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So, exactly how many instructors are teaching hydrocamp?

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So, exactly how many instructors are teaching hydrocamp?

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This question is harder to answer than one might think because every year we have guest lecturers. Also, every once in a while a UMN (Univ. of MN) faculty member won’t be able to teach for various reasons. So a good estimate of the number of instructors is: 2 to 4 UMN instructors (full time, i.e., for the whole 3 weeks) and 2 to 4 guest lecturers from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Minnesota Geological Survey (MGS). The UMN instructors are faculty in various aspects of physical, chemical, numerical, and environmental hydro(geo)logy. Guest lecturers teach certain aspects of hydro(geo)logy they are experts in. As an example, during hydrocamp 2006, instructors included: Martin Saar (UMN, full time), Calvin Alexander (UMN, full time), Scott Alexander (UMN, full time), Olaf Pfannkuch (UMN, 1/3 time), Bob Tipping (MGS, 1/3 time), Don Rosenberry (USGS, 1 day), Dallas Hudson (USGS, 2 days). Consequently, the student to instructor ratio for a total of about 3 to 4 instructors at any