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Blog Post: Do you inform pre-orientation students that they must follow college policies while traveling off-campus?

Brent Bell

Another listserve I monitor (National Orientation Directors Association) has started a discussion regarding policies. How are students informed that they are expected to follow college policies while on a pre-orientation trip away from campus? Although this is not confusing to most program directors...

onThu, May 3 2012

Wiki Page: Research Resources for Outdoor Orientation Programs

Outdoor Ed

This Wiki is dedicated to expanding research into the effects of outdoor orientation programs

onMon, Apr 30 2012

File: Leader Trainer Manual - Princeton University Outdoor Action Program

Rick Curtis

This is the operational manual for Leader Trainers in the Outdoor Action Program at Princeton University. It provides the philosophical and programmatic guidelines for our Leader Training Program and specifically focuses on the 6-day Leader Training Trip.

onSat, Apr 14 2012

Forum Post: Outdoor Orientation Program Symposium, April 13th, Woodstock, CT

Outdoor Ed

Dear professional colleagues, I am writing to extend to you an invitation to the 17th bi-annual Outdoor Orientation Program Symposium (OOPS), on Friday, April 13th, in Woodstock, CT. Please join a group of student leaders, program directors, researchers, and outdoor professionals for a day of learning...

onMon, Feb 20 2012

File: Harvard Freshmen Outdoor Program 2010 Leader Handbook

Outdoor Ed

Harvard Freshmen Outdoor Program 2010 Leader Handbook

onSun, Nov 13 2011

Blog Post: A Perfect Storm - Lessons Learned from Hurricane Irene & Tropical Storm Lee

Rick Curtis

This year took me by surprise, as I know it did for many of my colleagues and it was all about water. First came Hurricane Irene and then Tropical Storm Lee. Each September the Outdoor Action Program at Princeton University sends out over 1,000 students (800 freshmen and over 200 trip leaders) on our...

onSun, Oct 2 2011

File: A Census of Outdoor Orientation Programs at Four-Year Colleges in the United States

Outdoor Ed

This journal article by Brent Bell, Marion Holmes, and Brady Williams from the Journal of Experiential Education documents the broad range of outdoor orientation programs at four-year colleges in the U.S. published with permission from the Association for Experiential Education .

onSun, Aug 15 2010

File: Outdoor Action Program Outdoor Orientation Program Leader's Manual

Outdoor Ed

The Princeton University Outdoor Action Program is one of the best known college outdoor orientation programs. Each year we send out over 700 incoming freshmen students on over 90 six-day outdoor trips. We are sharing our Outdoor Orientation Program Leader's Manual in hopes that other program will...

onFri, Aug 21 2009

Wiki Page: Dynamic Menu Planning with Spreadsheets

Outdoor Ed

by Rick Curtis Each year the Outdoor Action Program at Princeton University sends out about seventy 6-day backpacking trips, that's over 850 people in the field. Feeding this small army of folks is a big task. Due to the large size of our program and because leaders only return a few days before...

onSun, May 17 2009

File: Food Planner Spreadsheet

Outdoor Ed

This is the spreadsheet that accompanies the article Dynamic Menu Planning with Spreadsheets .

onSun, May 17 2009

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Blog Post: Do you inform pre-orientation students that they must follow college policies while traveling off-campus?

Wiki Page: Research Resources for Outdoor Orientation Programs

File: Leader Trainer Manual - Princeton University Outdoor Action Program

Forum Post: Outdoor Orientation Program Symposium, April 13th, Woodstock, CT

File: Harvard Freshmen Outdoor Program 2010 Leader Handbook

Blog Post: A Perfect Storm - Lessons Learned from Hurricane Irene & Tropical Storm Lee

File: A Census of Outdoor Orientation Programs at Four-Year Colleges in the United States

File: Outdoor Action Program Outdoor Orientation Program Leader's Manual

Wiki Page: Dynamic Menu Planning with Spreadsheets

File: Food Planner Spreadsheet

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