This schedule is subject to change. Please contact us if you have any questions.
Check-in for Preconference Activities
10:00 am-11:45 am • Foyer
Precon Facility Tours, Sponsored by Matrix
noon-5:00 pm • Offsite
Stand Up Paddle Board Workshop
1:00 pm-4:00 pm • Mission Bay Aquatic Center
Check-in & Registration
7:30 am-8:45 am • Foyer
Triventure Meet & Greet
8:00 am-8:45 am • Rio Vista Salon E
Welcome & Keynote, Sponsored by Technogym
9:00 am-10:30 am • Rio Vista Salons A-D
Presented by: Lydie Gutfeld, City of Mission Viejo
Employee Training: Maybe It Is All Fun and Games
10:45 am-11:45 am • Cabrillo Ballroom 1-2
Presented by: Corie Baldwin, Auburn University; Laure Butcher, Auburn University; David Woodason, Auburn University
CEUs: 1 NIRSA CEU
Core Competencies: Programming, Human Resource Management
Target Audience: Management Function (middle-management), Direct Service Function (Specialist), Student (GA, Intern, Undergrad)
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of hosting an inclusive campus recreation training for student employee staff.
- Understand that you can modify training to fit the needs of participants while keeping the same goals in mind.
- Understand the methods of using staff feedback for success.
After the Build: Lessons Learned in Fitness Equipment, Layout, and Program Design
10:45 am-11:45 am • Rio Vista Salons A-D
Presented by: Eric Barron, Towson University
CEUs: 1 NIRSA CEU; 1 ACSM CEC
Core Competencies: Programming, Facility Management, Planning & Design
Target Audience: Management Function (middle-management), Direct Service Function (Specialist)
Learning Objectives:
- Discover two to three methods for researching and selecting equipment based on functionality, type, and need.
- Develop at least two considerations for determining fitness floor layout.
- Identify at least two current or emerging fitness trends that could be integrated into a new or existing fitness program.
60 Drills in 60 Minutes (Land)
10:45 am-11:45 am • Rio Vista Salons E
Presented by: Peter DeQuincy, East Bay Regional Park District
CEUs: 1 NIRSA CEU
Core Competencies: Legal Liabilities & Risk Management, Human Resources Management, Programming
Target Audience: Management Function (middle-management), Direct Service Function (Specialist)
Learning Objectives:
- Demonstrate small group management with time management
- Develop repetitive drills that meet curriculum objectives
- List strategies that increase communication and competency within the work group
#Adulting
10:45 am-11:45 am • Rio Vista Salons F-H
Presented by: Hannah Covington, The University of Texas At Austin; Erin Wells, The University of Texas at Austin
CEUs: 1 NIRSA CEU; 0.1 AqP-Risk Management
Core Competencies: Personal & Professional Qualities, Human Resource Management, Research & Evaluation
Target Audience: Management Function (middle-management), Student (GA, Intern, Undergrad)
Learning Objectives:
- Identify two soft skills that your student population is lacking.
- Design a curriculum to improve soft skills among student employees.
- Develop an assessment to measure the positives and negatives in the integrated curriculum you’ve created.
What Can You Do with 800 Square Feet?
10:45 am-11:45 am • Sierra 5-6
Presented by: Anita Moran, Office of Moran Architects
CEUs: 1 NIRSA CEU
Core Competencies: Facility Management, Planning & Design, Programming
Target Audience: Executive & Strategy Function (Rec Dept. Director), Management Function (middle-management)
Learning Objectives:
- Learn to identify spaces that are candidates for improved utilization.
- List a dozen viable ideas for racquetball court conversions.
- Become familiar with some of the challenges of small space conversions.
