Volunteer Abroad
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Cross-Cultural Solutions
Make a real difference in people's lives while experiencing another culture like never before.
You will really get to know the local people by working side-by-side with them, connect with other volunteers from around the world, and still have time for your own personal adventures. Choose from 16 fascinating regions of the world and lengths of stay of 1-12 weeks. Wherever you go, our in-country staff welcomes you to the CCS Home Base and ensures that all of your needs are met - from safety and lodging to perspectives and insight about the local culture.
(800) 380-4777 or www.crossculturalsolutions.org
ProWorld Service Corps
Intern or Study Abroad in Peru, Belize or Mexico. All programs focus on authentic community development work. Help vaccinate children, teach reading, reforest depleted ecosystems, or educate small businesses. Weekly adventures combine with cultural immersion, volunteer work, and intensive Spanish classes. Programs start every month of the year.
(877) 42WORLD or www.proworldsc.org
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Work Abroad
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Cross-Cultural Solutions
Intern Abroad, by Cross-Cultural Solutions, is an exciting 2-12 week program that gives you
all-important work experience in your chosen career field in a meaningful and exciting way that earns you academic credit. You'll gain unparalleled international work experience in the areas of health, education and social services by working side-by-side with local people on community-led initiatives. You'll supplement this amazing cultural experience with other learning opportunities designed to offer perspectives on the culture and the global and local issues that impact it. Intern Abroad is available in Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Peru, Russia, Tanzania and Thailand.
(800) 380-4777 or www.crossculturalsolutions.org
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Outdoor Education
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Adventuresports Institute® (ASI)
The Adventuresports Institute® (ASI) was
developed cooperatively by Garrett College (GC) and
Frostburg State University to promote health and
fitness, economic development, and environmental
awareness through outdoor adventure education and
recreation.
At its founding in 1992, the Institute launched
the first Adventure Sports degree program of its kind
in the nation.
Garrett College Academic Degree Coursework Offers. . .
•A Choice from over 50 Adventure Skills Courses
•Leadership Development and Program Planning
•Tracks in Business, Leadership, and Therapeutic Rec
•Supportive General Education Course Requirements
•Garrett College also offers a one-year certificate
program in Adventure Sports
Garrett College
301-387-3330 www.adventuresportsi.org
The Castle Rock Institute
How do you get away from campus for a semester of outdoor adventure, but still receive 16 hours of
academic credit? You enroll at the Castle Rock Institute. Different from other outdoor organizations, CRI sponsors off-campus programs for college students that combine Humanities courses (religion, philosophy, literature and art) with great hiking, climbing, biking, and paddling. Students join a small group, live together in a mountain lodge, take four courses taught mostly in natural settings - around a fire, at an overlook, near a waterfall, etc. - and enjoy regular outdoor activity. Jeff Carter, the Institute’s Director, explains that CRI is designed to create a balance of personal, intellectual, and physical challenges that when met in a close-knit group, are extraordinarily rewarding. The CRI base camp is in the mountains of North Carolina, but they take trips all over the southeast, to the Florida Everglades, the Congaree Swamp in SC, and the Cedar Creek cave in TN, for example. Their international program currently travels to Australia, and eventually will include New Zealand and Baja, Mexico. Castle Rock lets you be in school and be outside.
(828) 862-3759 or www.castle-rock.org
Wild Rockies Field Institute
At WRFI, students learn about ecology, social and environmental issues while traveling in the field. College credit is offered through the University of Montana. Course areas range from Alaska to Mexico.
(406) 549-4336 or www.wildrockies.org/wrfi
North Carolina State University's
Outdoor Leadership Minor Department of Physical Education
The Outdoor Leadership Minor at North Carolina State University is one of the best-kept secrets in the southeast. Nestled in the state Capital of Raleigh, the NC State Outdoor Leadership Minor offers students a variety of activity courses as well as theory-based courses that guarantee the graduating student excellent preparation for entering the outdoor adventure industry. The program is offered to more than 29,000 students that attend NC State and is comprised of 5 full-time faculty that have over a century’s worth of combined field experience. Students can choose from a variety of activity courses that include backpacking, flatwater and whitewater canoeing, basic and intermediate rock climbing, sea kayaking, mountaineering, mountain biking, and whitewater rafting. The activity classes are able to utilize the central location of the school to the numerous recreation areas. For example, whitewater rafting classes take field trips to the upper and lower Gauley river to experience some of the nation’s best whitewater; sea kayaking classes make a day’s drive to the Florida Keys to experience marine life at its finest, and the mountaineering class takes a 10-day trip to the White Mountains of New Hampshire for a true mountaineering experience. One of the most unique resources the program uses is located right on campus. The university has one of the less than half-dozen sculpted concrete rockwalls in the country, which allows for real-life scenarios such as top-rope anchor construction, rappelling, and various rescue situations. There are many resources in close proximity to the campus the program is able to use in order to give the students the best preparation possible upon leaving the program.
Contact Tommy Holden, Ph.D. at Tommy_Holden@ncsu.edu or Terry Dash at Terry_Dash@ncsu.edu for more information, or visit www.ncsu.edu/pe/minor/outdoorleadership.
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