Mike's Blog

a collection of blog entries from Nicholas alum Mike Donohue

Timber Sale Part One — by mike — Mar 12, 2008

Preparing a stand for harvest in the Duke Forest...     

Indoor Rock Climbing at Duke — by mike — Feb 26, 2008

Put some crunch back in your granola at the West Campus gym...      comments (3)

Krispy Kreme Challenge! — by mike — Jan 31, 2008

Run 2 miles, eat 12 hot Krispy Kreme glazed donuts...and run 2 more miles     

Winter Break: San Juan Mts. of SE Colorado — by mike — Jan 15, 2008

Melting snow for water and dodging avalanches, I got my first taste of back-country cross country skiing.     

How many sides are there in the Triangle? — by mike — Dec 19, 2007

With the semester over and a week and a half to digest, checking some things off the to-do-in-the-Triangle list..      comments (2)

Farmhand -- the REAL deal. — by mike — Dec 19, 2007

Moving from chasing chickens......to killing them.      comments (3)

Semester Wrap-up — by mike — Dec 19, 2007

Barring a few stumbles towards the finish line, the 3rd of 4 semesters at the Nick School was certainly the best yet.     

Green Devils and Grey Devils — by mike — Nov 09, 2007

From a conversation and then correspondence with international GIS superstar MEM'08 Ian Varley about age diversity among MEMs..     

Halloween Hullabaloo in Durham and Chapel Hill — by mike — Nov 03, 2007

If Spring Banquet and Field Day are highlights of the Spring Nick School calendar, the Halloween Party is certainly the big event of Fall..      comments (1)

MP deadlines, sake, and campout — by mike — Oct 01, 2007

The first BIG master's project deadline is passed..     

A Focus on Living: The Knox Box! — by mike — Sep 25, 2007

Living in Durham while attending the Nick School -- Part Two     

A Focus on Living: First Year in the Duke Forest — by mike — Sep 23, 2007

Living in Durham while attending the Nick School -- Part One     

A (big) change of plans, applying internationally for jobs, and a trip to Durham's own Counter Culture Coffee — by mike — Sep 17, 2007

For a couple of reasons...the course of my master's project has recently taken a huge change in direction! From visions of surveys and organic farm stays and Japan, I will now be bringing it home to work with the Landscape Ecology Lab on a satellite remote sensing project developing a land cover change map for the past twenty five years here in the Triangle.