UM Exhibit Museum Behind the Scenes Day on Sunday!
I confess I did not expect the fish tour to be very exciting, but I was amazed when we were led down steep cement stairs deep into the basement and found ourselves surrounded by one of the largest fish collections in the world--hundreds of thousands of fish specimens collected by generations of U-M faculty and grad students. Shelf after shelf after dusty shelf of all manner of fish, the neat cursive handwriting on the old-fashioned Mason jars revealing more quickly than do the inscribed places and dates that these fish were collected in a different age, a different world. Up in the lab, we looked at some of those hundred-year-old fish samples dyed red under the microscope while professors explained their research.
The museums of anthropology, paleontology, zoology, and natural history are all housed in the Ruthven Museums Building and together are known as the University of Michigan Natural Science Museums (formerly the U-M Exhibit Museum). Behind the Scenes Day is a rare opportunity to venture beyond those locked double doors at the ends of the hallways and peer into the collections areas, research laboratories, and other spaces not usually open to the public.
click here for more: Backstage at the Musuem - Ann Arbor Observer
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Friday, February 3, 2012
WCC Writing Class Saturday: Ethical Wills: Writing a Love Letter to Your Family Capturing Your Legacy
Teaching a writing class at Washtenaw Community College Saturday:
Ethical Wills: Writing a Love Letter to Your Family Capturing Your Legacy
Traditional wills distill our lives to a balance sheet of assets and liabilities but they do not fully capture the legacy of our values and experiences, our hopes and dreams that are the stuff we really want to pass down to our loved ones. Learn about ethical wills or Legacy Wills and begin writing a love letter to your family that can be shared now and treasured forever. As important for families with young children as for those with grown children or grandchildren. 2 sessions.
Bring a notebook and pen.
Ethical Wills: Writing a Love Letter to Your Family Schedule Information Section Space Date Day & Time Location CRN Instructor Cost Cart
1 Space available Feb 4, 2012 to Feb 11, 2012 Sat 10:00am to 12:55pm WCC Main Campus Business Education Building Room 160 14966 Frances Wang
Tuition
$49
click here for registration information: http://www.wccnet.edu/lifelong-learning/browse/view/category/writing-literature/
Ethical Wills: Writing a Love Letter to Your Family Capturing Your Legacy
Traditional wills distill our lives to a balance sheet of assets and liabilities but they do not fully capture the legacy of our values and experiences, our hopes and dreams that are the stuff we really want to pass down to our loved ones. Learn about ethical wills or Legacy Wills and begin writing a love letter to your family that can be shared now and treasured forever. As important for families with young children as for those with grown children or grandchildren. 2 sessions.
Bring a notebook and pen.
Ethical Wills: Writing a Love Letter to Your Family Schedule Information Section Space Date Day & Time Location CRN Instructor Cost Cart
1 Space available Feb 4, 2012 to Feb 11, 2012 Sat 10:00am to 12:55pm WCC Main Campus Business Education Building Room 160 14966 Frances Wang
Tuition
$49
click here for registration information: http://www.wccnet.edu/lifelong-learning/browse/view/category/writing-literature/
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