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Bridge Adventure is a program for strengthening diversity and inclusion through experiential learning at Texas Tech University. Bridge Adventure students participate in a two-year experience that includes regular activities and three excursions per year. Excursions focus on appreciation for the outdoors through service, research, and adventure. Each fall, a new cohort of eight to 12 students is selected for the program. Supported by federal funding through 2024, this program is available at no financial cost to students. 

Latest from the Bridge Adventure Blog

Trip Recap: Backpacking Guadalupe Mountain National Park

In early November, students in Texas Tech University’s Bridge Adventure Program went on an overnight backpacking trip in Guadalupe Mountain National Park. The trip served as a trial run for the program’s upcoming adventure excursion next summer in Colorado’s Weminuche Wilderness. Bridge Adventure is a federally-funded project through the USDA-NIFA Hispanic Serving Institutions Education Grants…

Buffalo River Reflections

This summer, the Bridge Adventure Program went on its annual week-long adventure excursion to America’s first nationally-designated river – the Buffalo National River in north central Arkansas. Situated in the heart of the Ozark Mountain region, the Buffalo River flows freely for 135 miles. Established in 1972, the river is one of the few remaining…

Now Accepting Applications for Bridge Adventure Cohort III

The Bridge Adventure Program at Texas Tech University is now accepting applications for its third cohort, which will start in the fall in 2023. Bridge Adventure is a program developed by faculty in the Davis College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources to create educational opportunities designed to promote diversity and inclusion in agricultural and natural resources fields through transformative learning experiences related to the…