I caught up with San Francisco native and Outward Bound alum, Andrew “An” Nguyen  (pictured left), this May when he was just a month away from graduation at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine. An first discovered... READ MORE

#2 of “23 Stories of Change” for our City Skyline Challenge!   Outward Bound was a transformational experience, which I’m sure you hear from alumni often. My high school used to require all freshman to spend a week Outward Bound canoeing... READ MORE

#1 of “23 Stories of Change” for our City Skyline Challenge!  Luis grew up in Watts, a rough neighborhood of Los Angeles. When a guidance counselor at his school told him about the opportunity to go on an Outward Bound course... READ MORE

In an online survey earlier this year, we asked our alums whether Outward Bound’s new mission statement—“to change lives through challenge and discovery”—was reflective of your experience. We wanted to share the results with you because they were really illuminating... READ MORE