife of a child psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. Several years ago she had a massive heart attach which has curtailed her outdoor advetures but not her desire to hear from old PC friends.

Remember the psychic woman out in Skull Valley ? She had a little place built into the side of a rock face, 1970 or so. I went out to her one night to have her look into my future. "I see you in a red truck," was all she said. I felt kinda gypped by that. She told some other folks about love affairs, adventures, and disasters. All I got was a red truck. Well, I'm driving a red truck, had her for years now. Over 250,000 miles on her and going strong. Finally, I'm beginning to see what that psychic meant. Things are starting to get pretty interesting now, no? Living the mystery.

Anyway, guess I've done a few things. Spirited a cool Manhattan beauty away to the desert. We've got an old house down near the border, sturdy thick walls, heavy beams, Mexican tile floors. Dogs and cats asleep out back in the sun. Our son is grown and off on his own adventures now. I've wandered Paris streets at a misty dawn, sat in smoky jazz in a Florence cafe nestled in Thieves' Alley. Watched the sky burn and once communed with a wild white mare back in the red Jemez canyons. I've known beauty and love. Horror, too. Life's good, sweet. Like a summer peach. My best to you all. luckystrike36@yahoo.com

Countryman Press, a division of W. W. Norton, has just released (May 3, 2005) my book, Kayaking the Inside Passage: A Paddler's Guide from Olympia, Washington to Muir Glacier, Alaska, by Robert H. Miller, $18.95, 460 pages. It is available from both the publisher and Amazon.com; I'm not sure, at this time, who will carry it locally. It is also being nominated for a National Outdoor Book Award. mrh10@qwest.net

Since graduating from Prescott in '74, I worked for a bit at the Museum of Northern Arizona and then moved on to graduate school at Cornell University where I received a Masters in Biological Anthropology and finally a Ph.D. in 1988. During all those intervening years, I did bioarchaeological fieldwork in the Midwest, New York, the Southwest, and Micronesia where I spent a good part of my early career doing mortuary archaeology and bioarchaeology in the Mariana Islands. Much of this work resulted in a collection of papers published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology back in '97. In 1985 I began doing NIH research in skeletal biology at The Forsyth Institute in Boston. My work has taken me as far north as Iceland (whale bone) and as far south as Krueger National Park (elephant bone). And I have managed to make my way as far afield as Angkor Wat in Cambodia (a boyhood dream) and the glaciers of South Island, New Zealand. It has been an exciting and fulfilling career. I am still at Forsyth, in my 20th year here, but doing less research and more administration, primarily as Chief Technology Officer and Head of the BioInformatics Core at the Institute. I have been married once and divorced once to a woman who is now one of this country's leading number crunchers (also an anthropologist) in human engineering at DOD and with whom I share a spectacular daughter (Katherine, "KT" to her friends). She is now aged 15 with anthropological leanings and is currently preparing for a summer of Spanish immersion in Segovia, Spain. Right now I am enjoying my life as a single male again but with a new woman in my life who harkens from West Virginia . As I look towards "retirement" sometime in the next few decades, I have my sights on a little spread with Appaloosas somewhere near Sonoita, AZ. Although I love Boston, I am anxious to get back to my Southwestern roots and closer to Mexico. Where is Peter Sherman, Steve Sessions and the rest of my Center for Man and Environment colleagues?

Gerald Reed (RDP '75) and Yvonne Joosten (RDP '75) (at right) are still making tracks...here cross country skiing at Blackjack in Rossland, British Columbia over President's Day weekend.

Lived and worked in the Denver , CO , area for the past 30 years. Married to Betsy and have 3 adult children, twin daughters - 26 and a son - 20. Formed a public finance consulting firm for affordable housing providers and hospitals in 2001 after 27 years in public finance investment banking. www.sbclarkinc.com. Enjoy volunteering and being outdoors.

I went away from Prescott after 2 years to take a leave of absence in 1974, and when I wanted to return, the school was deciding if it was declaring bankruptcy. You know the rest. I finished my undergrad work at the Evergreen State College in 1980 and received my masters in architecture from the University of Texas at Austin in 1994. I filled in the gaps with a variety of activities including working for the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School for 11 years. I still go back periodically to teach climbing. I am now a licensed architect in Illinois and am working on the expansion of McCormick Place , Chicago 's convention center. It's just a wee thing, 2.4 million square feet. I seem to be in charge of the elevators and escalators, among other things, during what will hopefully be an extended construction administration period. My son, Noah, is 16, a sophomore at the Francis Parker School , and an avid basketball player. My partner, Margaret Braatz, is the chief of staff at DePaul University . We are busy, busy, busy, but will drop everything if someone wishes to visit us here in the city of big shoulders. ericbuck@gmail.com

OK, I maybe never again had so much fun as I did on the 1974 Orientation Trip to Dark Canyon/Lake Powell. Anarchy & naked mud fights ruled, and what a cast of characters! Where are y'all? There was an extraordinary moment there right before the campus was lost & things reorganized. Will always look back on that (my 19th) ha! year as one of the best of my life. Where is Alton Wasson? esquintle@aol.com

Hi all. I really enjoy getting the Biscuit and was hoping more of the class of '74 would write in - so maybe I should ? 2004 finds me working full time as a teacher in a Montessori School . I am still a Reiki Master Teacher and teach singly or groups whenever the interest appears. I just became an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) I'm not sure what doors that will open but I proved my brain cells were up to the test. I am a volunteer with the Thousand Oaks Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) which is a group of volunteers trained to assist in emergencies. I am medical coordinator for the team and was chairperson for a couple of years. It's been an eye opening education working with law enforcement and fire departments, a whole different perspective than the early '70's at PC. How does Reiki blend with that? Well, whenever I go on ambulance or police ride-a-longs the shifts are way too peaceful but wonderful for Critical Incident Stress Management opportunities to allow the professionals to vent.

My sons Sean, 23 and Erik,13 are doing well. Sean lives in San Francisco and just got promoted to Assistant Manager at the Guitar Center - so if any of you live and frequent the store say HI from me. "Mom's spies are everywhere." Erik is in 8th grade and loving everything. We just got back from a climbing trip to Joshua Tree. Looked so much like the Dells it took me back to our Orientation. Last year I had some training in "low angel rescue" - I may be in the Half Century Club but I came down the side with a stokes yelling "I thought this was supposed to be Low Angle!" Prescott did teach me feel the fear and do it anyway so I'm doin' it and surviving to tell the stories. Anyway PLEASE contact me - I feel like I've lost track of all but Chip and Mary Leslie. One of these years I hope to make it to another reunion! h.hah@verizon.net

USGS Biologist, and Prescott College Alumni, Receives Top Honor from National Park Service: Dr. Dan Fagre (RDP '75) , a USGS scientist serving as the Global Change Research Coordinator for Glacier National Park in Montana, will receive the National Park Service Director's Award for Natural Resource Research. Fagre was selected because his research has focused on developing Glacier National Park's ability to explain, quantify and predict what changes will occur in Parks and protected areas in respect to climate change, and the scope of his efforts extends beyond park borders into western North America and internationally. The award will be given to Dr. Fagre at the George Wright Society Meeting in Philadelphia on March 15.

When not working as an ethics consultant for the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and Enron Corp, and seeking to become a 53-year-old Perfect Master, I teach conservation biology/vertebrate biology courses at the State University of New York at Brockport (the "Harvard of Western Monroe County"). My first love (at least as far as science goes) is arctic/alpine ecology, but at the moment I mostly work on grassland bird ecology and conservation. Melissa, my wife of 25 years, is a special education teacher in the Brockport schools, while my kids (Liza, 18; Martin, 14) are professional adolescents. Both enjoy wilderness activities, which makes the old man happy. At some point Melissa and I hope to resettle out West, probably in the Methow Valley in Washington , where we have property and periodically visit to get back to the land, set our souls free. (Wait, wait - that sounds familiar.....) cnorment@brockport.edu

OK, I maybe never again had so much fun as I did on the 1974 Orientation Trip to Dark Canyon/Lake Powell. Anarchy & naked mud fights ruled, and what a cast of characters! Where are y'all? There was an extraordinary moment there right before the campus was lost & things reorganized. Will always look back on that (my 19th)ha! year as one of the best of my life. Where is Alton Wasson? esquintle@aol.com

After a worldwide career in the energy industry and management consulting, I learned enough to call myself a career coach. I help people decide what they want to be, (your Personal Vision) and teach them how to get there. This all relates back to my experiences at PC, even though a lot of time has passed since then. I work with people of all ages and career stages, and would be happy to talk with PC people. My website is http://rightchoicecareers.com. E-mail: jessdods@charter.net

I have been at NAU since 1987. Most currently just off a sabbatical and then off one semester due to medical reasons. I am ok now. Working on American Indian children's well-being indicators; www.nicwa.org if you are interested. Tina my partner is in real estate and loves it. So if you want to buy a house in Flagstaff contact us. Ecee is living in Penn. charlotte.goodluck@nau.edu

Hi all. I really enjoy getting the Biscuit and was hoping more of the class of '74 would write in - so maybe I should ? 2004 finds me working full time as a teacher in a Montessori School . I am still a Reiki Master Teacher and teach singly or groups whenever the interest appears. I just became an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) I'm not sure what doors that will open but I proved my brain cells were up to the test. I am a volunteer with the Thousand Oaks Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) which is a group of volunteers trained to assist in emergencies. I am medical coordinator for the team and was chairperson for a couple of years. It's been an eye opening education working with law enforcement and fire departments, a whole different perspective than the early '70's at PC. How does Reiki blend with that? Well whenever I go on ambulance or police ride-a-longs the shifts are way too peaceful but wonderful for Critical Incident Stress Management opportunities to allow the professionals to vent.

My sons Sean, 23 and Erik, 13 are doing well. Sean lives in San Francisco and just got promoted to Assistant Manager at the Guitar Center - so if any of you live and frequent the store say HI from me. "Mom's spies are everywhere." Erik is in 8th grade and loving everything. We just got back from a climbing trip to Joshua Tree. Looked so much like the Dells it took me back to our Orientation. Last year I had some training in "low angel rescue" - I may be in the Half Century Club but I came down the side with a stokes yelling "I thought this was supposed to be Low Angle!" Prescott did teach me feel the fear and do it anyway so I'm doin' it and surviving to tell the stories. Anyway PLEASE contact me - I feel like I've lost track of all but Chip and Mary Leslie. One of these years I hope to make it to another reunion! h.hah@verizon.net

Kent Madin and Linda Svendsen ('75), (owners of Boojum Expeditions ( www.boojum.com ) since 1984) have the following news. Linda is the Director of Field Operations of JASON (www.jasonproject.org ), an interactive science education program televised every year from a new location in North and South America . Jason was founded by Dr. Robert Ballard of Titanic fame and is supported by National Geographic, EDS, Bechtel, Kodak and other major corporate sponsors. Jason aims to infuse junior high age students with the excitement of the physical sciences. After JASON finishes in February, Linda will be leading Boojum's 20th annual Tibetan Highlands Horseback Trek in a remote region of eastern Tibet this summer. The Mongolian government recently gave Kent the "Outstanding Leader in Tourism Development" award for his contributions over the last ten years to innovation in tourism development as Mongolia has emerged from the shadow of Communism as a growing eco-tourism destination. Boojum has several initiatives aimed at helping local communities come to grips with the demands and changes wrought by the growth of tourism. See http://www.hovsgol.org for further information. If any Prescott folks are interested in volunteering to teach English or work on alternative energy applications in northern Mongolia , give us a shout. kent@boojum.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.

