My Grand Teton Experience: University Week

I have not been doing a good job at updating this blog! I shall try to do better!

Last week we completed our community ecology research project, which although fun, was extremely frustrating. Our teaching team all went out together to collect data in the sagebrush, which was fun all in itself. Our group (team Scat) and the other group (team Gopher) were looking at different variables, but we had to use the same sites for safety reasons. We even carried around a 65lb rock all day! Props to Martha and Dana for being able to pick it up about a hundred times! Ultimately, we didn't find much significant data, but it was a earning experience in project planning!

Too much fun to be had!

Measuring sagebrush annual growth

Fixing the penetrometer!

Look at that rock!

This week was University week, during which we learned about a few of the possible programs we could attend next year. First we heard about Antioch, then we took a trip to Laramie to check out University of Wyoming, and then today we learned a bit about Prescott. UW looks to be the best option for a lot of us!

While in Laramie we got a campus tour from some past TSS grads, as well as a town tour. And I finally got some mexican food! We got a chance to talk to people from the two departments that we would be affiliated with, and overall we just learned a lot about what next year could look like for us. They also had some pretty cool buildings on campus, including a geology museum with dinosaurs!