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Becca W Meier
Jun 5, 20205 min read
The Benefits of Getting it Wrong
The Everyday Practice of Empathy I don’t feel like myself today. I’m not sure why, but the symptoms of a national uprising, racial...
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Curt Davidson
Jun 5, 20202 min read
We’ve been quiet. But we’ve been listening. And we’ve been doing.
We support Black Lives Matter. We are listening. We are acting! We will keep listening, learning, donating, reading, watching,...
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Curt Davidson
May 20, 20202 min read
What can our students learn from COVID-19
There's a lot of talk about experiential education, outdoor recreation, and our role in society after this pandemic has blown up our...
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Curt Davidson
May 6, 20201 min read
Behavioral First Responder in the Classroom
Many colleges are adopting a hybrid model for their courses and using the Behavioral First Responder to get their students certified in...
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Curt Davidson
Apr 28, 20202 min read
Loose Change
"All of us have inner strengths that can often disguise themselves as 'loose change'" As I sat by the Popo Agie River outside of Lander,...
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Curt Davidson
Apr 2, 20201 min read
Experiential and Engaging Online Teaching!
We had a great time creating and delivering the webinar for the Association for Experiential Education COVID-19 webinar series. In case...
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Curt Davidson
Mar 20, 20203 min read
Corona is not the only outbreak
We certainly did not see this one coming. At Alpenglow, we have been scheduling trips and partnering with different organizations to host...
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Curt Davidson
Mar 13, 20202 min read
Online Teaching: Our Favorite Tools
Hello, everyone. I know this is a difficult and complicated time for everyone and our hearts go out to the people who have been most...
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Curt Davidson
Feb 24, 20203 min read
Why Our Programs Work!
It was the start of a 14-day course and as the students were stepping off the bus, I caught a glimpse of Carl (not his real name). It was...
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Curt Davidson
Feb 4, 20203 min read
Not everything is a WFR problem: A case study in homesickness
One night I lay awake on my tarp reading and working on paperwork for the course. It was night number one on a 9-day experience where I...
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Curt Davidson
Jan 20, 20201 min read
Interactive Elements Coming to the BFR
Infotainment. Information that's entertaining. This is our goal with the Behavioral First Responder: to make our curriculum accessible,...
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Curt Davidson
Jan 3, 20201 min read
Full Circle
We would like to share a blog post written by Eleanor Legault at Indiana University. She spoke with Alpenglow Founder and President Curt...
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Curt Davidson
Dec 16, 20192 min read
Doing Our Part
Currently, over 46.6 million Americans experience mental illness in any given year. In addition, approximately 1 in 5 youth aged 13-18...
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Curt Davidson
Nov 26, 20192 min read
AORE/AEE Conference Update!
We wanted to take a minute to reflect on our conference experience this year at the joint Association for Outdoor Recreation Education...
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Curt Davidson
Nov 20, 20192 min read
Student Stress and Experiences: Striking a Healthy Balance
What is the story with behavioral and mental health care in Experiential Education? In the United States, we face a genuine crisis that...
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Curt Davidson
Sep 9, 20193 min read
Behavioral First Responder: An Origin Story
The fact that nobody in the organization knew what to do next with this person engaging in self-harm behavior was a huge and scary...
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Curt Davidson
Aug 20, 20193 min read
Hello World! We are Alpenglow.
Alpenglow's creators have a combined 50+ years of experience in outdoor education. After several years of working in various different outdo
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Curt Davidson
Jun 29, 20191 min read
Summiting Crystal Crag in Mammoth, CA!
Indiana University Outdoor Adventures joined us in the Eastern Sierra for some fantastic rock climbing!
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