Exploration Trip Details

EXPLORATION - A Pre-Orientation Adventure for Incoming Freshmen

Trip Description     

Exploration was created by Outdoor Adventures (aka CRUX: Challenging Recreation. Unleashing Experience.) as a multi–day wilderness excursion for new students. The trip is designed to allow participants to make lasting friendships, ease the transition to college life and have fun with new experiences and activities.

Students are placed in a group with about 10 other students as well as two upper-class student leaders and a faculty member. This small group size allows participants to really get to know one another. Participants will camp, rock climb, hike, canoe, and experience a challenge course during the trip. We will take advantage of the abundant local trails, waterways, and wilderness surrounding the Mount. Through casual conversation, games/activities and partaking in this shared experience, students will have a bond they’ll carry with them through their time at the Mount.

To ease the often uncomfortable transition to college life, the instructor teams will field questions and lead discussions on the issues and apprehensions (both academic and social) that are on the first-year student’s mind. The student leaders were in this very position themselves not so long ago and look forward to helping others understand the Mount community. The leader teams will also offer their knowledge on campus services, clubs and ways to get involved. In addition, CRUX realizes that this will be many students’ first time in the outdoors, so the whole trip is designed to explore the parallels between this new experience and the one awaiting them at the Mount.

Quite simply, it is an opportunity to have FUN, learn about classmates, the school, the natural environment and even yourself.

2009 Trip Details     

• LOCATION:  Mid-Atlantic Region (the Mount’s backyard)
• COST: $175
• SPACES AVAILABLE: 30 participants total (3 groups of 10)
• DATES:  August 18^th – 22^th (immediately before school)
• REGISTRATION: total amount of $175 due at sign up by July 15^th