By Cory Granholm
Every year on February 22, NIRSA members across the country celebrate National Recreational Sports & Fitness Day, a commemoration of NIRSA’s founding date. It’s an occasion to remember when Dr. William Wasson brought 20 intramural directors from 11 Historically Black Colleges and Universities together to share his research on collegiate recreation.
NIRSA members go all out every single year. They use Rec Day as a way to not only celebrate NIRSA and Dr. Wasson, but lifelong habits of health and wellbeing. Rec Day festivities get more and more elaborate—sometimes stretching on for a whole week—as enthusiastic NIRSA institutions and members promote fun activities like Zumba dance parties and games of flag football or soccer to get folks on their campuses moving. Check out the NIRSA Rec Day 2015 recap to see how members have marked the occasion in the past. And think about sending in a photo of you participating in a fun rec activity as a way to be part of Rec Day 2016 celebrations!
Throughout the month of February, NIRSA will be posting photos of members taking part is recreational sports and activities on the @nirsalive Instagram account. The Association wants to celebrate not only Rec Day 2016, but the many members who make NIRSA and the entire collegiate recreation field fantastic. So email your photos to NIRSA Communications Coordinator Nazifa Islam today!
For more information about National Recreational Sports & Fitness Day 2016, please contact NIRSA Creative Director Cory Granholm.
