Test Yourself

The Chi Phi Wilderness Academy is an advanced leadership institute designed to complement the Chi Phi College of Excellence. The Chi Phi Wilderness Academy is a small, personal leadership experience. With both Chi Phi Ritual and one's own inner adventure into manhood as its focus, the Chi Phi Wilderness Academy is a seven-day, six-night outward bound adventure.

Where the College of Excellence and Chi Phi Congress usually exceed 150 participants, each Wilderness Academy Session is limited to approximately ten individuals, guaranteeing personal development as a leader and as a person.

A physically demanding experience, the Wilderness Academy requires participants to acquire and build on skills related to hiking, backpacking, and mountain or coastline navigation, as well as general wilderness survival skills. Participants also often experience a one-night solo and sweat lodge, and they mark their trip as a cultural right of passage.

All trips have a focus on personal growth and development through using daily leadership experiences, group communication, trust and team-building, and significant introspection and contemplation.

For more information about participating in the next series of Wilderness Academies, visit www.chiphi.org or contact the Chi Phi National Office.