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Affiliating yourself with your institution

If you are not the director of your program, or you do not hold a current NCHC Institutional or Professional Membership, and/or have not attended an NCHC program in the past year, you may not be in our new software system yet!

You must sign up as a "Contact" prior to registering for any NCHC program. 

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Be sure to select “Contact” when creating a username for our website. If your institution has an Institutional Membership, signing up as a "Contact" will affiliate you with your institution, and you'll be able to register for the online event, and make use of the NCHC community forums. If you sign up for any membership aside from "Contact," you will be asked to pay for that membership fee.

You'll receive an email notification, and THEN you may start registration for the intended online event.

(If your institution is not a member of NCHC, please proceed as a "Guest.")

Questions? Contact the NCHC office at (402) 472-9150 or nchc@unl.edu.

With the cancellation of projects for 2020 and 2021, the NCHC Partners in the Parks Committee wants to ensure that we create alternatives to projects to continue to foster these meaningful collaborations with NPS to benefit students from NCHC member institutions. From undergraduate student to institutional administration, all with an interest in adventure are welcome to join for these monthly meetings.

There will be a brief discussion of Partners in the Parks and how students can benefit from the program. Facilitators will provide an overview of knowledge and visits to the park; and then the park’s Chief of Youth, Community and Volunteer Engagement will discuss what makes them standout among the other national parks, as well as opportunities for education within the park and engagement.

Facilitators

Earl Fratus | St. Petersburg College

Earl Fratus serves as the Director of the Honors Program at St. Petersburg College. Earl has a teaching background in history and political science, and he has visited all 50 states. He has also visited dozens of national parks, monuments and historic sites. In 2017, he led a day visit to the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site in Atlanta during the NCHC national convention.

Earl has been visiting Grand Teton National Park for over forty years with family and he has been there at least ten times. The breathtaking natural beauty, amazing encounters with wildlife and the outdoor recreational opportunities keep him and his family returning to his favorite national park.

Julie Gonzalez | Grand Teton National Park

Julie Gonzalez, Community Engagement Coordinator for Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, works to connect youth to the outdoors in an equitable manner through hands-on outdoor education and youth development programs. She has a bachelor's in environmental science and Geology from the University of Texas at Austin and has spent the last 5 years doing interpretation, education, and community engagement for the National Park Service. She’s worked in parks including Glacier National Park in Montana, Mount Rainer National Park in Washington, and Sequoia and Kings Canyon in California. Most recently she worked with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in San Diego, Ca under their Urban Wildlife Refuge Program. In her free time, she is hiking with her goldendoodle, doing yoga, cycling, or binge watching something on Netflix. She loves to travel and experience the world through food.