The project will run May 18, 5:00PM (Sunday) - May 24, 10:00PM (Sunday)

All participants are expected to make travel and other plans so that they can be present when the project begins on Sunday evening on the campus of Long Island University - C.W. Post .

Tentative Schedule

Sunday MAY 18
Afternoon Arrive NYC airports (JFK or Laguardia)
Evening Introductions, Review week schedule
Preparations for week's experience
  Photography seminar
  Accomodations, LIU-CW Post dormitories
Monday, MAY 19
Morning Oyster boat, Christeen
Seminar: Oyster Bay geology and fisheries
Afternoon Sagamore Hill (home of Theodore Roosevelt)
Apple orchards, Audubon sanctuary
Evening Back to LIU-CW Post dorms
  Circles
Tuesday MAY 20
Morning Ferry to Fire Island
  NPS seminar
  Lunch
Afternoon Explore island
 Evening Camp on Fire Island
  Circles
Wednesday MAY 21
Morning Seminar: Dunes and barrier Islands
  Hike
Afternoon Return to mainland and campus
  Photoshop seminar
  Prepare reports, images
Evening Student reflection and presentation
  LIU-CW Post dorms
Thursday MAY 29
Morning Long Island Railroad to Brooklyn campus
  Roosevelt birthplace
  African burial ground
Lunch Chinatown
Afternoon Central Park, Senecea Village
  Grant's Tomb
Evening Long Island University-Brooklyn
  Circles
  LIU-Brooklyn dorms
Friday MAY 23
Morning Ellis Island
Afternoon Ellis Island, continued
Seminar: Immigration and history, curator Ellis Island Museum
Evening Brooklyn Waterfront
  Circles
  LIU-Brooklyn dorms
Saturday MAY 24
Morning Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Afternoon Write, prepare presentations
Evening Presentations
  LIU-Brooklyn dorms
Sunday MAY 25
 Morning Pack up, and head out


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