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Conference Schedule 2009 The 2010 schedule will be up by January 1 or sooner. Please email us if you have questions before that time. Registration begins January 4, 2010.
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Thursday, May 28, 2009
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| 2:00-5:00 pm |
Arrival and Registration at the Education Center
Follow the signs to the Education Center. There you will receive cabin assignments, folders, and turn in your liability release forms. You may drive to your cabin to drop off luggage but we ask that you then park in one of the main lots. Early arrivals (2 pm on) should feel free to stroll the grounds. Canoes and kayaks will also be available for participants to sign out. |
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| 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 pm |
Pontoon rides on the hour. Sign up at the registration table; meet at the Boathouse. |
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| 4:00 and 5:00 pm |
Camp Tours
Meet in front of the Education Center |
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| 5:00-6:00 pm |
Settling In |
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| 6:00-7:00 pm |
Dinner
Dining Hall |
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| 7:30-8:00 pm |
Welcome and General Orientation
Forum Room, Education Center |
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| 8:00-8:30 pm |
First Workshop Group Meeting
Workshop groups meet one another at various locations in the Education Center |
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| 8:30-10:00 pm |
Faculty Reading
Laura Kasischke, Thomas Lynch, and Richard Tillinghast read in the Forum Room at the Education Center |
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| 8:00-10:00 pm |
Cocktails-beer and wine available, donation requested
Education Center |
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After hours gathering at the Education Center.
Bonfire (weather permitting) on the Swimming Beach. |
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Friday,May 29, 2009
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| 7:30-8:30 am |
Breakfast and Announcements
Dining Hall |
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| 9:00-12:00 pm |
Workshops
Meet your workshop leader at your designated area |
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| 12:30-1:30 pm |
Lunch and Announcements
Dining Hall |
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| 2:00-3:30 pm |
Craft Talk with Philip Lopate, Forum Room, Education Center
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| 3:30-6:00 pm |
Writing and Free Time
Canoes and kayaks are available for you to sign out at the Boathouse.
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| 4:30-5:30 pm |
Directors reading with Keith Taylor
and special guests Greg Schutz, Catherine Calabro, Jennifer Metsker, Carrie Strand Tebeau and Tim Tebeau, Forum Room, Education Center
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| 6:00-7:00 pm |
Dinner, barbecue (weather permitting)
Dining Hall |
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| 7:30-9:00 pm |
Faculty Reading
Jerry Dennis, Eileen Pollack, Richard McCann
Forum Room, Education Center |
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| 9:00-10:30 pm |
Astronomy Presentation
Limited space, signup in the Education Center in advance - Nature Center |
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| 7:00-10:00 pm |
Cocktails—beer and wine available, donation requested
Education Center |
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After hours gathering at the Education Center.
Bonfire (weather permitting) on the Swimming Beach. |
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Saturday, May 30, 2009
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| 7:30-8:30 am |
Breakfast and Announcements
Dining Hall |
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| 9:00-12:00 pm |
Workshops
Meet your workshop leader at your designated area |
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| 12:30-1:30 pm |
Lunch and Announcements
Dining Hall |
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| 1:30-3:00 pm |
Guided Hike to Two Lakes, Pontoon Rides, Sailboat Ride (Sign up at Ed Center)
(There will be two hiking routes, easy and advanced) |
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| 3:00-4:30 pm |
Publication! A panel discussion with BRWC faculty- A discussion on the nuts and bolts of getting your work to the public, with a digression on digital publishing.
Forum Room, Education Center |
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| 4:30-5:30 pm |
Free time
Canoes and kayaks available for participants to sign out at the Boathouse. |
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| 5:30-6:30 pm |
Early Dinner
Dining Hall |
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| 6:45 pm |
Depart for the Stafford’s Perry Hotel, Petoskey
Car pools meet at the Education Center |
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| 7:30-9:00 pm |
Readings by: Antonya Nelson, Dorianne Laux, and Philip Lopate |
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| 9:00-11:00pm |
Cash bar and hors d’oeuvres at the Stafford’s Perry Hotel |
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| 11:00 pm |
Return to Camp Michigania. Drivers, take care and watch for deer. |
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After hours gatherings at the Education Center (Time permitting)
Bonfire (weather permitting) on the Swimming Beach |
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Sunday, May 31, 2009
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| 7:30-8:30 am |
Breakfast and Announcements
Dining Hall |
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| 9:00-12:00 pm |
Workshops
Meet your workshop leader at your designated area |
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| 12:30-1:30 pm |
Lunch and Announcements
Dining Hall |
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| 2:00-4:00 pm |
FIRST PARTICIPANT READING - (Sign up if you have to leave the conference early)
Forum Room, Educations Center |
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| 4:00 & 5:00 pm |
Pontoon Boat Rides (limited numbers, please sign up in advance)
Meet at Boathouse |
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| 4:00-5:30 pm |
Guided Canoe and Kayak Trip on Walloon Lake to Lily Pad Bay. Guests are encouraged to bring a sketchbook to draw lakeside flora and fauna.
Meet at Boathouse |
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| 4:00-6:00 pm |
Free time
Canoes and kayaks available for participants to sign out at the Boathouse |
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| 6:00-7:00 pm |
Dinner
Dining Hall
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| 7:30-9:30 pm |
SECOND PARTICIPANT READING (and Music) (Please sign up in advance if you wish to read )
Forum Room, Educations Center
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| 7:30-10:00 pm |
Cocktails, beer & wine available
Forum Room, Education Center
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Monday, June 1, 2009
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| 7:30-8:30 am |
Breakfast and Announcements
Dining Hall |
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| 9:00 am |
Farewells |
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| 11:00 am |
Check-out Time
Please strip your bed and leave sheets and towels in the hallway of your cabin.
Please return all flashlights to the Education Center. |
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