Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Heather named NODA regional coordinator
Kudos to Student Activities Coordinator Heather Erikson who was recently appointed as the Idaho state coordinator for Region I of the National Orientation Directors Association (NODA).NODA provides education, leadership and professional development opportunities for professionals in the fields of college student orientation, transition, and retention. Heather’s one-year term will end in the fall of 2009.
NIC YouTube
Wow, we have made the big time. Check out the NIC YouTube site and watch the videos created from our Student Activities camera.
The video below is a great promo for the OP program.
Last spring ASNIC built Mt. Trashmore to launch their Go Green program. We think they did a great job on the recording of the event and staging the event all together.
The video below is a great promo for the OP program.
Last spring ASNIC built Mt. Trashmore to launch their Go Green program. We think they did a great job on the recording of the event and staging the event all together.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
This Week - We Are A bit Thin!
This week Alex is on vacation and is out stalking the elusive Northern Idaho Elk. He will return Monday, Oct. 20th.
Heather and Dean will be leading a group of 9 ASNIC'ers down to Beaverton Oregon to the ACUI Region 14 Conference. We hope to get some great ideas about how to help NIC go Greener.
Jacob and Jessica are on their way to the Wallowas, also in Oregon, to backpack into a yurt system to cut firewood for the winter ski season. This trip earns Outdoor Pursuits a trip into the hut system when the snow comes so our program can do some steep and deep tellemark skiing.
Jon Totten is on leave in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. Jon will journey down into this amazing canyon with a large dory group. Jon will be running a gear boat and honing his skills on the oars.
If you are curious as to any details about these Student Activities adventures, I'm sure you can get us to spill our guts when the next NIC Storytellers meet.
Heather and Dean will be leading a group of 9 ASNIC'ers down to Beaverton Oregon to the ACUI Region 14 Conference. We hope to get some great ideas about how to help NIC go Greener.
Jacob and Jessica are on their way to the Wallowas, also in Oregon, to backpack into a yurt system to cut firewood for the winter ski season. This trip earns Outdoor Pursuits a trip into the hut system when the snow comes so our program can do some steep and deep tellemark skiing.
Jon Totten is on leave in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. Jon will journey down into this amazing canyon with a large dory group. Jon will be running a gear boat and honing his skills on the oars.
If you are curious as to any details about these Student Activities adventures, I'm sure you can get us to spill our guts when the next NIC Storytellers meet.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Student Activities Staff Meetings
The Student Activities Staff has set their team meetings for every other Monday at 8:00 AM. This begins October 6th so if you are in the area please feel free to drop by!
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Welcome Jon Totten!
Take a minute and stop into Outdoor Pursuits to welcome Jon Totten back to NIC. Jon left the college to pursue his dream of being a sailboat skipper on the blue waters of the Caribbean.
Jon brings a strong background in outdoor programming to the Student Activities team. He has a Master of Science degree in Adult & Organizational Learning from the University of Idaho and his Bachelor of Science is in Resource Recreation and Tourism from the U of I.
Jon was also lucky enough to do some international study at Lincoln University. Christchurch, New Zealand.
Prior to his leaving NIC Jon worked as the Assistant Coordinator - Outdoor Pursuits where he oversaw the Outdoor Pursuits lakefront and rental programs and staff. He programmed and led outdoor adventures including: sailing, backpacking, mountaineering, mt. biking, whitewater rafting and kayaking, canoeing, surfing, snowshoeing, and backcountry and telemark skiing.
Ask Jon to tell you about his work at San Juan Sailing in Bellingham, WA or better yet, take some time and buy him a beer and he will tell you his stories about sailing for Barefoot Yacht Charters in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. His experiences aboard 35’ – 50’ sailing yachts throughout the Southern Caribbean will keep you entertained for hours, especially if you're buying the beer!
Jon brings a strong background in outdoor programming to the Student Activities team. He has a Master of Science degree in Adult & Organizational Learning from the University of Idaho and his Bachelor of Science is in Resource Recreation and Tourism from the U of I.
Jon was also lucky enough to do some international study at Lincoln University. Christchurch, New Zealand.
Prior to his leaving NIC Jon worked as the Assistant Coordinator - Outdoor Pursuits where he oversaw the Outdoor Pursuits lakefront and rental programs and staff. He programmed and led outdoor adventures including: sailing, backpacking, mountaineering, mt. biking, whitewater rafting and kayaking, canoeing, surfing, snowshoeing, and backcountry and telemark skiing.
Ask Jon to tell you about his work at San Juan Sailing in Bellingham, WA or better yet, take some time and buy him a beer and he will tell you his stories about sailing for Barefoot Yacht Charters in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. His experiences aboard 35’ – 50’ sailing yachts throughout the Southern Caribbean will keep you entertained for hours, especially if you're buying the beer!
Monday, August 11, 2008
OP Job Opening Posted
Check out the NIC website if you want to know what is happening with the OP position. We'll be filling it ASAP.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Chivvis The Educator!
Paul Chjivvis has accepted the full time position of Resort/Recreation Management instructor. What will Paul be doing? Well according to our web site, this is the program description.
This program leads to opportunities in recreationally based organizations. Students will complete a core of classes and choose an area(s) of interest in the industry i.e. hotel and restaurant hospitality, resort management, outdoor recreation to include topics of wilderness/whitewater training, skiing, golfing, etc,. Students will receive classroom instruction and field experience. The Resort and Recreation industry is the fastest growing industry in the nation. Job demand will be high in this exciting field.
Congratulation Paul and thanks for all your hard work making our Outdoor Pursuits program second to none!
This program leads to opportunities in recreationally based organizations. Students will complete a core of classes and choose an area(s) of interest in the industry i.e. hotel and restaurant hospitality, resort management, outdoor recreation to include topics of wilderness/whitewater training, skiing, golfing, etc,. Students will receive classroom instruction and field experience. The Resort and Recreation industry is the fastest growing industry in the nation. Job demand will be high in this exciting field.
Congratulation Paul and thanks for all your hard work making our Outdoor Pursuits program second to none!
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Winton Weight Room
The Weight Room in the basement of Winton Hall will be open for NIC Employees and Students every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 11:30am-1:30pm.
If you have never been there, come on over and check it out. If you have been there, come over and work out.
If you have never been there, come on over and check it out. If you have been there, come over and work out.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
What OP is Reading Now - An Excerpt
Winter 2008, Vol. 10, No. 1
By Cheryl B. Torsney, associate provost for academic programs and professor of English, West Virginia University
Ralph Waldo Emerson would have agreed that we need to reconsider the importance of outdoor education. In “The American Scholar” (1837), he explains: “The first in time and the first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of nature. . . The scholar must needs stand wistful and admiring before this great spectacle.” The section concludes: “[I]n fine, the ancient precept, ‘Know thyself,’ and the modern precept, ‘Study nature,’ become at last one maxim.”
I would not argue that we do not need to offer high-tech classrooms, online opportunities, and updated residence halls. I’m not so sure those residence halls need movie channels, however. I’m more convinced that if the residents of those halls spent some quality time outside experiencing nature and looking inside themselves, they might learn far more than they could from an umpteenth viewing of Die Hard III or Legally Blonde.
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)