By Alumna Deborah Coleman, Outdoor Educator Course, 2016 “It’s great that you like us so much, Deb, but you should buy a backpack and try hiking on your own too,” said my Outward Bound Instructor after my seventh course. You... READ MORE

Written by: Nicole Fava It has been four months since Hurricane Irma’s storm surge slammed Southern Florida’s little town of Everglades City, and everyday life, while making tremendous strides, has not yet returned to normal. For North Carolina Outward Bound School... READ MORE

Written by: Nicole Fava So, you went on an Outward Bound course. It was amazing and transformative, and everything they told you it would be, and now you want to work for us. At North Carolina Outward Bound School (NCOBS),... READ MORE

Written by: Nicole Fava There are many great reasons to work in the outdoors, and even more if you want to work with an outdoor education nonprofit. Here are just a few: 1. Hard Skills. You will learn a lot of... READ MORE

Gap Year programs are by no means a new idea. In many countries, it is the norm for students to take a structured break from formal education between high school graduation and a higher degree. These ‘gaps’ are meant to... READ MORE

By Staff Member, John Watkins, 1967-1974 Fifty one years ago (!), I received a phone call from a man named Lance Lee. I was 16 years old and living in Chapel Hill, NC at the time. He asked, “How would... READ MORE

Asheville Citizen Times, July 26, 2017 ASHEVILLE – Andrew Williams Jr., 66, recounts each day of an outdoors adventure he took 50 years ago as if still living it. He describes scaling mountains in the winter, trekking a half-mile through... READ MORE

By Ryan Wilusz Staff Writer, Morganton News Herald He looks behind him and then straight ahead — not a soul in sight. He sits on the ground all alone, with a couple quarts of water and a tin can of... READ MORE

Title: Lead Instructor, Course Director, Whitewater Paddling Specialist  Years with North Carolina Outward Bound (NCOBS): 5  What inspired you to become an Outward Bound instructor? Did you know before you went on your Instructor Development Course? I started my first year at NCOBS as... READ MORE

THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA 06/29/2017 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/29/2017 12:11 BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, in the summer of 1967, a group of passionate North Carolinians saw a need to introduce a program of experiential education for the youth of the state; and WHEREAS, for fifty years, North Carolina Outward... READ MORE