Graduate Assistants

Campus Recreation Outdoor Adventure Graduate Assistant - Apply Here

The Outdoor Adventure Program is comprised of 4 main areas: Outdoor Trips, Outdoor Equipment Rentals, Indoor Climbing Wall, and Team Building. The Outdoor Adventure program operates 14 – 20 outdoor trips to ISU students each year that range in duration from 5 hours to 10 days in length. Trip activities include hiking, camping, stand-up paddle boarding, kayaking, canoeing, caving, outdoor climbing, and backpacking. The Outdoor Adventure Program offers equipment rental to the ISU community at reasonable prices from sleeping bags to kayaks and everything in-between. The Team Building Program works with groups to develop skills in leadership, problem solving, decision making, communication, and more. The Outdoor Adventure Program offers portable, low ropes, dynamic high ropes, and static high ropes opportunities. The Indoor Climbing Wall offers instructional and recreational climbing of the 47-foot-high wall and 15-foot bouldering cave. The Outdoor Adventure Graduate Assistant will play a significant role in the overall organization and administration of a comprehensive Outdoor Adventure Program. The primary focus of the Outdoor Adventure Graduate Assistant will be on trip operations but will be asked to help within all four areas of the program as needed. This position will also work with the Assistant Director of Leadership and Development to help plan and execute departmental events and initiatives. Questions concerning this position may be directed to Alex Perronne, Assistant Director at arperro@ilstu.edu or 309-438-8427.