Franklin native helps lead over 250 incoming students as part of Vermont TREK program
BURLINGTON, Vermont — On Saturday Aug. 18, Franklin’s Tim Stevens (Class of 2018), along with 74 other students, led over 250 incoming first-year University of Vermont students as they began their UVM experience through TREK, a unique, seven-day, first-year enrichment program sponsored by the school’s Department of Student Life.
Known as TREK leaders, these students provided and maintained a safe, healthy and supportive group atmosphere for their student participants while exploring the expansive outdoor environments of northern Vermont and it's neighboring states through both Wilderness and Service TREK programs.
For 38 years, UVM’s TREK program has sent new students all over the state of Vermont to explore the region's wilderness, develop leadership skills, and work on community service projects. TREK is one of the biggest and most diverse new-student, collegiate, community-building programs in the northeast region.
The UVM TREK program offers first-year students diverse experiences and self-directed opportunities to learn about themselves, future classmates and student life at the University of Vermont. Working in small, cooperative groups with upper class leaders, TREK gives students with similar co-curricular interest an opportunity to develop teamwork skills, meet new friends, build community and make transition to life at UVM.