Grab & Go Lunches
11:45 am-noon • Pavilion
Facility Tours Day 1, Sponsored by TRUE
noon-5:00 pm • Offsite
Developing Your Training Pedagogy: Using Traditional Education Tools for Effective Long-Term Unit Planning
1:00 pm-2:00 pm • University of California, San Diego
Presented by: Veronica Chevalier, University of Notre Dame; Kristyn Watts, University of Notre Dame
CEUs: 1 NIRSA CEU; 0.1 AqP-Leadership
Core Competencies: Facility Management, Planning & Design, Legal Liability & Risk Management, Philosophy & Theory
Target Audience: Direct Service Function (Specialist), Student (GA, Intern, Undergrad)
Learning Objectives:
- Be able to immediately use traditional education pedagogy to plan and execute staff trainings.
- Be able to articulate a framework for long-term training plans.
- Learn how to connect the institutional mission, vision, values, and strategic plans to training initiatives.
Barre Above®
1:00 pm-2:00 pm • University of California, San Diego
Presented by: Carolyn Erickson, Savvier Fitness; Tricia Murphy Madden
Don’t Let Tragedy Be Your Teacher
1:00 pm-2:00 pm • University of California, San Diego
Presented by: Bill O’Melia, Drennen’s Dreams Foundation
CEUs: 1 NIRSA CEU
Core Competencies: Legal Liability & Risk Management, Aquatics, Facility Management, Planning & Design
Target Audience: Executive & Strategy Function (Rec Dept. Director), Management Function (middle-management)
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize the need for in depth Policies and Procedures, Emergency Action Plans and frequent, quality in‐service trainings based on an actual events.
- Asses managements responsibilities as part of the aquatic safety team.
- Identify specific tools in the American Red Cross Lifeguarding suite of programs that can be used by supervisors and trainers to set up, train for and manage a strong lifeguarding operation.
No More Jumping Jacks: New Programming Trends for Effective Warm-ups
2:30 pm-3:30 pm • University of California, San Diego
Presented by: Angel Chelik, WorkBetter Wellness
60 Drills in 60 Minutes (Water)
3:45 pm-4:45 pm • University of California, San Diego
Presented by: Peter DeQuincy, East Bay Regional Park District
CEUs: 1 NIRSA CEU
Core Competencies: Legal Liabilities & Risk Management, Aquatics, Programming
Target Audience: Management Function (middle-management), Direct Service Function (Specialist)
Learning Objectives:
- Demonstrate small group management with time management
- Develop repetitive drills that meet curriculum objectives
- List strategies that increase communication and competency within the work group
Cardio Sculpt Fusion
3:45 pm-4:45 pm • University of California, San Diego
Presented by: Cali Tolbert, San Diego State University
Early Morning Aqua Workout
7:00 am-7:45 am • room tbd
Presented by: Gia Lucy, Aqua Body Strong
Early Morning Yoga
7:00 am-8:00 am • West Lawn
Presented by: Anna Taggart, Texas A&M University
Creating Impact on Campus thru Construction
8:15 am-8:45 am • Santa Fe 3-4
Presented by: Rich Mylin, University of California-San Diego
CEUs: 0.5 NIRSA CEU
Core Competencies: Philosophy & Theory, Facility Management, Planning, & Design, Business Management
Target Audience: Executive & Strategy Function (Rec Dept. Director), Management Function (middle-management)
Learning Objectives:
- Leveraging data of similar institutions to tell your story
- Understanding of the important groups on campus to build positive momentum for project
- Build positive outcomes with staff in the creation of new space
Lightning Talks
8:30 am-10:00 am • Rio Vista Salon E
Presented by: Frances Branham, The University of Texas At Dallas; Jacqueline Chavez, University of Colorado Denver; Carly Johnston, The University of Texas at Dallas; Kendra Moretti, University of Colorado Denver; Lynette Stupi, Towson University; Erin Wells, The University of Texas at Austin
CEUs: 1 NIRSA CEU
Strategic First Steps: Good Design Starts Here!
