Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 67.29
Liaison Jennifer Andrews
Submission Date Aug. 2, 2011
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University of New Hampshire
Tier2-7: Outdoors Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Jessica Smestad
Coordinator of Leadership & Student Organization Services
Student Organization Services
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Does the institution have a wilderness or outdoors program that organizes hiking, backpacking, kayaking, or other outings for students and follows Leave No Trace principles?:
Yes

A brief description of the program:

New Hampshire Outing Club. The NHOC is the oldest and largest club on campus and is run entirely by UNH students. NHOC typically offers 2-5 trips each weekend throughout the year including hiking, rock climbing, backpacking, cross country/downhill skiing, canoeing, biking, ice climbing, kayaking, road trips, extreme sledding, and so much more.

UNH’s Outdoor Education Program follows Leave No Trace guidelines and has for the past 20+ years. There is 1 LNT trainer on the staff and Outdoor Education students take a LNT course as part of the KIN 682 course. UNH offers undergraduate, masters, and Ph.D. programs in outdoor education.
http://www.shhs.unh.edu/kin_oe/undergrad_oe.html


The website URL where information about the program is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

In regards to UNH's Outdoor Education Program, Michael Gass is an associate professor and Chairperson of the Kinesiology Department (603-862-2024, mgass@unh.edu).


In regards to UNH's Outdoor Education Program, Michael Gass is an associate professor and Chairperson of the Kinesiology Department (603-862-2024, mgass@unh.edu).

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