For three and a half days in late August, roughly 700 first-year and transfer students explored the Seattle-Tacoma region by participating in one of 64 curated immersive experiences from mountains to museums.
Bird Nerd
Rare in Western Washington, this larger cousin to the more common cedar waxwing experienced an "irruption" last year, which, Will explains, is when a species expands into an area where it normally isn’t found. “I didn’t even see the bird, but I heard it—which still counts,” he says earnestly.
Donn Marshall: 30 Years of Listening, One Student at a Time
He was young, still a student, and for the first time someone he greatly respected had questioned just who Donn was and where he fit into the world. It was the ’70s, when the women’s liberation and gay rights movements had captured the national stage. While Donn empathized strongly with those rallying cries, he says that as a straight white male, he was “clueless” about the role he could play.
Field Trip in a Box
The visitor at Jennie Reed Elementary School in Tacoma turned to someone else and moved on. Then another chance came. “If there are 175 birds in this area year-round, and there are an additional 75 migrating ones, how many birds can you guys see total?”
Matthew caught her eye. “Two hundred and fifty,” he murmured, suddenly shy.
