by Emily Besler-Dean | Aug 27, 2024 | Blog
“That sounds kinda sad,” My coworker’s mouth twisted. I had just told her that I was going to be participating in a cemetery field school. I get her reaction- death is a lot. But sadness wasn’t at the forefront of my mind that Thursday. We started off the morning...
by Emily Besler-Dean | Aug 25, 2024 | Blog
“That sounds kinda sad,” My friend’s mouth twisted. I had just told her that I was going to be participating in a cemetery field school. I got her reaction- death is a lot. But sadness wasn’t top of my mind in July 2023. I was incredibly fortunate last summer to do...
by Melanie Heizer | Feb 26, 2017 | Blog
This spring marks my third year of working in the cemetery with Dr. McGuire and this project. I have had the exciting opportunity to get to conduct independent field work, building on the work that I started in 2015 when I participated in the class. Through out this...
by Erin-Lee McGuire | May 16, 2016 | Blog
There is nothing like starting a new project when the weather is nice. That being said, a cemetery is not the usual place one starts out their summer, but me and ten others have chosen to do so and I could not be more excited. Is is invigorating to know that we are...
