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New Director of Summer Programs Rolls Up Her Sleeves It’s hard enough to start a new job when circumstances are normal, but for Korinne Nevins her first days at Cardigan coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic. Ms. Nevins showed up for her first day of
wrote in the cover letter of her application,
work as Cardigan’s new director of sum-
“to think ahead about how, as a parent, I
mer programs on Tuesday, March 3;
will be able to provide the kinds of experi-
eleven days later Cardigan announced it
ences my husband and I truly want for our
would delay the return of students to
son.” By making a career switch to
campus until April 27 and would initiate
Cardigan, where her brother-in-law Travis
distance learning on April 6. By mid-April
Nevins has coached and taught for the
the School had announced that students
past nine years, she and her husband Ian
would not be returning for the spring
knew they would be joining the ideal com-
semester, and in June it cancelled all on-
munity in which to raise their children. But it was not just the community that
Director of Summer Programs
campus summer programming. Before Ms.
Korinne Nevins
Nevins could even begin to familiarize
drew Ms. Nevins and her family to
herself with her new responsibilities, she
Cardigan; it was also the history and the
was notifying families that there would be
possibilities of the Summer Session pro-
no on-campus summer experiences.
gram. “Summer Session has been a part of
Despite the drastic turn of events, howev-
Cardigan since 1951 and has a rich history
er, Ms. Nevins carried on.
of its own with a mission consistent and
Before joining the Cardigan community,
gram,” says Ms. Nevins. “I am excited to
Tech, Inc., a California-based consulting
lend my own efforts to this incredible pro-
and engineering services firm that provides
gram and find new opportunities for
consulting, engineering, program manage-
growth to move it forward while preserv-
ment, and construction management
ing its traditions.”
services in the areas of water, environment,
It didn’t take long for Ms. Nevins to
infrastructure, resource management,
make good on that goal. Even though all
energy, and international development.
on-campus programming was cancelled in
And while she and her husband were
June, she still felt Cardigan had some-
happy with their lives in Burlington, VT,
thing to offer.
Cardigan Mountain School offered many enticing opportunities. “It is essential,” she
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intertwined with the academic year pro-
Ms. Nevins was a staff associate for Tetra
“In the most difficult of circumstances, there is always opportunity. What makes
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Cardigan Mountain School Winter 2021 Cardigan Chronicle magazine.
