Students in this course will help to support faculty and students enrolled in Expedition II as they develop skills and group dynamics through the second half of the fall semester and during Winter Expedition.

Course Faculty

Adrian Owens

Adrian Owens

Adrian grew up near a tidal river in Rhode Island which started his connection to the natural world. Teaching at Sterling since 1991. Married to Allison Van Akkeren. He enjoys…

Anne Morse

Anne Morse

Anne Morse’s journey started with a love of wild places, particularly northern places, fostered by her family and upbringing. She began working for Outward Bound in Maine and the Adirondacks,…

Dig In!

From the President

It is my habit to walk to work each morning on the grass path behind the hedges that leads toward Mager Hall. This trip takes me along a section of…

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More Than Just a Board

On a crisp, golden fall morning in Northern Vermont, Sterling College’s Cultural Ecology course traveled via imagination to the warm, emerald waters of Hawai’i. Here in this place of bold…

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Divestment without Drama

When Sterling College President Matthew Derr asked the Board of Trustees last fall to consider divesting the College’s endowment of its fossil fuel stocks, I’m afraid our response would have…

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