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AORE is requesting members to review the newly released draft of the Wilderness First Responder Scope of Practices document. Please support this extremely important effort and show the wilderness medical community that the AORE has a vested interest in the outcomes of these new course SOP’s. Email all comments to Tim Mertz at mertzt@uwstout.edu
AORE is currently accepting nominations for the 2010 Jim Rennie Leadership Award sponsored by Osprey, Bill March Student Achievement Award sponsored by Osprey and David J Webb Program Excellence Award. These awards recognize AORE professional, student and program members that have made outstanding and noteworthy contributions to the field of Outdoor Recreation and Education. Nominate a member here.
The 2010 annual conference in Keystone is seeing skill-based clinics and equipment demo opportunities for the Winter Skills and Demo Day. Find out more, or submit a proposal here. AORE delegation attended Outdoor Nation Summit in New York City! We are pleased to announce the publication of the newest issue of the Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership (JOREL) Volume 2(1). Go here to learn more. Student Scholarship info for 2010 conference on the Awards page. Apply Now! |
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Rick Dawson has been working in outdoor education for more than 15 years. He has held various leadership positions that have enabled him to integrate his passion for student development, outdoor education and leadership, expeditionary and experiential learning, critical pedagogy, curriculum development, and instruction. He has extensive experience in curriculum development and educational leadership, and has worked in public, private, and higher education leading schools in the design/redesign of curricular and treatment models.
Rick is currently the Director of Adventure Sports at Adirondack Community College. As Director, he designed and implemented the Adventure Sports: Leadership & Management degree and the non-credit Adventure Sports Center. Rick earned his B.A from Marist College and completed his M.Ed. with distinction at Northern Arizona University. He is an avid skier and paddler and can be found enjoying the lakes, mountains and rivers of the Northeast and Southwest with his family. Rick lives in Queensbury, NY with his wife Christine and daughters Addy and Chloe.