We are loving living in Paradise in Hawaii. We purchased a beautiful home in Waikoloa on the Big Island of Hawaii on April 1st, 2006. We celebrated our 4 year anniversary in Hawaii on April 6th. Our house has a beautiful tropically landscaped yard and a secret garden of delights. It is our peaceful sanctuary. We travelled to the Fiji islands in October of 2006 for my birthday and had a wonderful visit. The native people of Fiji are very friendly and hospitable. It was a very memorable trip. I continue to do research with wild dolphin sonar sounds and also have a healing practice. Come and swim with the dolphins before it is outlawed!!! All the best to all of Precott College alumni and professors. Keep spreading the light to inspire the world.

Too much to tell since my last check-in. Most importantly, after 47 years, I am finally the HAPPY FATHER of a beautiful son, Noah Yeshe Siegel-Stone, born March 8th, 2005. (I tried to paste a photo, but it doesn't seem to have worked. Drop me a note if you want to see the l'il dude).

I'm here in Prescott north AKA Keene, NH attending Antioch New England Graduate School. I'm getting my Master's in Education, a public school state teaching certificate and my long awaited Waldorf Teacher Training in an accelerated program.(all that in a year and a half, whew!) My gears are grinding being back in college but it is not half as challenging(meaning fatiguing) as being in kindergarten at Mountain Oak in Prescott. I'm loving the Waldorf curriculum and philosophy, have wonderful classmates and professors. I'm so greatful for the Prescott College background, because the work is challenging and fast paced and really assumes a strong liberal arts background as a starting line. Please send me one of those classy-see through vinyl Prescott College window sticker for my new car. My Arizona CRX made it cross country, but soaked up too much moisture to be safe this winter. Send me Arizona sunshine as the days shorten, too. Happy here, but homesick for Prescott.

Since graduating from Prescott College, I moved to Tucson, AZ for 2 years and worked as a Holistic Therapist specializing in Vibrational Sound Healing. I missed the mountains of northern Arizona, so I moved to Sedona and lived there 5 years. I met a nice man named Michael in 1984 in Phoenix at the Edgar Cayce A.R.E. clinic. He offered to drive me to Prescott to check out the college and then he helped me move to Prescott , loading my belongings in his V.W. van with my bed strapped on top! Of course it rained on the way up the hill to Prescott ! He wished me well and headed back to Phoenix saying he would come visit. Life goes by and 13 years later I ran into him in the health food store in Sedona! He was visiting with friends from Phoenix. He looked great, just as I had remembered him and he hadn't aged at all! He finally came to visit me in Sedona and we caught up on each other's lives. Two years later I called him in Phoenix asking about a mutual friend. He asked me to come visit and one month later we were living together in his house in Phoenix. We both knew we were moving to Pagosa, Springs, Colorado and we were married in the San Juan National Forest by a Ute Shaman named Richard Running Deer. A Native American woman in Prescott made my white deerskin wedding dress. I have Cherokee and Choctaw heritage. So my dream wedding came true with my soul mate Michael on September 11, 1999. I just didn't know way back when, when I was hiking the Grand Canyon on a Vision Quest with Sam Henrie, in a class called Mysticism that I would have to wait 13 years to be reacquainted with my soul mate! We bought a beautiful house in Pagosa Springs, CO., that backed up to the San Juan National Forest. We saw elk, deer, bears, coyotes, wild turkeys, and a lynx hunting a rabbit in our backyard! We lived in Pagosa Springs for 5 years. Then we felt strongly that it was time to fulfill a lifelong dream, swimming and communing with wild dolphins. Michael is a certified scuba diver and I snorkel. We are now living on the Big Island of Hawaii and we love our life here. We are now in the process of finding the perfect place to build the Dolphin Heartsong Healing Retreat. Michael is an electrician and also a natural healer.

If anyone wants to visit please email us at mandm74074@earthlink.net. We would be happy to take you on a tour of the Big Island and for a swim with the spinner dolphins. What a gift it is to swim with the dolphins! I am working on research related to healing with sound and the healing sonar sound of dolphins and whales. All the best to all of you.

Since 2006 my husband, Jason, and I have been working at the Athenian School directing A.W.E. (the Athenian Wilderness Experience). I have recently been going through old, old files and have come across many PC names from well before my time! Additionally, we continue to hire a number of PC grads so I love continuing the connection. We recently welcomed our daughter Hannah into the world. She was born Feb. 16, 2008 and we think she is lovely. She loves to be outside which is good, as we split our time between the school in Danville, CA (SF Bay Area) and Bishop, CA where we had settled previous to taking the job at Athenian and which we still call home. We are at our house there most of the winter and some of the summer and try to take advantage of the stupendous opportunities in the Sierra out our back door. We welcome visitors anytime. I often think of everyone from my time at PC.

Just ahead of the publication of my second novel, sci-fi thriller "Plague War", two friends and I have released a book trailer entitled "FourMinutes Above 10,000 Feet". Shot in the Sierra mountains, this short film can only be described as "Alive" meets "The Blair Witch Project" meets the new "Andromeda" Strain. Scary and fun! A hi-res version can be found on my web site at: http://www.jverse.com There is also a readily accessible version on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU-i0faBPkY

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 (diamondmtn.org). 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 (RDP 90?) 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 (RDP 94?) 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

Since summer 2007, I've been working as the executive producer for a local talk radio station in New Orleans. The station, 995fm.com, began post-Katrina as a response to the need for more information on local recovery issues and politics. I coordinate guests, research topics, write a blog, and keep hosts up to date on the latest local and national news. Our motto is "Let Your Voice Be Heard"--very encouraging in a city where it's difficult to make change, steeped as it is in both mysterious and corrupt traditions! Note to everyone: New Orleans is getting back on its feet and thriving in new and surprising ways. We have quite a journey ahead of us. Come visit and be part of it! aaknola@yahoo.com

Jeff Carlson (RDP '91)

Jeff Carlson (RDP '91) sold German rights for his novel Plague Year and its two sequels to Piper via the Donald Maass Literary Agency, in best bid auction, for a “significant deal” in high five figures. Included in the contract are bestseller bonuses, which, if attained, will make the overall deal worth six figures, plus royalties. Piper intends to publish the first volume in September 2008 as “part of a special marketing campaign aiming to link phantastic and mainstream novels in order to widen the range for ‘phantastic thrillers’ in both the mainstream and the science fiction/fantasy market,” including advertising, special pages in Piper catalogues, and cross-promotion in genre and non-genre media.

Spanish rights for Plague Year sold to Minotauro in a preemptive bid over Plaza / RHM.

The first sequel, Plague War, is slated for release in North America in August 2008, with the next title set to follow in Summer 2009.

Tracy Rapport (RDP '99)
Wow, I have such a great husband and my first baby on the way...I'm the luckiest woman alive!! (Ari Rapport - her husband wrote this). trapport@bellsouth.net (mailto:trapport@bellsouth.net)

Ari Rapport RDP( '98)
Tracy Michaelis Rapport (RDP'99) and I are living in Wilmington, NC and expecting our first child. Life is good by the beach. Occasionally we run into PC folks in other parts of the country, and keep up via "Class Notes". I will say more of you need to send in updates to this newsletter...for us hobbit folks we don't see much of the outside world unless you all make the effort! Looking forward... arirapport@hotmail.com (mailto:arirapport@hotmail.com)

Matt "Merritt" McCarty (RDP '97)
Matt McCarty

It has been a long, tumultuous, crazy-driving, all hope lost-all hope found, ten months of serious life transition. From abruptly walking out of the field at Sagwalk, never to return, to Xmas package handling at FedEx, to working at a “locked” facility for kids, to a short stint at yardwork/landscaping, to returning to work with my beloved friend the Spotted Owl on the Deschutes National Forest. And to my newest job. I last worked August 4th for the F.S. and my new job began Oct 1st. From my break-up in January to internet dating. From living in a great house with a double garage, to a two month stint with a garage where the cats pooped every other day. From applying to Graduate school and not getting in, from putting all my energy into relocating to Portland to catching a curveball straight out of the Gorge. And then back to the lifestyle I know well, living out of the car, couch surfing, and mooching off my folks. It’s also the lifestyle that I’m completely over. That began July 1st. It’s now September 30th and I have a roof over my head, but not the same one for long. It’s a wonderful studio where I see Multnomah Falls and the Oregon side of the Gorge from my window. Alas the landlord does not want to rent to me with my dog, so I’m determined to find another home that’s closer to work and ideal for Mandy.

But, my ambition was to achieve a management position and one in which I could use my systematic thinking and detail orientation and organization. Well, I believe I’ve found this job. I’m now the Assistant Spa Director at Bonneville Resort and Spa. Who’d a thunk it-me working in a spa? I’ve come a long way, from not bathing for two weeks at a time to showering and shaving everyday (and using products such as Cavier firming crème and the like). I actually had to expand my wardrobe with multiple button-up shirts and black closed-toe shoes. I actually laugh out loud (on the inside) every time I play dress up. (I think-if only my co-workers knew the inner me. But then playing dress-up has actually always been part of the inner me too.)

Many friends are already asking me about the spa hook ups. I’m in the process of suss’n everything

out. I don’t think I can swing any discounts on my own, but I can inform you all of spa discounts as they happen. And right now most services are 20% off Monday-Thursday and if two men book bath and wraps at the same time it’s two for the price of one.

One of my other “trial and tribulations” was that my road bike was ripped off while using the public library in Bend-in the middle of the day! I actually had Mandy tethered to the outside of my car and my bike locked onto my rack. Most likely the bastards were petting Mandy with one hand and cutting my cable in the other. But this too has a happy ending. Due to the wisdom of having Renter’s Insurance, my bike was insured, and due to the wonder that is Ebay, I’ve procured a bike made of my favorite metal, titanium! Of course now that I’m in the Gorge it’s rained every day. But I love it!

