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Wilderness studies program ‘lets go’ Photo by Dennis Hickok University of the Wilderness coordinator Dave Brown Students to get help stalking the diploma “Stalking the Elusive Diploma" is the name of a project during the next two weeks to give students accurate information about every thing from the "D” grade to di ploma requirements to dollar prob lems. Representatives from Student Personnel Services will be in a Lane Transit District bus parked in front of Johnson Hall Feb. 22 and Feb. 27 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. to answer student’s questions. Another session is scheduled to be in the main hall of the Univer sity Library on Feb. 24 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. “Students need accurate infor mation, not hearsay that some use for their academic problems,” says Kathy Wallin, who works for Student Counseling and Academiic Advising offices. 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By MELODY WARD Of the Emerald One student’s independent studies program has evolved into a campus-based University of the Wil derness (UWild). The experimental wilderness studies program, which will be offered the first time this spring, re volves around a concept UWild coordinator Dave Brown loosely terms “letting go." Brown took a long standing interest in the envi ronment and designed an independent studies pro gram to study it, using the traditional academic disci plines to develop an interdisciplinary approach for understanding wilderness issues. His thesis, An Oregon Wilderness Handbook, won the Northwest Institute for Environmental Studies award for the best undergraduate paper on an en vironmental topic. “There was no way I could have produced that paper, had I been hampered by ex cess reguirements.” Brown says. The handbook is being revised for publication. “Letting go is getting out of the Ivory Tower and learning about the real world while still being a part of the University,” Brown explains. “It's feeling secure enough as a student to break out of the traditional educational structure when it’s advantageous. Too often we re stuck in a program that doesn't really meet our desires or needs.” Brown says the UWild program is a response to the growing demand for environmental education. ' A 1976 survey showed student and faculty desire for integrated environmental education exists on this campus,” he asserts. “The Honors College is reach ing out in a no-cost efficient way to provide a unigue experimental learning opportunity through UWild.' Spring term UWild will focus on the desert wild lands of Southeastern Oregon. Coursework throughout the term will be divided between the campus and field locations at desert sites. The interdisciplinary program, which offers de partmental credit in eight separate areas, including history, places more emphasis on field work than the normal academic curriculum, Brown says. Students participating in the program will have contact with up to 25 experts drawn from public, professional and academic communities. Basically, it takes credit from eight departments and makes it into a synthesized program,” he sum marizes." It'll allow students to get out of the class room and spend extensive amounts of time in the field.” Brown stresses the value of bringing divergent areas together to study environmental concerns. Most departmental counselors have been less in clined to look beyond traditional departmental offer ings and therefore caused students to miss out on some of the more innovative learning opportunities on campus. However, Brown thinks many coun selors are presently changing their focus to include extra-departmental options. "Departmental advising is good in that it can bring out a person’s abilities in a specific field, but it should also help relate those abilities to other areas,” Brown adds. While coordinating the University of the Wilder ness debut, Brown is also working as a lands and resources specialist for the Public Lands Research Group. "We re trying to involve students on campus in the public land managing processes.” he says. "Our main purpose is to expose them to training in the field because many students coming out of uni versities have to be retrained in a job situation.” Admission to the spring session of UWild is ten tatively limited to 16, but if more apply the students will be required to undergo a brief application and interview procedure conducted by the Honor's Col lege, the Public Lands Research Group and Brown. 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