Students from the state-wide Youth in Natural Resources program will participate in activities at both CU-Boulder聮s Mountain Research Station and the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory (ITLL) on Wednesday, July 28.
The students will begin the day by touring the Research Station site outside of Nederland and then visit campus for an admissions presentation and hands-on experiments at ITLL in the afternoon.
Youth in Natural Resources (YNR) is an intensive conservation corps and environmental education program. YNR students, who come from diverse backgrounds, are paid minimum wage during the summer to perform environmental work throughout Colorado and participate in educational activities introducing them to natural resource issues and careers.
The goal of the day is to expose students from various ethnic and cultural backgrounds to opportunities in natural resources, the importance of environmental issues and the benefits of higher education.
Students visiting CU-Boulder will participate in a variety of activities including a hike to the Mountain Research Station site, a presentation of the research being conducted at the site and hands-on lab experiments in CU-Boulder聮s Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory. An itinerary of the day聮s activities and directions to the Mountain Research Station are attached.
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER
Youth in Natural Resources
Wednesday, July 28, 1999
DIRECTIONS
Directions to the University Memorial Center
-Take US 36 (North)
-Take Baseline Exit
-At the stoplight, take a left onto Baseline (West)
-At the second stoplight on Baseline, take a right onto Broadway (North)
-At the second stoplight on Broadway, take a right onto Euclid Avenue (East)
-Follow Euclid Avenue around the bend. The UMC will be to the left. I will meet you with your lunches just outside of the UMC.
Directions to the Mountain Research Station (should take approximately 40 minutes.)
-Exit Euclid Avenue and take a right onto Broadway (north)
-Take Broadway to Canyon Boulevard. Take a left onto Canyon.
-Take Canyon all the way to the community of Nederland
-As you enter the Nederland area, take the Peak to Peak Highway (72) North.
-After approximately 7 miles on the Peak to Peak Highway, you will see a green sign indicating the University of Colorado Mountain Research Station. Take a left at this sign.
-Follow the road until you reach a fork. Bear right.
-Park in the Research Station聮s parking lot and head to the administrative offices.
Itinerary
8:00 am: Arrive at the University of Colorado campus to pick up lunches in front of the UMC.
8:15-9:00am: Drive up to the Mountain Research Station (about a 40 minute drive.)
9:00am-1pm: Tour and hike at the Mountain Research Station.
1:15-2:00pm: Drive back to Boulder and eat lunch
2:00-3:00pm: Meet with an admissions counselor to discuss general information about CU (financial aid, admission guidelines, etc.). Meet in UMC room 235 with Cookie Gowdy. The personal inventory test will also be distributed and worked on.
3:00-3:15pm: Mini-campus tour as we walk to the ITL Laboratory on the east side of campus
3:15-4:15pm: Tour the ITLL
4:30pm: Head back to Denver