Oh, in other disturbing news, I visited IKEA for the first time. It was a trip. But I did walk away with a new desk and wooden hangers (for all my button up shirts). I’m expected to work 45+ hours a week, and I’m probably closer to 50. I’m definitely on the steep side of the learning curve, but it reminds me how much I really enjoy learning. I anticipating it taking a couple months to feel really solid in what I do and being able to answer most people’s question (employees and customers). I have approximately 40 staff that I interact with and the gross spa sales were 2 million last year, I have a lot of denaro to track and my goal is to make the spa even more profitable (and obviously running smoother and more efficient). My job responsibilities should become more clear in the next month or so. So in the next month I anticipate finding a new home, one closer to work in North Bonneville. I’d like to get to work via human power. Right now I’m 13 miles west of work. Since I’m already working long days I’d like more time to do things like read “Microsoft Office for Mac OS X,” “GarageBand for Dummies,” “Retail Business,” “Mac OS X,” “Nonviolent Communication” and a travel guide for Portland. I’m also ordering books relating to time management and managing in general. I’m excited about getting a good exercise and diet regiment started. I’m enjoying the rain and I’m excited about buying camoflague rubber boots. I also anticipate swimming more as the resort has a 25m pool. I haven’t done much water stuff since my Lasik surgery a year ago. I anticipate once I get feeling settled (and I can see this taking 2-3 months) I hope to start regularly exploring Portland, and getting involved in stuff, specifically Toastmasters. AS to my Golf, I’m still driving it even though I had a rough summer with it. It’s getting close to flipping 283,000 miles. I replaced the front brakes and timing belt, had the clutch done, and as soon as I moved to the Gorge the hatch struts went out on me. I’m still holding out of a hybrid SUV, but who knows. I make brake with the family VW tradition and buy a Honda or something, sometime in the further off future. Mandy is now 10+ and still kicking it. I thought she had a tendon strain issue, but with a good dose of glucosamine and chondrotin, she’s chasing every woodland create she sees. I’m still using my Camp Sherman address until I find that next semi-permanent home. I’d appreciate it if you all would send me your USPS and email address (if you prefer a different one than how you received this), phone number, and birthday info. If there’s anybody I don’t have an email address for, and you think they’d like to get my “life updates” please pass this along to them. Well, that’s all for now. This letter has been two weeks in the making, so I better get it off sooner than later (gotta save the next round of events for the next update). Sorry if this update is a little jumpy, but so is my life right now (so effortlessly slowing down). Wishing you a merry autumn,

Matthew Merritt McCarty, P.O. Box 474, Camp Sherman, OR 97730, (541) 760 5383
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Elise Lockton (RDP '96)
Life after Biscuit led the way to interpreting nature as a passion and profession. My love of travel and natural history has helped to chart the course of where I live and work and I have spent the last 12 years leading trips in Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, Ecuador, Alaska and Hawaii. For the last 11 years (summers) I have worked as a naturalist in Alaska leading 7-10 day trips both on land and sea for Alaska Wildland Adventures and Lindblad Expeditions. Future On Board Naturalist trips include Baja and Hokkaido, Japan to Kamchatka,Siberia to Nome,AK.

Grant Leibersberger (RDP '96)
Howdy fellow alumni!! Last year, about this time, Jennifer and I made the decision to abandon post-industrial Cleveland after a 2 year stay (not soon enough) and head up the east coast for the dream world of Vermont. Things sure do look different now...We are enjoying our little farm house in rural Addison Country and I am making the small commute to Burlington daily. In April, I accepted a position as a financial advisor with UBS and I am currently putting that MBA to work in the financial markets for private clients (some of whom are alumni!). Before anyone gasps too loudly about the capitalistic nature of it all, they should know my specialty is socially responsible investing and helping aging individuals work with their estates. On a personal note, Jennifer & I were married on a stunning day (August 5th) on top of a mountain overlooking Lake Champlain very near our house. grant.leibersberger@gmail.com or 802.922.6876

Kimberly Buck (RDP '93)
Jim Donovan and I moved up to Silverton, Colorado this past year. It was time for us to get out of the big city of Tucson. Our son, Evan, is 4 1/2 yrs old already and seems to live on his bike and skis. Software development is still our main business, but we're also starting a ski rental & gear consignment shop!

Joseph Scanlon (RDP '93)
I moved to Paris, France in August of 2006 after accepting a science teaching position at the American School of Paris. As soon as I arrived, the school began internal discussions about shifting the culture of the school towards becoming an "environmentally" centered school. I was thrust head on into this process (once they found out I went to Prescott!) with several other teachers, administrators and board members in evaluating our current educational practices, our physical site and our staff development. The goal of the process is to have the school put "Sustainability Education" at the core of our values, develop interdisciplinary curriculum to reflect these values and to modify our physical site to become an school designed to minimize impacts on the environment, act as a learning tool for the whole community on environmental design and an example for other schools to follow. If you come through Paris, drop a line! joe_scanlon33@yahoo.com

As I write this in mid-June, we’re growing more and more excited in the Carlson household as the release date of my first novel approaches. End-of-the-world thriller PLAGUE YEAR hits stores in August, and my publisher is going gangbusters setting up a small tour up and down California to promote the book. (We live in the San Francisco Bay Area.) If you’re nearby, come and see me. Bring your naked groupies! I’ll be in Roseville, Walnut Creek, San Francisco, Pasadena, Los Angeles, and San Luis Obispo. They’re also sending me to the Decatur Book Festival in Atlanta over Labor Day weekend. Exciting stuff. You can find details on tour dates and locations on my web site at www.jverse.com, along with cover art, a free excerpt of the book, other goodies, and advance information on the sequel WAR DAY, coming in Summer 2008. Oh, and I’m still looking for a lead on Nathan Boston. Natey, where you at? jeffcarlson@astound.net

Hi P. C. After leaving Prescott, I taught on the Navajo Res. for a couple years, then moved back to Cali. I have been teaching here since; spending the past 11 years teaching English and Science at the same high school. I met my lovely wife, Laura, a few years ago. We have a son (Jerry Jr.)almost two and are expecting our second. Her name is Laura Sophia and she will bless us come October! I still play the guitar, but have much less time now. I have kept in touch with some pc grads throughout the years, but only still get on touch with G. Daniels. Hope you all are well. Peace, Jerry

Greetings PC alumni and friends. I am currently living in Portland, OR with my lovely wife Tara. After teaching and living in Seattle for the past four years, we are back in Portland and enjoying our new home. I am currently teaching in a middle school and Tara is working as a speech pathologist at Legacy Emanuel hospital. We hope all is well back in Prescott or wherever you may find yourself in your journey.

I hope this finds you well. It is so often that I think of Prescott, my experiences there, and the people I met along the way. Recently, I have had the opportunity to share some of those experiences in a new book called 147 Practical Tips for Teaching Sustainability. My first book venture, I was a co-author with 5 other people, which was quite an experience. It is available through Atwood Publishing. Prescott is scattered throughout the pieces I wrote. Take a gander when you can.

In June I left my job as Sustainability Specialist for New Belgiumn Brewery to be a more present parent to our son, Miles. I took the opportunity to start my own consulting business, PriZm Sustainability, as well as dive deep into my ever-important role as mother. Both jobs are going well. Check out my website: www.prizmsustainability.com

As I finally settle into my new roles, I wonder how you are doing. Please drop a line when you can. Love, hillary

Hi PC Alumni. Life could not be better. I am the director of a Montessori school and Matt took a leave from his teaching job to stay at home with our 9 month old son. We miss PC and our friends from Prescott. If you are in the Northern California area look us up.

Hello folks! After many years trying to get back into the art world, I have finally done so and accepted a position as Director of Student Affairs for the Maine College of Art. I hope the five other art students at PC are proud that I'm actually doing work in my field! And, I hope you have all continued on your path as artists - professionally or otherwise. I've been happy to run into several PC alum here in Portland - if you're in the area, please drop a line! New_dew@hotmail.com

Hi, Everyone - Since leaving Prescott in '92 I have had many excellent adventures in the Southwest, and all over the world. I am getting married on October 1st to my long-time partner Greg Sayers. We live on a few acres outside Moab, Utah raising sheep, goats, chickens, a llama, dogs, a cat, ducks, and geese. Greg is a Physician Assistant, and I own a consulting practice that helps small businesses, nonprofits, and community agencies and coalitions with issues of leadership, conflict, strategy, etc. I am an executive coach, workplace mediator, trainer, and facilitator. Over the past three years, I have been able to work with and help several environmental and human service organizations, which is my favorite work and helps me continue to carry the Prescott College torches of healthier people and healthier planet. Other adventures include two months of humanitarian service in Uganda, a tense week in Israel, many river trips including a harrowing daily down the White Nile, and five years building an earthbag home, which you can read about in two books: Earthbag Building by Kaki Hunter and Donald Kiffmeyer, and The House that Jill Built by Judy Ostrow. Check out more about my business in the Alumni Store and on my website www.canyonspringsconsulting.com. Hope to hear from some of you 90's alumni someday soon!

I imagine I must be the only professional science fiction writer to emerge from PC, not exactly a school renowned for physics and technology -- but my very good years there remain a strong influence and most of my work holds at least a hint of green. Most of it is present-day rather than “sci fi.” For example, I’ve written stories about the challenges of constructing deep-sea tidal power generators; an innovative wildlife conservation project; urban blight; evolutionary stresses; and ecologies both real and alien.

After leaving Prescott, I spent a few years chasing around Hollywood before I escaped and returned to prose fiction. Don’t get me wrong. I’d love to sell out for six figures. It’s just that at any given time there are 30,000 other hustlers in L.A. and I didn’t want to hustle, I wanted to write. Meanwhile in a stroke of great fortune I met my wife-to-be, Diana, who is smart and pretty and sweet. She’s not bad at hauling a pack ten miles into the Yosemite back-country, either, or roughing it for thirteen nights down the Grand Canyon. We married in 2000 and now have two strong boys, John and Ben, ages four and almost two.

My writing is still a long way from supporting the family (I’m also the house dad, while Diana slaves for UPS as our main breadwinner) but since finding my stride I’ve sold more than twenty short stories -- some to small press and semi-pro venues, but also a good many to top publications such as Asimov’s Science Fiction, Strange Horizons, and the Writers of the Future XXIII anthology.

The wheels in publishing turn slowly, especially breaking in. Over a nearly three-year period, no less than five editors informed my agent that they wanted the book but could not get authorization to buy another first novel. At last someone actually put money on the table and the book went to Ace/Berkley in a minor bidding war. Ace is an imprint of Penguin USA, one of the major media conglomerates. We’re pretty excited. Plague Year will be in book stores everywhere in August 2007.

Very briefly, it’s about a medical nanotech prototype that gets loose and devours all warm-blooded life below 10,000 feet elevation and, well, chaos ensues. Obviously there are major environmental repercussions and the geopolitical map is torn apart. Check out my website at www.jverse.com for more info, a free excerpt, a couple short stories, et cetera.

A sequel is tentatively scheduled for Summer 2008, with the working title War Day, and I’ve also been invited to collaborate with New York Times bestselling author David Brin on a new young adult adventure series entitled Colony High. Naturally I jumped at the chance.

