Our leader community is the backbone of the OC. Our leaders make the outing club the body that so many people have come to love: they lead trips, teach development programs, run the OC Haus, and help shape the community that surrounds the largest club at UVM. All of this to get as many people outside as possible.
This new leader montage has been created with connectivity, inclusion, and transparency in mind, with the aim of strengthening the connection between our leaders and UVM at large. We asked our leaders to tell us a little bit about themselves, to give a face to who makes up this branch of the OC. Check in here before you go on a trip to get a sense of your leaders!
Year at UVM: Senior
Academic Major: Secondary Education; History
Give us a fun fact: "There’s nothing like a glass of whole milk on the beach:)"
Year at UVM: Junior
Academic Major: Environmental Studies
Give us a fun fact: "I thought I was jewish until I was five."
Year at UVM: Senior
Academic Major: Food Microbiology
Give us a fun fact: "I have conjoined toes! It makes me a phenomenal swimmer."
Year at UVM: Super Senior
Academic Major: Mathematics
Give us a fun fact: "I poop three times a day"
Year at UVM: Senior
Academic Major: Early Childhood Education
Give us a fun fact: "I love scary movies and I love flaming hot cheetos"
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: Environmental Studies
Give us a fun fact: "A moth flew into my ear this summer...I don't think it ever left"
Year at UVM: Junior
Academic Major: Environmental Studies & Food Systems
Give us a fun fact: "I like canoeing"
Year at UVM: Senior
Academic Major: Art History
Give us a fun fact: "My dad sometimes calls me "22" because I once got a 22 on a math test :'(
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Year at UVM: Senior
Academic Major: Community & International Development
Give us a fun fact: "I can put both of my legs behind my head at the same time!"
Year at UVM: Senior
Academic Major: Animal Science
Give us a fun fact: "I'm from Indiana!"
Year at UVM: Junior
Academic Major: Biology
Give us a fun fact: "I've hit my sister twice with a moped"
Year at UVM: Junior
Academic Major: Mechanical Engineering
Give us a fun fact: "I have 8 different Hawaiian shirts."
Year at UVM: Senior
Academic Major: Math with History minor
Give us a fun fact: "If you're looking for me but can't find me, try a pterodactyl screech. Then look for the tree that's screeching back. "
Year at UVM: Senior
Academic Major: Forestry
Give us a fun fact: "I can talk about pooping in the woods for 35 minutes without pause. "
Year at UVM: First Year
Academic Major: Global Studies
Give us a fun fact: "I know English, French, Sign Language, and am learning Spanish."
Year at UVM: First Year
Academic Major: Biology
Give us a fun fact: "I've been to 25 countries!"
Year at UVM: Senior
Academic Major: Human Geography
Give us a fun fact: "Fun fact: Fun facts make me nervous."
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: Secondary Education, Science
Give us a fun fact: "I chipped one of my front teeth 3 times!! "
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: Environmental Studies, Community Entrepreneurship minor
Give us a fun fact: "I love playing cribbage!"
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: Wildlife Biology
Give us a fun fact: "I cannot breathe underwater"
Year at UVM: Junior
Academic Major: Environmental Science
Give us a fun fact: "Ma name es Jeff"
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: Biology
Give us a fun fact: "I love Dinosaurs!"
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: Nursing
Give us a fun fact: "I can solve a Rubik's Cube in 21 seconds."
Year at UVM: Junior
Academic Major: Environmental Science
Give us a fun fact: "Can’t tie my shoes that well :("
Year at UVM: Junior
Academic Major: Environmental Science
Give us a fun fact: "I only eat the raisins in trail mix."
Year at UVM: Junior
Academic Major: Nursing
Give us a fun fact: "I was born vaginally (see photo)."
Year at UVM: Junior
Academic Major: Environmental Science
Give us a fun fact: "My favorite pastime is naming bugs after late night talk show hosts"
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: French and Elementary Education
Give us a fun fact: "I peel grapefruits and eat them like oranges."
Year at UVM: Senior
Academic Major: Environmental Studies
Give us a fun fact: "I like vegetables."
