This is our first field trip and our longest one. We'll make lunches in Ackerman 204 this morning and then meet the bus outside the library at 9:00, traveling first to the Confederated Tribe of the Umatilla Indian Reservation's Southern Cross Ranch. From there we'll travel to the Churchill School Art Center in Baker City, […]

Meet outside Ackerman no later than 9:00 this morning to walk downtown to La Grande Farmer's Market (a little less than a mile). Don't forget your journals and something to write with--or anything else Dr. Slinkard asks you to take. Vendors at the market accept cash, cards, and SNAP in case you'd like to purchase […]

What makes a university a university? We'll spend this afternoon meeting faculty researchers from different disciplines and then touring the lab, studio, publication, and performance spaces on campus where different kinds of knowledge are tested, created, and shared.  

Meet at the bus shelter at 6th and I Avenue (near the Loso parking lot) no later than 9:00 today. We'll spend much of the day traveling around town by public transportation, learning how to use the bus (it's free!) and meeting with people and programs who draw on different kinds of knowledge to build […]

Meet the bus by the library this morning at 9:00 a.m. sharp. Today's trip takes us about an hour over the mountains to Pendleton for the annual Pendleton Round Up. It will definitely be crowded and probably hot. Pack for a day away from campus: refillable water bottle, any medicine you might need, shoes you […]