I also write family nonfiction and have sold almost twenty articles, essays, tips and even one recipe for taco potato skins to both regional publications such as San Diego Family Magazine and major nationals like Family Circle and Boys’ Life.

I was moved to make time to write this note after seeing the obituary of Doug Finn, one of my early and best writing teachers. I regret losing contact with him after leaving Arizona. I always thought we’d have good fun catching up some day, and now that chance is gone, and I still think about a lot of you all the time. Larry and Jen and I keep in contact, and Kathlyn, and I swap emails occasionally with a couple others, but it’s been years and years since I heard from Nate Boston or too many others. Where you at, Natey? Jeff www.jverse.com

Hey old friends, I left greater Boston, the Massachusetts Audubon Society, and some incredible friends this spring to start an MS in Environmental Science at the University of Idaho in Moscow. I'm studying birds (as has been the trend) in southwest Idaho's Owyhee Mountains, focusing on the expansion of juniper and the decline of aspen in structuring bird communities. I'm still dribbling out material on the Common Black-Hawk, including a chapter in the upcoming Raptors of New Mexico. I'm always grateful to hear from lost tribe-mates: gcsadoti@yahoo.com.

Hi Folks! I’m still living outside of Austin, Tx., working at Canyon of the Eagles Nature Park and Lodge as the Programming Director and Kayaking Instructor. I married Michael Silaski, percussionist and carpenter (met him at a show, and yep, he does play for my performnmces!), in 2000, and we have a 3- year old daughter Fiona. I’ve been bellydancing for 12 years, most recently American Tribal Style and teach BD in Austin. Other bellydancing alums in the Austin area, give me a call! 512-264-8938, email jodykarr@hotmail.com

After Directing the Sacred Earth, Sacred Self Eco-Psychology Conference in '96 for my senior project I was invited to start-up the Ecosa Institue (www.ecosanstitute.org) in '99 here in Prescott where I was Director of Operations for nearly 7 years. In October of '02 my son Jacob Hans Israel was born and in July of '03 I bought a house! My marriage to Jenna Israel ('97 alumni Jenna Jack) happily continues since June ’99. Last year I left Ecosa and I am currently a Realtor in Prescott. While most of my clients are relatively mainstream, my intention is to develop a niche in "Green Real Estate" using my knowledge of ecological design and sustainability to educate clients about this aspect of purchasing or selling property. To this end I have developed close connections with the developers of the “Prescott Eco-Hood”. As I left Ecosa Institute and got my real estate license I seriously contemplated what it means to “Sell Out”. Now I must balance both the larger ecological needs of our planet with the immediate day-to-day needs of a family, which have very real financial considerations, and I’ve decided living off the land in a hut was not my style. The internal challenges of staying conscious and the external challenges of our complex world never cease to compete and I continue to pay attention to both. Prescott has changed tremendously over the last decade and has a lot more to offer. The inevitable development and sprawl typical of the west has impacted Prescott for both good and bad, but the climbing and mountain biking is still great, the restaurants have gotten better, so has the music with my band “Blue Wail”, and there is still a wonderful community of caring individuals working for a better world right here in town. If you or someone you know is considering buying or selling real estate in the Prescott area please contact me. (928) 273-2420 risrael@cableone.net. Thanks!! Rob Israel

I have finally started the process to move from working for others and beginning my own Design/Build Firm. I have been working in construction for othe past three years to learn hands on Carpentry. I have recently started at IST Solar Thermal to learn active solar systems from fabrication and finally servicing existing and new systems.

Hi Everyone! I am here in Prescott, the big rubber band, and have really been loving it lately. The town is growing like wild fire and the community of Prescott College is hard to beat. I have been working full time as an instructor in Adventure Education, and the college has really provided me with some exciting opportunities. By the time this Transitions comes out I will have completed my masters in education. My thesis and focus area was using storytelling as a teaching tool. I also had the chance to do John Wesley Powell's Journey this past fall, it was the truly the trip of a lifetime. Would love to hear from people. jfarmer@prescott.edu.

- Have owned a home in Asheville for 3 years now.
- 2nd year in current position as CWI for NCOBS (see above) and I really enjoy it: getting paid to teach paddling.
- Now living in the near-rainforest of the Southeast but really miss the deserts of the Southwest...
- The truck I bought in Prescott in '94 (I had long hair and drove a Toyota truck and went to PC - what a surprise) finally died this spring.

Well, since lealving Prescott I have since graduated from Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado...snowboarded many fine seasons at Crested Butte...was working for hte USFS as a Hotshot, now finding myself retired from that profession....I am currently on holiday and finding myself climbing in Mexico and Thailand...would love to hear from all my old brothers and sisters at PC..Ido miss you all...and the fond memberies

I just wanted to let you know that the May issue of Sunset magazine has the article on the garden. Jesse is pleased with it and I think it turned out well. We have been working with the Stanford elementary education program in the garden. They brought out all of their student teachers for an afternoon with Jesse in the kitchen and me in the garden. Four of them will be bringing out students from their schools to do the same. If all goes well, we will get funding for next year. Unfortunately, it has been an extremely wet spring (global climate change) and we have had to reschedule all the visits until May. I hope all is well with you and that the sun is shining on Prescott College.

After working for Outward Bound we moved from Alaska to Vermont to Natucket Island where we had our baby girl, Luna Mackenzie Moyer on April 2nd, 2005. I am currently working as a finish carpenter and my wife is a childrens progam coordinator for the Natucket Public Schools. We are trying to get back to our first love, the outdoors. We have plans of continuing to run norther river expeditions for families.

I married Allyssa Tomoff in 1996 at a wonderful outdoor wedding at the Granite Dells in Prescott. We've been living in Seattle for the past 11 years. I became a certified teacher in 1999 and have spent the last seven years teaching elementary students at T.T. Minor Elementary School in the heart of Seattle. I recently completed my Master of Arts degree through Pacific Oaks College, concentrating on intercultural communication using digital technology in the elementary school classroom. The rest of my time is spent exploring the Pacific Northwest. I love to fly my paraglider, sea kayak, hike, and explore the area on my road bike. Last summer I climbed Mount Baker with friends and flew off the summit in my paraglider. The Pacific Northwest is a great place for adventure! Alyssa and I will be moving to Los Angeles in August so she can pursue her acting career and I can continue my work in inner-city schools. I'm looking forward to exploring the coast and the mountains in that part of the world! Feel free to contact us at andrewgagne@hotmail.com.

Hey everyone. I have spent the last three years in Culinary School and working in restaurants in New York City. I have recently moved back to New Hampshire where I am opening my own restaurant this spring. If anyone remembers my dog Delilah, I am happy to report she recently turned 10 and is doing great! If you are ever in the New Hampshire area look me up. Emy Watson and Justin Salamon I miss you and would love to connect.

This past November I married Jordan Dann in Puerto Vallarta Mexico. We spent a total of a month in Mexico which included everything from beach to jungle, lots of partying, paragliding, a great road trip, fishing, surfing, salsa dancing, it goes on and on. Some Prescotters who made it were Greg DeMatto 99, Matt Verson 99, and Bob Brockley 97. Jordan and I were high school friends and we re-met a few years ago on Martha's Vineyard. We now live in Aspen CO where I work full time as a mountain guide and Jordaan teaches voice work, acting and writing. See some photos at www.amosandjordan.com<http://www.amosandjordan.com/>.

I hope this email finds you well. Leta and I welcomed Kira (pronounced Keer-rah) Sky into our world on Monday, January 30 at 11:11A.M. After 26 hours of laboring at home, although Leta was fullydilated and the baby's head was visible when she pushed, Leta's contractions were not close enough to make the progress for a home delivery. Paula, our midwife, made the decision to take us to our back up doctor in Cottonwood. With a little help from Pitocin and an epistiotomy, Kira was delivered to our arms. 30 hours toal labor puts Leta in the category of "Bad Ass". At birth, Kira was 7 lbs, 9.5 oz and 18.25" long. We are doing great. Kira is getting over a little jaundice and nursing well, while Leta is doing regular sitz baths and ice packs to help her nether region heal. We are totally elaed and look forward to introducing Kira Sky to all our friends. Anyone who wishes to get in touch may email me at mdorsten@mac.com. Best wishes to you all! Love, Mark, Leta & Kira

Midori and family are now living in lovely Lakeview, Oregon - back to the high desert!

I moved to New Orleans in 2004 and am still here! Thankfully, my job and apartment were intact Post-Katrina. It's definitely surreal and sad being here now, but things are slowly improving. I am the Promotion Manager for a local publishing company that produces New Orleans art and architecture books, travel books, cookbooks, children's, and Civil War and motivational books. Life continues to be full of surprises...drop me a line at aaknola@yahoo.com if you plan on visiting the Big (not so) Easy!

Just starting another East Coast ski season coaching my local HS ski team (it's been snowing alot, already, but typical of the East Coast, it's raining, today). We just moved into a new house with more land that is a lot more efficient and has more land for gardens, so are looking forward to spring. In the meantime, we are digging our woodstove and little sledding hill. Elaina (my partner) and I have a daughter named Solia - she is now 2 years and a few months old and is SO much fun to have around... I think we'll keep her. Love is a wonderful thing - I hope you're all gittin some. Peace to all! Drop us a note at acschmid@adelphia.net, especially if you are coming to the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts.

Andy McKee completed his Masters in Education in December 2005 through the University of San Francisco. His thesis was on integrating digital media into an art foundations course. He continues to teach in Alameda, CA at St. Joseph Notre Dame HS where he lives with his wife and two lovely daughters (four and two years old). Andy is also creator/moderator of the Environmental Awareness Club at his school, where he continues the good fight.

Greetings from Southern California! On May 5, 2005 Joe and I welcomed Elle Pacific Warnett into our lives. She was an au natural “hypnobirthed baby!” She has brought immense joy to our lives and is an absolute delight…healthy, happy and filled with a great sense of adventure! There truly is no greater JOY! Since her birth I have had a calling to assist other women in achieving births for their babies they envision. Thus I recently become a certified Birth and Postpartum Doula and have added this to my small private psychotherapy practice with children and families.

On another note… Joe, Elle and I are moving to Atlanta in January so Elle can grow up closer to cousins and grandparents! We are very excited about returning to the South!

I will start a private practice in Atlanta and Joe will make a career change from being a Film Editor for the last 10 years to starting his own Home Theater Installation Company. Yes, the New Year will be bringing great changes! We will certainly miss our bungalow by the ocean and the sands of AZ…but we look forward to bringing Elle back to the west for visits!

