Whoa!! These dates won't be up for a while. Check back here at the end of Winter term for information about training dates and locations.
FA/CPR Cert Information
Any certification from a nationally-recognized provider will fulfill our requirement (AHA, Red Cross, etc).
Certifications more advanced than Basic First Aid definitely fulfill the first aid requirement (WFA, WFR, OEC, EMT, etc).
Just check to make sure your certifications don't expire before September 2009! (Note: You can also get certed at home - check out the big organizations mentioned above.
However, on-campus options tend to be easier and cost less, so we recommend getting your certs here!)
August 31 to September 15, 2009
Sections
First-Year Trips is divided into 10 sections, with staggered overlapping dates (section A leaders arrive Monday, section B leaders arrive Tuesday, etc.).
Each section is six days long for leaders:
- Day 0: Leaders arrive and head off to Gilman Island for the night for their skills refresher course (we’re calling this day zero to keep the other days consistent with the trippee description).
- Day 1: Incoming students arrive in Hanover and check-in in the afternoon. After check-in, everyone plays games to get to know each other, then each trip heads off to dinner separately to get to know each other. Trips spend the night in Hanover.
- Day 2: Trips head off on busses to their drop-off points and head off on their trips. Some trips stay in cabins, others camp out.
- Day 3: Trips spend a full day out in the wilderness and one more night out.
- Day 4: Trips head out to their pick-up point and get bussed to the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge, Dartmouth’s home in the mountains. The whole section has dinner here, and spends the night.
- Day 5: Trips get bussed back to Hanover. Sections A, B, C, and D head back home for about week until orientation — other sections can move into their dorms after their trip.
Dates
Here are the dates of the 10 sections this year:
| Section |
Leaders
Arrive |
Incoming
Students
Arrive |
Trip Ends |
Notes |
| A |
August 31 |
September 1 |
September 5 |
[1] |
| B |
September 1 |
September 2 |
September 6 |
[1] |
| C |
September 2 |
September 3 |
September 7 |
[1] |
| D |
September 3 |
September 4 |
September 8 |
[1] |
| E |
September 4 |
September 5 |
September 9 |
[2] |
| F |
September 6 |
September 7 |
September 11 |
[2] |
| G |
September 7 |
September 8 |
September 12 |
[2] |
| H |
September 8 |
September 9 |
September 13 |
[2] |
| I |
September 9 |
September 10 |
September 14 |
[2] |
| J |
September 10 |
September 11 |
September 15 |
[2] |
Another way to look at it:
|
Date |
Leaders
Arrive |
Incoming
Students
Arrive |
First
Campsite |
Second
Campsite |
Ravine
Lodge |
Return
Home |
Move into
Dorms |
| Monday |
August |
31 |
A |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Tuesday |
September |
1 |
B |
A |
|
|
|
|
|
| Wednesday |
September |
2 |
C |
B |
A |
|
|
|
|
| Thursday |
September |
3 |
D |
C |
B |
A |
|
|
|
| Friday |
September |
4 |
E |
D |
C |
B |
A |
|
|
| Saturday |
September |
5 |
|
E |
D |
C |
B |
A |
|
| Sunday |
September |
6 |
F |
|
E |
D |
C |
B |
|
| Monday |
September |
7 |
G |
F |
|
E |
D |
C |
|
| Tuesday |
September |
8 |
H |
G |
F |
|
E |
D |
|
| Wednesday |
September |
9 |
I |
H |
G |
F |
|
|
E |
| Thursday |
September |
10 |
J |
I |
H |
G |
F |
|
|
| Friday |
September |
11 |
|
J |
I |
H |
G |
|
F |
| Saturday |
September |
12 |
|
|
J |
I |
H |
|
G |
| Sunday |
September |
13 |
|
|
|
J |
I |
|
H |
| Monday |
September |
14 |
|
|
|
|
J |
|
I |
| Tuesday |
September |
15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ABCDJ |
Notes
Dorms open to all First-Year students on Tuesday, September 15 (though sections E through J can move in when their trips get back to Hanover).
The College’s Orientation for new students begins on Wednesday, September 16.
Fall term classes start on Wednesday, September 23.