Year at UVM: Senior
Academic Major: Music Technology & Business
Give us a fun fact: "As an eight year old, I smuggled a small family of snails from Ireland to the US in my luggage."
Year at UVM: Junior
Academic Major: Nursing
Give us a fun fact: "I am a huge corgi fan!"
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: Biochemistry
Give us a fun fact: "I will forever and always choose to pull an infinite supply of Ghiradelli chocolate chips out of my bellybutton."
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: Environmental Science/Geography
Give us a fun fact: "I though Elton John and Alton Brown were the same person."
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: Environmental Science
Give us a fun fact: "I once ate five boxes of mach and cheese."
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: Nutrition and Food Science
Give us a fun fact: "I sat next to Bernie Sanders on a flight from Burlington to DC... and I love magic."
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: Environmental Studies Major, English Minor
Give us a fun fact: "I like to cook yummy food!"
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: Forestry
Give us a fun fact: "I can knit a mean buff."
Year at UVM: Junior
Academic Major: Anthropology and Chinese
Give us a fun fact: "I was born with two extra bones in my feet."
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: Environmental Studies
Give us a fun fact: "I'm afraid of belly buttons."
Year at UVM: Junior
Academic Major: Environmental Science - Geology
Give us a fun fact: "I'm not a swimmer."
Year at UVM: Junior
Academic Major: Wildlife Biology
Give us a fun fact: "I'm from New Mexico"
Year at UVM: First Year
Academic Major: Civil Engineering
Give us a fun fact: "I peed myself twice in the fourth grade (in front of class)."
Year at UVM: Junior
Academic Major: Garlic Bread
Give us a fun fact: "One time I ran over a squirrel with my bike."
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: Environmental Science
Give us a fun fact: "I brew kombucha under my bed."
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: Environmental science
Give us a fun fact: "I like grapes.
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: History
Give us a fun fact: "I have twin freckles on my forearms"
Year at UVM: First Year
Academic Major: Environmental Science
Give us a fun fact: "My middle name is Adirondack!"
Year at UVM: Senior
Academic Major: Anthropology of Global Health
Give us a fun fact: "I'm trying to learn enough French to follow a Nekfeu song"
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: Data Science
Give us a fun fact: "My full name in old french translates to "wolf of the oaks"
Year at UVM: First Year
Academic Major: Undeclared
Give us a fun fact: "If it ain't jazzy, it ain't snazzzzy."
Year at UVM: First Year
Academic Major: Environmental Science
Give us a fun fact: "I once canoed 10 miles down a river that's considered a Superfund site."
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: Natural Resources
Give us a fun fact: "The date of my birthday, plus the date of my sister's birthday, equals my brother's birthday!"
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: Environmental Studies and Wildlife Biology
Give us a fun fact: "No fun facts!"
Year at UVM: Junior
Academic Major: Environmental Studies
Give us a fun fact: "I love goat milk"
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: Geography & Political Science
Give us a fun fact: "I am a croc rockin lady. I believe that crocs are functional, fun, and above all, fashionable! You can find me sportin them crocs around campus and in the backcountry!"
Year at UVM: Junior
Academic Major: Exercise & Movement Sciences
Give us a fun fact: "I once ate a guinea pig."
Year at UVM: Senior
Academic Major: Animal Science
Give us a fun fact: "My favorite place in this world is in front of a TV with hot wings and friends at 2 a.m."
Year at UVM: Senior
Academic Major: Mechanical Engineering
Give us a fun fact: "I made honor roll"
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: Communication Sciences
Give us a fun fact: "I often break into an Irish Jig!"
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: Microbiology
Give us a fun fact: "My spirit vegetable is swiss chard."
Year at UVM: First Year
Academic Major: Political Science
Give us a fun fact: "I live in the back of an ambulance."
Year at UVM: First Year
Academic Major: Community & International Development
Give us a fun fact: "In the Summer of '16, I ate ice cream every day and tried over 50 different flavors. Would recommend."
Year at UVM: Junior
Academic Major: Political Science
Give us a fun fact: "Don’t even get me started"
Year at UVM: Junior
Academic Major: Natural Resource Ecology
Give us a fun fact: "My favorite pastime is face paint with mud."
