In fall 2013, Harding added the outdoor recreation leadership (ORL) minor to its catalog. The program is gaining popularity among students of various majors while serving Harding’s community of mission.<\/p>\n
The minor includes several kinesiology courses like scuba diving and rock climbing. The program also requires unique classes such as challenge course facilitation and outdoor living skills. Ben Hansen, a senior Bible major who added the minor last spring, believes ORL is a great addition to any major.<\/p>\n
“It’s a unique opportunity, that’s for sure,” Hansen said. “You can use this stuff for anything, to design or facilitate,” Hansen said.<\/p>\n
Hansen will graduate with outdoor skills in first-aid, lifeguard rescue and outdoor survival, just to name a few.<\/p>\n
Professor of kinesiology, Jay Yingling, said he has plans to grow the program.<\/p>\n
“We would love to see, in the next five years, this become a major,” Yingling said. “This goes great with someone going into therapy programs, so marriage and family therapy or professional counseling, because there are a lot of those that have outdoor components or adventure components. Even as just a standalone major, there are a lot jobs out there.”<\/p>\n
He also has dreams of having university-owned mountain bikes available for students to rent out, cross-country treks, float trips and starting an outdoor recreation club on campus to build the program.<\/p>\n
Harding is also requiring students to participate in other programs for ORL by sending ORL minors to train in a Wilderness First Responder course through the National Outdoor <\/p>\n
Leadership School (NOLS).<\/p>\n
This course will be in a trek environment, where students will learn to lead youth and family treks, advanced outdoor skills, and emergency response in a wilderness setting.<\/p>\n
As always, the mission of Harding is at the core of this new program. This community of mission is upheld by Yingling’s goal to use the minor to reach students with Christ.<\/p>\n
“One of the main reasons why I was interested in this is because we have some students that we are not going to reach, and they are not going to understand who God is on a campus or in an urban environment,” Yingling said. “That student has to get out in the wilderness and be out in God’s creation.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The outdoor recreation leadership minor is an 18-hour minor that requires five hours of kinesiology activities. The program’s course options range from backpacking to scuba diving. For more information, consult the Harding catalog or visit GAC 100.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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