Registration is now open for Wilderness Orientation for incoming 1st year, transfer and graduate students.
Our regular schedule of trips open to all will resume in the Fall Quarter (October 2013)
Outback Spring Program Schedule (PDF) Spring Outback Recreation Magazine (PDF)
MISSION
The mission of Outback Adventures is to provide opportunities for challenge, leadership, community and environmental responsibility through adventure experiences.
GOALS
We achieve this mission by incorporating our Core Values of Community, Leadership, Environment and Challenge into our program curriculum, structure, and delivery. Each Core Value is developed in the following ways:
COMMUNITY
- Promoting an environment of awareness and compassion
- Emphasizing social responsibility
- Embracing cultural diversity
- Encouraging empathetic communication
- Valuing personal service
LEADERSHIP
- Creating a physically and emotionally safe environment
- Providing opportunities for self-discovery and personal growth
- Developing outdoor skills
- Inspiring vision and action
- Empowering individuals through competency and confidence
ENVIRONMENT
- Fostering environmental awareness and stewardship
- Engaging in minimal impact activities
- Instilling a sense of wonder and appreciation of the natural world
- Fostering ecological advocacy and action
- Developing a sense of place and personal impacts
CHALLENGE
- Facilitating experiential learning
- Modeling healthy risk taking
- Expanding horizons through adventure activities and outdoor exploration
- Emphasizing physical fitness
- Encouraging individuals to extend beyond perceived limits
Mission and Goals
The mission of Outback Adventures is to provide opportunities for challenge, leadership and environmental responsibility through adventure experiences. We achieve this mission by incorporating our Core Values of Community, Leadership, Environment and Challenge into our program curriculum, structure, and delivery. Each Core Value is developed in the following ways:
COMMUNITY
Promoting an environment of awareness and compassion
Emphasizing social responsibility
Embracing cultural diversity
Encouraging empathetic communication
Valuing personal service
LEADERSHIP
Creating a physically and emotionally safe environment
Providing opportunities for self-discovery and personal growth
Developing outdoor skills
Inspiring vision and action
Empowering individuals through competency and confidence
ENVIRONMENT
Fostering environmental awareness and stewardship
Engaging in minimal impact activities
Instilling a sense of wonder and appreciation of the natural world
Fostering ecological advocacy and action
Developing a sense of place and personal impacts
CHALLENGE
Facilitating experiential learning
Modeling healthy risk taking
Expanding horizons through adventure activities and outdoor exploration
Emphasizing physical fitness
Encouraging individuals to extend beyond perceived limits
Outback Adventures is the Outdoor Recreation program at UC San Diego.
Mission and Goals
The mission of Outback Adventures is to provide opportunities for challenge, leadership and environmental responsibility through adventure experiences. We achieve this mission by incorporating our Core Values of Community, Leadership, Environment and Challenge into our program curriculum, structure, and delivery. Each Core Value is developed in the following ways:
COMMUNITY
Promoting an environment of awareness and compassion
Emphasizing social responsibility
Embracing cultural diversity
Encouraging empathetic communication
Valuing personal service
LEADERSHIP
Creating a physically and emotionally safe environment
Providing opportunities for self-discovery and personal growth
Developing outdoor skills
Inspiring vision and action
Empowering individuals through competency and confidence
ENVIRONMENT
Fostering environmental awareness and stewardship
Engaging in minimal impact activities
Instilling a sense of wonder and appreciation of the natural world
Fostering ecological advocacy and action
Developing a sense of place and personal impacts
CHALLENGE
Facilitating experiential learning
Modeling healthy risk taking
Expanding horizons through adventure activities and outdoor exploration
Emphasizing physical fitness
Encouraging individuals to extend beyond perceived limits