Outdoor Leadership Ministries with Wilderness Medicine

Turn your love of the outdoors and passion for helping others into a career

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.

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What to expect as an Outdoor Leadership Ministries with Wilderness Medicine student at JBU

Launch a Meaningful Career

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)

Earn a Bachelor's & Master's Degree in 5 Years

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.

Learn in the Ozarks

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.

Get Certified

Students have the opportunity to earn certifications in Wilderness First Responder, ACA River Canoeing or Kayaking, Swift Water Rescue, Challenge Course Instructor and Archery.

Land a Great Internship

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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Meet our professors

Greg Robinson
Greg Robinson

Greg Robinson

Associate Professor of Outdoor Leadership Ministries

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.

GRobinson@jbu.edu

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