I continue to think of PC often, the tremendous impact it had on the early shaping of my adult life and the wonderful friendships I made while there. Happy Holidays, Katherine (Kat)

I have finished my time in windowless classrooms, marking scantrons and have walked across the stage to accept my degree as a doctor of chiropractic. I packed up all my things and am currently saying goodbye to the states and all the amazing people in my life here. All this to prepare for my next adventure: opening up a chiropractic hotspot, Thrive, in Nelson, New Zealand with Christine Cantwell. We welcome visitors, neighbors, or the names of good folks to connect with in NZ. Drop a line to armenedc@gmail.com.
Much love to all you prescotteers.

My family and I recently became Resident Managers at The Walnut Creek Center for Education and Research just north of Prescott (40 miles.) Kevin Keith and I got married in 1999 and have a daughter together (Kiva Rain)in addition to our two wonderful boys (Summer Reed and Israel Estey.)Since graduating, I have been raising and homeschooling these sweet children, painting and now managing WCCER. Come visit! K & K

A big hello from sunny Colorado. It's with the greatest joy a person can feel that I pass along the news that on July 29th at 9:45 pm, Miles Isador Mizia was born. Believe me when I say that giving birth was, hands down, the hardest thing I have ever done- no field course could prepare me for the intensity of it all. And no greater happiness could be possible than what we feel for this chub chub bundle of cuteness. I'm currently on maternity leave from my job at New Belgium Brewing as Sustainability Coordinator. I do plan on going back to work when my leave is up. Because I get to work from home 4 days a week, I figure I ought to try and make it work. I think about PC often, and wonder how everyone is doing. Please, drop me a line if you find yourself in the Front Range of Colorado. Cheers!

Hey Y'all! I am living in Bozeman, MT now and really liking it! After graduation I worked for NOLS until 2001 as an instructor and intown staff at various branches - had a great time and got to do lots of fun traveling. Eventually ended up at the Teton Valley Branch where my husband Dave Mcwethy and I built a house and enjoyed the Tetons. Now we are in Bozeman - he is in school and I am working as a Nurse in Hospice and Medical/Surgical. Learning so much everyday! Best wishes to y'all, Sauny

Alumni gather in Ridgway, CO for Scott Rikkers' (RDP '90) wedding, June 2005.

From left: Rebecca Hazen (RDP '99), Mark Rikkers (RDP '90), Joel Hiller, Angela Hawse (RDP '86/MAP '01), Karen Cooper (RDP '94), William Cooper (RDP '91)

A long, joyous journey has culminated in receiving my Doctorate in Psychology (Psy.D.) this month. To think, it started right there at Prescott College with a B.A. Upon my graduation from PC I knew more education was in store for me. So with full intent I took that desire seriously, and here I am, 9 years later completely nourished as a scholar. Thank you Prescott College , and specifically thank you Tim and Terril for your kind, compassionate guidance and belief in me. Nearing 68 years of age in June, I have completed that dream I talked so much about.

I have worked as a crisis therapist, on Mental Health Services, at a local hospital for seven years. It is a great career fit. I started teaching last year for CSUB in their Alcohol and Drug Studies Program, and of course that is also a fit. More recently I have involved myself with psychoneuroimmunology, taking courses at UCLA last year in neuropsychology and this year workshops on "pain," and mind/body courses on line. I'm not sure where this is leading me, but know it will have relevance somewhere because I enjoy it all so much. a.gassaway@att.net

Greetings all - this last year has been a time of change, and earmarked by blessings. I am living in the San Francisco Bay Area, and currently trying to finish my Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology - ABD at this time. The last year brought a close to a fantastic internship as part of my studies, and a new job following that, plus a three week trip to the south island of New Zealand - for my honeymoon! I married my wife Jennifer on Sept 25, 2004 , whom I met in my current graduate program. She has proven to be quite an outdoor trooper. I am currently working for Deloitte Consulting, on all organizational issues that involve people: It is a bit of a people's advocate role in the corporate world. Funny how life has changed since I started, and finished, at prescott college. In an effort to remember my roots, I am working on a few routes up Mt. Shasta , and building my general mountaineering skills - so many years after I could have simply taken the class! All in due time. To all old friends, please feel free to reach out to me at treed@ars-novo.org.

Back from Alaska after five years and countless salmon. Sherry and I are now living in Crested Butte, Colorado. PC folks are always welcome to come skiing and crash with us. I'm working at the Crested Butte Academy and Sherry is at Western State College and we're traveling around CO looking for wonderful places along with those in our backyard! Hope everyone is well. rivergrizzly@hotmail.com

I have been working for the last 4 months as an Assistant County Attorney for the State of New Hampshire prosecuting felony and misdemeanor level offenses. I continue to serve a Vice President and General Counsel for Pepperell Skydiving Center . I am also working on a skydiving world record project that involves fundraising for Breast Cancer Research. The world record event will take place in September 2005 in Perris Valley California . I would love to hear from PC grads from the late '89-'90s. paula@philbrooklaw.com

Brigette Buynak (RDP '93)
Brigette has just started working for the New Mexico Senate. She is working for the Senate Judiciary Committee as an Analyst. The next 60 days will be gruesome but feel free to drop her a note at bbuynak@comcast.net . Many blessings to all!

Hi all! After several years of moving about I am living in the Adirondacks in northern New York . My wife Cena, daughter Thea and I built a small home 15 acres that we bought five years ago. Cena is a teacher but is taking time off to be at home with Thea who is 15 months old. I have a General Contracting buiness and run a portable sawmill. We would love to see and hear from folks. kcshaw@westelcom.com

I recently moved back to Cleveland (a place I never thought I would return) to take care of some personal business. Currently, I am attending the MBA program at the Weatherhead School of Management and concentrating on Health Systems Management Policy. (Sounds boring, I know.) But, we need to fix some problems in our country with the delivery of health care services, so we can take care of all the boomers that are going to need help on our dime. I don't think I would be anywhere in this field without the leadership skills and relationships I developed at the college. By the way, if your ever find yourself in Cleveland (unlikely) give me a call. My best goes out to all the faculty, friends, and alumni at PC! grant@runbox.com

PC Alumni in Napa, 2004
Stephen Winiarski (RDP '91), Matjn Winiarski, Wills Cooper, William Cooper (RDP '91), Gannon Rikkers, Scott Rikkers (RDP '90), Cass Rikkers, Jude Kelley, Howard Kelley (RDP '89)

Hey PC folks! Just a quick update for myself and my wife, Tracy Michaelis (RDP '99). We moved to Wilmington, NC this summer and have been settling in. All's well so far! If anyone feels like saying 'hi', send a note to arirapport@hotmail.com.

Hello to all the Xers and everyone else I met along the way. Life has been good to say the least. I'm in my 10th year of teaching, 7th at Jackson Hole High School . I'm teaching government and psychology to juniors and seniors. Adria and I moved here from Denver in 1998 when we both finished our graduate programs. We eloped on a mountain in Montana in 1999 and now we are happily settled and Jackson is home. We had a little girl in July '03, Chloe Elizabeth is now 16 months old and keeping us quite busy. If anyone is ever passing through the Hole drop us a line. Peace. jacstines@bresnan.net

I am now the V.P of Sales of e-Waste, an electronic recycling specialist company focusing on retrieving the raw material from the electronics industry and then sending them to smelters throughout the US, a true recycler. I am very excited to be in the green industry and at the same time feel that I am doing something that is beneficial for the nation and the developing countries in the future. The website is www.e-wasteonline.com

We are living in the outdoor playground of McCall, Idaho. Jonas spends every third day putting out fires and saving local ice cream stands from propane leaks as a McCall Firefighter. The other days we work together in our naturopathic clinic, Solace Natural Medicine. I get to see patients and he gets to do all the office work. On January 14th I gave birth at home to our little sugarlump, Kyrie Juniper. Yes, her middle name is in reference to the Southwest where Jonas and I met in the computer lab... We would love to hear from friends or better yet, see you in McCall. The clinic website is www.solacemedicine.com

I was blessed to celebrate my wedding last summer in Swan Valley, Montana with a fantastic group of PC friends and their partners. From left to right: Julie Munro, Ben Basar, David Berkman ('00), Bret Hackett ('00), Pam Hurley ('00), Gibby Siemion, Amy Hartline, Chad Close, Rebecca Egbert, Justin Salamon, Gabe Dawson, Shana Maziarz. I am currently living, working and loving life in Missoula, Montana.

Since graduating from Antioch University with a Masters of Science in Resource Management and Administration, I have spent the last three years working for a national environmental group called the American Littoral Society (www.littoralsociety.org)in NJ - somebody had to save it! I love my job and feel very fortunate. I get to defend lands important to Delaware Estuary and sea. My time is spent writing editorials on environmental issues important to the coast, fighting proposed developments in really bad places, getting towns to manage growth and identifying lands for preservation. There's no greater satisfaction than seeing an important tract of land saved from development, or in prevailing against the Wal-Mart Corporation's bid to locate a Supercenter within the federal acquisition boundaries of a national wildlife refuge. The hardest part of the job is the late night hearings and going up against slick attorneys with development plans for old-growth forest and scenic farms along the Bay. I feel honored to be working to help keep natural beauty in people's lives. Some parts of creation are worth fighting for. I learned this while attending Prescott College in the 90s. I learned that people have the power to stop environmental abominations by organizing, getting informed and working with the system we have. I will never forget the victorious efforts of the college environmental club in stopping a proposed gold mine in Yarnell Arizona. We joined forces with a small retirement community and managed to prevent a multi-national corporation from turning a 700 foot hill into a 400 foot deep hole. It really shows that there's still hope and it's worth fighting for. People often tell me we won't win some particular fight, like when the Army wanted to dump treated VX Nerve Agent into the Bay. Ten days after we filed our lawsuit, the Army pulled the plug. That so much can still be accomplished in a state like NJ, which many would assume should just be written-off, tells me there's great hope for conservation everywhere. If we can save roughly 30,000 acres of land in NJ per year (numbers accurate), the great dream of re-wilding our world is growing roots even in places like downtown Camden and Newark - it's happening. Remain positive, because nobody is inspired by pessimism and doom. Build on the great works of what's already been accomplished. The Delaware Bay was once the nation's great dumping ground and ran red. Now it represents perhaps the world's greatest restoration success story - from a toxic sewer to a protein-factory of global significance. I often miss being out West in big skies and rocky canyons among great friends. NJ is not the cultural experience of Prescott College or Arizona. At night I picture all the places we hiked together in classes as friends and reverent explorers. How it brings tears to my eyes still. Looking forward to hearing from old friends and new. matt@littoralsociety.org

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(at)hotmail.com; drop me a line. Cheers!

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! ethanhipple@gmail.com

Kara Plumb (RDP '01)
It's been a lovely winding road since the PC experience. I've found myself more and more settled here in Portland OR, wrapped in gratitude, the rain, this beautiful green city, performance and art experiences, burning man, healers, movers, and so many amazing people and groups doing incredible, devoted work. Putting out some root systems in this lush community. Not sure where the road will lead, but enjoying the journey! Please give a holler if you find yourself in these parts!

