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NIRSA News features a wide range of topics, highlighting thought leadership, member spotlights, and leaders in the field.

  • NIRSA Bylaws - Upcoming Vote

    Members can vote on proposed bylaws amendments in early March

  • NIRSA Foundation Golf Tournament logo with dates and location - National Golf Club, Fort Washington, MD, April 7, 2026

    Start making plans to support the future of campus rec in National Harbor

  • Heart of the Series: Notes from the NIRSA Championship Series Committee Chair

    Heart of the Series: The work behind the work teams

  • Looking back at the 2025 NIRSA National Soccer Championships

    Looking back at the 2025 NIRSA National Soccer Championships

Featured News Articles

The pace of campus recreation is fast. Take a minute to slow down with one of our feature articles.

  • NIRSA Facility Feature: McMaster University Pulse Fitness Centre and The Hub

    NIRSA Facility Feature: McMaster University Pulse Fitness Centre and The Hub

  • Register today for the 2026 NIRSA + IDEA World Conference & Expo

    Register for the 2026 NIRSA + IDEA® World Conference & Expo

  • Herman Williams—former NIRSA leader and co-founder of the ERSL Conference—has passed away

    Herman Williams—former NIRSA leader and co-founder of the ERSL Conference—has passed away

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The NIRSA Know, NIRSA’s official newsletter, is the best place to find the most recent news on NIRSA activities, thought leadership, and member spotlights.

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Policy & Legislative News Updates

The Association monitors the policy and legislative issues that might impact our members or the campus communities they serve.

Write for NIRSA

Have an idea for an article? Tell us about it! Send us an email outlining your idea and a proposed timetable and we’ll follow up with more information.

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Submit Associate Member & Company updates

Associate member contacts are invited to submit proposals for member spotlights, commentary & views, or program/initiative features via the standard “pitch us your ideas” process that’s available to all members.

Associate Member Press Releases

We also invite associate members to share relevant updates about their companies with NIRSA member professionals, students, and schools. Press releases from associate member companies that have been tailored for the campus recreation audience can be submitted for NIRSA news publication consideration provided it meets the following guidelines:

  • Your message is not a solicitation
    News updates must be informational in nature (e.g., our company is changing names, or a member of our company was just recognized with a prestigious award, etc.). Submissions that contain promotional copy constructed to influence rather than inform the NIRSA audience will not be considered for publication. Promotional opportunities are reserved for sponsored content.
  • Your message provides useful information for the NIRSA audience
    Determination of whether a content submission is suitable for the NIRSA news platform or not is at the discretion of NIRSA content editors.
  • Your message has been formatted for NIRSA publication
    NIRSA’s associate member news submission guidelines are detailed below.

Submission process

To submit content for consideration, please email a draft of your article and any graphical assets to the NIRSA Director of Communications using the subject line “Associate Member News – Content for Consideration.”

Before submitting, please verify that the draft article is free from any solicitation language.

Draft submissions should include the following elements:

  • A proposed title
  • A byline that includes the name of the attributed author, the individual’s professional title, and company affiliation
  • A clear reference to the primary audience (e.g., “Fitness instructors working on college campuses will know…,” “Campus rec professionals will want to know…,” “Intramural coordinators will want to take advantage of this free opportunity…,”)
  • All relevant hyperlinks and attachments of additional materials, if applicable
  • A human point of contact that NIRSA members can reach out to for more information

Additional considerations

Increase your chances for publication by connecting your news article to NIRSA valuesmembersevents, or initiatives.

You may also submit web-quality images or graphics (provided you are the copyright holder) for consideration to be paired with the news article. Images should be at least 1200 pixels wide.

Terms & Conditions

In submitting your article to NIRSA, you give NIRSA the exclusive right to publish and to syndicate—directly or through others—the article in any form. You authorize NIRSA the nonexclusive and irrevocable license in perpetuity to republish the article in print, online, through syndication, or in any other form, manner, format, or medium, whether now known or hereafter developed, throughout the world and in any language. You also authorize NIRSA to include the article in electronic archives and databases, whether maintained by NIRSA or by third parties. Thirty days after the initial publication on the NIRSA website, you retain the right to republish the article anywhere else you choose; however, republication of the article should acknowledge the original NIRSA source.

In submitting the article, you warrant that it is original, that all the facts contained therein are true and accurate, that it does not infringe another’s copyright or proprietary rights and does not violate any person’s right of privacy, and that the article has not appeared in any other publication in whole or in part.

You will be deemed to have accepted these terms upon submission of your article and/or upon signing off on the final version of the draft.

The above terms and conditions are subject to change so please review this page on occasion.

Sponsored content

Sponsored content is editorial content provided by NIRSA’s corporate partners. Sponsored content features are paid opportunities for our partners to share their experience or expertise in greater detail than a traditional digital advertisement.