This is what 514 applications look like. Go ahead -- count 'em.
The room where all the magic happens. It's called the Canyon Room, and those doors at the back open onto a lovely porch.
The view from the porch. Isn't that a lovely, inspiring view for chosing future environmental and tribal leaders?
NAFAn Jeanne Ware (New College of FL) and Matt McMahon ('03 & '03 Scholar, now a grad student at Princeton) make final decisions about their region, just outside of the Canyon Room
Sue Kissinger (Wisconsin-Stevens Point, and my reading partner) and Bryan Mercier ('03 Intern, recently with the Treasury dept.) take advantage of the porch to read files.
I would like to add that while the vistas, weather and amenities were absolutely wonderful, we certainly were not "living high on the hog". I echo Doug's commentary in what it really means to be a reviewer. For me, I am a very slow reader and felt obligated to really read every word on those applications so I opted (as did Matt) to do "optional" reading one night which meant literally a 14 hour day. I did so with a huge sense of responsibility both as a Faculty Rep who puts so much time into my applicants and as the Reviewer to choose.
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