We’re excited to introduce Andrea Schwartz-Dulaney, who joined the Cottonwood Institute Board of Directors in the fall of 2022! Learn more about Andrea below, and read our other staff and board profiles here. How did you find Cottonwood Institute and what inspired you to join the board? I am so fortunate to have been introduced… Read more »
Get to know Eeland Stribling (he/him), who has been working with Cottonwood Institute as a field instructor since the spring of 2022! Eeland is an educator, wildlife biologist, angler, and comedian (check his Instagram for upcoming shows: blacksteveirwin). Learn more about Eeland below, and read our other staff and board profiles here! What led you to… Read more »
Get to know Jessie Colin (she/her), who has been working with Cottonwood Institute as a field instructor since Summer 2022! Jessie is a multitalented outdoorsperson and athlete and is known for bringing the most fun and creative games to our programs. Learn more about Jessie below, and read our other staff and board profiles here!… Read more »
Get to know Sadie Norton (she/her), who has been a field instructor with Cottonwood Institute since the winter of 2021-22! Sadie brings light and warmth into every space (indoor or outdoor) she enters, and developed her love of experiential education at the Kent State University Outdoor Adventure Center, YMCA Camp Fitch, Outward Bound, NOLS, and… Read more »
We are so excited to formally welcome Tucker Knight (they/them) to the CI team! Tucker has been field instructing with us since the summer, and they are teaching CAP Class at STRIVE Prep Westwood this fall. Tucker brings a range of experiences to the team, from working one-on-one with students last school year, to creating… Read more »
We are excited to do a little bragging about our amazing Cottonwood Institute (Cottonwood) Senior Instructor, Erin Angel (she/her)! Erin is a woman of many talents, interests, and passions, and we are excited for you to get to know her better! Erin teaches Cottonwood’s core CAP Class and Changemaker Program in Boulder County. Erin helps… Read more »
After three years of leading CAP, DirtWorks, and so much more at Boulder’s New Vista High School (NVHS), CI Instructor Amy Atkins will be moving on and pursuing new adventures this fall. We were sad to learn she will no longer be teaching CAP, but are equally glad to say that Amy is still working… Read more »
Next up in our Staff Profile series is Field Instructor Chelsea Tossing! Chelsea is one of our new instructors in 2020, and while COVID-19 has put the brakes on her first trip season, she has already become a big asset to the CI team by helping to create the Explore Outside Handbook that supports our… Read more »
Between the Ripple Effect Award, Alumni Spotlights, and our community events, we spend a lot of time highlighting the amazing things going on in the Cottonwood Institute community (and there are lots of them)! We thought it might be fun to change it up a bit and share some more about what goes on inside… Read more »
How about this for a Cottonwood Institute connection? Tess Eckert took CAP at New Vista High School three times between 2007 and 2010 (tied for the all-time record, not that we’re counting). She got to learn from CI celebrities Ford Church and Paige Doughty. And after seven years in Australia, pursuing art, work, and exploration,… Read more »
