Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
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Overall Score | 55.41 |
Liaison | Deborah Steinberg |
Submission Date | Feb. 18, 2013 |
Executive Letter | Download |
Carnegie Mellon University
ER-T2-7: Outdoors Program
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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0.25 / 0.25 |
Erika
Ninos Environmental Program Coordinator Steinbrenner Institute |
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Does the institution have a wilderness or outdoors program that organizes hiking, backpacking, kayaking, or other outings for students and follows Leave No Trace principles?:
Yes
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A brief description of the program:
The Explorer's Club at Carnegie Mellon University is a student run organization dedicated to bringing together people with an interest in the outdoors since 1959. The Club organizes activities such as rock and ice climbing, mountaineering, caving, hiking, backpacking, flat and white water boating, sailing, skydiving, mountain biking, scuba diving, and more. More information about club activities can be found here: http://www.cmuexplorers.org/home.htm
Pittsburgh Connections is a program run through the Division of Student Affairs and the Office of Student Activities is generously funded by the RK Mellon Foundation. The program strives to engage students in outdoor recreation throughout Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania. The core goals of these recreational activities are to help students develop and maintain a physically active lifestyle, build leadership skills and increase their appreciation for the Western Pennsylvania region. More information about the program can be found here: http://www.studentaffairs.cmu.edu/studentactivities/pghconnections/index.html
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The website URL where information about the program is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
http://www.cmuexplorers.org/home.htm
http://www.studentaffairs.cmu.edu/studentactivities/pghconnections/index.html
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