9:00 am-10:00 am • Cabrillo Ballroom 1-2
Presented by: Jack Patton, RDG Planning & Design; Nathan Harris, RDG Planning & Design
CEUs: 1 NIRSA CEU
Core Competencies: Facility Management, Planning & Design, Programming
Target Audience: Executive & Strategy Function (Rec Dept. Director), Management Function (middle-management)
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of a needs assessment and how it sets the entire stage.
- Recognize how a feasibility study could help identify strategies to propel a project forward.
- Realize why proper programming is needed to right-size your project.
Are You Ready? A Supervisor’s Journey in Managing Critical Incidents in Aquatic Facilities
9:00 am-10:00 am • Rio Vista F-H
Presented by: Sean Duffy, University of Ottawa; Barbara Bogner, University of Colorado Boulder
CEUs: 1 NIRSA CEU; 0.1 AqP-Risk Management or Leadership
Core Competencies: Legal Liability & Risk Management, Human Resource Management, Facility Management, Planning & Design
Target Audience: Management Function (middle-management), Direct Service Function (Specialist)
Learning Objectives:
- Learn how to put yourself in the incident manager’s shoes and learn strategies to support staff and return the facility to normal operations following an incident.
- Learn a simple and effective mock training plan situation to test the readiness of staff.
- Gain a greater understanding of the complexity and layers that are part of a major incident.
Health Coaching: Using Behavior Change Programming to Fulfill Your Student Wellness and Career Initiatives–Sponsored by ACE
9:00 am-10:00 am • Rio Vista Salons A-D
Presented by: Anthony Wall, ACE-American Council on Exercise
CEUs: 1 NIRSA CEU; 1 ACSM CEU
Core Competencies: Programming
Target Audience: Executive & Strategy Function (Rec Dept. Director), Management Function (middle-management)
Learning Objectives:
- Learn to demonstrate how innovative recreation centers are using health coaching and behavior-change programming to provide students with more meaningful offerings.
- Be able to describe the benefits of developing students with behavior change coaching programming, and how such programming benefits both students and staff on and off campus.
- Learn how to implement health coaching programming that equips students to take on careers in a red-hot field.
The Impact of the Student Voice on Design: A Case Study on San Diego State University’s Aztec Recreation Center
9:00 am-10:00 am • Santa Fe 3-4
Presented by: Clint Menefee, SmithGroup; Mark Zakrzewski, San Diego State University
CEUs: 1 NIRSA CEU
Core Competencies: Programming, Facility Management, Planning & Design
Target Audience: Executive & Strategy Function (Rec Dept. Director), Management Function (middle-management)
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of bringing facilities teams on-board early in the process due to the design implications of advanced buildings systems when targeting LEED Platinum and beyond.
- Learn strategies for navigating conversations with your students on student fee changes, sustainable design practices, and maintaining realistic budgets.
- Understand the basic steps involved with planning, designing, and constructing a renovated and expanded recreation facility.
Coffee Break, Sponsored by College Promo
10:00 am-10:30 am • Pavilion
Generation Next: The Future of Campus Recreation and Wellness
10:30 am-11:30 am • Cabrillo Ballroom 1-2
Presented by: Colleen McKenna, CannonDesign; Jenny Delgado, CannonDesign; Craig Hamilton, CannonDesign
CEUs: 1 NIRSA CEU
Core Competencies: Facility Management, Planning & Design, Business Management, Programming
Target Audience: Executive & Strategy Function (Rec Dept. Director), Management Function (middle-management)
Learning Objectives:
- Gain an in-depth look at all the forces, trends, and cultural shifts impacting campus recreation and wellness.
- Learn the key lessons and takeaways from the past decade and how they can be applied to future-proofing your facility for decades to come.
- Gain a checklist of actionable discussion items so you can begin preparing for the next evolution of recreation and wellness centers on your campus.
