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Clark University Outing Club
Student Leadership
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950 Main Street
Worcester MA 01610-1400
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Executive Board 2010-2011

Executive Board members are elected in spring for the following academic year. Officers-at-large may also be appointed by the current board at any time. Board members hold weekly planning meetings open to the entire club membership.

Maddie Cole- Co-President
Therese Smith- Co-President
Nate Oppenheim- Treasurer [fall '10]
- Officer-at-Large [spring '11]
Andrew Schuschu- Officer-at-Large [fall '10]
- Treasurer [spring '11]
Jill Silverberg- Publicity Chair
Helen Carpenter- Officer-at-Large [sprnig '11]
Bram Smith- Officer-at-Large [fall '10]
Mugsy Moose- Mascot
Greg Doerschler- Club Advisor

Maddie

Maddie Cole

Position: Co-President

Year of graduation: 2013

Major: Psychology with a minor in Women's Studies and a concentration in Sexuality

Hometown: Bow, New Hampshire

Favorite Outing Club trip: White Mountains camping/hiking on Mt. Lafayette.

Favorite club activity: Backpacking.

Favorite place on Clark's campus: The Academic Commons.

Always wanted to: Hike Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.

Favorite quote: Happiness [is] only real when shared -Christopher McCandless.
All good things are wild and free. -Henry David Thoreau


Therese

Therese Smith

Position: Co-President

Year of graduation: 2013

Major: Undeclared

Year of graduation: 2013

Major: Economics, with a minor in geography

Hometown: Houston, Texas

Favorite gear: My Merrell hiking shoes

Favorite Outing Club trips: Kennebec whitewater rafting, Mt. Monadnock hike.

Favorite club activities: Hiking, rock climbing, canoeing.

Favorite place: Brazos Bend State Park in Needville, TX.

Fun fact: I plan to visit every Texas state park (about 136 of ‘em) by the time I’m 30.

Always wanted to: Backpack in southeast Alaska.

Scared to: Get eaten by a bear.

Favorite quote: All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. – Ralph Waldo Emerson


Nate

Nate Oppenheim

Position: Treasurer [fall '10], Officer-at-large [spring '11]

Year of graduation: 2011

Hometown: Yarmouth, Maine

Favorite gear: Dakine backpack

Favorite place: The top of Top Gun ski trail at Sunday River.

Always wanted to: Heli-ski.

Scared to: Not ski this winter.

Favorite quote: Worry retards reaction and makes clear cut decisions impossible. - Amelia Earhart


Andrew

Andrew Schuschu

Position: Officer-at-large [fall '10], Treasurer [spring '11]

Year of graduation: 2013

Major: History and Political Science

Hometown: Berea, Ohio

Favorite gear: High Sierra backpack

Favorite Outing Club trip: White water rafting on the Kennebec River in Maine.

Favorite club activities: Skiing and Caving.

Favorite place: Aurora Peak while skiing at Sunday River.

Favorite procrastination tip: Soaking up the sun on the campus green.

Always wanted to: Work for the Peace Corps.

Favorite quote: Not all those who wander are lost. – J.R.R Tolkien


Jill

Jill Silverberg

Position: Publicity Chair

Year of graduation: 2013

Major: Undeclared. Ask me and the answer will always be different.

Hometown: Huntington, New York

Favorite Outing Club trip: Nature Connection Hike at Upton State Forest - the first hike I planned!!!

Favorite club activity: Earth Day clean-up at Crow Hill with the Greater Worcester Land Trust.

Favorite place on Clark's campus: Fourth floor of the Goddard Library, in front of the big window.

Favorite procrastination tip: www.cakewrecks.com

Always wanted to: Travel to Scotland.

Favorite quote: I wish the world was flat like the old days, then I could travel just by folding a map. No more airplanes, or speedtrains, or freeways. There'd be no distance that can hold us back. – Death Cab For Cutie


Helen

Helen Carpenter

Position: Officer-at-Large [spring '11]

Year of graduation: 2013

Major: International Development & Social Change

Hometown: Medford, Massachusetts

Favorite gear: My winter running pants (my legs never get cold).

Favorite Outing Club trip: Ziplining in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

Favorite place: South Hero Island, Vermont.

Favorite place on Clark's campus: Kneller Center pool.

Always wanted to: Hike the Appalachian Trail.

Scared to: Go caving/spelunking.

Favorite quote: I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. - Henry David Thoreau


Bram

Bram Smith

Position: Officer-at-Large & Equipment Manager [fall '10]

Year of graduation: 2013

Major: Undecided

Hometown: Beckett, Massachusetts

Favorite Outing Club trip: Winter camping in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

Favorite club activity: Spelunking at Purgatory Chasm.

Favorite place on Clark's campus: Corash Tennis Courts.

Favorite procrastination tip: www.steepandcheap.com

Always wanted to: Travel to Africa.

Favorite quote: My momma always said, "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." - Forrest Gump


Mugsy

Mugsy Moose

Position: Mascot

Year of graduation: 2013

Major: Environmental Science

Hometown: Clark University; Worcester MA

Favorite Outing Club trip: Eagle Lake Wildlife Sanctuary; Holden MA

Favorite club activity: Being carried around in people's backpacks! Peering into tree holes!

Favorite place on Clark's campus: Yoga room in Dana Commons

Favorite procrastination tip: Eating tubs of Moose Tracks ice cream

Always wanted to: Visit FAO Schwartz (He heard the walls are lined with stuffed animals!)

Favorite quote: To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment. - Jane Austen