The Faculty Field Tour is on hiatus for 2009. We look forward to resuming the tour in the future.

Background

The five-day, expenses-paid tour is for faculty members who are new to the state and the university. It's a chance to meet other new faculty, learn more about where our students come from and talk one-on-one with university administrators. Why does it make sense to hop on the bus? Here are 10 good reasons:

    1. Relax after spring finals
    2. Network with colleagues
    3. Have lunch with Provost Wise
    4. Learn the subtleties of a good Viognier
    5. See a Boeing 747 up close
    6. Visit the towns your students come from
    7. See mountains and deserts in a single day
    8. Meet organic farmers on the farm
    9. Visit the Eastside and the East Side
    10. Learn to pronounce Puyallup

There are more than 250 alumni of the tour. Here’s what some of them had to say about the experience:

The trip was extremely helpful for understanding the history, geography, economics, and ethnicity of Washington. - Sandra Jolley, Assistant professor, Family and Child Nursing

I hadn’t realized how much the tour would affect my thinking about WA: suffice it to say that I now look at fruit and vegetables in an entirely different way! ($9.99 a pound for organic Chelan cherries? a deal!)… not to mention halibut, aeroplanes, diagnostic testing, parachutes, crude oil, volcanoes, and just about everything else. - Susan Gaylard, French & Italian Studies

Read more in the Faculty Field Tour Blog!