Voice of the Rivers 2008

5/14/08

2008 VOICE OF THE RIVERS
With Appreciation and Thanks

Without the help, enthusiasm, and generosity of others, Voice of the Rivers would not be possible. The entire VOR team expresses its deep gratitude to these people for their contributions in the planning and implementation of our trip.

VOR Embroidery: John Brookshire
Lake Toxaway: David Belcher, John Pippen, Kit Garren, Charles Reyner
Gorges State Park: Ranger James Ledgerwood
The Wilds Christian Camp: Dan Brooks
Lake Jocassee: Cameron Austin, Jeff Carter, James CouchLake Keowee: Duke Energy Jocassee Hydro Plant: George Wate (Plant O&M Tech), Wayne Crowe (supervisor)
Lake Hartwell:Ward and Cathy Stone (Ice Cream), Vic Shelburn (Scoutmaster of troop 235), Steve Bracewell ( Lunch on Andersonville Island)
Lake Strom Thurmond: Tom Lewis, Pepper Shields, Aarron Wahus (Park Rangers)
Bernadette Clayton, and BIlly Royster ( Ice Cream Sandwiches) Linda and Sam Potter (Lunch at the Dam)
Sumter National Forest: Glen Kansanback
SC Electric and Gas, Stevens Creek Dam: Joe McGill
Augusta Canal: Brian Edmunds, Wade Hammer, Dayton Sherrouse, Debbie Stankus Bernadette Clayton (Pizza on Monday May 26th)
Ted Ford (returning the Pelican Case)
Mike Harrison, and Davidson Dive INC. and Augusta Canal Authority (for their assistance in retrieving the lost gear)
Augusta Riverfront Marina: Mike Stacy
Savannah Riverkeeper: Frank Carl
Hancock’s Landing: Dave Hargrove
Savannah: Charles Morris, Mike Neal
Downtown Athletic Club and Half Moon Outfitters
Tybee Island: Wood Hemphill

And especially to these Brevard College staff:
Robert Dye
Tom Kaczmarek
Valerie Leeper
Susan Stromberg
Alston Williamson

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What is Voice of the Rivers?

Voice of the Rivers is a Brevard College expedition focused on the interdisciplinary study of a river from the source to the end. Students from all majors travel a river from the source to the end. At the headwaters they travel by foot until the river can be paddled. Then they travel by kayak to the ocean.

This summer the Voice of the Rivers trip will follow the Savannah River watershed. Ten students, along with BC Faculty Clyde Carter from the Wilderness Leadership and Experiential Education program (WLEE) and Ken Chamlee from the English program, will follow the Savannah River watershed from its northernmost source at the headwaters of the Toxaway River down to Savannah, Georgia, where the trip will conclude.

Students participating this summer will earn credit for two college courses; ENG 220 - Thematic Studies in Literature: River Literature and WLEE 290 – River Expedition. These courses fulfill the college’s unique General Education LINC (learning in community) requirement.

The 2008 adventure is the fourth river trip that BC students have taken since the inception of the VOR program in 1997.

In 1997, then BC President Tom Bertrand was approached by Dave Watkins of Kerr Manufacturing in Brevard about a possible college/community trip down the French Broad River. The full-semester adventure, led by faculty member Windy Gordon, took students from campus all the way to New Orleans via the Tennessee, Ohio, and Mississippi rivers.

The second venture in 1999 was a trip out of Henderson County down the Green River to Charleston, South Carolina, led by BC faculty member Clyde Carter.

In 2001 the VOR adventure went to Patagonia, Argentina, where participants spent three months taking their turn planning logistics, leading the group, and paddling the Rio Santa Cruz, Rio Limay and Rio Negro rivers. This trip was led by faculty member Robert Dye.

The 2008 VOR team will pass Clemson, SC on the 19th of May, be in Augusta, GA on Memorial Day, May 26th, arrive in Savannah June 3rd, and finish at Tybee Island on June 4th.

This trip is partly sponsored by Mountain Hardwear®, thanks to VOR ’99 alumnus Linley Bowyer. Bowyer works for Mountain Hardwear® in Richmond, California and leapt at the chance to support this year’s trip: “VOR had such an impact on my time at Brevard, I really felt it was important to try to help carry on that experience for other students.” Her company is supplying tents, sleeping bags, and rain gear for the trip.

To contribute and support the 2008 VOR trip, contact Alston Williamson at 828-884-8213or williaar@brevard.edu.

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What is Voice of the Rivers?