We're writing to ask you to volunteer for Trips as a Trip Leader or Crooling!!
The WHO:
YOU! Yes, you-- no matter who you are, your perspective is valued within this program. To volunteer for Trips you do not have to have a specific personality type, you
do not need to love Dartmouth, you do not have to have any past Trips experience, and you do not need to have any previous outdoor experience whatsoever (many of the trippees won't have experience outside and will appreciate mentors who can identify with that).
All you need is a sincere desire to welcome first year students to Dartmouth and ease their transition in a thoughtful and honest way.
The WHAT:
Our mission statement: DOC First-Year Trips is a student-run pre-orientation
program committed to easing the transition of first-year students to college life. This program aims to facilitate meaningful interactions between first-years and upperclassmen that will give students confidence in forging their own paths and identities while
at Dartmouth. Trips is a safe, genuine, and accessible outdoor experience that extends beyond pre-orientation, setting an inclusive, supportive, caring tone for the Dartmouth community for the upcoming school year.
The WHEN:
The WHERE:
Maybe kayaking down the Androscoggin River! Maybe learning how to photograph nature in the Second College Grant! Maybe
hiking up at Moosilauke, or at Velvet Rocks right next to campus! Maybe doing nature writing and art! We're offering a variety of Trip types-- you can check them out on the application, and sign up for the ones you'd feel comfortable leading.
The WHY:
Over a thousand people are going to join the Dartmouth community this coming fall, and over 90% of them are going to go on Trips. They're going to be excited, they're
going to be nervous, and they're going to need mentors like you who can emphasize with the many different perspectives they're going to bring, and be thoughtful and reflective in figuring out how to give them the most fun, safe, welcoming, and accepting experience
possible. Trips is many people's first experience at Dartmouth, and you all have the agency to make it an incredible one!
Best,
The 2018 Trips Directorate
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DOC First-Year Trips Program
Dartmouth College
Robinson Hall 103
Hanover, NH 03755
Dalia Rodriguez-Caspeta '18, Assistant Director