Trailblazers
Trailblazers
In the Summer of 2024, 18 University of Georgia students set out on the annual Interdisciplinary Field Program, a hands on learning experience in a mobile, outdoor classroom. Participants spent two months traveling 1,200 miles across 20 states, camping and studying in 23 National Parks while earning credits in the fields of anthropology, ecology, and geology, and making memories to last a lifetime.
Hailey Bos, guest lecturer Dr. Debra Dooley, Guy Kemelmakher, and instructor Carolyn Cummins stop to discuss a geology assignment while hiking the Bright Angel Trail in the Grand Canyon.
A student holds an IFP field notebook during a hike and assignment in Bryce Canyon.
Scenic view of Horseshoe Bend.
Students and staff take a sunset swim in Lake Powell at Wahweap campground.
Instructor Carolyn Cummins teaches an ecology lesson at Glen Canyon Dam.
Students hike the Bright Angel Trail at the Grand Canyon.
McKenna McKean pushes Owen Setterlind in a hammock at Ten-X Campground outside the Grand Canyon.
Sunset behind “Gateway to the Grand Canyon” sign in Williams, Arizona.
Stella Schroter applies sunscreen in the parking lot before a hike in Bryce Canyon.
Student trip leader Anna Grubbs and cook Greg Zock shop for groceries at Safeway in Page, Arizona.
Hailey Bos, Guy Kemelmakher, Maddie Hurd and Davis Huber wash vans at Phillips 66 gas station in Alton, Utah.
Claire Godat eats ice cream at Grand Canyon Village after hiking.
Arwen Coy, Guy Kemelmakher, and Luke Majors at the family property of IFP alumni Paige Robinson inside Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.
Dr. Debrah Dooley discusses a geology assignment while hiking the Bright Angel Trail in the Grand Canyon.
Students gather for a geology lesson in the creek at Zion National Park.
Students and staff wash dishes after dinner at Ten-X Campground outside the Grand Canyon.
Students gather for an ecology and anthropology lesson at Ten-X Campground outside the Grand Canyon.
Scenic view of the Grand Canyon at sunrise.
Detail of cook Eric Zock’s Interdisciplinary Field Study tattoo that he gave himself.
Sunrise over Lake Powell from Wahweap Campground.
Sophia Jones, Stella Schroter, and Chloe Myers, walk through the campsite at Wahweap campground.