If once you have slept on an island, you'll
never be quite the same.         

                                       -Rachel Field 

Events

We are currently booking for Summer 2011. Call, email or write for more information or to make a reservation.

2011 Events:

May 2011

4th-6th: Fireweed Academy Charter School (website link)

14th-23rd: Monica Chase and Bryon Anderson Wedding and Family Reunion

June 2011

3rd-5th: Open for Scheduling

8th-16th: Not Available (Gretchen presenting at Adult Ed Research Conference, Toronto, Canada)

19th-23rd: OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning) Course. See www.uaf.edu/olli/

July 2011

2nd-5th: The Abbott Family 4th of July

14th-17th: Women Professors of Adult Education Retreat

22nd-24th: OLE! Course: "Entertain Yourself: Ocean Science and Movies." Taught by Ron Crawford, history professor & movie expert, and Debbie Crawford, marine science teacher. For more information and to register, see www.OleAnchorage.org

31st: Daisy Lee Bitter Low Tide Outing

August 2011

5th-7th: Open for Scheduling

14th-17th: Miner Family Reunion

19th-21st: OLE! Course: "Exploring Yukon Island: Mushrooms, Birds, and the Natural Environment." Taught by Kate Mohatt, ecologist & Alaska fungi expert, and Dale Chorman, lifelong birder & Alaska naturalist. For more information and to register, see www.OleAnchorage.org

26th-28th: Open for Scheduling

Past Activities
Every retreat is different because each group and each goal is different.  Yukon Island is a perfect place for team building, learning from a workshop or class, gathering for a retreat, slowing down, exploring nature, taking beach or low tide walks, going on an archaeology tour, or learning about geology. 

Here are some examples of groups we have hosted:

Summer 2008-2010:
* OLE! (Opportunities for Lifelong Education) courses-- Geology & Botany, Yukon Island Archaeology, Low-tide Marine Biology, Archaeology & Poetry
* St. Mary's Episcopal Church Teen Retreat
* Feldenkrais group
* Project GRAD
* University Faculty & Staff Action Research Workshop
* Winterberry School 7th & 8th grade retreat 

Summers 2003-8 Graduate adult education courses:

* Dr. Leona English, St. Xavier University: Women, Knowing & Authenticity:  Exploring the Contradictions.
* Dr. Carolyn Clark, Texas A & M and Dr. Marsha Rossiter, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. Exploring Narrative Learning  
* Dr. Tom Heaney, National Louis University. Learning for a Change
* Dr. Lisa Baumgartner, Northern Illinois University. Exploring Adult Development & Learning. 
* Dr. Raymond Wlodkowski, Regis University. Enhancing Adult Motivation: A Multicultural and Neuroscientific Understanding for
Teaching Adults
* Dr. Maria Cseh, George Washington University.  Multicultural Human Resource Development   
* Dr. John Dirkx, Michigan State University.  Towards an Ethic of the Inner Voice
* Dr. Kathleen King, Fordham University.  Distance Learning: Issues and Trends for Adult Learning. 
* Dr. Vivian Mott, East Carolina University.  Creativity, Intuition & Wisdom. 
* Dr. Juanita Johnson-Bailey, University of Georgia.  Exploring Narrative as a Methodology. 
* Dr. Jack Mezirow, Emeritus, Columbia University. Learning as Transformation.
* Drs. Elizbeth Tisdell & Ed Taylor, Penn State, Spiritual & Cultural Dimensions of Transformative Education.

Sample of Other Retreats/Courses:
* Many outings focused on plant or marine biology, including the Alaska Plant Society, Center for Coastal Studies, Kachemak Bay
Heritage Land Trust, etc.
* Women Professors of Adult Education Retreat (1999, 2003, 2008)
* Teacher training or courses on science, ecology, geology, and archaeology.
* Undergraduate Geology/Kayaking course
* Antioch New Hampshire courses
* Chugach Gem and Mineral Society
* Archaeology field schools- summer digs
* University department planning retreats
* Kachemak Bay campus writing retreat
* Sisters in Crime (women mystery writers) retreat
* Book Club Retreats.
* KPB Architecture:  Firm retreat
* Wilderness Medicine Retreat for people who were being trained as paramedics.
* ASSET Train the Trainers (Building resilience in young children.)
* Tai Chi/Qi Gong retreats
* Women Wellness retreats
* Family reunion with planned activities