2008 Woodie Awards
Outdoor Endeavors provides adventure
Alex Voigt
Issue date: 9/10/07 Section: Sports
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With student organizations doing everything they could to draw attention to their stand during Mainstreet, Outdoor Endeavors decided to pull out all the stops.
Offering grilled hot dogs, burgers and sweet corn as a selling point, director Ivan Bartha gave more than 20 students a tour of the Outdoor Endeavors facility and an explanation of all the services they offer.
From what he saw, Bartha was pleased with the reaction of the curious students.
"They were all asking about the different trips we do throughout the year. Most people are pretty surprised by all the stuff we actually do down here," Bartha said. "Besides, nobody can turn down free food."
Truth be told, Outdoor Endeavors offers a lot more to make itself noticeable than grilled food. The impact of the services provided by Outdoor Endeavors can be felt by students and community members alike.
Split into five general areas of service, Outdoor Endeavors provides a wide variety of services for everything from camping to Yellow Bikes.
The five areas include the Yellow Bike Program, the Mountain Dew Climbing Wall, the Husky Challenge Course, the Rental Resource Center and the Center for Paddle Sports, Instruction and Education.
Bartha said the program aims to provide services that extend beyond the outdoors.
The Husky Challenge Course, for example, gives groups an opportunity to work on team building activities.
Bartha said regular groups utilizing the course include Residential Life, high school sports camps and the Minnesota WorkForce Development Center.
"We work in conjuntion with groups to help people develop interpersonal skills and group skills related to their area," Bartha said. "We've got a relationship with programs around the community that has made us become an extension of their program, in a sense."
The Mountain Dew Climbing Wall is also kept busy year round with groups in search of team-building activities.
Tony Bylander, a graduate assistant in charge of the climbing programs at Outdoor Endeavors, said that groups of all ages are trying out the climbing wall and that the staff is hoping to conduct climbing instructions at other locations.
Offering grilled hot dogs, burgers and sweet corn as a selling point, director Ivan Bartha gave more than 20 students a tour of the Outdoor Endeavors facility and an explanation of all the services they offer.
From what he saw, Bartha was pleased with the reaction of the curious students.
"They were all asking about the different trips we do throughout the year. Most people are pretty surprised by all the stuff we actually do down here," Bartha said. "Besides, nobody can turn down free food."
Truth be told, Outdoor Endeavors offers a lot more to make itself noticeable than grilled food. The impact of the services provided by Outdoor Endeavors can be felt by students and community members alike.
Split into five general areas of service, Outdoor Endeavors provides a wide variety of services for everything from camping to Yellow Bikes.
The five areas include the Yellow Bike Program, the Mountain Dew Climbing Wall, the Husky Challenge Course, the Rental Resource Center and the Center for Paddle Sports, Instruction and Education.
Bartha said the program aims to provide services that extend beyond the outdoors.
The Husky Challenge Course, for example, gives groups an opportunity to work on team building activities.
Bartha said regular groups utilizing the course include Residential Life, high school sports camps and the Minnesota WorkForce Development Center.
"We work in conjuntion with groups to help people develop interpersonal skills and group skills related to their area," Bartha said. "We've got a relationship with programs around the community that has made us become an extension of their program, in a sense."
The Mountain Dew Climbing Wall is also kept busy year round with groups in search of team-building activities.
Tony Bylander, a graduate assistant in charge of the climbing programs at Outdoor Endeavors, said that groups of all ages are trying out the climbing wall and that the staff is hoping to conduct climbing instructions at other locations.