Like a lot of college students, Nicole Armbruster '05, of Bedford, New York,
did some volunteer work during the summer. Her experience was more hands-on than
most, though -- she was the
youngest member of a seven-person team of volunteer and paid archaeologists
participating in the study of the 23-million-acre National Petroleum Reserve
in Alaska.
Armbruster camped along the Kuna River as a volunteer for the federal Bureau of
Land Management for two months, assisting with a project meant to protect habitats
and archaeological sites while also allowing for the extraction of petroleum.
Each day, she told the Westchester, New York, Journal-News, she got up
at 6 a.m. to catch a helicopter to a site where she searched for artifacts. The
work "deepened her persepctive on the hardships faced by prehistoric people,"
the article stated.
To read the full feature story on Armbruster's summer experience,
click here.