During the winter of 1988 I spent winter study at merck forest in Rupert, vt. Several weeks in a cabin heated with wood, getting to know a small group of people while we learned about traditional skills, the forest in winter, cooking, etc….yeah it had an impact. I live in… Continue reading »
Winter Study was a terrific way to try out new things that you may have been too nervous to jump into otherwise. My last Winter Study during my senior year (Jan 1987) I did a student teaching stint at My Greylock high school, teaching English literature to juniors and seniors. Continue reading »
Took the automotive course. Ultimately lead to motorcycle ownership and currently wanting to take a motorcycle maintenance course in Brooklyn. And since I was a philo maj. I finally read “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,” 2 months ago, and remembered why I eventually dumped western philosophy and began… Continue reading »
My career (and consequently, my life) traces a direct route back to Winter Study. I’d been impressed by the function of the stage manager position in the theatre department show in which I’d acted during my very first semester, but I hadn’t dug any deeper. The next year, however, alum… Continue reading »
I took a travel Winter Study course my sophomore year to Siena – 10 Williams students, an art history professor, and a studio art professor in Siena Italy for a month looking at art, making art and eating Italian food. I already knew that I loved art and would likely… Continue reading »
In January 1982, I took a winter study class devoted to historical editing, taught by Prof. Charles Dew and Robert Volz, of the Chapin Rare Books Library. The class was assigned to transcribe, annotate, and write essays about documents at the Chapin. Because I was interested in the antislavery movement,… Continue reading »
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