Chautauqua Short Courses
Pacific Northwest Field Center
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
2008

 


Welcome to the Pacific Northwest (UWA) Field Center of the Chautauqua Program

We are offering 12 courses through the UWA Center during the summer of 2008, and we will offer 3 courses in January 2009.  The venue for some of the courses will be the University of Washington campus in Seattle; however, several courses will be held at other sites in Washington, northern California, Michigan, Montana, Alberta, Florida and the Galápagos Islands.  Courses are listed below in chronological order.  Further course details, including course abstract, course outline and specific logistical information, can be found for each by clicking on the course title.

Information on this website is updated frequently

Further general information, including travel and lodging options for the Seattle region, can be found at

Participant Information

 

Although there is no current external funding for the Chautauqua professional development program, the major regional centers are committed to continuing to offer relevant courses in 2008 and beyond.  Additional fees are applicable for most courses this year in order to provide stipends and expenses to course directors.  The planned UWA course schedules for Summer 2008 and Winter 2009 are posted below.  The printed brochure used in previous years has been discontinued in favor of web-based advertising of all courses.  Please note that the University of Massachusetts no longer has a national management role with Chautauqua.

Fees

There are three types of fees, all of which are payable by check to “Chautauqua Program” and sent to Dr. Tony Irving at the address below.  All courses have a $50.00 application fee, most courses have a course fee this year, and some field-based courses also have a logistical fee to cover group lodging, some meals and van transportation.  As in the past, travel and lodging to attend Chautauqua courses are the responsibility of each participant.

 

Course Registration

To register for a course, simply send an email message to chautauq@u.washington.edu with the subject line “Application for course UWA-(number)” giving your contact information, teaching experience, any previous Chautauqua experience and reasons for interest in the course.  You will receive a reply requesting a fee payment of $300.00; any logistical fees will be requested later.

 

SUMMER 2008 COURSES 

 

Communicating Ocean Sciences

CRAIG STRANG, CATHERINE HALVERSEN and TIM ZIMMERMAN, University of California Berkeley

June 2 - 4, 2008 in Berkeley, CA

Course UWA-1          CLOSED

 

Geology, Climate and Ecology of Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada 

ALLEN FRANZ, Marymount College-Palos Verdes

June 5 - 8, 2008 in eastern California

Course UWA-2          CANCELLED

 

A Hands-On Laboratory for Chaotic Systems 

FRANK SEVERANCE and DAMON MILLER, University of Western Michigan

June 9 - 11, 2008 in Kalamazoo, MI

Course UWA-3          CANCELLED

  

Kennewick Man and Archeology in the Public Imagination

PETER LAPE, University of Washington

June 24 - 26, 2008 in Seattle, WA

Course UWA-4          CANCELLED

 

Effects of the Sun, Atmosphere and Oceans in Climate Change and Global Warming 

E. J. ZITA, Evergreen State College

June 30 - July 2, 2008 in Olympia, WA

Course UWA-5         CANCELLED

 

Extrasolar Planets and Planetary Magnetospheres

CAROL PATY, Southwest Research Institute & Georgia Tech

July 9 - 11, 2008 in Seattle, WA

Course UWA-6          CANCELLED

   

Geology and Thermobiology in Yellowstone National Park

TONY IRVING, University of Washington and SCOTT MILLER, University of Montana

July 17 - 20, 2008 in Bozeman, MT and Yellowstone National Park

Course UWA-7          CLOSED (12 ENROLLED)

 

Volcanism and Volcanic Hazards of the Southern Cascades

BILL HIRT, College of the Siskiyous

July 21 - 24, 2007 in Weed and at Mount Shasta and Medicine Lake, CA

Course UWA-8          CLOSED (3 ENROLLED)

 

Geology and Tectonics of the Northern Rocky Mountains

TONY IRVING, University of Washington

July 22 - 25, 2008 in Alberta, British Columbia and Montana         

Course UWA-9          CLOSED (8 ENROLLED)

  

A Complete First Course in Textbook Writing

MICHAEL SPIEGLER, Providence College

July 28 - 30, 2008 in Seattle, WA

Course UWA-10A          CANCELLED

 

JANUARY 2009 COURSES

 

A Complete First Course in Textbook Writing

MICHAEL SPIEGLER, Providence College

January 5 - 7, 2009 in St. Petersburg, FL

Course UWA-10B          OPEN (5 ENROLLED)

 

**SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY**

Geology and Biodiversity of the Galápagos Islands

TERRY NAUMANN, University of Alaska Anchorage

January 7 - 14, 2009 on and around the Galápagos Islands

Course UWA-11          12 ENROLLED  (LIMIT 15)

 

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Participant Information

Use this link to plan your trip to Seattle and elsewhere in Washington for courses offered there

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All questions can be sent to

E-mail: chautauq@u.washington.edu

Regional Director
Dr. Tony Irving
Dept. of Earth & Space Sciences
University of Washington
Box 351310
Seattle, WA 98195-1310

Phone: 206-526-2661
Fax: 206-543-0489

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