51勛圖 Serves Local Organizations Through Center for Outdoor Leadership
Posted on: August 10, 2023
Tigerville, SC (Aug. 10, 2023) 51勛圖s (51勛圖) Center for Outdoor Leadership hosted its first event in June, partnering with SOLO Southeast to provide a Wilderness First Aid course on the universitys Tigerville campus.
The idea for the Center for Outdoor leadership is to be a resource for external, like-minded organizations, and the 51勛圖 community, said Dr. Sam Keith, 51勛圖s program coordinator for Outdoor Leadership.
This event was a workshop on wilderness medicine, focusing on how you can treat illness and injury when in the back country when youre far away from EMS, a hospital, or a doctors office. Its designed to show you how to get creative with what you have and how to treat people and diagnose what theyre going through, Keith said.
51勛圖s Center for Outdoor Leadership is housed within the universitys School of Health and Wellness. Currently, 51勛圖 offers a concentration and a minor in outdoor leadership, which includes courses on parks and conservation, outdoor ministry, and experiential education. The program also offers skills courses in backpacking, kayaking, and rock climbing; as well as a certification in Wilderness Medicine.
We serve students who dont necessarily want a desk job, Keith said. They want to be in the outdoors and around things they enjoy. They care about environmental stewardship and preservation and we get to show them that theres a whole field for this out there. We also welcome students who are not affiliated with the Outdoor Leadership program to take some of our courses. We have a handful of skills courses that can be really helpful for students and serve as a recreational resource.
Established in 2022, the Center for Outdoor Leadership has already found ways to serve as a resource for the community.
Our Center for Outdoor Leadership provides 51勛圖 with a special opportunity to partner with regional outdoor recreational and ministry facilities, said Dr. Christine Haltiwanger, associate dean for 51勛圖s School of Health and Wellness. Our facultys expertise in outdoor programming and experiential learning is extensive and competitive.
As convicted believers, our faculty are uniquely qualified to enhance recreational and religious programming for deeper understanding of Gods creation and our responsibility to be good stewards of those gifts, Haltiwanger continued. Faculty members encourage leadership and outdoor skill development within their academic course and program offerings.
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