Introduction

Hello All, my name is Colton James, from Anaconda Montana. I am a Junior pursuing a Secondary Education/Social Studies Degree. I served 4 years in the Marine Corps with a combat deployment to Afghanistan in 2011. Being from Montana, I developed an infatuation and respect for the security, beauty, hardiness of the Mountain life. While living in…

Intoduction

Hello! My name is Meed and I am junior in the Political Science program. I am originally from a Westcliffe, Colorado, which is a small town in the middle of the mountains of Colorado. I spent most my life staring up at thirteen and fourteen thousand foot peaks, most of which, I climbed throughout my…

A quick hello.

Hello all! I’m Noah Bosworth. I’ll be finishing up a degree in Conservation Biology and Ecology (focus in endangered species policy and fisheries ecology) next fall after six long years. I’m a transplant to Montana from the beautiful state of Maine, having made the move after my first attempt at school went up in smoke.…

Introduction

Hello! My name is Lauren Myers. I am a junior studying Secondary Education-SSB (History/Government) and Political Science. Growing up in the Midwest, Central Illinois and Kansas, I am completely unfamiliar with mountains and the issues that surround them. I’m looking forward to learning more about mountaineering.  

Introduction

Hi everyone, my name is Matt DeSimone. I am a last year History SETS student, but mostly interested in environmental history. I also work for Visions Service Adventures, a community development/cultural immersion summer program for high school students based right here in Bozeman. I am taking this course to brainwash high school student’s minds about…

Introduction

Hello my name is Megan M. Dolezal, I am an aspiring classicist and this is only my second semester at MSU and also as a History/secondary education major. Previously I was at MSU-B as a Literature Education major but was not as passionate about literature as I am about history. Needing a change in pace…

An intro from the professorial overlord (“overlord”)

Since I demanded all of you do a self-introduction, I thought it was only fair that I do my own – even though I babbled at you plenty at our introductory course meeting. I am a modern Chinese cultural historian: my primary work currently is on cultural reform and censorship in the People’s Republic of…

Introduction

Hi everyone, my name is Meghan Lockner, I am in my last semester at MSU, graduating in May with a degree in History. I am from Stillwater, Minnesota, and I moved to Bozeman for the mountains, so I am very excited to learn more about mountaineering. I would like to pursue a career in environmental…

On (academically) writing about the “most literary of sports”

… Young people often ask, “How does one become a writer?” My answer is always simply: “By writing.” Writing is like experience: if you don’t experience things, then you won’t understand life; and if you don’t write, then you won’t know what you’re capable of creating. Yu Hua, China in Ten Words Mountaineering is often described…