Lewis & Clark

College Outdoors

Welcome to New Student Trips!

NST 2011 Main Page Photo

College Outdoors and the Center for Career and Community Engagement (3CE) send you greetings from beautiful Portland, Oregon. Every year we offer new students an opportunity to launch their Lewis & Clark collegiate career in an enjoyable way. The New Student Trips happen just before the college-wide New Student Orientation held in the fall. This year College Outdoors will sponsor many adventures, and once again team up with the Center for Career and Community Engagement to offer the Urban Action and Sustainable Action service trips. These trips are great opportunities to get a head start on meeting new friends and familiarizing yourself with the diverse environment of the Pacific Northwest. The usual excitement and uncertainty associated with arriving at a new place is much easier to manage after spending some time with a group of new students who will often become your best friends.

No Experience Needed!

Every trip we offer is suitable for people with no background in the outdoors (or service, in the case of our service projects). The adventures are led by competent and experienced outdoor leaders and the service projects by strong leaders in those fields. The trip fee covers transportation, food, leaders, and all equipment.

These trips fill up fast, so register as soon as possible! Students who go on Breakaway Adventures will return in time to participate in New Student Orientation on campus.

REQUIRED FORMS FOR THOSE ENROLLED IN NEW STUDENT TRIPS:

 

Due by Monday, June 18:

Acknowledgment & Assumption of Risk Form

(please fax, mail, or scan signed copy)

Remaining Trip Balance (invoice sent via email)

 

Due by Friday, July 13:

Online Health & Diet Questionnaire Form

 

OTHER USEFUL LINKS:

 

Click here for: Hotel Listings

Click here for: General Information 

Click here for: Frequently Asked Questions

Click here for:  Breakaway Adventures Brochure

Click here for:  Breakaway Adventures Reservation Form 

Click here for: Photos from last year’s Breakaway Adventure trips (You’ll have to scroll past all of our other amazing trips to find them.  Look for “NST” in the album titles!)



                New Student Trip Listings: Click for more information

College Outdoors offers trips for new students at the beginning of every school year. It is the most fun you can have in ten days or so, and a great way to make the transition into college life. Here are our trips for 2011.

Backpack the Wallowa Mountains
Tuesday, August 21 to Tuesday evening, August 28, 2012

Raft the Deschutes River
Tuesday, August 21 to Tuesday evening, August 28, 2012

Hike and Kayak Waldo Lake
Wednesday, August 22, to Tuesday evening, August 28, 2012

Backpack the Mt. Adams Wilderness
Wednesday, August 22 to Tuesday evening, August 28, 2012

Backpack Bull Of the Woods
Thursday, August 23 to Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Explore Opal Creek
Friday, August 24 to Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Discover the Columbia Gorge
Friday, August 24 to Wednesday, August 29, 2012

  New Student Trips Service Listings:  Click for more information

3CE offers service projects that help you to gain a unique perspective of your new town, as you work directly to improve the lives of others and make great friends along the way.

Take Urban Action:
Thursday, August 23 to Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Take Sustainable Action:
Thursday, August 23 to Wednesday, August 29, 2012

 

Want to Register for New Student Trips 2012?

You can access the link to the registration form on the under “Other Useful Links” on this page!

Paper copies of the brochures with prices and registration forms will be mailed on May 5 to those students who have accepted and paid their deposit to Lewis & Clark College.

Want to know More?

Please see our Frequently Asked Questions for more information regarding Breakaway Adventures. Feel free to email us with any questions at outdoors@lclark.edu

Contact Us

The College Outdoors Program is located in room 244 of Templeton Campus Center on the Undergraduate Campus.

Emailoutdoors@lclark.edu

Voice503-768-7116
Fax503-768-7876

DirectorJoe Yuska

College Outdoors Program
Lewis & Clark
0615 S.W. Palatine Hill Road, MSC 188
Portland, OR 97219