Dear VAN Readers-

Welcome to this special edition of VAN dedicated to VAF members favorite summer activity—field school!  Included is information about 11 field schools in locations from Wisconsin to Pennsylvania to Idaho where students can be engaged in archaeology, building investigation, and cultural landscape studies.   Also included is the call for applications to the Orlando Ridout V Fieldwork Fellowship award for 2017 where there are five categories of support ranging from funds for field school directors to assist attendees with costs to support for VAF members in continuing to develop skills in documentation and field work.

There are so many wonderful opportunities, please don’t keep this newsletter to yourself!  Read it and forward it to anyone you know who might be considering field school this year. 

Best

Christine

VAN editor