Introducing the 2024 Wright Collegiate Challenge Partners
Each year, The Wright partners with organizations representing a mix of business and nonprofit organizations to present a set of challenges reflecting real issues being addressed in real-time by selected Challenge Partner organizations. Interested businesses and nonprofits are asked to submit a proposed challenge statement summarizing a specific project for students to address. We’re excited to present our 2024 Challenge Partners, who will be working closely with student teams over the coming months.
Campfire Conversations ~ Saguache | November 16
Hand in hand with community partners, On the Road ~ San Luis Valley brings together an array of voices from the Valley for a free and open to the public series of Campfire Conversations.
Join us November 16, in Saguache, CO!
4th St. Diner & Bakery | 411 4th Street
5:00pm - 6:00pm | Social Hour w Bites + Bevs
6:00pm - 7:30pm | Fireside Chats
On the Road journeys into rural Colorado meeting people where they are and experiencing first-hand the relationships we hold with the places we call home. Along the way, we hear from educators & entrepreneurs, farmers & ranchers, artists and outfitters, outdoor advocates and cultural stewards. Meet the Saguache voices that we’ll be hearing from!
Campfire Conversations ~ Monte Vista | November 9
Hand in hand with community partners, On the Road ~ San Luis Valley brings together an array of voices from the Valley for a free and open to the public series of Campfire Conversations.
Join us November 9, in Monte Vista, CO!
The Church Project | 256 S. Broadway
5:00pm - 6:00pm | Social Hour w Bites + Bevs
6:00pm - 7:30pm | Fireside Chats
On the Road journeys into rural Colorado meeting people where they are and experiencing first-hand the relationships we hold with the places we call home. Along the way, we hear from educators & entrepreneurs, farmers & ranchers, artists and outfitters, outdoor advocates and cultural stewards. Meet the Monte Vista voices that we’ll be hearing from!
Campfire Conversations ~ San Luis | November 2
Hand in hand with community partners, On the Road ~ San Luis Valley brings together an array of voices from the Valley for a free and open to the public series of Campfire Conversations.
Join us November 2, in San Luis, Colorado
Sangre de Cristo Cultural Heritage Center
5:00pm - 6:00pm | Tacos by Sergio Garcia
6:00pm - 7:30pm | Fireside Chats
On the Road journeys into rural Colorado meeting people where they are and experiencing first-hand the relationships we hold with the places we call home. Along the way, we hear from educators & entrepreneurs, farmers & ranchers, artists and outfitters, outdoor advocates and cultural stewards. Meet the San Luis voices that we’ll be hearing from!
The Wright featured in Alamosa Citizen’s The Outdoor Citizen podcast
The Wright was recently featured in Alamosa Citizen’s The Outdoor Citizen podcast. Host Marty Jones and The Wright executive director Chuck Sullivan cover a number of topics, including the upcoming On the Road events in the San Luis Valley.
Introducing the 2023 Wright Collegiate Challenge Partners
Each year, The Wright partners with organizations representing a mix of business and nonprofit organizations to present a set of challenges reflecting real issues being addressed in real-time by selected Challenge Partner organizations. Interested businesses and nonprofits are asked to submit a proposed challenge statement summarizing a specific project for students to address. We’re excited to present our 2023 Challenge Partners, who will be working closely with student teams over the coming months.
Outdoor recreation talks center around Moffat County’s longstanding traditions, but also its future
“The Colorado Outdoor Recreation Industry Office has spent the summer traveling around Colorado to talk with communities about new outdoor recreation grant opportunities, including the Colorado State Outdoor Recreation grant.
OREC staff came to Craig on Wednesday, Aug. 24, for a presentation and listening sessions to hear what communities want to see happen on the state level in terms of support for recreation.
In addition to the listening session, Hall and his team partnered with Chuck Sullivan, and the Colorado-based non-profit called The Wright, to host a happy hour and Campfire Conversation where a locally-focused discussion of recreation could be explored.”
Wright Collegiate Challenge Featured in Mountain Town Magazine
Student team representing Western Colorado University’s Outdoor Industry MBA Program recognized by The Wright Collegiate Challenge as Best-in-Class for their work with mountainFLOW eco-wax.
Outdoor Studies Students at Colorado Colleges Gain Career Skills in Tackling Current-Day Challenges Facing Rural-Based Small Businesses and Non-Profit Organizations
Student team representing Western Colorado University’s Outdoor Industry MBA Program recognized by The Wright Collegiate Challenge as Best-in-Class for their work with mountainFLOW eco-wax.
Workforce and The Wright Collegiate Challenge – Readying for a Career in the Outdoor Recreation Industry
Presented in partnership with the Colorado Outdoor Recreation Industry Office, The Wright Collegiate Challenge is a semester-long program helping to prepare Colorado higher-ed students to enter the workforce by providing first-hand experience working alongside small businesses and nonprofit organizations to develop actionable solutions to current-day challenges within the outdoor recreation industry sector.
