2011 Trip Leader Profiles

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As we’ve said many times, getting the right trip leaders on board is one of the most important elements to running a successful program.  Chad and I spent over four full weeks this past winter interviewing prospective leaders and hiring staff.  We visited 13 small liberal colleges in the Northeast.  Schools like Bowdoin, Colby, Trinity, Hamilton, Franklin & Marshall & Bucknell.  We received over 130 applications for only 13 new trip leadership positions.  It’s a lot of work, but in the end, we know it’s all worth it.  And with 50% of our leaders back in 2011, we’re darn proud of the team we’ve assembled for the coming summer.

Apogee Bike Jerseys!!

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Happy Spring to all!   Flowers are starting to bloom here in Maine, trees are slowly showing their buds, and warmer weather is on the rise.   Only 2 ½ months to summer!

So for the last two years we’ve been providing the students on our America Coast to Coast trips with some sharp looking Apogee Bike Jerseys.   We’re still planning to do the same for our 2011 ACC group (in red), but after multiple requests from non-ACC families for jerseys, we thought we’d open up availability to everyone.

 

Whoo-hoo – Incentives & Updates!

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Well, hello Wide World of Apogee!   A very Happy New Year to new and returning blog readers!

I wanted to update you all on several incentives we have launched during this winter’s application season.   As many of you know, we will be on the road through much of the next month doing slide presentations throughout the country.   We certainly

The New Website is …. Live!

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Good morning, World of Apogee!

I’m delighted to tell you that the new website launched overnight.  Kevin and I hope that you enjoy taking a closer look at the great slides on the home-page and all of the internal pages (where you’ll notice the biggest differences).  We’re very happy with the clean,