Stories about "Ben Ayers"
7:30pm | ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Outing Club and Ben Ayers ’99: A climber, writer, documentary film maker and humanitarian based in Nepal, Ayers returns to campus to help kick off the 100th anniversary of the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Outing Club and to talk about his experience in the field, beginning with ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½. A recipient of the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Alumni Community Service Award, Ayers directs programs for the dZi Foundation, which partners with communities in Nepal’s remote eastern hills to improve their quality of life. FMI 207-786-8372.Mays Center
You need to fail, says Ben Ayers ’99 at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Outing Club kickoff

Friday, January 24, 2020 11:09 am

By letting go of the need for instant perfection, Ayers discovered that “adventure begets adventure" in a recent talk kicking off the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Outing Club's 100th anniversary year.

For a Nepalese honey hunter’s last harvest, friend and filmmaker Ben Ayers ’99 was there

Monday, June 18, 2018 4:38 pm

A decade in a Nepal community helped Ayers achieve sustainable development. It also helped a man who hunts hallucinogenic honey trust you make a movie about his last harvest.

ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ in the News: Dec. 11, 2015

Thursday, December 10, 2015 4:40 pm

Professor Rebecca Herzig's book Plucked named an Economist best of 2015; The Simpsons teases ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ (and vice versa); and Bloomberg Business looks to Ben Ayers '99 for a better way to help Nepal.

The Wedding Gift

Saturday, March 1, 2008 3:11 pm

Friends and family raise a barn, and some community spirit, at the farmhouse wedding of Kirsten Walter '00 and Ben Ayers '99

Porters' Progress founder visits ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College to describe work in Nepal

Wednesday, November 13, 2002 2:42 pm

Ben Ayers, a 1999 ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College graduate and founder of an organization that supports expeditionary porters in Nepal, brings a presentation about Porters' Progress to ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20 in the Benjamin Mays center, 95 Russell St. Ayers' presentation is open to the public at no charge.