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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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Tim Mertz, Vice President
University of Wisconsin-Stout
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Tim Mertz is currently the Assistant Director for Recreation at the University of Wisconsin – Stout in Menomonie, Wisconsin.
Tim has been teaching, guiding and programming within the Outdoor Recreation industry for 7 years. After completing his Bachelor’s degree in Recreation from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale in 2001, Tim moved to Alaska and worked as a sea kayak guide through Alaska’s Prince William Sound and then into the Apostle Islands of Lake Superior. Tim returned to Graduate school in 2005 and received a degree in Exercise Physiology while working as a Graduate Assistant for Outdoor Programs at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. Tim worked as the Stout Adventures Coordinator at UW-Stout for 3 years before taking on the role of Assistant Director. In that time Tim has presented at several conferences for AORE and the WEA. Tim is an active paddler and can be found floating coastal shorelines, inland lakes and rivers 12 months out of the year – even in the Midwest.