The Future of the Field: An Integrative Approach to Wellness
10:30 am-11:30 am • Rio Vista Salon E
Presented by: Jessica Matthews; Alexia Cervantes, University of California-San Diego; Cali Tolbert, San Diego State University
CEUs: 1 NIRSA CEU; 1 ACSM CEC
Core Competencies: Personal & Professional Qualities, Philosophy & Theory, Programming
Target Audience: Executive & Strategy Function (Rec Dept. Director), Management Function (middle-management)
Learning Objectives:
- Learn how to evaluate the dynamic interplay between mind, body, and behavior.
- Examine professional development opportunities to grow and evolve wellness programming on college campuses.
- Discuss innovative program initiatives and implementation strategies to provide a whole-person approach to wellness for students and staff.
Do You Even Lift?
10:30 am-11:30 am • Rio Vista Salons A-D
Presented by: Liz Rosenberger, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
CEUs: 1 NIRSA CEU; 1 ACSM CEC
Core Competencies: Programming, Legal Liability & Risk Management
Target Audience: Management Function (middle-management), Direct Service Function (Specialist), Student (GA, Intern, Undergrad)
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the differences between power and Olympic lifting.
- Learn the safety and equipment concerns related to power and Olympic lifting.
- Create new programming centered around lifting.
Truly Inclusive Aquatics
10:30 am-11:30 am • Rio Vista Salons F-H
Presented by: Frances Caron, University of California, Riverside; Michelle Gable
CEUs: 1 NIRSA CEU; 0.1 AqP-Elective
Core Competencies: Facility Management, Planning & Design, Programming, Human Resource Management
Target Audience: Management Function (middle-management), Direct Service Function (Specialist)
Learning Objectives:
- Learn about the importance of providing adequate aquatic facilities to support programming geared towards disabled populations.
- Recognize the importance of providing adequate aquatic facilities to support programming geared towards special interest groups.
- Learn how specific design elements can affect the types of programming your facility can offer.
Finding the Benefits in “Other Duties Not-Assigned”
10:30 am-11:30 am • Santa Fe 3-4
Presented by: Leah Bank, California State University- Bakersfield; Trae Mathews, California State University- Bakersfield
CEUs: 1 NIRSA CEU
Core Competencies: Personal & Professional Qualities, Philosophy & Theory
Target Audience: Management Function (middle-management), Direct Service Function (Specialist)
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the importance of diversifying skillsets in the campus recreation field.
- By examining provided examples, identify personal characteristics to expand individual skillsets.
- Through discussion, expand personal and professional areas of growth and develop methods and tools for implementation.
Expo and Networking Lunch, Sponsored by Core Health & Fitness
11:30 am-1:30 pm • Pavilion
Renovating Your Facility to Meet the Ever Evolving Fitness Landscape–Sponsored by Mondo
1:45 pm-2:45 pm • Cabrillo Ballroom 1-2
Presented by: Micah Walters, Mondo America, Inc.; David Frock, CRSS, Clemson University; Jeff Huskey, University of California-Santa Barbara; Paul Joran, HOK
CEUs: 1 NIRSA CEU
Core Competencies: Facility Management, Planning & Design, Legal Liability & Risk Management, Business Management
Target Audience: Management Function (middle-management), Direct Service Function (Specialist)
Learning Objectives:
- Understand emerging fitness option needs within the collegiate market.
- Identify spaces within your facility that may be targets for renovation.
- Learn about trends in the fitness industry that will inform the design of a new facility space.
Virtual Fitness: Meeting Your Students Where They Are
1:45 pm-2:45 pm • Rio Vista Salon E
Presented by: Bethann Wittig, Rutgers University-New Brunswick
CEUs: 1 NIRSA CEU; 1 ACSM CEC
Core Competencies: Programming, Philosophy & Theory
Target Audience: Management Function (middle-management), Direct Service Function (Specialist)
Learning Objectives:
- Learn how to develop a culture of wellness beyond the walls of the recreation center through online platforms and resources.
- Identify at least two ways that a virtual fitness program can be engaging and interactive, and enhance student health and wellness.
