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Throwback to our beloved Cole donning his ceremonial garb in the smokies to blend in with the native manders -KD

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what’s the buzz on azaleas? azaleas are toxic to honey bees! but, do not rip out all of your azaleas from your garden! these flowers are still useful for bumble bees and other pollinators, and are an excellent native addition to your garden! -EP

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sports belong in the Howell living room (yes Jenga is a sport) -dm @UNC @UNC_IE @UNCResearch @uncstudyabroad @unccollege
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you are what you study! for halloween, the bat girls🦇 dressed up as a bat and a moth, and we are still thinking about it! -EP

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-EP

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#throwback to saving a bee that was stuck in our cottage!

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unleash your inner wolf🐺 #wolfshirtwednesday -EP

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At the beginning of the semester I new next to nothing about drones, but within the last few months I became licensed to fly drones by taking the Part 107!

-GR

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A couple weeks ago, a few of us went down to The Farm House Donuts to study and get some amazing donuts!

-GR

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throwback to the time we visited dams for our human impacts class then went to granite city for our cultural history seminar! we're so lucky for so many field trips :) -dm @UNC @UNC_IE @UNCResearch @uncstudyabroad @unccollege
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Throw back to my first time seeing a Motus Tower! About a month ago, my research partner and I went to Coweeta to search for their infamous Big Butt Motus Tower.
-GR
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When the flu started again, a group of us roundtripped down the mountain to get our flu shots. We wanted to stay healthy so that we could continue our work.

-GR
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after our final cultural history seminar class Jason showed us really cool archived photos taken by George Masa at this field station! -dm @UNC @UNC_IE @UNCResearch @uncstudyabroad @unccollege
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Before everyone left for Thanksgiving we all got together for our own Friendsgiving. Here we are all hard at work cooking for our friends!

-GR
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it's always nice to visit the nature center mostly for the turtles :) - dm @UNC @UNC_IE @UNCResearch @uncstudyabroad @unccollege
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When we're not in class or doing our work, many of us are spending time on our hobbies! All 15 IE students and a few others have gotten a new hat this semester!
-GR

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Throw back to our first week! After getting back from our first overnight trip, some of us went up to Sunset Rock to enjoy the Sunset.

-GR

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As the semester draws to a close, it’s nice to reflect upon our work- and for the Salamander Team🦎 we mean that literally
-kh
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happy last day of class everyone! here are some more pictures on our communications class presentations from today -dm @UNC @UNC_IE @UNCResearch @uncstudyabroad @unccollege
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A semester spanning seasons- our program got to experience the great outdoors from August to early December, so we got to see a wide array of weather here in the mountains☀️🍂❄️
-kh
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