Summer is a time when many faculty catch up on research and writing, but it's also a time to enjoy other activities.
We asked the faculty to complete this sentence: Besides writing and research, this summer I'm looking forward to...
"... riding through the Ardennes in Belgium and Luxembourg on a tandem bicycle with my husband!" --Susan Conrad
"... driving through the western states on my way to drop our son off at college in Minnesota." --Lynn Santelmann
"... swimming and practicing more Jin Shin Jyutsu." --Kim Brown
"... catching up on reading new research and traveling around Michoacan, Mexico."--Jenny Mittelstaedt
"... working in my vegetable garden and flower beds." --Kathy Harris
"... attending the album release show of the funk / alt-jazz / rock band, The Odd Kids (www.oddkidsclub.com); my daughter is the bass player." --Janet Cowal
"... making pickles from our home-grown cucumbers." -- Alissa Hartig
"... going to one of the many neighborhood bakeries in Germany to get breakfast." --Nike Arnold
"... seeing midsummer in Finland for the first time since 1987, Wallowas, and reading in the shade." --John Hellermann
"... giving a Keynote Address at the Russian Summit in June. This is an event (at PSU) for teachers and administrators of Russian immersion programs, and I get to talk about how people learn languages. Fun plans for the summer: going to u-pick farms with my family." --Tanya Sydorenko