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.