Teaming at The Browne Center Kick-starting their Part Time MBA program, students from Paul College at UNH immersed themselves in a day of experiential learning at The Browne Center. Students established relationships and created a solid learning community, designed to accelerate the rate of learning and strength of support throughout the program. They applied concepts … Read more
The Association for Experiential Education (AEE) exists to connect a global community of educators and practitioners and expand their capacity to enrich lives through Experiential Education. RW 4 Social Justice Education in 3D: Activities for Dialogue, Discussion, and Discovery Thursday, October 23, 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Tara Flippo, The Browne Center This workshop uses … Read more
Want to start your own ropes course? Consider this… A quick resource guide by Tara Flippo, Browne Center Challenge Course Manager We frequently get questions at The Browne Center about what is required to start a ropes course. Considerations include: Site selection: for pole course? Tree course? Is there room to expand course after initial … Read more
Notable Quotes: 2014 UNH AOP Conference By Crystie McGrail This year I had the wonderful opportunity to attend the 13th Administrative Office Professionals (AOP) Development Conference at UNH-Durham. It would be difficult to describe all of the meaningful moments from the conference so I have instead decided to highlight a few quotes that I scribbled … Read more
A monthly showcase featuring our diverse and talented contract staff. May Featured Facilitator – Johnson Whippie Please share any experiences of co-facilitating with Johnson or having him as your facilitator on our facebook page. Johnson Whippie has been a Youth and Student Programs Facilitator since March, 2012! He is currently enrolled as an Undergraduate at UNH … Read more
Connections to a Learning Community Every Spring we invite our contract staff for a professional development workshop, updates, and a verification of their technical skills on the challenge course (in-line with national standards). The content for the professional development changes every year. This year we covered large group activities and applications for an exciting new … Read more
Professional and Personal Renewal in a Circle of Trust [PDF] Based on the work of Parker Palmer*, this retreat offers a unique opportunity to “Reconnect Who We Are with What We Do”. This retreat will provide: The opportunity to rediscover our own values and integrity, and explore ways to bring this deeper self into our … Read more
A monthly showcase featuring our diverse and talented contract staff. April Featured Facilitator – Allie Birchmeier Please share any experiences of co-facilitating with Allie or having her as your facilitator on our facebook page. Allie Auger Birchmeier has worked at The Browne Center since 2011. She is one of our lead facilitators for Youth & Student Programs. … Read more
White Mountain Swing Shot Every year the White Mountain School visits for a week, staying in the Corroborree yurt and using our low and high challenge courses. This video shows their experience on the swing shot element. Want to know the technical skills required to run elements like this one? Click Here for Advanced Challenge … Read more
Celebration of Bill Coperthwaite’s Life Saturday May 31, 2014 at 1:00 PM Bill was a good friend of Evelyn Browne (1915-1994) and had a long connection with The Browne Center. Bill and Evelyn build one of the first solid board yurts. Bill also designed and built several more with the center over the years. Please … Read more
