Celebrate Rec Day at NIRSA 2017
Rec Day 2017 is fast approaching and, this year, NIRSA members are fortunate enough to be able to celebrate NIRSA’s birthday with a couple thousand family members at NIRSA 2017 in National Harbor!
Oregon State celebrates a 100-year legacy of sport, leadership, and wellness
In 1916, formalized intramural programming at Oregon State University started. 2016 marked 100 years of collegiate recreation for OSU.
Celebrate Rec Day 2017 on your campus with a customizable T-shirt
NIRSA and Club Colors have teamed up to offer members and campuses the opportunity to purchase customized Rec Day 2017 T-shirts! T-shirts are available for order on the Rec Day page of the NIRSA website.
Southern University opens the Horace Wesley Moody, Sr. Intramural Sports Complex
The Horace Wesley Moody, Sr. Intramural Sports Complex is the first collegiate recreational sports facility named for a founding member of NIRSA.
100 Years of Recreational Sports at the University of Michigan
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 […]
Ohio State hosts a centennial honoring collegiate recreation
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, […]
Past president of NIRSA George W. Haniford passes away
Dr. George W. Haniford, the first recipient of the Association’s Honor Award, passed away on June 28, 2013.