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Winterim is a five-day experiential program held each February. Together students and faculty explore themes and activities outside the established curriculum. They develop a wide variety of interests, learn to understand and appreciate many cultures, show intellectual flexibility and develop social and personal confidence. Winterim programs are organized around the themes of art, community service, outdoor education, cultural experience and new skills. Participation is required. Financial aid is available. Click here for the full 2011 Winterim Catalog.
Here’s a sample of what’s being offered in 2010:
Art
• Learn glass blowing at Tacoma’s MSPACE studio
• Write, draw, and produce your own comic book or web-comic
• Print your own t-shirt designs through the art of screen-printing
Community service
Every student is required to complete at least one community service Winterim program before they graduate.
• Become a kid’s best buddy at the Salvation Army Joyful Noise Childcare center
• Mentor and tutor students between the ages of 6 and 14 at the Boys and Girls Club
• Plant trees and help clean the wolf exhibit while working with the resident biologist at Northwest Trek
• Protect, enhance and restore the Puget Creek watershed with the Puget Creek Restoration Society
• Tutor children and adults learning English as a second language
• Learn to knit at your own pace while creating scarves or hats for people in need
Outdoor education
• Learn the arts of fly tying and casting, then go fishing on the Yakima River
• Go hiking and practice yoga, cook and personal wellness in the northern Sonora Desert
• Climb and camp in spectacular Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California
• Cross-country ski or snow shoe in Yellowstone National Park
Cultural experience
• Work side-by-side with villagers in La Esperanza, El Salvador, fighting poverty through rural land ownership in a community supported by Argos International
• Explore museums, monuments, cafés and history in France from Paris to Provence
• Take in five shows at Seattle’s professional theaters and concert halls
• Go to the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, BC
New skills
• Build your own Adirondack chair
• Study aviation and aeronautics at the Museum of Flight
• Complete the American Red Cross lifeguard training and certification program
• Disassemble and reassemble a Ford automobile/truck engine
• Learn firearm safety and handling from state certified instructors
• Improve your golf game with 18 holes a day in sunny Arizona
• Become more self-sufficient and eco-friendly learning about local and sustainable living
• Practice Hatha, Vinyassa, Flow and Bikram Hot Yoga
• Assist and support young skiers and boarders with developmental or physical disabilities in Park City, Utah
• Based in a cabin in Packwood, try alpine skiing, snowboarding, and Nordic skiing for the first time
Click here to watch a slideshow from the Winterim trip to Havasu in 2008.
Winterim is a five-day experiential program held each February. Together students and faculty explore themes and activities outside the established curriculum. They develop a wide variety of interests, learn to understand and appreciate many cultures, show intellectual flexibility and develop social and personal confidence. Winterim programs are organized around the themes of art, community service, outdoor education, cultural experience and new skills. Participation is required. Financial aid is available. Click here for the full 2011 Winterim Catalog.
Here’s a sample of what’s being offered in 2010:
Art
• Learn glass blowing at Tacoma’s MSPACE studio
• Write, draw, and produce your own comic book or web-comic
• Print your own t-shirt designs through the art of screen-printing
Community service
Every student is required to complete at least one community service Winterim program before they graduate.
• Become a kid’s best buddy at the Salvation Army Joyful Noise Childcare center
• Mentor and tutor students between the ages of 6 and 14 at the Boys and Girls Club
• Plant trees and help clean the wolf exhibit while working with the resident biologist at Northwest Trek
• Protect, enhance and restore the Puget Creek watershed with the Puget Creek Restoration Society
• Tutor children and adults learning English as a second language
• Learn to knit at your own pace while creating scarves or hats for people in need
Outdoor education
• Learn the arts of fly tying and casting, then go fishing on the Yakima River
• Go hiking and practice yoga, cook and personal wellness in the northern Sonora Desert
• Climb and camp in spectacular Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California
• Cross-country ski or snow shoe in Yellowstone National Park
Cultural experience
• Work side-by-side with villagers in La Esperanza, El Salvador, fighting poverty through rural land ownership in a community supported by Argos International
• Explore museums, monuments, cafés and history in France from Paris to Provence
• Take in five shows at Seattle’s professional theaters and concert halls
• Go to the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, BC
New skills
• Build your own Adirondack chair
• Study aviation and aeronautics at the Museum of Flight
• Complete the American Red Cross lifeguard training and certification program
• Disassemble and reassemble a Ford automobile/truck engine
• Learn firearm safety and handling from state certified instructors
• Improve your golf game with 18 holes a day in sunny Arizona
• Become more self-sufficient and eco-friendly learning about local and sustainable living
• Practice Hatha, Vinyassa, Flow and Bikram Hot Yoga
• Assist and support young skiers and boarders with developmental or physical disabilities in Park City, Utah
• Based in a cabin in Packwood, try alpine skiing, snowboarding, and Nordic skiing for the first time
Click here to watch a slideshow from the Winterim trip to Havasu in 2008.
