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Outing Club (logo design by Stephanie Sheridan) Outing Club (logo design by Stephanie Sheridan) Outing Club (logo design by Stephanie Sheridan)
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Clark University Outing Club
950 Main Street
Worcester MA 01610-1477
Email outingclub@clarku.edu
Latest News
updated Tuesday 11/17/2009
Our next weekly planning meeting will be Sunday November 22nd at 7PM on the 3rd floor of the UC. All members are welcome.
Outing Club chosen Student Organization of the Month!
Break out the (non-alcoholic) champagne, because we've been selected as October's Student Organization of the Month by the Student Council Organizational Committee! Thanks to everyone who joined us on our trips and helped make our award possible. It brings us one step closer to our ultimate goal of someday winning the coveted Nobel Outing Prize. (11/17/09)
Pumpkin patch A foggy pumpkin patch at Breezy Gardens in Leicester was just one stop in last weekend's action-packed Outing Club itinerary. Following our pumpkin picking extravaganza, we stopped to chat with llamas and goats before rounding out our Saturday afternoon with a hike at the nearby Burncoat Pond wildlife sanctuary. On Sunday we hosted two trail riding adventures at Ridge Valley Stables in Grafton and our weekly Nature Connection hike at the beautiful West Thompson Lake in Connecticut. The whole affair was proof that you can never get too much of a good thing!(10/26/09)
Let's get this party started!
rock climbing wall Our climbing wall from Central Rock made a huge splash on the Green at Friday's Student Activities Fair! Scores of Clarkies made the ascent to the top while 155 new students joined our mailing list! We couldn't have asked for a better day and loved meeting everyone. Our next big splash is our welcoming weekend, which includes a hike of Worcester's Boynton/Cascades Park on Saturday the 12th and a bouldering trip to Lincoln Woods, RI on Sunday the 13th, followed by our General Interest Meeting Sunday night at 7PM. Our annual kick-off marshmallow roast between Goddard Library and Bullock Hall has been rescheduled to Friday Sept. 18th at 7:30PM. Don't miss all the action... we'll be looking for you! (updated 9/9/09)
Welcome Class of 2013!
We know you're excited about Clark and we can't wait to meet you this fall! Whether you're a hard-core backpacker or simply prefer an occasional walk in the woods, you'll be right at home with the Outing Club. Check out our upcoming fall events and see for yourself! Be sure to drop us an email at outingclub@clarku.edu if you want to know more or would like to join our mailing list to receive our weekly email newsletter. We'd love to hear from you. (6/15/09)
Marshmallows Galore
Marshmallow Roast An Outing Club tradition lives on! Once again, our annual end of the year marshmallow roast was a huge hit. Over the course of three hours, scores of Outing Clubbers and friends wandered into the "forest" between Bullock Hall and the library to roast a marshmallow with us, hang out by the fire, and celebrate the last day of classes. We extend our deepest thanks to all who stopped by. It was the perfect ending to an amazing year. (5/5/09)
Team Outing Club relays for life
 Relay For Life Team Outing Club was out in force on the morning of April 25th for final laps of Clark's first ever Relay for Life event to benefit the American Cancer Society. Still going strong after 18 hours of walking, our team of twelve Outing Clubbers raised over $1,300 of the event's $19,000 total amount. Thanks to everyone who supported us. We couldn't have done it without you. See more photos on our past events page. (5/5/09)
We were there... were you?
open house The Kneller Athletic Center was fully abuzz on the weekend of April 18-19 for Clark's Admitted Students Open House.
Open House If you were one of the many soon-to-be Clark students who stopped by our table, we'd love to hear from you again. Just drop us an email at outingclub@clarku.edu if you'd like any more information about our club or simply want to say hi. (4/20/09)
Why is Jeff chopping down the tree?
tree He's helping the Massachusetts Audubon Society create a meadow at Worcester's Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary to provide mating habitat for the American Woodcock. A contingent of Outing Clubbers volunteered at Broad Meadow Brook and at the Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary in Princeton during spring break. (3/9/09)
Central Rock Gym We were dwarfed by the huge dimensions of Worcester's new Central Rock Gym during our recent construction tour of the facility, which is slated to open in early spring. Get the inside scoop on our exciting visit right here. (12/6/08)
Take a peek...
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...at our past events page and see all of our newly added photos from this semester's trips. Relive the experience if you were there, and see how much fun you missed if you weren't. Either way, be sure to check 'em out! (11/9/08)
The Maine attraction
We headed north for moose country adventures twice this semester. Our first excursion on Sept. 27th was for our overnight Kennebec River camping and whitewater rafting trip in The Forks, Maine on a rainy, wet and wild weekend. On the river the rain didn't dampen anyone's spirits as we careened over the rapids making our way down the river. Two weeks later we found ourselves back in Maine at Acadia National Park for a 3-day weekend of camping and hiking under warm, sunny skies! It was a truly magnificent experience which none of us wanted to leave, but we somehow managed to pry ourselves away and return to Clark in time to crack open the books again. (10/20/08)
General Interest Meeting draws a crowd
The pit of Dana Commons was full as 56 eager adventurers turned out for Sunday night's general intererst meeting. Needless to say, we were thrilled to see such a great response. Thanks for your support, and we hope to see you all again on our upcoming trips this year. (9/17/08)
We're off to a busy start!
rock wall With our traditional fireside welcome back marshmallow roast displaced this fall by the Goddard Library construction, we instead chose to kick off the year by hosting a rock climbing wall on the green for last Friday's Student Activities Fair. The wall was a huge hit! It drew a steady flow of eager participants throughout the afternoon and helped us add an unprecedented 158 new names to our mailing list so far this fall. Two days later, 17 of us hit the trails of Bigelow Hollow State Park in Connecticut in the wake of tropical storm Hanna for our first outing of the year. Under bright sunny skies, we had fun crossing overflowing streams and wading through flooded trails, and even managed to indulge ourselves on a rope swing over Breakneck Pond. It was a little more adventure than we'd planned, but everyone had a great time. Photos from both events will be posted soon. (9/9/08)
Dan crosses the divide
Visit our Member's Corner for the scoop on Dan's recent backpacking trip across the Continental Divide in Colorado's Indian Peaks Wilderness. (8/5/08)
Outing Club makes the headlines
In case you missed it, it's not too late to read all about us in the November 21st 2006 Worcester Telegram and Gazette.
Woo Hoo!!
We're thrilled to tell you that the Outing Club won an award for "best website" at the annual Student Council awards banquet Monday night in Tilton Hall. So if you like our site, you'll be happy to know that you're in good company! (4/30/08)