Welcome to DOC First-Year Trips 2013!  While Trips seems so far away (6 months, actually), we're already starting to create a thoughtful, lasting, and fun welcome for the Class of 2017 (plus transfer & exchange students), and we'd like to invite you to be a part of DOC Trips as a trip leader or support croo member!  

Leading a trip or being on one of the six support crews (croos) is an incredible opportunity to welcome first-year students and build a stronger, more cohesive community from their first days at Dartmouth.  Trip leaders work in pairs to facilitate a strong sense of connection and support for their trippees while croo members are responsible for keeping Trips running smoothly & making trippees feel comfortable throughout the entire program.  

NO experience is required to be involved with DOC Trips -- you don't need to be outdoorsy, loud, funny, in love with Dartmouth, quiet, or even have gone on a first-year trip yourself to be involved in welcoming the Class of 2017.  We will provide all the training you'll need, you just need to bring a genuine interest in being a resource for first-year students and building community at Dartmouth!

Applications can be found online (https://www.dartmouth.edu/~doc/firstyeartrips/leaders/applications/) and are due Tuesday March 26th (**the croo application is due by 5pm & the trip leader application is due by midnight).  The trip leader application is completed entirely online while the croo application must be printed out and submitted to the DOC Trips office.  Students enrolled in classes this summer (hi '15s) ARE eligible to be involved with the Trips program; check out the applications for more details.  

DOC Trips evolves & changes every year because of the volunteers who make it happen; if you have ideas or suggestions for the program, we want to hear them.  If you have any questions or just want to chat more about DOC Trips, please stop by the Trips office in Robinson Hall 117 or send us an email! 

Love,

DOC Trips Directorate 2013

--Dr. Seuss