Adventure Living Learning Community

"Take care of each other.  Share your energies with the group.  No one must feel alone, cut off, for that is when you do not make it."
 - Willi Unsoeld, OSU Alum and Faculty, Member of the first successful US summit of Mt. Everest

Students in the ALLC are in a raft going down the river.

Experiential Learning, Reflection and ALLC Programs

The Adventure Living-Learning Community offers students a dynamic experiential learning environment. Students embark on compelling and interesting experiences which are a catalyst for personal growth, foster inter-personal development and create a culture for robust academic inquiry.

Experiential learning uses reflective processes that guide students to examine personal values and relationships with others in their community. Reflection is a critical component in forming conscious and lasting cognitive structures.

A group of students stand around a fire at night while someone wrote "ALI" with a light in the background.

Goals

Residents of the Adventure Living-Learning Community (ALLC) will learn new skills in a collaborative environment under the mentorship of ALI faculty and student staff.

Participants will:

  • Become a partner in a compelling experiential learning environment
  • Increase their adaptive capacity to solve problems through distinctive experiences
  • Use the outdoor environment as a way to foster the development of self-identity
  • Develop intellectual, physical and interpersonal competence through classroom and group experiences
  • Learn and practice valuable skills that aid in effective group projects and assignments
  • Use robust reflective processes as core to their learning experience
A group of students in the ALLC sit at the top of a climb wearing climbing helmets.

Participant Requirements and Expectations

About ALLC Residents

The ALLC Community consists of 40-50 students from any course of study at OSU.

ALLC students are:

  • First-year students in any major
  • Any student who finds value in outdoor pursuits and adventure learning
  • In good academic standing (2.0 or higher)

Participant Expectations

Members of the Adventure Living-Learning Community (ALLC) are instrumental in contributing to the environment for themselves and their peers. Community members are expected to fulfill the following:

  • Foundations of Adventure Leadership (LEAD 430)
  • Wilderness First Aid (PAC325)
  • Students make positive steps to reach Level I Certificate in Adventure Leadership