EUGENE, Ore. -- (July 1, 2009) - This summer marks the 15th annual Pacific Northwest Preservation Field School, a tri-state sponsored program offered as part of the University of Oregon's historic preservation program.

The field school is an opportunity for preservation professionals, landscape architects, contractors and other skilled artisans to work with university students and faculty members to study building types and heritage sites found in the Pacific Northwest states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho.

The five one-week sessions in August and September will take place at three sites in Oregon's Willamette Valley. The Oregon State Fair Fairgrounds' historic poultry building, Silver Falls State Park and the Frank Lloyd Wright Gordon House in Silverton, Ore. will host the field schools, each consisting of seminars, workshops and hands-on experience in different aspects of preservation.

Sessions dates and times are:
Week 1: Aug. 16-21 at the Frank Lloyd Wright Gordon House
Week 2: Aug. 23-28 at the Frank Lloyd Wright Gordon House
Week 3: Aug. 30-Sept. 4 at the Oregon State Fairgrounds Historic Poultry Building
Week 4: Sept. 13-18 at the Frank Lloyd Wright Gordon House (Registration closed for this session)
Week 5: Sept. 20-25 at Silver Falls State Park

Registration is open based on space availability with priority given to early registration. Participants can earn two undergraduate or graduate credit hours from the UO for each one-week session. Previous preservation and building conservation skills aren't required. Each session costs $900 including instruction, academic credit, study materials, room and board.

Applications and additional information can be found at http://hp.uoregon.edu/fieldschools or by emailing pnwfs@uoregon.edu.

About the University of Oregon
The University of Oregon is a world-class teaching and research institution and Oregon's flagship public university. The UO is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), an organization made up of the 62 leading public and private research institutions in the United States and Canada. The University of Oregon is one of only two AAU members in the Pacific Northwest.

Contact: Julie Brown, director, media relations, 541-346-3185, julbrown@uoregon.edu
Source: Karen Johnson, A&AA communications, 541-346-3603, karenjj@uoregon.edu or Adrienne Donovan-Boyd at pnwfs@uoregon.edu
Link: Preservation Field School, http://hp.uoregon.edu/fieldschools

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