<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2020/marine-affairs-alaska.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>02/21/2020</pubDate><title>Transformative Marine Affairs Course Offers Hands-On Opportunities in Alaska</title><description>Students taking "Human Ecology in Coastal Systems" step out of the classroom and into the Alaskan wilderness, where they connect with the natural environment and with local stakeholders. The next cohort of students will visit Alaska this spring.</description><hide-description/><author>Renee Chmiel, Office of Marketing and Communications</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>February 21, 2020</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/news/non-college-specific/blog/2020/alaska-group.jpg" alt="Image of students"/></image><image-caption>For students taking “Human Ecology in Coastal Systems,” the Alaskan wilderness is their classroom.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2020</tag></tags></item>