Wharton Leadership Ventures 2015 - 2016

What are leadership ventures?
Leadership Ventures are experiences that facilitate self-discovery, leadership, and character development. Participants are able to step out of their comfort zone, exceed personal limitations, and experience leadership firsthand. There are three types of Leadership Ventures:

By deliberately creating environments in which learning is centered on direct action and experience, Leadership Ventures provide an important supplement to traditional classroom education. Leadership Ventures provide a foundation for individual, small group, and community-level learning by structuring periods of personal reflection and guided discussion around specific activities.
Workshops Weekend | October 23 – 24, 2015
·  Aikido: Managing Conflict with Power & Presence / ·  Gathering Intelligence through Conversation
·  Leadership Lessons from the U.S. Civil War Gettysburg Battle / ·  Leadership Presence (with Pig Iron Theatre)
·  Self-Awareness & Executive Focus through Meditation / ·  The Leader as Storyteller (with Pig Iron Theatre)
·  The Art of Woo
Intensives
FDNY INTENSIVE
Focus: Fire Department Simulation
Place: New York City
Dates: Nov 6/Spring 2016
Seats: 40 Per Venture
Cost: $550
The FDNY intensive offers participants the chance to be immersed in innovative team-building experiences via the FDNY’s state-of-the-art training simulators designed to strengthen your teamwork
skills.
/ Quantico Intensive
Focus: Military Simulation
Place: Quantico, VA
Dates: Sept 17-18, 2015/Spring 2016
Seats: 90 Per Venture
Cost: $400
Known simply as “Quantico” to the student body, this Venture builds on the programs and facilities of the USMC for developing leadership. Drawing on the lessons of the Leadership Reaction Course and the Combat Course, the two-day program provides an intense, hands-on learning experience that emphasizes fast decision- making, team-based problem-solving, and effective strategic thinking.
Expeditions
Alaska
Focus: Mountaineering, Glacial Traverse
Place: Alaska, U.S.A.
Dates: May 20 – 29, 2016
Seats: 22
Cost: $4,200
Alaska participants discover and explore the breathtaking enchantment of the Alaska Range through eight days of mountaineering, trekking, ice climbing, crevasse training, glacial traversing and snow camping, while simultaneously learning leadership and teamwork lessons from the world famous National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). / Antarctica
Focus: Glacier Trekking
Place: King George Island
Dates: Dec 29, 2015 – Jan 7, 2016
Seats: 36
Cost: $6,750
The Antarctica Venture is a weeklong exploration of King George Island. With ample opportunities for leadership challenges, participants will hike, sled and snowshoe across the glaciers, which cover 90% of the island. Divided into teams, you will learn the lessons of leadership hands-on, where decision-making must be rapid and consequences are real.

Expedition Physical
Intensity Rating
Atacama
Focus: Trekking, Mountain Biking,
Rock Climbing, Mountaineering
Place: Valle de la Luna, Chile
Dates: May 20 – 28, 2016
Seats: 24
Cost: $3,400
Spend a week in one of the most unique and beautiful landscapes on earth, and challenge yourself and support your teammates through multiple activities, all done at altitude. Desert trekking, land navigation, canyoning, rock climbing, rappelling, and mountain biking prepare you to climb the 18,000-foot Lascar Volcano and stare into the smoldering caldera. / Andes Mountaineering*
Focus: Full Spectrum Mountaineering
Place: Central Andes, Chile
Dates: Dec 29, 2015 – Jan 5, 2016 | Mar 5 – 12, 2016
Seats: 24 Per Venture
Cost: $3,750
Alpine style climb of a major peak in the Central Chilean Andes. This venture will provide both physical and mental challenge exercising leadership, teamwork and self-discipline.
*The final details of this venture have yet to be finalized
New Zealand
Focus: Backpacking, Mountain Biking, Rafting
Place: New Zealand
Dates: Dec 29, 2015 – Jan 7, 2016
Seats: 12
Cost: $4300
The expedition will start at the edge of the Tasman Sea and over the next 8 days traverse across New Zealand’s South Island until we reach the Pacific Ocean. This coast- to-coast journey, modelled after the iconic coast to coast race, utilizes Backpacking, mountain biking and White Water Rafting through a range of different environments unique to New Zealand. Leadership, teamwork, endurance and daring will all be required. / Patagonia
Focus: Trekking, Rock Climbing
Place: Isla Navarino, Chile
Dates: Dec 27, 2015 – Jan 3, 2016 | Mar 5 – 12, 2016
Seats: 36 Per Venture
Cost: $3,400
This multi-disciplinary venture takes place at the edge of the world. We will be trekking in Patagonia’s spectacular Isla Navarino - one of the world’s most pristine and remote wilderness areas. While trekking the Dientes Circuit, we will spend time mountaineering, rock climbing, and sea kayaking, as participants build their capacities for self-discipline, decision making and team direction.
Small Crew Sailing
Focus: Tactics, Navigation & Racing
Place: Grenada
Dates: Mar 6 – 11, 2016
Seats: 20
Cost: $3,950
Small Crew Sailing places participants in crews of five aboard modern sailboats in Grenada where they will be challenged to work effectively under highly fluid and dynamic conditions. Through daily challenges, participants develop technical sailing, navigation and racing skills while testing and refining their leadership, communication and team- work capabilities in a rapidly changing environment. / Tall Ships Sailing
Focus: Continuous Navigation &
Oceanographic Exploration
Place: New Zealand
Dates: Dec 30, 2015 – Jan 7, 2016
Seats: 21
Cost: $3,500
Tall Ship Sailing provides an intense at-sea experience in New Zealand aboard a 161 ft. Brigantine ship. While at sea for eight days, participants will learn sailing and navigation, conduct critical oceanographic research and experience the challenges and rewards of self-discipline, team building and decision-making under unfamiliar circumstances.
Key Dates
Course Match Registration for Expeditions, Intensives & Workshops:
Tuesday, Sept 8 at 9:00 AM (EST) – Thursday, Sept10 at 5:00 PM (EST)
Results Posted: Sept 14 | Drop/Add period: Sept 14 – Sept 29 | Payment Due: Sept 30
Expedition/Intensive / Cost / Winter Break / Spring Break / May 2016
New Expedition TBD / TBD / l / l
Patagonia / $3,400 / l / l
Antarctica / $6,750 / l
New Zealand / $4300 / l
Tall Ships / $3,500 / l
Small Crew / $3,950 / l
Alaska / $4,200 / l
Atacama / $3,400 / l
FDNY Intensive / $550 / Nov 6 (Fall) / TBD (Spring)
Quantico Intensive / $400 / Sept 17 – 18 (Fall) / TBD (Spring)
Financial Aid
The Behrman Scholarship Program and its partner program the Behrman Fellowship Program increase access for Wharton MBA students to intensive leadership development opportunities. Scholarships for the Leadership Ventures are awarded annually for expedition-based Ventures. Available funding from the Behrman Scholarship Program is divided equally across the award recipients, providing a small subsidy to offset the trip fees. Only initial Course Match registrants will be eligible for the Scholarship.
·  September 8 – September 10: Indicate interest via Course Match Registration
·  September 22: Scholarship recipients notified.

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