Outdoor camping gear can be rented. Venture also offers courses for academic credit through the Department of Health Promotion and Kinesiology. Each fall, a four-credit course, Wilderness Experience, offers an adapted Outward Bound experience presenting a series of increasing challenges. A variety of one-credit outdoor activity courses also is offered. The Student Body Government provides students an early experience in governmental affairs.
Students often find their work in student government a useful background for later public service.
The University encourages student participation in its affairs and has student representatives on many of the faculty and administrative committees. The leaders of student government are committed to representing the student body and to developing students' awareness of the many facets of life at their University. The Executive Branch , made up of the president, the vice president, the cabinet, the Student Court Officers, and committees appointed by the president. The Student Legislature , composed of the chair, the four class presidents, the residence hall representatives, commuter student representatives, representatives from each college chosen by the students majoring in the college, and non-traditional and graduate student representatives. The chair of the Student Legislature conducts all meetings and serves as liaison between the Legislature and the president's office.