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: Wildlife Biology
Give us a fun fact: "I have a fake tooth"
Year at UVM: First Year
Academic Major: Environmental Studies
Give us a fun fact: "I work as a beekeeper."
Year at UVM: First Year
Academic Major: Neuroscience
Give us a fun fact: "I was secretly crushed when no letter came from Hogwarts on my 11th birthday."
Year at UVM: Junior
Academic Major: Psychology
Give us a fun fact: "I never go anywhere or do anything without a trust pot of vaseline."
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: Forestry
Give us a fun fact: "I once ate 5 chipotle burritos in one sitting"
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: Fisheries Biology
Give us a fun fact: "I've swam in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in the same day."
Year at UVM: Senior
Academic Major: Public Communication
Give us a fun fact: "I love peppermint altoids"
Year at UVM: Senior
Academic Major: Environmental Studies
Give us a fun fact: "I always, always have a canoe pun ready."
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: Environmental Studies
Give us a fun fact: "I have seen a lynx in the wild!"
Year at UVM: Junior
Academic Major: Animal Science
Give us a fun fact: "I own a unicycle!"
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: Sociology
Give us a fun fact: "I once ate an entire jar of peanut butter in 15 minutes."
Year at UVM: Junior
Academic Major: Environmental Engineering
Give us a fun fact: "I actually don't resemble Hulk Hogan."
Year at UVM: Senior
Academic Major: Molecular Genetics!
Give us a fun fact: "I swoon over small dogs and peanut butter."
Year at UVM: Junior
Academic Major: Environmental Studies
Give us a fun fact: "I spent a semester in Montana with WRF!!"
Year at UVM: Senior
Academic Major: Environmental Studies
Give us a fun fact: "If you put a lot of moths in the bathroom, the next person to use the bathroom will be like 'there's a lot of moths in here.'"
Year at UVM: Senior
Academic Major: Electrical Engineering
Give us a fun fact: "Kangaroos can't hop backwards."
Year at UVM: Senior
Academic Major: Environmental Science
Give us a fun fact: "I used to be on a competitive trampoline team!"
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: Environmental Science
Give us a fun fact: "I live on Stolzenburg Road."
Year at UVM: Junior
Academic Major: Environmental Science
Give us a fun fact: "Squids have donut shaped brains."
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: English
Give us a fun fact: "I’m really good at crossword puzzles!"
Year at UVM: Senior
Academic Major: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Give us a fun fact: "I prefer to eat ice cream with a fork"
Year at UVM: Senior
Academic Major: Forestry
Give us a fun fact: "I prefer to eat ice cream with a fork"
Year at UVM: Junior
Academic Major: Environmental Science
Give us a fun fact: "I’ve been attacked by birds twice and pooped on 8 times! "
Year at UVM: Junior
Academic Major: Political Science and Psychological Science
Give us a fun fact: "I love US president trivia (peace love William Henry Harrison)"
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: Environmental Science
Give us a fun fact: "I thought the potato famine and the Great Depression were the same thing"
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: Political Science
Give us a fun fact: "Dave Grohl hit me with a door once. "
Year at UVM: Senior
Academic Major: Wildlife Biology
Give us a fun fact: "I have a dog"
Year at UVM: Junior
Academic Major: Secondary Education Biology, with a minor in Special Ed.
Give us a fun fact: "I have chipped my front tooth 3 times!!"
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: Neuroscience
Give us a fun fact: "I still haven’t hiked Camel’s Hump"
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: Psych with a Special Ed minor
Give us a fun fact: "I can make a three leaf clover with my tongue "
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: Environmental Studies
Give us a fun fact: "go to fun fact my whole life, I'm a triplet woo"
Year at UVM: Senior
Academic Major: Environmental Studies, Food Systems Minor
Give us a fun fact: "I broke both of my elbows simultaneously a month before my freshman year. "
Year at UVM: Senior
Academic Major: Ecological Agriculture
Give us a fun fact: "I recently made a bed for my chickens in the back of my car and drove them 2000 miles across the country!"
Year at UVM: Sophomore
Academic Major: Environmental Studies
Give us a fun fact: "I once ate all of the raisins out of a full bag of GORP over the course of 24 hours."