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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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I grew up an urban kid in Houston, but learned to love wilderness and was for the most part reformed in the piney woods of East Texas and the Chihuahuan desert of Big Bend. I squeaked through graduation from Cornell University (and as much from Cornell Outdoor Education) in 1995. Then climbing drew me out to the mountains and canyons of the West for the next decade. I have had the good fortune to work for several wonderful outdoor education and recreation programs, including those at Colorado State University, the Sierra Club and the Colorado Outward Bound School.
In 2004 I earned a Masters Degree in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Northern Colorado, got married and moved back to the Lone Star State – this time to the Hill Country of Central Texas. I currently work for the University of Texas at San Antonio, as Assistant Director of Campus Recreation where for the last five years I and a group of hard-working colleagues and students have built and run the UTSA Outdoor Pursuits program. I first joined AORE in 2003, and am leading the host committee to bring the national conference to San Antonio in 2011.