(Photo credit: Prof. Martha Whitehouse)
Around a week ago, a few Mounties came back from Alaska. Yes, Alaska. I had no idea that a trip was even made to Alaska until Dennis Miller, Public Relations Director of Mansfield University, enlightened me. I jumped at the opportunity to feature the Mounties and their trip for this week's What's Happening Wednesday.
(Photo credit: Prof. Martha Whitehouse)
Art Education and Math Education students have been (virtually) working with middle and high school students from Alaska to help them build a pinhole camera by writing a manuals. In the parts of Alaska (Nondalton and Newhaylen) that they traveled to, there isn't any art or music education so it was a great opportunity for our Mounties by helping to educate in any way they could.
(Photo credit: Prof. Martha Whitehouse)
The reason that these Mounties went to Alaska was to finally help them out in person. After communicating with them virtually for quite a while, it was such a great opportunity for them to finally meet the students they were helping. While in Alaska, the Mounties set up a dark room for the students and also managed to bring some supplies that they wouldn't normally have. Since the schools are so isolated from bigger cities in Alaska, everything from food to school supplies has to be flown out by a plane.
(Photo credit: Prof. Martha Whitehouse)
When asked what her favorite part about the trip to Alaska was, Samantha McGraw answered, "It was great to have the chance to work with another culture. Even though Alaska is a part of the United States, the culture is so different and not at all like the stereotypical igloo and polar bear Alaska that we typically imagine."
The Mounties are continuing collaboration with the students in Alaska and plan to keep in touch via Facebook and letters.
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