New biostation grows
Aaron Hummel
Issue date: 10/11/07 Section: News
Altogether, the dormitories will house 62 people.
The conference center will be decorated by the same interior designer that worked on the new Grewcock Student Union, Péwé said, and it will provide a comfortable place for weekend seminars, departmental workgroups and relaxation.
"The Dow Center will be in charge of operations at the Rockwell Lake Lodge," Péwé said. "We don't have to duplicate Dow Center management, just extend it."
"It's a smaller version of what we do here, so in terms of the day to day operations it will be quite familiar," said Jack Oxenrider, vice president of the Dow Center. "We're converting our reservation system so we can run both properties from the same location, so our front desk staff here will be handling scheduling and reservations."
Despite the increased exposure the new facilities will bring to the biostation, its foremost purpose to provide educational and research opportunities for students remains, Steiner said.
Péwé and Swinehart agreed.
The biostation boasts a small lake, a headwater trout stream, a cedar swamp, bogs,
marshes, coniferous forests and deciduous forests.
"It's really diverse, which makes it a great place for biology," Swinehart said.
The men's and women's cross country teams also enjoyed the station when they stayed there for a four-day training camp in August.
"We actually saw a bald eagle there," junior runner Joel Vanderworp said. "I've only seen one in my life, so it was pretty sweet."
Senior Jen Gunderson was the first person to stay in the student dormitories this summer while she worked at the biostation, and she traveled back there to run with the women's cross country team, which she captains.
"I think they'll probably keep going up there," she said. "It's really nice. You don't have to worry about cars and people everywhere."
Head cross country coach Bill Lundberg agreed.
"The camp time at the biostation was great this year and we look forward to returning in the years to come," he said. "We hope this is the beginning of a great tradition for our Charger cross country teams."
Swinehart is excited about the opportunities the new conference center will provide for the Hillsdale community.
"Responsible environmental stewardship is inherently a conservative thing," he said.
"And teaching about the environment is a conservative thing, but there aren't very many conservative schools that do that. So we fill an important niche in that regard."
The conference center will be decorated by the same interior designer that worked on the new Grewcock Student Union, Péwé said, and it will provide a comfortable place for weekend seminars, departmental workgroups and relaxation.
"The Dow Center will be in charge of operations at the Rockwell Lake Lodge," Péwé said. "We don't have to duplicate Dow Center management, just extend it."
"It's a smaller version of what we do here, so in terms of the day to day operations it will be quite familiar," said Jack Oxenrider, vice president of the Dow Center. "We're converting our reservation system so we can run both properties from the same location, so our front desk staff here will be handling scheduling and reservations."
Despite the increased exposure the new facilities will bring to the biostation, its foremost purpose to provide educational and research opportunities for students remains, Steiner said.
Péwé and Swinehart agreed.
The biostation boasts a small lake, a headwater trout stream, a cedar swamp, bogs,
marshes, coniferous forests and deciduous forests.
"It's really diverse, which makes it a great place for biology," Swinehart said.
The men's and women's cross country teams also enjoyed the station when they stayed there for a four-day training camp in August.
"We actually saw a bald eagle there," junior runner Joel Vanderworp said. "I've only seen one in my life, so it was pretty sweet."
Senior Jen Gunderson was the first person to stay in the student dormitories this summer while she worked at the biostation, and she traveled back there to run with the women's cross country team, which she captains.
"I think they'll probably keep going up there," she said. "It's really nice. You don't have to worry about cars and people everywhere."
Head cross country coach Bill Lundberg agreed.
"The camp time at the biostation was great this year and we look forward to returning in the years to come," he said. "We hope this is the beginning of a great tradition for our Charger cross country teams."
Swinehart is excited about the opportunities the new conference center will provide for the Hillsdale community.
"Responsible environmental stewardship is inherently a conservative thing," he said.
"And teaching about the environment is a conservative thing, but there aren't very many conservative schools that do that. So we fill an important niche in that regard."
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