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Exploring the World and Beyond Deadline June 1, 2008! |
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Register before Friday, May 16th and get a 15% discount on the new book “One Hundred Points of Light: The History of Science at Hanover College,” written by Professor Emeritus, Stan Totten.
The desire to explore and understand our world characterizes humanity, and technological progress has only expanded our horizons. Why have explorers set out for the unknown, with its challenges, hardships, and dangers? What have been the consequences of our ventures? Where does our future lie? Join the 2008 Crowe Academy on our expedition to discover the stories of exploration from the age of sail to the space age. Through engaging presentations, collegial discussion, film, and a special library exhibit, accompany the bold explorers of mysterious lands, daunting rivers, and the realm beyond earth.
The Book:
Off the Map: Tales of Endurance and Exploration by Fergus Fleming
This book will be sent to all registrants as soon as the full registration fee is received in our office. We recommend you allow yourself 2 months to read and enjoy this book before attending Crowe Academy.
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Featured Speakers Janice Voss is Lead of the Astronaut Office Payloads Branch at NASA's Johnson Space Center. She received her Ph.D. in Aeronautics/Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. An astronaut since 1991, Dr. Voss has served on five space flights aboard the Shuttle (spending 49 days in space and traveling 18.8 million miles through 779 earth orbits). For three years until November 2007, she was Science Director for the Kepler Mission, a spacecraft that will trail the earth looking for earth-sized planets near distant stars. For a more detailed biography, see http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/voss-jan.html Daniel P. Murphy is Professor of History at Hanover College and a popular Crowe Academy presenter. No stranger to Hanover, Murphy earned his B.A. here in 1981 and joined the faculty at Hanover in 1988. In 1996, Dr. Russell Nichols, enlisted Dan to be director of the Center for Free Inquiry. Murphy teaches courses in Western Civilization and American History, with a specialization in American military and cultural history. His book Everything American Revolution will appear in September. Jeffrey C. Brautigam is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of History at Hanover College. A recipient of a Ph. D. in history from the University of Florida, he has taught European History at the college level for 15 years. The author of 5 Steps to a 5: AP European History (McGraw-Hill, 2008) and A Student Introduction to Charles Darwin (Kendall/Hunt, 1999), Professor Brautigam is a historian who writes for students and general audiences. Pete Worcester is Professor of Geology and Natural Sciences Division Head at Hanover College. Worcester joined the Hanover College Geology Department in 1972. In addition to introductory geology courses, he teaches mineralogy, igneous and metamorphic petrology, and geographic information science. He has taught Hanover’s geology field course in New Mexico and Miami (Ohio) University’s geology field course in Wyoming. |
Schedule of Events
Friday
11:00-1:00 Registration/ Light Lunch.
11:00-4:00 Library and bookstore open.
1:00-2:00 Campus Tours
2:00-3:30 Pete Worcester, “ Exploration through Geographic Information Science" - Classic 102
3:30-3:45 Break - Classic Lobby
3:45-4:45 Small Discussion Groups - Various Classrooms - First Floor Classic
5:45-7:15 Dinner
7:30-9:30 Documentary Film - Classic 102
Saturday
7:45-8:45 Breakfast
9:00-10:30 Jeffrey C. Brautigam, “ From Barrow's Boys to Darwin on the Beagle: Exploration, Science and Empire" - Classic 102
10:30-11:00 Group Photo and Break - Outside Classic
11:00-12:00 View Special Exhibit on Exploration, Duggan Library
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Break - The Horner Center will be open for an air-conditioned stroll.
2:00-3:30 Astronaut Janice Voss- Classic 102
3:30-4:30 Small Discussion Groups - Various Classrooms First Floor Classic
5:30-7:00 Dinner
7:00-8:30 Entertainment
8:30-9:30 Reception - Social Hour - CC Lobby
Sunday
7:45-8:45 Breakfast
9:00-10:00 Sunday Service - Chapel
10:30-12:00 Daniel P. Murphy, “The Future of Exploration As We Imagine It in Film”-Classic 102
12:00-1:30 Checkout - CC Lobby
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Archives Exhibit: Please visit our web site at: http://library.hanover.edu/archives.html or call at 812-866-7166 for information on this or future exhibits |
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NEW FOR 2008!
Hanover College will offer Continuing Renewal Units (CRU) for Indiana Teachers attending Crowe Academy. Details coming soon.
For Illinois Continuing Education Credit for High School Teachers: A 3-5 page synopsis of the three-day program must be submitted for our archives no later than July 31, 2008. It is the responsibility of the teacher to complete the appropriate forms.
The latest information will be posted here daily, so check back often.
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