Welcome

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YOUR ADVENTURE BEGINS HERE!

FRESH X IS A PRE-ORIENTATION ADVENTURE EXPERIENCE for first year students. For the past 21 years hundreds of students have begun their college careers on Fresh X, spending four days meeting new classmates, being challenged, learning about life at Ohio Wesleyan University, and having fun.

The original wilderness trip is still the most popular, and we have two additional options.  Click on the heading for more information on that trip.

Wilderness Fresh X:  A World to Explore

This is your chance to join up to seventy five your new classmates for camping and high adventure in West Virginia.  You'll get to choose activities including backpacking, rock climbing, canoeing, whitewater rafting, and more!

Wilderness Schedule

Join this group to work with the Habitat for Humanity Chapter of Portage County, Ohio to build a house for a family in need.  In the process you'll make new friends, discover more about yourself, and prepare for life at college.

Habitat Schedule

NEW FOR 2009!   Columbus Fresh X:  Spotlight on Poverty

This urban experience is your opportunity to explore poverty from a variety of angles: homelessness, the working poor, community revitalization, and voluntary poverty.  Start your college experience by becoming involved in the effort to bring economic justice to OWU's own backyard.

Columbus Schedule

Fresh X is a program of the Student Involvement Office and the Wilderness Ministry. If you have questions or concerns, contact Debbie Lamp, Director of Student Involvement and the Hamilton-Williams Campus Center, at 740-368-3198 or involveu@owu.edu. We look forward to your arrival in August.