2001
UAS NEWS RELEASE ARCHIVES
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July
21, 2001 About 80 Bread Loaf students began six weeks of classes on the UAS campus today (June 27). The program continues through August 9. Bread Loaf is the graduate school of English at Middlebury College in Vermont. UAS is one of four permanent locations for their summer program. The others are in Vermont, New Mexico, and England. About a quarter of this year's students are from Alaska. The rest come from across the country. Kevin Dunn, UAS Bread Loaf director and faculty member, describes the summer classes as intensive. "It's your life for six weeks," he says. "I think the Bread Loaf notion is that you get away. You put the rest of the world away, and then are just intensely present where you are." He says UAS's forested campus with views across Auke Lake to the Mendenhall Glacier offers a perfect location. Bread Loaf students and the 11 faculty members live in UAS housing and eat on campus. As a result there is close contact between professors and students outside the classroom. "Meal times are frequently just a continuation of class time," Dunn says. In addition to classes for their students, Bread Loaf also presents a free summer lecture series to which the public is invited. This year's subjects will include indigenous languages, African-American science fiction writing, Oscar Wilde, and the production of "Jason and Medea." The play, produced in conjunction with David Hunsaker of Juneau, will be presented in the UAS outdoor theater and will also be open to the public. Details of the lecture series and performances will be announced in the near future. Most of the Bread Loaf students are high school teachers who take summer classes to complete requirements for their master's degree from Middlebury College. -30-
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