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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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Mitch is the Program Director for The Center for Outdoor Adventure, at the University of Minnesota where he has worked since 2001. He also instructs rock climbing courses for the School of Kinesiology, serves on the Recreational Sports Advisory Board and is currently planning the AORE 2009 Conference in Minneapolis. He has attended AORE since 1998 and has been an active presenter many of those years. Mitch is passionate about the outdoors and loves working with and developing student leaders in the field of outdoor recreation. In his free time he enjoys climbing rock and ice, cross country skiing, canoeing, running and spending time with his wife, Brandi.
He obtained a Bachelors degree from the University of Northern Iowa in Leisure Services, and a Masters degree from Middle Tennessee State
University in Recreation Administration.