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New “mountain” makes perfect classroom [Mount Desert Islander]

Mount Desert Island’s volcanic history may well be in the past, but a new mountain just popped up last summer on the COA campus. The accidental result of building construction, the “mountain” quickly became a favorite spot on campus, both as a classroom and recreation area.
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Online term brings opportunities, challenges

Among the challenges of social separation, quarantines, and transitioning to a completely online learning format, College of the Atlantic students are doing their best to find creative solutions to engage from a distance and stay occupied with their free time.
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Geological Society Lauds Watershed Work

A self-designed research project mapping and monitoring a watershed in Acadia National Park wins the Best Student Poster Award for Sahra Gibson ’20 and collaborators at the Northeast Geological Society of Maine’s student conference.

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