Where Are They Now?
The Cottonwood Institute has been reconnecting with students that have taken our courses to find out what they are up to. If you would like to share your story, please contact Ford Church at 303.447.1076 or by Email.
Alumni Spotlight: Cailin Marsden
Cailin Marsden was a part of the very first Community Adventure Program (CAP) class at New Vista High School in the fall of 2003. Since then she has kept in touch with the Cottonwood Institute and for a short time helped to contribute to the Institute’s blog. Cailin’s passion for the environment and the outdoors shines through in everything she does.
Q: What are you up to these days?
A: These days find me in my first year attending Marlboro College in beautiful southern Vermont. Currently, I’m exploring cultural anthropology as my main vein of study at Marlboro and was recently accepted into their World Studies Program. This program promotes a global perspective through international experience and, for the majority of my junior year, I will find myself abroad in a self-designed internship. Next semester I will begin working for Marlboro’s Outdoor Program and assist different student expedition groups prepare for their trips with college-provided gear, as well as maintain the vast network of hiking/alpine ski trails and other odd-jobs. I must say, I will be using some skills I learned during my CAP course while working for Marlboro’s O.P. and am eager to learn more in the process.
Q: What is your favorite Cottonwood Institute memory or story from your course?
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Alumni Spotlight: Coral Hackler
Q: What are you up to these days?
A: I am currently a senior majoring in Psychology and Gender Studies at Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO. I am still and avid camper and backpacker. I love the outdoors, which is a big reason that I moved to Durango for college. Another big factor in my relocation down here is the environmentally conscious community that thrives around me. The Community Adventure Program gave me confidence in my skills as an outdoorswoman that still resonates today.
Q: What is your favorite Cottonwood Institute memory or story from your courses?
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Alumni Spotlight: Chelsea Weiskerger
Q: What are you up to these days? 
A: Since the course in 2005, I have been a college student (it is my third year) at Colorado State University, studying Wildlife Biology and Spatial Computer Information Systems (making maps). I have been lucky enough to work in research laboratories at CSU and do field work in Northeastern Colorado and Pingree Park, (just North of Rocky Mountain National Park).
Q: What is your favorite Cottonwood Institute memory or story from your course?
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