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Dartmouth Summer Scholars

July 23 - 24, 2025

AMC Highland Center at Crawford Notch
White Mountain National Forest

 

A two-day experiential learning program to focus on developing leadership confidence, instilling a feeling of capability to face challenge, inspires personal & collective reflection, and challenges students to collaborate, communicate, solve problems, and resolve conflicts.
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Dartmouth Summer Scholars

At the heart of every Outward Bound experience is the philosophy of learning by doing, placing yourself in unfamiliar environments, with all necessary tools for solving problems. The challenges we offer require cooperation, teamwork, leadership, and communication.

Following periods of activity, we will ask you and your team to reflect on your actions and discuss what you have learned in order for you to develop new skills and tools, a deeper understanding of individual and team strengths, and an awareness of the areas where the team can improve both performance and results. We also hope that the experience offers insights that are relevant in your personal life.

What will we be doing? We use a variety of activities as vehicles for learning and positive change. Some of the activities may be physically strenuous for you. We plan all of our activities with a wide variety of physical abilities in mind and will ask that you participate at the level that makes sense for you. Please be sure to refer to the CLOTHING AND GEAR tab to ensure you bring clothing that will keep you comfortable regardless of the weather.

A liability release is required for participation in the program because Hurricane Island Outward Bound School has a responsibility to ensure that each participant is aware of the potential risk associated with a program, and it is required through our legal responsibility to protect the participants and our organization. The Liability Release will be distributed by Dartmouth.

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Please wear or bring the following:

  • 1 pair of comfortable close-toed shoes (sneakers/tennis shoes, light-weight hiking shoe or boot).
  • 1 pair of shorts or 1 pairs of loose-fitting pants
  • 1 t-shirt
  • 1 long sleeve shirt
  • 1 rain jacket and rain bottom
  • Long underwear top and bottom (depending on the forecast)
  • Swimsuit and towel
  • Small daypack to carry extra layers and accessories during the day

 

What to pack in your day pack:

Here are the things you should plan to carry with you during the day.

  • Warm fleece or sweater
  • Windbreaker or rain jacket
  • Warm hat and gloves
  • Water in a water bottle (a soda bottle works fine)
  • Sunscreen and sunglasses
  • Journal and pen/pencil
  • Camera or phone for taking photos (optional)
  • Watch, preferably waterproof (optional)
  • Insect repellent (optional)
Important Info

 

 Please note these important reminders:

Cash and Valuables: Please do not bring large amounts of cash or valuable jewelry on the program since we cannot be responsible for the loss of or damage to valuables.

Cell Phones: Plan on detaching from work completely. Cell phone coverage will be spotty to non-existent. Please let people know that you will be out of touch for all of your program time. Feel free to take out your phone during the program if you are using it to take pictures! If you MUST use your phone for communication purposes, please quietly move to an area where your cell phone usage will not distract others.

Tobacco and Alcohol: If you are a smoker, please check-in with your facilitators when you arrive and they will make arrangements for you to smoke in designated spots when appropriate. In keeping with legal, safety, health, and ethical considerations, alcohol is not allowed on our programs. 

Packing: During the day you will travel by foot and will want a day pack for carrying extra supplies.

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Travel will be organized by Dartmouth.

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