Recreation Management and Policy at UNH

10/05/2023

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01/13/2023

Christian Helger's friends and family have shared the below information about his Celebration of Life that will be taking place in Boston next week. Christian graduated from the Outdoor Education program in 2016 and passed away last week after being ejected from a chairlift while ski patrolling at a ski resort in Utah. Christian’s generous spirit touched many people across different outdoor communities from his experience guiding, moving in the mountains, and working in remote medicine. We send our deepest condolences to his family and many friends.

Celebration of Life for Christian Helger

The event will be on Tuesday, January 17th, from 5-9 PM (we’ve picked a wide range to accommodate different schedules, please arrive/depart whenever you need to) at Fenway Johnnies. We’ll have some light appetizers and the restaurant and bar will be open for dinner and drinks. It’s worth noting that they are doing us a huge favor by opening exclusively for our group (and not charging us for it), so if you’re able, please support them by ordering food and drink and tipping generously.

There won’t be a formal service or program, however, there will be an opportunity to share any stories or memories you have of Christian and your time with him. Anyone who would like to share is welcome to. Funny stories are especially encouraged!
A celebration of life for Outdoor Education alum Christian
If you have any pictures with or of Christian, we are compiling an album for his parents. Please drop them in this shared album if you’d like to share them.

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We have plenty of capacity, so please share this information with anyone who you think would want to attend (and please ask them to RSVP here so I have an estimated count to give to the venue).

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Finally, over the next few days, if you have the chance to do something meaningful to you, please take a moment to do that and think of Christian, who lived his life driven by a sense of purpose, meaning, and curiosity embedded in the things he was doing and the people he was doing those things with.

01/09/2023

Last week we were able to take 7 students to the Northern New England Recreation & Parks Conference at the Mountain View Grand Hotel in Whitefield, NH. Our students were able to attend thanks to conference scholarships and our generous donors. Thank you to everyone who made the trip possible. Our students were able to network with alumni and professionals in the field, gain public speaking experience, and attend professional development sessions. A few of our students even received internship and job offers. We had so much fun and are already looking forward to the conference next year! Thank you to everyone who made this an exceptional experience for our students.

01/06/2023

The University of New Hampshire’s Outdoor Leadership and Management faculty and alumni from the Outdoor Education program are mourning the loss of Christian Helger ’16, who was ejected from a chairlift earlier this week while ski patrolling at a ski resort in Utah. Christian’s generous spirit touched many people across different outdoor communities from his experience guiding, moving in the mountains, and working in remote medicine. We send our deepest condolences to his family and many friends. Information about services will be posted here as available. Faculty members in the Recreation Management and Policy department are available to connect with alumni.

12/08/2022

💙🤍💙🤍Thank you to all our students and faculty for making this semester one for the books!Today we hosted our inaugural Destress Recess complete with a campfire 🔥 , s’mores , goodie bags, study supplies 📚 , hot cocoa ☕️, snacks, dogs 🐶 and RMP family. Congratulations 🍾 to Maggie, Kristin, Izzy & Hannah on their Graduation 👩‍🎓 . We are so proud of you all and can’t wait to see what the future holds! Special thanks to for bringing Maggie & Charlee to the party and to all of our students who came to hang out! You are what make our department special. Best of luck on finals 📝 to everyone, and warm wishes for a joyful and restful holiday ⛄️

11/29/2022

Today is ! We hope you will consider making a gift to support Recreation Management & Policy student initiatives. We’re hopeful you’ll join hundreds of other Wildcats who will show their pride by taking part in this year’s . Please make your gift online, in ANY amount, before midnight. Click the link below to donate to RMP, Northeast Passage, the Browne Center, our your favorite UNH program or initiative.

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11/17/2022

10/21/2022

🏆Congratulations to reigning World Champion and RMP Adaptive Sports Grad Student Temo Dadiani🏆 Temo just finished a week of competition at the Para Arm Wrestling World Championships in Turkey 🇹🇷 where he won 2 gold medals🥇 🥇 Temo took home the gold in both the right-handed competition and the left-handed competition. Way to go Temo! 🎉

10/07/2022

❄️ ⛷ 🏂 Save the Date for RMP’s 50th Anniversary Mountain Takeover 🏔 🛷☃️Friday March 3, 2023 at Gunstock Mountain Resort in Gilford, NH. Join RMP students, faculty, staff, alumni, community partners and supporters to celebrate 50 years of impacting the recreation economy in New Hampshire and beyond. Discounted lift and trail tickets will be available as well as FREE snow tubing, pictures with Wild E. Cat & Gnarlz, trivia, snacks, prizes, giveaways, recognition, and more. Stay in the loop, sign up for event updates using the link below.

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