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CMU Biology Station holds its 1983 closing party

Also 1983 Central Michigan University Biology Station closing party

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TypeEvent
Date1983-10-29
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
1983-10-29
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Celebration
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Beaver Island
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Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

The CMU Biology Station held its annual closing party on October 29, 1983, with a roasted pig, island cooking, music, and guests including the station’s new directors, professors, and students.

Evidence limits

This is a community newspaper account, not an institutional attendance or programme record.

Sources

  1. Reports the October 29 CMU Biology Station closing party, a pig roasted under Dr. Doug Valek's supervision, food prepared by island cooks, music and dancing, and attendance by new directors Robert and Donna King, professors, and students from Mt. Pleasant. It does not provide an attendance register, programme, or institutional report. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1983-11_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held ten-page November issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the closing-party report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1983-11_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “CMU Biology Station holds its 1983 closing party”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-cmu-biology-station-closing-party-1983/, accessed [date], citing CMU Closing Party, Beaver Beacon, November 1983. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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