The Steering Committee of the First-Year Outdoor Program is delighted to announce the 2018 training trip leaders. We are excited about their desire to guide and mentor our newly selected leader trainees as they continue their training process. This year, Steering Committee plans on sending out six backpacking training trips and two switch-canoe training trips.

Training trip leaders will have the opportunity to face new challenges, learn from their peers, and create new communities in the outdoors. In this way, training trips offer current...