Discover Alaska lecture series begins on May 30
May 22, 2018
Jeff Richardson
907-474-6284
TVSummer Sessions and Lifelong Learning will present its annual Discover Alaska lecture series starting May 30.
Guest lecturers will offer an in-depth look at various aspects of Alaska in the free 10-part series. Lectures are at 7 p.m. Wednesdays in the Murie Building auditorium at TV.
Master gardener Terry Reichardt will launch the series on May 30 with “30-plus Years of Gardening in the Interior.”
Lectures on the summer schedule include:
May 30 — "30-plus Years of Gardening in the Interior," Terry Reichardt, master gardener
June 6 — “Walter Harper, Alaska Native Son,” Mary Ehrlander, director of TV Arctic
and Northern studies program
June 13 — “Dinosaurs and Darkness: The Latest of Alaska’s Dinosaur Research,” Patrick
Druckenmiller, Earth sciences curator, University of Alaska Museum of the North, and
associate professor at TV Department of Geosciences
June 20 — “Tundra be Dammed: Beaver Colonization of the Arctic,” Ken Tape, ecologist,
TV Institute of Northern Engineering
June 27 — “HAARP: New Frontiers in Space Science on the Last Frontier,” Bob McCoy,
director of TV Geophysical Institute
July 11 — “Responding to Rapid Environmental Change in Alaska’s Arctic,” Hajo Eicken,
director of the TV International Arctic Research Center
July 18 — “Ruth Burnett Fish Hatchery and Stocking Interior Waters,” Travis Hyer,
assistant hatchery manager, Ruth Burnett Sport Fish Hatchery
July 25 — “Alaska at a Crossroads: History Lessons and Communication Challenges in
a Tumultuous Era,” Dermot Cole, author and journalist
Aug. 1 — “Eielson Update on the F-35s,” Kevin Blanchard, director, 354th Fighter Wing
F-35, Program Integration Office, Eielson Air Force Base
Aug. 8 — “Scuba Diving in Alaska’s Waters,” Mitch Osborne and Katherine Sample, Test
the Waters
For more information, visit or call 907-474-7021.