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Maymester in the Wilderness

Bob Wallace is not only an awardwinning biology professor, he’s also got a great eye for photography. Wallace took these photos while on a Maymester course, “Ecology of the Boreal Forest,” at the Wilderness Field Station in northern Minnesota this spring. Above, Wallace captures a sunset while at right, Professor of Biology Skip Wittler, center, shows a pitcher plant to Alejandro Castillo ’06 of Oakland, Calif., left, and Robin Roecker ’06 of Mayville, Wis. They are standing on a floating sedge mat on the north end of Grassy Lake which is about one mile from the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Each year, Ripon offers a number of courses during a three-week period in May immediately following commencement. Other courses this spring included “Dimensions in Multiculturalism,” “Military History of World War II,” a trip to Germany and studying killer whales off the coast of Washington state. Robert Wallace photos