Beth and I moved again, this time north from Eugene to Orcas Island in WA. Beth is the conferences and retreats director of a year around camp while I work four jobs to keep myself busy while we live on the island. After eight years of being together we finally married last August (2006) on Mayne Island, BC one of our favourite places. We are on Orcas on what we call our five year plan and we have three years left until we head abroad again to work, live, and continue our adventure.
Feel free to contact us if ever you're in the San Juan Islands.

I am currently working in two school districts in Grants and Belen, NM. I assist special education students in a variety of ways, such as, career exploration, job readiness, transition resources, etc. I have a caseload in addition to working with all the seniors in order to make their transition from high school a smooth one. I also coordinate field trips, meet with family, present to classes,and attend IEP (individual educational plan) meetings, etc. On a personal note, I have just purchased my first home! I'm loving living in New Mexico event though I miss my Prescott family.

40 years of Prescott, gee who would of thunk it. It is great to be able to check the web once and a while and see all the incredible things Prescott is into. I hope to bring the family back to explore the area in the not to distant future.
My wife Carie and my daughter Aileen who is getting ready to turn two on March 13 are doing well. Things are well, I am busy helping a good friend who is runnning for mayor and has a good chance at winning the race, busy with various volunteer and community projecs, and somewhat busy playing outdoors. Prescott has been a great influence in my life, I am always proud to say that I went here.
I have not kept in touch with many folks from Prescott, but would love to hear from people. I can be reached at swinn@unitedwaypoco.org or 715-295-0113. My professional career has been the way of non-profits with a focus on community development, service-learning and community volunteering. I live in such a neat place where everyone knows you. I would not trade this for anything, it's like a big disfunctional family!

I've been living in Portland, Or for the past two and a half years... the longest I've been in one place since leaving home! This must be a symptom of having fallen in love with the city and especially the community here. I've been working with a group called Monkey Puzzle since I arrived in Portland and have really found a unique niche! We are constantly collaborating in the design of performance art events-- combining theatre, dance, music and visual art installations here in Portland. We also take our projects out to Burning Man in Black Rock City, Nevada each August. You can check out our website at www.monkeypuzzle.us to see videos of our latest work (my performance name is "Gata"). I have also been working in Montessori schools for the past few years, initially teaching Art, and now Spanish Immersion. I've decide to follow my love for children and I am currently applying for my masters in education at PSU. Come join me in Portland some time as I work and play for youth and wisdom!

Oh how I miss you all and the good times in Prescott! I'm still living in Washington, DC and after working at a few nonprofits, I've found myself working for the federal government! I'm working for the EPA in their Office of Solid Waste's International branch on Mexico border issues. Yep, I'm applying what I learned at Prescott in my profession and I'm loving it! Please send me an email (le_in_the_house@hotmail.com) if you're ever in the DC area! Would love to see Prescott College folks!!

Christina and I moved to Suffield, CT in July. She’s working at the Watkinson School in Hartford as a middle school math teacher, and I’m in financial aid at the Connecticut Culinary Institute here in Suffield. It was a wonderful eight years in Prescott, almost all of which I spent as either a student or staff member at PC. We miss our friends and colleagues immensely, but the lure of family, water, and a more progressive community were too strong to resist! Anyone interested may contact us at acmuro@gmail.com.

After a year and a half of planning, Ty Fitzmorris and I opened the Raven Cafe here in Prescott to help support art, music and culture in the community. With the help of alumni Tony Burris (Kitchen Manager) and Brian Angelo Scavone (Floor Manager), we have definitely created something unique for the community. We would love to here from you, or see you next time you come through. On a personal note I have just finshed recording my 5th album which should be coming out soon, and have had a book published on the co-evolutionary history of Prescott and the Prescott National Forest. You can find it on amazon or any of the other online book stores. My best to everyone I miss.

Hillary is a graduate student working toward her Master in Social Work through University
North Carolina in Chapel Hill. She works full time as a social worker in Asheville. She
continues to provide in-home services for children and families. Torry recently entered real
estate and works for Town and Mountain, a local agency in Asheville. We are celebrating our
3rd wedding anniversary in October. We bought our first home this summer. We live in
Weaverville, a small town 9 miles north of Asheville.

Thanks! I look forward to getting hooked back into the PC info circuit. We're visiting
Prescott in a few weeks. Hillary

Hi Everyone! Chad Close (RDP '99)and I welcomed Gus Hartline Close into the world on the full moon of September 7, 2006. We're living in southwest Colorado and soaking up the great community of migrated, Prescott-alumni in the little town of Mancos. Chad has been busy starting up his new straw bale and natural plastering company, Second Harvest Builders (and changing diapers). I am taking the fall off from my work as field staff manager for Deer Hill Expeditions to be a mom. And, Gus is eating and sleeping (we're so proud)! We hope that you are all enjoying your journies! Please drop us a line hartlineamy@hotmail.com

Just wanted to drop a line and say hi, and to let you all know that my husband and I welcomed our second daughter, Samantha Katherine into the world on May 22, 2006. She joins older sister Madeline, who turned 3 in June. They are both sweet, beautiful, and super independant.

Alan Brown (PC Staffer in the 90's) and I were married in Sept. of 2003. We have been living in Key Largo, Florida since we left Prescott in 2002. I have spent the last three years as a Marine Science Teacher at a local private school teaching experiential education. Alan has been working for a local AC company. We have spent our free time diving and kayaking. The next journey of our lives in underway. We are moving to the Florida Space Coast this summer, and are expecting our son in September. We are excited about our impending adventures in parenthood and our transition into a new community. We miss Prescott and our PC friends. Sending big hugs! - Julie and Alan Brown

Hi All! Well I am in New York working on the Hudson River for an awesome environmental non profit called Riverkeeper. Work on training volunteers and investigating water pollution with a great team of attorneys and other very talented and dedicated people. I am in the middle of buying a house in the country, but am still close to NYC. Life is good, it was a tough transition after I graduated but I quickly figured out what I wanted to do and then things just fell into place. I love my position here and we are litigating against some big polluters; GE, Exxon, and Entergy. It's an inspiring and busy place to be but I have fallen in love with the River. If you're in the NY/CT area email me, would love to find some other PC grads to connect with in the area.

Hey to all! It's been a long time since I've been in touch with most of you, but I'm trying to re-connect. I'm currently working for Backpacker Magazine on their "Get Out More" Road Team. Traveling for the magazine until the end of September with a friend and doing presentations at gear stores throughout the country (coast to coast) educating readers and consumers on how to choose the proper gear for your next adventure. Great way to see the country on someone else's dime! We're going to be hitting over 40 states and I'd love to hear where everyone is and try to touch base if we're in the same area. You can check out our schedule and journas online at www.backpacker.com/getoutmore or please drop me an email .I'd love to hear from you on what's new! Hope everyone is well.

I left Prescott College nearly 3 years ago but I'm still surrounded! After graduating, I met the love of my life, Kelley Henrie. He is also a PC alumnus and the son of our wonderful professor, Sam Henrie. We live down here in Tucson where he owns his own contracting business and I work leading hiking and biking trips for Maraval Resort Spa. Amazingly enough, I work with two other PC alumni as well. Kelley and I will be getting married sometiome in the next year so the "PC family" will actually become a legal term for me. I'm so blessed that it has turned out that way. You can email me. If any of y'all are down in Tucson I'd love to hear from you. Amy

Wearing our finest get-ups, five Prescott grads celebrate the New Year in style in Hope, Alaska.

From left to right: Adam Drummer '03, Ryan Curran '94, Leif Mjos '05, Imogen Daly '05, Brent Pikolas '05.

In one month I will be finishing graduate school at California College of the Arts in San Francisco. I will be receiving an MFA in photography. Erin Elder also attends school with me. Not sure what next. I might start teaching in Oakland or I might move to LA.

Hello fellow preskit alumni! I've been in contact with some of you, but for those of you who may be trying to track me down, here's the lowdown: I currently teach outdoor science to kids (usually 4th graders, but sometimes 3rd, 5th, and 6th graders as well). It's a fun job but I don't have many hours, so I'm broke. My musical career doesn't net much money, either, but luckily I got those nasty student loans consolidated. Here's some shameless self-promotion. Visit my website: www.coyoteslim.com. My self-produced CD "I Ain't Gonna Do Right Again" is now available at www.indierhythm.com. Support independent artists (and help me pay those loans!)!

I've been working with endangered fish for AZ Game and Fish Dept for the past couple of years. I finally got into graduate school in Tucson at the Univ. of AZ and am working on my masters in wildlife and fisheries management (yes, while still employed). I am working on a great project using GIS layers and data to come up with a method for producing fish management plans for the state using the Verde river as a model. I am really excited about the project and hope that it means more trips north to go down the river!

I've been directing the Challenge Ropes Course program at Colorado State University for the past two years. Highlights include the development of a sustainabililty education project reaching nearly 5,000 people a year and the development of an Adventure Program at the Boy's and Girl's Club on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. In my free time, my wife, son and I enjoy living out the "Chop wood, Carry Water" philosophy on 5 rocky acres in the foothills.

UPDATE #2:; Well, it's been a year now since my return to the US. Time, she does fly. I am currently repaying my karmic debt (working for Halliburton in Baghdad) by devoting two years as an Americorps VISTA member here in Yavapai County. This has turned out to be an equally amazing adventure!! I learned that our own Dan Garvey was himself a VISTA back in "the day". My term is up in April of '07. After that...who knows !?!?. I do crave a return to the Middle East...DAMN do I miss the food!!:) Well, that's the latest. Shout out to all of my lovely ladies here and away!! I LOVE YOU ALL!! --Peace Out-- (ala Kip)

Hello, all. I hope spring is finding you were you want to be! I know it is for me. I have found myself bouncing all over the country and think I have found a landing zone. The last couple of years I have been in the beautiful Southern California mountains as the program director for a small camp. I got myself married to an amazing woman on the beautiful Island of Catalina, off the southern coast of California. But, oh, how the Maine woods keep calling. I have moved again and accepted a job as the camp director for a new summer residential camp near Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park. There is a lot of work to do to get this place up and running for 2006, but it is a lot of fun! I highly recommend anyone to come and visit Acadia and the Down East region and stop on by the camp. Canoe, kayak or hike around the area. You can find us on the web at www.campperegrine.com or give me a call at (207) 565-2195. Take care, and have an awesome summer! reinhold_james@yahoo.com

Hello, Prescott community far and wide. Wanted to send an update since our family grew to four on October 3, 2004. Ivy Therese was born at home, underwater with her poppa, sister Willa, grandma and two amazing midwives in attendance. We are living in Ashland, Wisconsin surrounded by the beautiful national forest and Lake Superior. I am thrilled to finally find a place in Wisconsin where I can venture into the wilderness and not run into anyone, something I was introduced to in the wilderness of Arizona. I spend most of my time with my girls, along with doing some volunteering in the community. My husband, Andrew, works at a local marina and is a recent graduate of Northland College. We love exploring the land and water wilderness, especially the Apostle Islands by boat and the woods by snowshoes. We have been thrilled to find an awesome community in the north woods of Wisconsin and in the next few years we look forward to building our own house on land we recently purchased in a town on the south shore of Lake Superior, Cornucopia. We are having fun researching alternative and sustainable building methods and solar and wind potential for our area. We look forward to attending a welcome home weekend some October in the future at Prescott, such a good reason to venture west! Please do not hesitate to find us if you are traveling our neck of the woods. jennifer@sauter.com

After taking a long leave of absence, I finally completed my senior project in the spring of 2004. I continue working for The Arc of Baltimore as the Assistant Director of Community Living East, perhaps the largest community living program for intellectually disabled adults in the country. Spring is upon us here in Baltimore, but I took advantage of the winter by doing a lot of snow boarding, including a great two week trip out west to Colorado and New Mexico. Looking forward to this spring's fly fishing.nothing like the east coast during the spring. I still stay connected to a few people from the fall class of 95, and of course would love to hear from anyone that would like to give a shout.

