To celebrate fifty years of Outdoor Action, we have a special event planned for all OA Alumni and Friends. Join us for a fun-filled weekend of events on campus where all generations of OA alumni and current students can meet, mingle and share the important legacy of OA, leadership and the outdoors. Like any OA event this will be engaging, experiential and explorative. Any time that OA alumni gather, it’s bound to be a fun adventure!
This event is open to all Outdoor Action Leaders from the past 50 years. Our goal is to bring together generations of OA Leaders to meet and mingle, share adventures and stories, relive 'Type 2 fun' and celebrate what this program has meant to so many people.
This is also a wonderful opportunity to network with new people from multiple classes both to share the leadership lessons you have learned from OA and to make new career connections.
We also want to look ahead to the next 50 years and collectively imagine how OA's impact can continue to be an important part of the Princeton University experience.
Registration is now closed
OA 50th Anniversary Schedule
Check-in for the 50th Anniversary will be in the Frick atrium. You will receive your name tag, OA t-shirt if ordered, and be able to pick up a copy of the schedule. Check-in takes palce simultaneously with the Welcoming Reception.
Join us for a welcome reception to meet and mingle with 50 years of OA Leaders, friends and current students. Frick Chemistry building atrium. Rick Curtis '79, Director of Outdoor Action will offer welcoming remarks at 5:30 PM.
As part of the OA 50th Anniversary, we will be showing a selection of wonderful outdoor films from the Telluride Mountainfilm Festival. Mountainfilm features some of the world’s best adventure documentary films on mountain subjects including hiking, climbing & mountaineering, skiing, kayaking & rafting, mountain biking and more.
Early Morning Birding Trip to the Rogers Wildlife Refuge & Institute Woods. Shuttle bus departing from in front of Frick Hall or you can meet us at the Wildlife Refuge parking lot off West Drive.
Enjoy a morning wake up with outdoor yoga on the back patio and lawn of Frick Hall.
Alumni Meet ‘n Greet by decade to catch up with old friends and meet new friends. Tables by decade - 70's, 80's, 90's, 00's, 10's, 20's.
Mingle with friends and share OA memories over coffee and tea
Morning alumni discussions by topics. Tables will be labeled with suggested topic cards based on registration interests. You can also create your own topic tables. There will be a board to post your topic idea.
Requested Topics:
- Secondary Education
- Climate Change/Environmental Consciousness
- Mindfulness and healing in nature
- Non-profits
- Writing/Journalism
- Outdoor Travel/Destinations
- Arts/Design/Dance
- Experiential Education/Youth/Outdoors
- OA Leadership - Campus-->Beyond
- Alumni Leader Trainers meet current Leader Trainers
- CREATE YOUR OWN
Afternoon outdoor activities in the Princeton area with friends led by current OA students. Transportation departing from Frick Chemistry building.
- Canoeing/Kayaking - Lake Carnegie
- Hiking – Institute Woods
- Tree Tour of Campus – Merc Morris ‘72
- Rock Climbing – OA Climbing Wall
There will be a longer full afternoon hike to the Sourland Mountain Preserve about 20 minutes from Princeton. This will be about a 5-mile hike and will run from 1:30 - 5:30 PM
Hike with friends led by current OA students. Transportation departing from Frick Chemistry building. This is a longer 5-mile hike (2.5 - 3 hours) in the Sourland Mountain Preserve about 20 minutes from Princeton. This will run from 1:30 - 5:30 PM.
Afternoon outdoor activities in the Princeton area with friends led by current OA students. Transportation departing from Frick Chemistry building.
- Canoeing/Kayaking - Lake Carnegie
- Hiking – Institute Woods
- Tree Tour of Campus – Merc Morris ‘72
- Rock Climbing – OA Climbing Wall
Evening dinner with welcome comments from OA Director Rick Curtis and panel discussion with keynote speaker.
Early Morning Birding Trip to the Rogers Wildlife Refuge & Institute Woods. Shuttle bus departing from in front of Frick Hall or you can meet us at the Wildlife Refuge parking lot off West Drive.
Enjoy a morning wake up with outdoor yoga on the back patio and lawn of Frick Hall.
Breakfast - mingle with friends and share OA memories
Join us to relive some of OA's past 50 years of history through stories from OA Leader alumni across the decades. We will be asking alumni from each of the decades of OA - 70's, 80's, 90's, 00's, 10's, 20's - to share what the program was like during that period as we watch the growth and development of this great program.
Mingle with friends and share OA memories over coffee and tea
Join OA Director Rick Curtis ‘79 in a guided exploration and discussion about what the next 50 years of Outdoor Action can look like. This will be a two-part discussion by alumni at tables. The first part will be a chance to reflect the impact you experienced from OA through a few suggested debriefing prompts (OA always loves a good debrief). The second part will be for groups to brainstorm on where OA should focus its energies in the future as we look to the next 50 years of this great program.
Help us close out our weekend celebration in OA style with an orange bandana activity about ' How OA has Filled Your Cup’ as something to take with you.