A Space for Transformation: The Story Behind La Vida’s New Barn

La Vida: We’re talking with Nate Hausman, former director of Outdoor Education at La Vida, and George Abetti, founder and CEO of Geo Barns. My first question for you is what was the importance of this project for you? Nate Hausman:  The barn is a particular...

Joel Cox’s Trip to Nepal

By: Joel Cox '16 I’ve watched countless YouTube videos of people going out into harsh mountain environments, but the sheer rock faces with snowy summits always seemed inaccessible. I had only experienced mountains in New Hampshire and New York that never went above...

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La Vida Quad Break Trip

By: Blake Denman '18, La Vida Intern Quad break this year included a trip up to La Vida’s Base Camp in the Adirondacks. A group of students, staff and La Vida alumni headed to Lake Clear, NY to get the property ready for the coming winter. The first day, after...

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La Vida Center Staffing Changes

There have been a lot of changes happening within the La Vida Center in the last year. Gordon College’s Vice President for Student Life, Jennifer Jukanovich, has been working with our team and with consultants from KME3 to assist us with a strategic plan and to help...

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La Vida Center Spirit Day

We recently ran the second annual La Vida Center Spirit day at Gordon College to promote our Outdoor Education CORE programs: La Vida and Discovery. This year we convinced Professor Dan Johnson to do the Giant Swing outside of Frost and afterwards we opened up the...

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A Tribute to Scott Dimock

by Rich Obenschain This past summer, La Vida lost one of its founders, Scott Dimock, a long time advisory council member and great friend and mentor to Rich Obenschain who brought La Vida to Gordon College. Scott was one of those friends like Jonathan was to King...

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