- Increase campus awareness and knowledge of desired wellness guidelines and initiatives as well as awareness of the relevant recreational services that will improve the quality of student life.
Collaboration Across Campus: Make a Splash in Your Aquatics Programming!
1:45 pm-2:45 pm • Rio Vista Salons F-H
Presented by: Jessica Dehn, Syracuse University
CEUs: 1 NIRSA CEU; 0.1 AqP-Programming or Elective
Core Competencies: Programming
Target Audience: Direct Service Function (Specialist), Student (GA, Intern, Undergrad)
Learning Objectives:
- Identify opportunities for possible aquatic collaborative events on your campus.
- Be able to describe the steps that must be taken to host a successful event—from inception to completion.
Alert, Alert, Alert! Risk Management Training for Collegiate Recreation Staff
1:45 pm-2:45 pm • Santa Fe 3-4
Presented by: Chelsea Phipps, UNC Greensboro; Chris Baker, Kent State University; Tahlia Pate, Georgia Institute of Technology; Nicholas Weber, The University of Akron
CEUs: 1 NIRSA CEU; 0.1 AqP-Risk Management
Core Competencies: Legal Liability & Risk Management, Personal & Professional Qualities
Target Audience: Management Function (middle-management), Direct Service Function (Specialist)
Learning Objectives:
- Learn four different risk management models and gain ideas for implementing them at another facility.
- Understand the importance of preparing and empowering student employees to respond, and understand the value in involving them in the risk management planning process
- Identify different types of emergencies that may occur within a recreation facility as well as things to consider when training for them.
Toilet Talk: Bridging the Gap Between Laws and Reality
3:00 pm-4:00 pm • Cabrillo Ballroom 1-2
Presented by: Dana Lopez, East Carolina University
CEUs: 1 NIRSA CEU
Core Competencies: Facility Management, Planning & Design, Legal Liability & Risk Management, Programming
Target Audience: Executive & Strategy Function (Rec Dept. Director), Management Function (middle-management)
Learning Objectives:
- Identify campus partners that can be resources in creating an inclusive environment.
- Know what tools may be necessary to navigate inclusive discussions at a higher level.
Making YOUR Rec Sports More Inclusive
3:00 pm-4:00 pm • Rio Vista Salon E
Presented by: James Nash, Texas A & M University-College Station; Keith Joseph, Texas A & M University-College Station; Miranda Price, Texas A & M University-College Station
CEUs: 1 NIRSA CEU
Core Competencies: Philosophy & Theory, Programming, Facility Management, Planning & Design
Target Audience: Executive & Strategy Function (Rec Dept. Director), Management Function (middle-management), Direct Service Function (Specialist), Student (GA, Intern, Undergrad)
Learning Objectives:
- Gain a better understanding of the social identities that are a part of their university in order to create organizational goals for programs, services, and facilities.
- Learn how to develop and enhance your relationship with campus partners to create an atmosphere of inclusion.
- Discover how to create a reflection instrument to assist in making decisions to improve programming and reach audiences that normally wouldn’t consider using department facilities and programs.
Strategies for Longevity in the Fitness Industry for Managers, Trainers, and Instructors
3:00 pm-4:00 pm • Rio Vista Salons A-D
Presented by: Carolyn Erickson, Savvier Fitness
CEUs: 1 NIRSA CEU
Core Competencies: Programming, Personal & Professional Qualities, Business Management
Target Audience: Executive & Strategy Function (Rec Dept. Director), Management Function (middle-management), Student (GA, Intern, Undergrad)
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize the importance of working cohesively as a team and learn techniques that provide valuable insight into managing a successful team.
- Learn creative and unique ways to make the Fitness Industry your career for a lifetime.
Designing Aquatic Facilities to Meet the Future Needs of Campus Recreation
3:00 pm-4:00 pm • Rio Vista Salons F-H
Presented by: Arash Izadi, LPA, Inc.; Justin Caron, Aquatic Design Group; Jeffrey Schaub, LPA, Inc.
