In the July/August 2025 issue of Athletic Business Magazine, writer Michael Popke catches up with two NIRSA members and volunteers and two members from the NIRSA staff team to talk about the benefits of student employment in campus recreation.

Carson Petersheim, Assistant Director of Student Development at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and current chair of the NIRSA Student Staff Development Committee and
Courtney Thomas, Assistant Director – Facilities at the University of North Texas who recently served on the NIRSA Student Staff Development Committee both connect with AB Magazine to offer some perspective about how colleges are offering transformative experiences through employment in campus recreation and wellbeing departments.

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