“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” — Howard Thurman
“At one time,” Jeremy Battjes says, “I was set on becoming an elementary school teacher, with recreation and fitness being a fun thing […]
Our Association thrives through the people who push it forward, cultivate the ideas that help it flourish, mentor and advise fellow members, and continually invest the time, talent, and resources needed to help it sustain and grow. “The thing that has always stood out about NIRSA is the people,” says Stefani Plummer, Director of the […]
By Erin O’Sullivan | December 6, 2013
In addition to living our collegiate recreation values of health and wellbeing, as members of the higher education community, we have other values to live too—chiefly, a commitment to continued and sustained learning.
Wallace Eddy, Associate Director in the Department of Campus Recreation Services at the University of Maryland, knows […]
The Horace Wesley Moody, Sr. Intramural Sports Complex is the first collegiate recreational sports facility named for a founding member of NIRSA.
A lot has happened since the University of Michigan formed their department of recreational sports in 1913, and, in the past 100 years, many innovations—VHS tapes, 8-tracks, CDs, and floppy disks, to name a few—have come and gone. However, though Michigan’s Rec Sports has changed and developed in the past century, it always remained committed […]
1913 was a busy and influential year in athletics: the United States Football Association, now US Soccer, was formed; an amateur golfer won the US Open for the first time; and, more specifically to the field of recreation, The Ohio State University Department of Recreational Sports was founded on December 12, 1913, offering soccer, football, […]
Supporting the people who give of their time and resources to help ensure lifelong habits of wellbeing are fostered in the communities they serve is what NIRSA and the NIRSA Foundation are all about. One of the concrete ways the NIRSA Foundation fosters those students and professionals who lead the charge in the world of […]
As NIRSA members, we’re always in motion—and not just literally. In pursuing our vision to inspire healthy people and healthy communities, we’re constantly moving, changing, and re-shaping to keep up with the dynamic and diverse needs of today’s collegiate students.
At the University […]
It is no secret that NIRSA continues to grow and thrive because of the dedication, energy, and investment of its student and professional members—people who give of their time and resources to help ensure lifelong habits of wellbeing are fostered in the students they serve. The NIRSA Foundation recognizes this and contributes to the education […]
Dr. George W. Haniford, the first recipient of the Association’s Honor Award, passed away on June 28, 2013.
