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    The document announces an English Brown Bag Series event at the University of Hawaii Hilo (UHH) Campus Center Private Dining Room. On November 9th, Dr. Jennifer Wheat will give a presentation called "Never Turn your Back on the Ocean (nor on Creeks, Pools and Rivers): Wild Swimming as Eco-activism." She will discuss writings by authors who have swam in bodies of water and written about their experiences and understanding of aquatic ecosystems. Dr. Wheat will also share her own experiences as an ocean swimmer and discuss developing a water-based environmental literature class to raise awareness of water issues among students.

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    The document announces an English Brown Bag Series event at the University of Hawaii Hilo (UHH) Campus Center Private Dining Room. On November 9th, Dr. Jennifer Wheat will give a presentation called "Never Turn your Back on the Ocean (nor on Creeks, Pools and Rivers): Wild Swimming as Eco-activism." She will discuss writings by authors who have swam in bodies of water and written about their experiences and understanding of aquatic ecosystems. Dr. Wheat will also share her own experiences as an ocean swimmer and discuss developing a water-based environmental literature class to raise awareness of water issues among students.

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    Wheat English Brown Bag Series

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    The document announces an English Brown Bag Series event at the University of Hawaii Hilo (UHH) Campus Center Private Dining Room. On November 9th, Dr. Jennifer Wheat will give a presentation called "Never Turn your Back on the Ocean (nor on Creeks, Pools and Rivers): Wild Swimming as Eco-activism." She will discuss writings by authors who have swam in bodies of water and written about their experiences and understanding of aquatic ecosystems. Dr. Wheat will also share her own experiences as an ocean swimmer and discuss developing a water-based environmental literature class to raise awareness of water issues among students.

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    English Brown Bag Series

    Monthly in the Campus Center Private Dining Room for STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF, and ADMINISTRATION

    Discussions on Writing and Literature by the UHH English Faculty

    Wednesday, November 9th, Dr. Jennifer Wheat will present:

    Never Turn your Back on the Ocean


    (nor on Creeks, Pools and Rivers): Wild Swimming as Eco-activism
    Dr. Wheat will facilitate an interactive discussion on peoples experiences with water, drawing from several writers who have taken a stand for healthy water systems by swimming through them and writing about their heightened understanding of aquatic ecosystems. These writers include Roger Deakin, author of Waterlog, which chronicles his swims throughout lakes, rivers, and seas of Britain, and Akiko Busch, author of Nine Ways to Cross a River, which calls attention to the pleasures and perils of river swimming in America. Dr. Wheat will discuss her own experience as an ocean swimmer, contrasting lived experience with some romanticized literary notions of swimming, oceans and identity. She is currently exploring ways to generate greater understanding of water issues among the students she teaches as she develops a water-based environmental literature class.

    Wednesday, November 9th from 1:00 to 2:00 Campus Center Private Dining Room

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