Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki

6:45 | Wake up The morning starts with a loud 6:45 wakeup- everyone’s alarms go off at the same time, ...

As classes were beginning and my peers and I were just beginning to know each other, I discovered a common ...

Growing up, I have always been an avid reader. I was always a more advanced reader than my peers and ...

For some reason, I’ve always had an affinity for moose (or as I like to call them, Meese). They’re just ...

I had just gotten back to my cabin after our field lab when suddenly we heard a knock at the ...

Applying to Maine Coast Semester, I always knew about the iconic Chewonki Solo. Sure, it was 48 hours spent out ...

I came to Maine Coast Semester for many reasons, but amphibians were not one of them. I was oblivious to ...

From Thursday to Sunday last week we had our Outdoor Leadership Weekend, and I was put into the half of ...

On January 29, 2023, day one at Chewonki, I completed my first-ever polar bear plunge. Having only before this day ...

In what one would expect to be the heat of early April, Tuesday’s field lab set off under a sheet ...

When I first came to Chewonki, I was the most nervous about our field labs. Five hours in the woods? ...

What do you get when you cross 42 students with four months time? A lot of birthdays! Throughout Semester 70, ...

Picture this–lamb cam has been going on for WEEKS and just the other day the first two lambs were born. ...

6:20 – Wake up  This is the time that the majority of my cabin mates wake up, so everyone’s alarms ...

When I arrived at Chewonki, I was most nervous about the infamous Species Quizzes. I had been told terrifying tales ...

One of the things that really sold me on coming to Chewonki was the farm. As a total city kid, ...

In our Natural History and Ecology of the Maine Coast class we have been talking a lot about birding. Luckily ...

Every morning we have to be dressed and out in the frigid cold by 6:55 to be ready for chores, ...

Although my time here at Chewonki is still in its beginning stages, I have found so many deep and meaningful ...

Last night, nearing the end of study hours, Semester 70 was scattered across various rooms when we received some very ...

During my first week of school here, I had a meeting with my advisor, Andrew, that was scheduled for one ...

For the past four years, Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki has offered a merit-based scholarship to support emerging young leaders ...