Friday 20 June marked the day of the first graduation from Keilir and Thompson Rivers University Adventure Sport Certificate Program. This is also the first time Keilir graduates students from a foreign university program. The response for the program the Iceland has been extremely positive, by individuals and companies within the travel industry alike, and applications for the forthcoming semester have doubled compared with the same time last year.

 

In total thirteen candidates graduated from the first Adventure Sport Certificate group and received acknowledgement for completing the eight month long university program in adventure tourism. In his speech, Ragnar Thor Thrastarsson project manager for the program, mentioned that all graduates have already received jobs opportunities within the field and a number of them have been accepted for further studies at Thompson Rivers University in Canada. Astvaldur Helgi Gylfason received acknowledgement for best overall achievement in the program, with the grade average of 8,87 (out of 10) and Erlingur Geirsson received acknowledgement for best improvement during the study year. Orri Sigurjonsson gave the speech of the Adventure Sport Certificate graduating class of 2014.

 

 

The Adventure Sport Certificate program is an introduction to adventure sports and the adventure industry with extensive time on field activity courses and compressed and modularized classroom course instruction. This is the ideal program for entry-level adventure students and students wishing to explore their career interest in adventure-related fields. The Adventure Sport Certificate is a 60-credit (eight-month) intensive education building on local and international expertise within the field and using the unique and accessible natural environment in Iceland as a practical class room, including glacier skills in South-East Iceland, river rafting in South Iceland, sea kayaking in West Iceland and wilderness travel around the interior.