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July 23, 1998
COASTAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE ATTRACTS TOP STUDENTS TO UAS

Sixteen top high school students will attend the second annual UAS Coastal Science Institute on the Juneau campus July 25 - Aug. 2.

The group includes 13 females and three males who come from seven different states. "This will be a week of high adventure, academics in a beautiful and natural laboratory and a time to experience the incredible beauty of Southeast Alaska," according to Tish Griffin who is one of the Institute coordinators.

The week of study focuses on the natural environment. "We'll spend a week showing the students the natural systems of the maritime rain forest system," according to Dr. Cathy Connor of the UAS faculty who will provide instruction.

On the first day, students will helicopter to the Mendenhall Glacier. Other trips during the week include sea kayaking to explore intertidal and marine environment; overnight camping to learn about ornithology, plants and muskeg; hiking to Herbert Glacier while studying forest ecology; studying intertidal life during low tide at Shaman Island and a wilderness boat trip.

Those attending are top science and math students who will be high school seniors next fall. The Institute students are from California, Wisconsin, Washington, Montana, Minnesota, Michigan, and Colorado.

Connor, Randy Stahl, and Brendan Kelly, who are all UAS faculty members, will be the Institute instructors. UAS Students Rosie Gilbert, Michelle Wheeler and Aaron Baldwin will work as teaching assistants. The Institute students will stay in Banfield Hall on the UAS campus and take their meals on campus.

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