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We’re going back to Point Dume for round 3!! Couldn’t join us for our first two trips? Here’s your opportunity to live it up on the beach and fulfill all your Peaks climbing dreams! Join psychology professors Leslie Berntsen and Bryan Shilowich on this ~ vibey ~ Sunday morning in Malibu. Point Dume is a great spot for beginners, so don’t sweat it if you’ve never climbed before. You might even see Bryan juggle…
No climbing experience is necessary to go on this trip! We will provide climbing gear (shoes, harness, and helmet) if you do not have your own.
PACKING LIST:
Climbing gear (if you have it!)
H2O
Sunscreen
Lunch/snacks
Beach supplies (swimsuit, towel, card games, a volleyball… whatever you feel like!)
WAIVERS
PROFESSOR: LESLIE BERNTSEN
DEPARTMENT: Psychology
SCHOOL: Dornsife
RATE MY PROFESSOR: "BERNTSEN IS AMAZING! she is the kindest, most understanding, most wonderful professor i've ever had.”
Leslie completed her Ph.D. at our very own USC in 2018—her dissertation research focused on the genetic and environmental bases of prosociality. Now, she’s back as a faculty member, teaching Introduction to Psychology and Abnormal Psychology! Before moving to LA, she completed her B.A. in Psychology at New York University. She is deeply committed to promoting empathy, inclusion, and social responsibility through her teaching, speaking, and outreach.
In her free time, she enjoys rock climbing (best belayer ever), hanging out with her two (flawless) rehabilitated street pups, trying to perfect her mom's Nicaraguan home-cooking, and unabashedly living up to her high school superlative ("Most Likely to Color-Code Her Plans to Grassroots Resistance").
PROFESSOR: BRYAN SHILOWICH
DEPARTMENT: Psychology
SCHOOL: Dornsife
RATE MY PROFESSOR: “Nothing but good things to say about Prof. S! Super caring and understanding guy- he truly wants you to do well in the course.”
Bryan received his Ph.D. from USC in Brain and Cognitive Sciences and now teaches in the Psychology department. Before becoming a Trojan, Bryan earned his B.A. in Economics at Tufts and a Masters in Neuroscience at Brandeis University. Outside of the cognitive sciences, he loves acting, painting, juggling, making music, woodworking, and photography. He also was on twelve episodes of SNL as a kid!
PEAK: POINT DUME
DIFFICULTY: 2.5/5
SCENERY: Rocks! That you can climb!! You might spot some aquatic life if you’re lucky…
FUN FACT: A British officer named Point Dume in honor of a missionary—Padre Francisco Dumetz. However, he misspelled the name as "Dume" and never corrected his error.
TRIP LEAD: LAUREN
is missing bianca… but so excited for point dume pt. 3 >:)
Contact Lauren: laurena4@usc.edu
Read Lauren’s bio here.