For the past six years, Davey Warner, outdoor leadership coordinator, has been able to call Saint Mary’s University his home.
Once a residence assistant “back in the day,” Warner graduated in 2007 with a degree in Music Composition. Except for three summers spent working in the Boundary Waters as a canoe guide and portage trail crew foreman for the Boy Scouts, as well as three summers in administration for the Boy Scouts, Warner said he never left. “They offered me my job (in the Boundary Waters) before I graduated, and it was too good of an offer to turn down at the time,” said Warner.
Warner said he decided to come back to SMU because he loves the outdoors and experiential/adventure education. His current duties include managing the Challenge Ropes Course, the Disc Golf Course and all outdoor recreation equipment, including loaning camping gear, kayaks, mountain bikes, sleds and snowshoes to students, faculty, staff and groups. Warner also coordinates outdoor recreation programming for the campus, including advising the outdoor COUNSELORs (students who lead outdoor excursions) and teaches the canoe camping class.
“I love program management and development,” said Warner. “I think I have a knack for it.”
Besides spending a lot of time inspecting and working on the disc golf and ropes course and taking groups on various excursions, Warner also fills in part-time for Campus Safety and the Academic Skills Center. According to Warner, he cherishes his “whole senior year (the first one),” at SMU and now thinks the best thing about working at SMU is working with the students.
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