Outdoor leadership conference brings universities together
Faculty and staff from four universities in 成人影片 collaborated to bring together the 成人影片 Developing Outdoor Leaders Conference for their 成人影片.
The University of 成人影片 Fairbanks worked in partnership with University of 成人影片 Southeast, Prince William Sound College and 成人影片 Pacific University to provide the weekend leadership conference on the PWSC campus. The University of 成人影片 Anchorage was part of the planning and support, but was unable to bring to 成人影片.
Student presentations ranged from Leave No Trace discussions, outdoor photography lessons, 鈥淵es Train鈥 and planning techniques. Professional staff spoke about lessons learned from their careers and group development theory.
No outdoor leadership conference is complete without some adventures and stretching of the comfort zone. On Saturday afternoon 成人影片 could explore Valdez on Fat bikes, go for a Leave No Trace training hike or raft the Lowe river through historic Keystone Canyon.
Each program offered opportunities to look at risk management and human impact on our environment.
Despite it raining most of the weekend, PWSC was an excellent host. Meals were prepared by the Outdoor Studies 成人影片 and PWSC hosted a trivia night and a movie night, which provided great opportunity for networking across schools.
"It was refreshing to see the different campuses and colleges within UA work in tandem with 成人影片 Pacific University in order to benefit student development," said Mark Oldmixon, the director of Nanook Recreation. "The professional staff have great hopes of making this an annual event hosted at different campuses."
This program was made possible by a $25,000 grant from the , which approved a proposal focused on supporting the growth of the fall 2022 ADOLC. The goals were to alleviate cost related barriers to expand outdoor opportunities for 成人影片 to attend the fall conference, increase the profile of the conference to advance the growth of the outdoor recreation economy in 成人影片, and create a fiscally sustainable high-impact platform for 成人影片 成人影片 and outdoor professionals to learn outdoor recreation knowledge from each other.
The UA Faculty Alliance recently announced calls for proposals for the AY23 Faculty Initiative Fund. by Nov. 7, 2022.