CEUs: 1 NIRSA CEU; 0.1 AqP-Elective
Core Competencies: Programming, Facility Management, Planning & Design, Research & Evaluation
Target Audience: Executive & Strategy Function (Rec Dept. Director), Management Function (middle-management)
Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to address the needs of multiple user facilities through guidelines and practiced methodologies as presented during the discussion.
- Understand the value and keys to leading—as opposed to dictating—a process for defining programmatic requirements that reflect the objectives of their user community.
- Innovate the best design options through a practical understanding of both development cost and construction cost.
Highs and Lows of Building Stuff: Three Capital Projects, Each with a Different Funding Source, at the University of Washington
3:00 pm-4:00 pm • Santa Fe 3-4
Presented by: Matt Newman, University of Washington- Seattle Campus
CEUs: 1 NIRSA CEU
Core Competencies: Facility Management, Planning & Design, Personal & Professional Qualities
Target Audience: Executive & Strategy Function (Rec Dept. Director), Management Function (middle-management)
Learning Objectives:
- Be able to identify the challenges associated with developing and executing capital projects, and be ready to move forward more confidently when planning their own renovation/construction projects.
- Be able to understand what’s involved with varied funding sources. In this case, the three models are student-fee, donor, and developer.
- Be able to be an even more helpful resource for colleagues within your departments and across campuses as related to larger-scale capital projects.
Triventure Mixer, Sponsored by PLAE
4:00 pm-5:30 pm • Pavilion
Technology Roundtable
8:00 am-8:30 am • Cabrillo Ballroom 1-2
Presented by: Dana Lopez, East Carolina University
Core Competencies: Business Management, Legal Liability & Risk Management, Facility Management, Planning & Design
Target Audience: Management Function (middle-management), Direct Service Function (Specialist), Student (GA, Intern, Undergrad)
Staff Development Roundtable
8:00 am-8:30 am • Rio Visa Salons F-H
Presented by: Michelle Rieger, Cleveland State University
Core Competencies: Human Resource Management, Personal & Professional Qualities
Target Audience: Management Function (middle-management)
Integrating the Dimensions of Wellness into Aquatics Roundtable
8:00 am-8:30 am • Rio Vista Salon E
Presented by: Cara Green, University of Houston
Core Competencies: Programming, Personal & Professional Qualities, Facility Management, Planning & Design
Target Audience: Management Function (middle-management), Direct Service Function (Specialist), Student (GA, Intern, Undergrad)
Adaptive Roundtable
8:00 am-8:30 am • Rio Vista Salons A-D
Presented by: Meagan Stachurski; Lynette Stupi, Towson University
Coffee Break, Sponsored by Matrix
8:30 am-8:50 am • Pavilion
Large Programs Roundtable
8:50 am-9:50 am • Rio Vista Salon E
Presented by: James Nash, Texas A & M University-College Station
Medium Programs Roundtable
8:50 am-9:50 am • Rio Vista Salons A-D
Presented by: Jacqueline Chavez, University of Colorado Denver
Small Programs Roundtable
8:50 am-9:50 am • Rio Vista Salons F-H
Fitness Roundtable
10:00 am-10:30 am • Cabrillo Ballroom 1-2
Presented by: Anna Taggart, Texas A&M University
Health & Wellbeing Roundtable
10:00 am-10:30 am • Rio Visa Salons F-H
Presented by: Steven Trotter, East Carolina University
Aquatics Roundtable
10:00 am-10:30 am • Rio Vista Salon E
Presented by: Frances Caron, University of California, Riverside
Facilities Roundtable
10:00 am-10:30 am • Rio Vista Salons A-D
Presented by: Ben Burnham, Boise State University
Grab & Go Lunches
10:30 am-10:45 am • Pavilion
Facility Tours Day 2
10:45 am-4:00 pm • Offsite
San Diego Walking Tour – The Embarcadero
noon-2:30 pm • Hotel Lobby