A big hello to all of you out there, especially those Sunset House alumni! It's another year, so that means another move. Both my wife Carie and I have just finished our masters in Experiential Education from Minnesota State University-Mankato and have moved back to Stevens Point , Wisconsin for exclusive use of grandmother and grandfather to be babysitting service! We are expecting our little girl at the beginning of April. Carie and I are doing well. I have taken a position at University of Wisconsin as the Service-Learning Coordinator and Carie is the Program Director for Boys and Girls Club in Portage County . We welcome anyone to come visit and to drop us a line. Our email is swinn@uwsp.edu , phone us at 715-295-0113 or drop us a line 321 West St. Stevens Point , WI 54481 . We would we more than willing to host any Midwest PC gathering. Warm wishes to everyone. If anyone out there is using service-learning as a teaching tool I would love to hear about it. Warm wishes to everyone.

Greetings to all alumni! It has been one hell of a year. I just returned from an 8-month adventure in Baghdad, Iraq. My roll there was to provide Morale, Welfare, and Recreation Programming for US soldiers. It was just one of those ideas that seemed crazy enough to work. I am still just beginning to understand the implications of living in a war zone, but am teasing apart these experiences and trying to make sense of the world. I am "safe and sound" now back in good 'ole Prescott and couldn't be happier. I hope that you all are finding joy and peace in your own adventures. Much love PC! azmntngrrl@yahoo.com

Hello out there! Dan Hunt (RDP '00) and I left Prescott together in 2001 to continue our farming adventures in Michigan and then New Hampshire on 2 different CSA farms. We got married under a sugar maple tree in New Hampshire , 2002. A little over two years later finds us living in southwestern Wisconsin with a beautiful daughter, Sylvia, who is now 16 months old, and our second child on the way. Dan has continued to work on organic farms, and we recently bought a 65 acre farm which we hope to develop into a home-based/land-based business eventually. Life is full and rich here in the "driftless" region of the midwest. I hope all your bellies are full of good food and your souls full of that irreplaceable PC passion!

I returned home to Alaska after working with Lisa, Dave, Clint, Gene, et. al. in Mesa Verde one last time in the summer of 2002. Since then I've turned to teaching, first as a substitute in the Anchorage School District , then as a naturalist at the Carl Wynn Nature Center in Homer, AK. Last winter I fell into a "real" teaching position as the facilitator of a brand new, experimental Natural Resources course for high school kids funded by the Homer Soil and Water Conservation District. I'm not a teacher really, but an education contractor. Kinda wish now that I'd taken some education courses while I was at PC--the "part-time" puddle I jumped into was way deeper and less part-time than I thought it would be! But this is my second school year teaching the course and it's much more fun. We do great stuff, from hunter ed class to snowmachining, snow caving, visiting oyster farms, harvesting spruce roots and birch bark and growing things in our greenhouse. My students won a whole bunch of state competitions last April, the most important of which was the combined Alaska Envirothon/FFA Natural Resources event. So in July we went back to West Virginia for the National Envirothon, and in October we went to Louisville, KY where the kids won 10th in the nation at the National FFA Environmental & Natural Resources event. I'm so proud. But next year I think I'll go back to school myself...maybe environmental chemistry? Or perhaps I'll become a dentist? Maybe it's time to travel since I'll make my last student loan payment in January. Who knows, but I'll be in Alaska somewhere for as long as I can predict.

It's lonely up here at times, though, and I really miss my PC friends and experiences, so anyone passing through Alaska should look me up! I'm eagerly anticipating returning to the southwest and the Grand Canyon this summer, on a trip with my whole family. Finally I can show them all the great places my Grand Canyon Explorations class explored. And I'll be in Southern California this holiday break to visit my brother, and my other PC brother Clint Cabanero, who's now a computer jockey/GIS/programming guru for the Southcoast Wildlands Project in Idylwild, CA .

Hope everyone is well. You all, and the school, have given me things I can't describe--thanks!

Hello, everyone! I have been out of touch since I left Prescott, consumed with my new life in Ashland , Oregon. I am working for The Wilderness Charter School - an integrated curriculum of ecology, sustainable development, community culture and personal growth. We go on Orientation like backpacking trips and take full day field trips every other week. I am thrilled with my job and feel grateful to have had such a great education behind me. I feel prepared and ready to be teaching in this environment. I am thinking about graduate school these days and Prescott keeps finding its way into my thoughts. I can't tell if it is because I miss it so much or other schools are just not exciting me enough to consider them. Prescott has infiltrated my soul! (ha ha). There are many people I would love to know how to contact and what they are doing. I am curious about how Prescott people are weaving the underground fabric for social and environmental change - 'cause I know we are doing it! Hope everyone is living and loving their hearts out. zepp1973@aol.com

The Guardians of the Well Maidens is a contemporary “Mystery School” that blends the metaphoric power of myth with Ecopsychology and Depth-Psychology, the aim of which is to develop toward wholeness of the individual and healing of the land.

The concept of the guardians of the well maidens is rooted in Grail mythology, which is a powerful metaphor for the union of the Devine Feminine and the Eternal Masculine within the individual, which ultimately produces whole human beings with the power to “release the waters of the sacred wells and heal the wasteland.”

In addition to Grail mythology, the Guardians of the Well Maidens work with the mythology of the Western Goddess traditions and elements of the Western Esoteric stream.

Started in 1968 in the RDP and finished a jillion years later in ADP but the update form is more rigid than Prescott College used to be so am using the narrative part of the form. Still running into Prescott alums and students...mostly by accident. I think we need a secret handshake so we can spot one another...

Completed MSed in Elementary Reading & Literacy 2003 Walden University. countryclassroom@mac.com

My wife and I live in Port Angeles, Wa. I work as a full time firefighter/paramedic for the city and teach swiftwater and rope rescue on the side. Feel free to check out www.tekresq.com If your in the area and need some tips on what to do (especially outdoor activities) drop me a line. john@tekresq.com Take care-John

Anna Marie Marriott (ADP '04)
My life is divided between Ecuador, my home since the 70’s and California. I am the grandmother of a lovely spiritual being (Isabella, 2 ½) and presently awaiting the arrival of her brother. Since graduating from the ADP program in 2004 I am dedicated to community service. No more paid jobs for now! It is time to give back. When I am in Ecuador, the Damien Foundation (www.thedamienhouse.org) is my focus. My efforts are concentrated on crafts, counseling and recreational therapy. I always walk away feeling that the patients themselves give me far more then I can possibly give them. This confirms my belief that our lives become more meaningful through service. My life is filled with gratitude for those educators at Prescott College, who encouraged me and gave me the confidence to achieve my goal. I would love to hear from others, especially those involved in human service work and invite you to visit Ecuador. My email is amari51@earthlink.net

John Schmit (RDP '97) and Laurie Dix (ADP '01) were married in 2003 and we had a beautiful daughter last year. Solana Elizabeth Schmit turned 1 year old in August. We have had more fund with her than we ever imagined! John is still teaching film & video at Grand Valley State University, and Laurie has her MSW and has a very part-time private counseling practice and does workshops. lauriedix@yahoo.com

Christi Dant (ADP '86)
After several years of working in and around health care access, public health, public health preparedness, and health information exchanges/technology in government and private industry, I formed my own consulting and facilitation practice. I primarily focus on helping build and sustain collaboratives who are seeking to establish health information exchange. I work at the federal, state, and local level. I consider myself the "conscience" in the process helping participants stay true to the vision and intent. I am privileged to support the work of some amazing people. Lifelong learning is key to my message. YEA PRESCOTT! cbordeauxhoo@yahoo.com

In 1985, fifteen years into my College teaching career I graduated from the ADP with a BA degree. I was teaching full time at Mohave College in Lake Havasu City that year having finished 15 years in Prescott at Yavapai College and ERAU.

My Wife of 15 years, Carol Ann retired as an Emeritus Professor from Az. Western College in Yuma in 2002 and joined me in Lake Havasu where I continued teaching. I retired as an Emeritus Professor of Computer Science in 2004 after teaching in colleges and universities for over 33 years..

In September of 2006 we elected to move to Washington Utah right outside of St. George. Being only a half hour from Zion Park, and numerous other great photo opportunities, I have revitalized my Digital Photo Art efforts and have begun pulling together a new collection for showing and selling,

Over the years since my PC graduation I was given the opportunity to continue in my chosen profession of teaching. In that capacity, and as an academic advisor, I was pleased to direct many of my graduates to the Prescott College experience to continue their higher education journey.

I’m discovering that southern Utah is a geological wonderland and no matter which way you point a camera there is a great picture. I look forward to hearing from others in my 1985 ADP class.

For your creek-walking pleasure, Lyn Chenier (ADP '03) and Leigh Aultman (ADP '04) have co-authored Emerald Veins, a riparian vegetation field guide for Prescott's Creeks. We worked diligently with other members of the community to provide a basic, non-technical introduction to 50 of the more common plant species found along the creeks in the Prescott area.

This guide supplies you with the knowledge and tools you need to facilitate a life-long relationship with your community's landscape. To get started, grab this booklet and begin to identify a few plants near your favorite creek. Becoming acquainted with various plants can be a challenging endeavor, but Emerald Veins includes a user-friendly glossary, detailed diagrams of plant parts, and space for note-taking. The natural history and ecology and community perspective sections explain the importance of these vital waterways and offer opportunities for involvement in creek-side community projects.

Emerald Veins, A Vegetation Field Guide to the Creeks in Prescott, Arizona is to serve as an educational resource for the greater community of Prescott. Therefore, this field guide will be found at the public library, college libraries, local bookstores, and the office of Prescott Creeks. To purchase a booklet please visit Prescott College bookstore, Hastings Bookstore (Prescott) and Prescott Creeks.

