Become an outdoor ministry leader with specialized skills
Majors > Outdoor Leadership Ministries Wilderness Medicine
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4-Year-Plan
Looking to turn your love of the outdoors and passion for helping people into a career? JBU's program in Outdoor Leadership Ministries with Wilderness Medicine will equip you for just that.
Whether you seek a role as an adventure guide or trainer, an adventure program manager, or just want to contribute in other emergency medical roles JBU will provide the training and background to enter this work with confidence and experience.
You'll be prepared to nurture spiritual formation and serve others in a growing industry. "The outdoor recreation economy generates $887 billion in consumer spending annually and directly sustains 7.6 million American jobs." (Outdoor Industry Association, 2017)
JBU offers a 4+1 path for students to earn both a bachelor's degree in Outdoor Leadership Ministries and a master’s degree in Outdoor Program Management from JBU's business school in just 5 years.
Home to the Buffalo River, the Ozark Mountains, dozens of parks and camps and 218 miles of soft-surface mountain bike trails, Northwest Arkansas is a practical and beautiful place to study Outdoor Leadership Ministries.
Students have the opportunity to earn certifications in Wilderness First Responder, ACA River Canoeing or Kayaking, Swift Water Rescue, Challenge Course Instructor and Archery.
JBU OLM students apply their coursework through internships at some of the biggest and well known programs in the country. These include Camp IdRaHaJe (CO), Eagle Lake Camp (CO), HoneyRock (WI), New Life Ranch (OK), Noah’s Ark Outfitters (CO) and Sky Ranch (TX).
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At JBU, we offer a shortened path to a master's degree in outdoor program management, finishing your bachelor's degree and a master's in 5 years. It saves you time and money. Plus, with our flexible graduate school format, you can graduate with a bachelor's and begin a full-time job while finishing your master's degree online from wherever you live.
Today, an M.S. in Outdoor Program Management is valued by many industries. We live in an age where camps are consolidating into larger organizations, and outdoor pursuits are being rediscovered as platforms to enhance education, corporate training, and therapeutic treatment.
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Dr. Greg Robinson is currently the Associate Professor of Outdoor Leadership Ministries at John Brown University. Previously, he was the Program Director for HoneyRock, the Outdoor Center for Leadership Development of Wheaton College, as well as President of Challenge Quest, LLC in Pryor, Oklahoma, the Managing Member of Adventure Quest Recreation, LLC.
Dr. Robinson has a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and Leadership from The Union Institute and University in Cincinnati, Ohio. He also has a M.S. in Counseling from John Brown University.
Dr. Robinson's professional career has concentrated in the areas of experiential learning, team development, leadership development, facilitation and consulting with organizational change efforts. He is the author of A Leadership Paradox: Influencing Others by Defining Yourself; Teams for a New Generation: A Facilitator’s Field Guide; Adventure and the Way of Jesus, Lessons of the Way: Using experiential activities to explore the way of Jesus; and Leading from Where You Are: How Every Person Can Help or Hinder a Collaborative Culture.
His family includes his wife of 28 years Jeannie, his daughter Keely and her fiancée Nick LaTurner, his sons Kobe and Kyle, as well as two grandsons Lucas and Max.
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