The University of Lynchburg, through its Outdoor Leadership Programs, will soon offer an Outdoor Leadership Certification program. The program, which is independent of the University’s academic programs, is made up of eight courses and is intended to prepare students for a career in the outdoor industry.
Outdoor Leadership Programs
For OLP leader, nature is the classroom
Sometimes it’s an afternoon trip to the adventure course on the wooded outskirts of campus. Sometimes it’s a soul-shaking expedition all the way out in the Grand Canyon. No matter the journey, one walks away from it with a refreshed perspective, new skills, and good memories — par for the course when it comes to Outdoor Leadership Programs with Tim Slusser ’22.
GIS class partners with Outdoor Leadership Programs to map cave
Mimi Oliver ’22 was a little nervous a few weeks ago, thinking about going caving with her Geographic Information Systems class. On Aug. 17, she and her classmates would hike to a cave in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and then spend the day inside taking measurements, collecting data, and exploring.
ABOVE combines first-year orientation, outdoor adventure
Registration is currently underway for ABOVE, a unique orientation experience open to incoming first-year students at the University of Lynchburg.
University of Lynchburg to offer science summer camp for high school girls
The Pre-college Career Exploration Expedition for High School Women is a partnership between the Claytor Nature Center and the University of Lynchburg Outdoor Leadership Program and faculty.
University of Lynchburg celebrates ‘Earth Month’ with letter to White House, activities, sustainability-focused giving
The University of Lynchburg has joined colleges and universities from across the U.S. in asking the Biden administration to increase the country’s commitment to carbon neutrality.
A passion for wildlife and photography: Recent biology grad scores dream internship in Hawaii
A “mixture of luck and perseverance” landed recent grad Tyler Stephens ’19 in Hawaii. As a wildlife management intern at Maui’s Haleakalā National Park, the former biology major spent four months monitoring endangered bird species.
Students find endangered mussel in Pedlar River
The James spinymussel is hard to find for a few reasons. For one, it’s endangered. Also, its small, yellowish-brown shell looks very much like a rock, according to Wrenn Cleary […]
Everglades trip ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ spring break adventure
Over spring break, 10 students went to Everglades National Park with Lynchburg College’s Outdoor Leadership Program. For four days, they kayaked from island to island, past mangrove trees “standing” on spindly root-legs, and with dolphins sometimes swimming five feet from the boats.
Drysdale stairwell opens for rappelling October 16
One day, Lynchburg College grounds employee Tim Mason was headed to lunch at Drysdale Student Center. As a volunteer leader and participant with Lynchburg’s Outdoor Leadership Program, he and program coordinator Peter Berry had been thinking about alternative locations for rappelling.