Jean-Francois Camson (ADP '03) was featured in an Arizona Daily Star article on his electrical contracting work with renewable energy and resources. For more info, you can visit his website at www.techniciansforsustainability.com, or read the article (PDF).

I have been grossly out of touch with my fellow Prescottians for the past 11 years but was driven to reconnect by the last issue of Transitions. Jan Clutter '96 said it all so well in that issue that I'm hereby plagiarizing her perfect sentence: "While no one will recognize my name ...and I don't recognize anyone else's either, I would like everyone to know that I still have a very proud sense of kinship to all of you." Although I was a Prescott student for 2 years, I was in the ADP and lived in California so the only person I got to know well was Tim, my direct link to the school and my conscience during that time.

Since my graduation I opened a school supply store and closed it 5 years later. I did a lot of volunteer work as the Land Use Chairperson for Sierra Club, Northern California . Then, Michael, (my cool, rock drummer and naturalist husband) and I had an alarmingly smart, red-headed daughter named Laurel Montana Weber, in '98. I tutored for a couple years so I could keep Laurel with me while she was little. Turns out she's a performer so we've been doing a bit of the Hollywood thing recently. When she started school I returned to my career area of environmental education. (My Prescott degree was a BA in Environmental Studies). I helped launch the Institute for Ecological Health (IEH). These days I do little more than warm the seat at Board meetings but they graciously keep me around. The Executive Director, John Hopkins PhD, Oxford/Harvard guy, gave up his UC Davis microbiology career to start IEH so he could influence land use in California . Check out our website www.instituteforecologicalhealth.org

For the past almost 2 years, I've been working at the Sequoia Field Institute, the education department of the Sequoia Natural History Association. I just got offered the Manager position at Crystal Cave in Sequoia National Park and I'm thrilled to accept it. Laurel, Michael and I have lived just outside of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park for about 15 years and we feel so lucky to work and live in this fantastic place. Michael manages the Association's bookstore in Kings Canyon National Park . Michael and I are in a classic rock band called the Droogz and Laurel sings on the Pink Floyd song, "The Wall." It's a charmed life. I recently had the experience of my left coronary artery plugging up, my heart stopping, "paddles! CLEAR!" and then open heart surgery. It's turned out to be a wonderful gift of re-evaluating priorities. One of these was to come out of the dusty corners as a Prescott alumni.

In reading the last Transitions I was reminded that Prescott is unusual, important and should be supported. There aren't a whole lot of places on Earth doing what they do. The projects of the alumni are impressive and are tangibly improving the environment. Though I went to 3 other colleges, this is the one that made a difference in my own effectiveness and clearly that's true for others also. I welcome communication from current or former students, (is there such a thing as a "former" Prescott student?). If you're ever in California and want to see one of the most beautiful caves in the world you can email me at joanie_weber@sequoiahistory.org (my work email) OR if you want to know where in the Sierra you can hear some classic rock then drop me a note. mweber@spiralcomm.net (my personal email). Cheers!

Hola from Ecuador, my home since the 70s. After graduating in 2004, I enjoy focusing on helping others, lifting their spirits and trying to make a difference. I am at the point in my life where I feel it's time to give back to the less fortunate. Third World countries are very needy, and when in Guayaquil , I am committed to assisting the Damien Foundation, and help the patients as they recuperate from Hansen's disease and its setbacks. Whenever possible I can be found exploring the world and this year my journeys will include experiencing Singapore, Malaysia and Oman although I intend to spend more time in California as of August when I take on another new role of grandmother. Living in South America is challenging and a never-ending adventure so should you find yourself venturing this way may our paths cross. amari51@earthlink.net

I've made the dramatic journey from the mountains of Tennessee to the Eastern Shore of Virginia where I am now the Executive Director of the Marine Science Consortium, a residential environmental learning center near Chincoteague and Assateague Islands. Going from hiking trails to tidal creeks is definately an exciting change. Many thanks to Prescott College for the degree that got me here! amberlparker@earthlink.net

I recently began my 22nd year teaching at our alternative high school and last year I was nominated to be the faculty speaker at our graduation. I lead the crowd through a Prescott-like community activity that built the community well. I also got my nature photos awarded top photo of the year for the Washington Native Plant Society and had that photo shown throughout the state on posters.

Life is what happens after you make your plans! I'm starting my third year as a middle school teacher in Tucson. Never intended to teach, but here I am! Still living in Tucson; one daughter in college and one a senior in high school. Would love to hear from fellow life travelers. camjg@msn.com

John Sheedy (MAP '05)
This is a big week. I just opened Gallery La Quintera here in Alamos and Monday is our big fundraiser here for the Tijuana Project. We are planning to resume production of the film this Spring. If you know anyone in Alamos please pass on the word that the fundraiser will be at the Hacienda de Los Santos (www.haciendadelossantos.com) and there is more info on our web site: www.tijuanaproject.org. Please enjoy the pictures of the gallery and come visit. I will be down here for part of every year.

Shelia Tallmon (MAP '01)
Greetings from Boulder! I work for the BIG GREEN COMPANY in a new television show for kids called BIG GREEN RABBIT. It is all about connecting kids to nature and their bodies, healthy eating, and sustainable and green living. Right now we're airing on Rocky Mountain PBS and hope to expand to national PBS at some point in the future. Check it out at www.biggreenrabbit.com (https://www.kintera.com/kintera_sphere/Email/New/www.biggreenrabbit.com). I hope everyone from MAP 12B is doing well! Love and hugs to you!

Michael "Darran" Wells (MAP '07)
Immediately after graduating from the MAP program last spring, I was offered a full-time faculty position with Central Wyoming College. I am building their new outdoor education program here and am the liaison between NOLS and CWC. This spring, I am teaching the first Backcountry Skiing and Outdoor Rock Climbing courses the college has offered. Thanks to President Garvey and everyone at Prescott College for all the support and a very valuable graduate degree!! I look forward to giving back through mentoring and advising others in Adventure Education. Cheers, darran@cwc.edu (mailto:darran@cwc.edu)

Terri Mirgon (MAP '97)
I graduated from MAP in 1997. There are several class mates I would love to hear from: Peg, Georgia, Katherine, Sara especially. 2007 has been a banner year, as I received my PH.D from Northern Arizona in May and got married in August. I work in Northeastern Arizona providing mental health services to Native American Children from reservation schools. I would love to hear from anyone who remembers me from Prescott College, because this program was so instrumental in my eventually getting my Ph.D. Good wishes to all! tmirgon@yahoo.com

Erin is currently building a small private practice (art therapy) in Colorado. She also begins a Ph.D program in September through the Saybrook Institute. She plans to focus on women's studies.

In September of 2006, Andrew Beckham had two of his photographs purchased by the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art. The Museum is affiliated with Saint Louis University and "is the world's first museum of interfaith contemporary art, dedicated to the ongoing dialogue between contemporary artists and the world's faith traditions." For more information about the museum, please visit mocra.slu.edu. On October 5, 2006, Andrew was invited to lecture at the University of Colorado, Denver. Mr. Beckham's presentation, "Contemplative Practice in the Visual Arts," discussed contemporary artists engaged in an aesthetic paradigm holistic in nature. The art considered incorporated ethical, theological and ecological responses to the beauty of the natural world, both terrestrially and cosmologically. Additionally, Mr. Beckham's newest body of work, "As in a Mirror Dimly," will be presented as a solo exhibition at Soke Fine Art, located in Denver, CO in the vibrant Santa Fe Arts District. The exhibition opened December 4 and ran through the end of the year.

After graduating from the Master of Arts Program in January (in Counseling Psychology) I'm starting the PsyD program (Doctor of Clinical Psychology) at Antioch University Seattle in September. My partner and I and our dogs are moving to Bremerton, WA, just a ferry ride across the Puget Sound from Seattle. We will miss our friends from Arizona but are looking forward to getting out of this heat.

Ken Leinbach (MAP '99) was recently named Executive Director of The Urban Ecology Center. leinbech

The Urban Ecology Center began in 1990 as an idea...perhaps the natural ecology of an under used, crime ridden park could be used as a place to bring local school children to learn. Perhaps this use would drive the crime away. It worked! Today the 15 acre wooded area along the river in Milwaukee, WI is managed by the Ecology Center as an outdoor classroom for neighborhood schools. The Urban Ecology Center is a neighborhood-based, nonprofit ommunity center located in Milwaukee's historic Riverside Park. Using this living laboratory, the Ecology Center: Provides environmental science programs to neighborhood schools, Promotes environmental awareness in the community, Preserves and enhances the natural resources of Riverside Park, and Protects the Milwaukee River.

Since completing MAP, Eric and I continue to incorporate our passions—community, children, and nature—into our work life. In June, Steven Corey, PC Chief Operating Officer, accepted ITE as a project of the Center for Children and Nature at Prescott College. The mission of the Ironwood Tree Experience is to empower young people through active, mindful and educational eco-programs that cultivate a holistic sense of community. We of the Ironwood Tree Experience believe the diversity and complexity of the natural world sustains us and provides metaphors and unbiased lessons for living mindfully and happily. Adolescents are intrinsically curious, intellectual, and active. Those who directly experience nature, through multi-sensory connections, reinforce a process of awareness, concern, and respect for self, others, and the natural world. Our community is a dynamic place, where connections between family, friends, neighbors, and the rest of the natural world are respected and nurtured.

We envision a future in which active, critically thinking, and compassionate young people view themselves as a vibrant part of their community and are empowered to forge a future that integrates values that are ecologically and socially just.

I am enjoying life as a stay-at-home mom, enjoying every minute with my son. I am also working part time from home for an environmental conservation organization and am planning to develop a small business based on sustainable-living techniques. dlwashko@yahoo.com

I accepted a new museum position in El Paso , TX and moved the 1,500 miles from Tennessee . Upon arrival in Texas , I also started a new chapter in my goal to be a working artist. I got confirmation of acceptance into the Union Avenue Fiber and Art Gallery to sell hand-dyed and handspun yarn and jewelry. aspens2004@yahoo.com

To San Francisco Bay area alumni: I am a recent environmental studies graduate relocating to the Bay area and seeking employment. If anyone has suggestions, contacts or ideas for a job/housing it would be appreciated. Or if anyone wants any more info you can contact me at blueprintearth@gmail.com.

After leaving Prescott, I moved back to Wisconsin to work on a friend's organic farm. I also spent three years working on my PhD in sustainable agriculture, before realizing that my work was really with farmers and prospective farmers. I currently live near Dan and Lauren Hunt (Prescott College alum) in SW Wisconsin, edit a regional magazine called The Stinging Nettle "for the farmer, scientist, artist, adventurer" that covers many issues related to organic and biodynamic farming. My paid job involves working with prospective interns and farmers in a program called CRAFT that is farmer-led and consists of a step-wise approach to farmer education and farmer mentoring. I also certify organic and biodynamic farms throughout the U.S. parkerforsell@hotmail.com