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Friday, March 7, 2008

  • Leader/Crew Applications Available

Leader applications are closed for Trips 2008. Applications for Trips 2009 will become available March 1, 2009.

Sunday, April 6, 2008

  • Leader/Crew Applications Due

Monday, April 21, 2008

  • Leader Assignments Posted

Leader Training

Leaders ABSOLUTELY must attend one Group Dynamics class and one Risk Assessment class during either the spring or summer term. First-time leaders must also attend one Wilderness Skills seminar during either the spring or summer term. NO EXCEPTIONS!!!

Spring Training

  • Group Dynamics
    • Thursday, May 8, 6 to 9 pm, Haldeman 41
    • Tuesday, May 13, 6 to 9 pm, Dartmouth 105
  • Risk Assessment
    • Tuesday, May 6, 6 to 9 pm, Carson L02
    • Thursday, May 15, 6 to 9 pm, Dartmouth 105
  • Wilderness Skills
    • Wednesday, April 30, 5 to 6:30 pm, Robinson Hall
    • Friday, May 2, 5 to 6:30 pm, Robinson Hall
    • Sunday, May 4, 5 to 6:30 pm, Robinson Hall
    • Tuesday, May 20, 4:30 to 7 am, Robinson Hall (sunrise hike to the Gile firetower)
  • All-in-One Training
    All-in-One Training includes Group Dynamics, Risk Assessment, and Wilderness Skills. These days are a great opportunity to get off campus, spend a day with fellow trip leaders, and get your leader training requirements fulfilled all at once.
    • Saturday, April 26, 9 am to 5 pm, Robinson Hall
    • Saturday, May 10, 9 am to 5 pm, Robinson Hall

Summer Training

  • Group Dynamics
    • Thursday, July 10 (time and place TBA)
  • Risk Assessment
    • Tuesday, July 8 (time and place TBA)
  • Wilderness Skills
    • Sunday, July 13 (time and place TBA)
  • All-in-One Training
    All-in-One Training includes Group Dynamics, Risk Assessment, and Wilderness Skills. These days are a great opportunity to get off campus, spend a day with fellow trip leaders, and get your leader training requirements fulfilled all at once.
    • Saturday, July 12 (time and place TBA)

September 1 to September 16, 2008

  • DOC First-Year Trips!

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 September 1 September 2 September 6 [1]
B September 2 September 3 September 7 [1]
C September 3 September 4 September 8 [1]
D September 4 September 5 September 9 [1]
E September 5 September 6 September 10 [2]
F September 7 September 8 September 12 [2]
G September 8 September 9 September 13 [2]
H September 9 September 10 September 14 [2]
I September 10 September 11 September 15 [2]
J September 11 September 12 September 16 [2]

[1] Sections primarily for incoming students living in the northeast U.S. — most participants will return home after their trip, then return to campus for orientation.

[2] Sections for non-local incoming students — participants can leave their belongings in their dorm rooms and move in when their trip returns.

Another way to look at it:

Date Leaders
Arrive
Incoming
Students
Arrive
First
Campsite
Second
Campsite
Ravine
Lodge
Return
Home
Move into
Dorms
Monday September 1 A
Tuesday September 2 B A
Wednesday September 3 C B A
Thursday September 4 D C B A
Friday September 5 E D C B A
Saturday September 6 E D C B A
Sunday September 7 F E D C B
Monday September 8 G F E D C
Tuesday September 9 H G F E D
Wednesday September 10 I H G F E
Thursday September 11 J I H G F
Friday September 12 J I H G F
Saturday September 13 J I H G
Sunday September 14 J I H
Monday September 15 J I
Tuesday September 16 ABCDJ

Notes

Monday, September 1, is Labor Day, a national holiday in the U.S. — please plan extra time for travelling during Labor Day weekend: Friday, August 29 to Monday, September 1.

Ramadan begins on Tuesday, September 2.

UGA training begins on Sunday, September 7.

Dorms open to all First-Year students on Tuesday, September 16 (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 17.

Fall term classes start on Wednesday, September 24.



 

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