This year’s theme is place and water. We will take a deep, immersive dive (no pun intended!) into a single place: Lake Mendota, its southern shoreline, and its deep geological and Indigenous history.
Through presentations, exploration, and activities, CHE associates and guests will immerse themselves in place-based investigations related to water, the intersection of water and land, and the Indigenous past, present, and future.
Cost: free to attendees.
There will be an optional event from 6 to 7 p.m. May 12 at the Madison Central Library, 201 W. Mifflin Street: An evening with the acclaimed poet Jane Hirshfield. Separate registration is required.
Tentative Schedule
9:15–9:30 a.m.: Participants arrive at Hasler Center for Limnology, 680 N. Park Street
9:30 a.m.: Hasler Center for Limnology tour with Jake Vander Zanden
10–11:30 a.m.: Cruise on the Limnos; Eric Carson will discuss the geological history of Lake Mendota; participants will visit the site of the dugout canoe find; poem reading/reflection near Picnic Point (location may change to allow for more participants; in case of bad weather, time will change to 10 a.m.–noon and location will be 7191 Helen C. White Hall, 600 N. Park Street)
11:30 a.m.–1 p.m.: Lunch catered by Banzo; optional watercolor painting as a form of reflection on the morning, CHE Space, M390 Science Hall, 550 N. Park Street
1–1:50 p.m.: Dugout canoe presentation by Sissel Schroeder, 140 Science Hall
2:15–3:45 p.m.: Campus landscape tour with Omar Poler; meet in the front foyer of Memorial Union, 800 Langdon Street, located next to the information desk. Please arrive at least 10 minutes early. Photographs or recording of any type during the tour require advance approval. Requests on the day of the tour will not be granted. This policy is out of respect to our tour providers and to promote active listening and engagement throughout the tour.
4–5 p.m.: Jane Elder’s presentation and a 15-minute final reflection, 140 Science Hall