Welcome to Venture
Alexander Astin’s Theory of Student Involvement: “Students learn more when they are involved in both the curricular and co-curricular aspect of the college experience.” From adventure trips, climbing wall and team challenge courses (aka ropes courses) with a dual zip lines, academic college credit classes, come get involved with Venture and get smart!!
Venture's purpose is to provide a variety of enriching outdoor leadership experiences via Adventure Trips, Low & High Challenge Courses (aka ropes courses), and the Indoor Climbing Wall. Venture also provides programs for non-university groups, including experience based training and development programs (team building programs) for business clientele.
If, after checking the website, you are interested in getting involved with Venture as staff, just email us using our addresses from the contact page or stop by our office in the Cone Building. (Look for Venture's yellow kayak attached to the exterior wall, pointing to our door.)
Looking Ahead into Summer
Looking ahead, Venture is also offering trips throughout May & June. We recently posted our brand new summer trips flyer on our website (venture.uncc.edu). Briefly, our offerings include:
- Memorial Day Weekend Sea Kayaking, May 25-28th, South Carolina Coast (this trip is starting to fill up!)
- Crowders Mountain Rock Climbing, Sunday, June 3
- Lake Jocassee flatwater paddling & camping, June 9-10
- South Mountains State Park day hike, June 10
- Mountain Island Lake kayaking, June 23
To sign up, come by the Venture office (225 Cone Center) to fill out a registration card and medical history form, and pay the trip fee (we accept cash, check, and credit card). A trip leader will soon be in touch about a pre-trip meeting. No experience is necessary! Contact Marion with questions: marion.mcclure@uncc.edu.
We hope everyone is having a great Spring and looking forward to summer!
Be sure to Like us on Facebook (Venture UNC Charlotte) and follow us on Twitter (@VentureUNCC) for the latest updates and to see photos of us in action!
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Newsletters
There are four "newsletters" you may be interested in subscribing to:
- The Venture Newsletter
- The Climbing Updater
- The Adventure Trip Alerts
- The Volt Staff Blast
To subscribe to any or all of them, insert your email into the subscription slot and submit. You will be able to unsubscribe or re-subscribe anytime!!
Venture Newsletter - is intended for general folks interested in receiving updates on Venture's happenings. This will be sent out roughly once a month and include announcements of adventure trips, trainings, workshops, biographies of Venture staff. Everyone should want to subscribe to this newsletter.
Climbing Updater - is intended for UNC Charlotte Climbers to stay updated on special events such as trainings, workshops occurring at the Indoor Climbing Wall, and announcements of climbing competitions hosted around the state of North Carolina. This letter will also serve as a shout out for unexpected wall closings of Open Rec climb times.
Adventure Trip Alerts - Simple newsletter alerts to let you know about an upcoming trip so you don't miss out on the action.
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