Spring Foray 2013 Schedule

Friday, May 24

3:00-7:30 Check in and Registration in the Dormitory Lounge

6:00-6:45 Dinner in Knollcrest Dining Hall

7:30 Welcome, orientation and evening program

Speaker: Judge Ed Post on "Bird and Blooms - A Photographer's Celebration of Wild Birds and Flowers"

Saturday, May 25

All Field Trips assemble in Parking Lot. Please meet 15 minutes prior to departure.

7:15-8:00 Breakfast in Knollcrest Dining Hall Everyone will pick up their sack lunch

8:30-12:00 Morning half day field trips

8:30-5:00 Full day field trips

12:00-1:00 Break for sack lunch eating at your choice of location, but not in the dining hall

1:00-5:00 Afternoon field trips

5:00-6:00 Michigan Botanical Club State Board meeting in Dormitory Basement Lounge.

6:00-6:45 Dinner in Knollcrest Dining Hall

7:30 Announcements, Student Scholars introduced, and evening program

Speaker: David Warners: “Loving Our Downstream Neighbor: Plaster Creek Stewards Watershed Restoration Initiative”

4:00-11:00 Dormitory check-out time for those leaving on Saturday.

Sunday, May 26

All Field Trips assemble in Parking Lot. Please meet 15 minutes prior to departure.

7:15-8:00 Breakfast in Knollcrest Dining Hall Everyone will pick up their sack lunch

8:30-12:00 Morning half day field trips

8:30-5:00 Full day field trips

12:00-1:00 Break for sack lunch eating at your choice of location, but not in the dining hall

1:00-5:00 Afternoon field trips

5:00-6:00 Michigan Botanical Club Foundation meeting in Dormitory first floor Reading Room.

6:00-6:45 Dinner in Knollcrest Dining Hall

7:30 Announcements, Student Scholars introduced, and evening program

Speaker: Al Steinman, Director, Annis Water Resources Institute: "Climate Change and How It Will Affect the Great Lakes and the Surrounding Area"

4:00-11:00 Dormitory check-out time for those leaving on Sunday.

Monday, May 27

All Field Trips assemble in Parking Lot. Please meet 15 minutes prior to departure.

7:15-8:00 Breakfast in Knollcrest Dining Hall

7:00-11:00 Dormitory check-out time

8:30 Field trips leave