ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Nanook Recreation

Mission

It is our mission to provide the university community with opportunities and facilities to lead active, healthy lifestyles through sport and recreation on campus and out in the beautiful wilderness of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ.

Staff

Mark Oldmixon

Director

mtoldmixon@alaska.edu
907-474-5886

Mark is responsible for supervision of the entire department; SRC, Outdoor Adventures, Patty Pool, Patty Ice and Outdoor Ed Center.

Christian Mogensen

Outdoor Adventures Assistant Coordinator for Climbing Programs

cgmogensen@alaska.edu
907-474-6027

Christian is in charge of climbing programs at Outdoor Adventures. He started out volunteering for OA in 2012, and has worked his way up through the program to Assistant Coordinator. Born and raised in the flat country of Denmark, Christian now loves spending time in the mountains and is passionate about all types of climbing. In addition to working at OA, he's also a master's student in the Northern and Arctic Studies program at ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ.

Frank Olive

Outdoor Adventures Coordinator

folive@alaska.edu
907-474-6306

Frank worked as a staff member for Outdoor Adventures since 2010. Frank has lived in and played in ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ for 30 years, and loves exploring the mountains on foot or on skis. Climbing and skiing are his main passions when he is not hanging out with his kids. Frank also enjoys exploring ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ rivers in a kayak, raft and packraft as well as doing bike tours around the world.

David McCain

Facility Operations Coordinator & Maintenance Specialist

907-474-6269

Christine McComb

Assistant Director of Wellness

cmccomb@alaska.edu
907-474-6806

Samuel Stone

Outdoor Adventures Assistant Coordinator 

szstone@alaska.edu                         907-474-6027

Sam is the most recent addition to the Outdoor Adventures crew. Hailing from Maine, Sam is a passionate waterman with a love for all types of paddle sports. When not cruising down whitewater rivers or playing in ocean swells, Sam can be found in the mountains with his skis.

Ice arena supervisors

The Ice Arena Supervisors are in charge of general day to day operations at the Patty Ice Arena. This includes monitoring all the public skating session, checking out locker rooms and answering questions for all the various hockey organizations during games, practices and private rentals, sharpening skates and driving the Zamboni to maintain the best ice in town.

Dan Waldroup

Patty Ice Arena Manager