Dr. Calvin R. Fremling Floating Interpretive Center & Classroom

The Dr. Calvin R. Fremling Floating Interpretive Center & Classroom will be dedicated to creating a greater understanding of the broad multi-faceted nature of the Mississippi River and the people and places it touches. Our goal is to enhance our relationship to the River through research and education. Tens of thousands of elementary, secondary, college university students and community members will benefit from this resource which will provide a gateway to exploration and knowledge.

As scholars and as people who live and work near it, we see the river as a laboratory, a canvas, an archive, a stage, a text, a great complex thing worthy of contemplation, interpretation and protection.

The Dr. Calvin R. Fremling Floating Interpretive Center & Classroom project seeks to raise $200,000 in private support to build a distinctive and extraordinary boat offering "University-on-the-River" classes to learners of all ages. The goal is to have the boat in the water by spring, 2013.

See additional information about the boat (including a rendering), FAQ's, and a pledge form.

Dr. Calvin R. Fremling, WSU Professor Emeritus of Biology was a noted and beloved educator, scientist, and Mississippi River enthusiast during his 32 year teaching and research career at WSU. His book, Immortal River: The Upper Mississippi River in Ancient and Modern Times, serves as one of the most comprehensive and readable accounts of the Mississippi River ecosystem available today. See a video about Cal here.