In the <a href="https://www.athleticbusiness.com/images/digitalissues/0919/#32">September 2019 issue</a> of <em>Athletic Business Magazine</em>, writer Michael Popke explores how campus recreation departments are engaging first-year students through targeted courses and orientation week and how participation in recreation contributes to student success and retention on campus. NIRSA members <a href="https://connect.nirsa.org/network/findamember/members/profile?UserKey=20452d79-e6c7-43fb-954c-8145d1150236">Jeremy Battjes</a>, EdD, Assistant Dean and UREC Director at the University of Arkansas and <a href="https://connect.nirsa.org/network/findamember/members/profile?UserKey=79852155-73c1-4844-86c4-ffcf628bf986">Armand Buzzelli</a>, PhD., Director of Campus Recreation at Robert Morris University share with AB Magazine how programming and resources offered by campus recreation departments are making positive and lasting impacts on students both in the classroom and in their personal lives.
<h2>Athletic Business is the preferred media partner of NIRSA</h2> Athletic Business has been associate member of NIRSA since 1997. More than 40,000 subscribers turn to the Athletic Business print publication and tens of thousands more turn to the AB website for award-winning editorial content, as well as to view products and services offered by leading companies. Athletic Business is a Preferred Media Partner of the Association. <div class="see-also">See related: “<a href="https://nirsa.net/2019/08/20/nirsa-athletic-business-search-for-next-generation-of-campus-rec-pros/">NIRSA and AB are searching for the next generation of campus rec pros</a>”</div> <div class="for-more-info"> <ul class="fa-ul"> <li><i class="fa-li fa fa-comments"></i> For more information, contact NIRSA Director of Communications, <a href="mailto:simon@nirsa.org">Simon Bravo</a>.</li> </ul> </div>
