NIRSA is honored to announce that Dr. Jacob Tingle, . Director of Sport Management at Trinity University as the 2025 recipient of the prestigious Sarah Fain Distinguished Service Award.
Each year, NIRSA members recognize their peers for outstanding work and significant impacts on campus rec. NIRSA bestows awards upon individuals, facilities, and programs that exemplify the best that the field has to offer.
The NIRSA Foundation Board of Directors is excited to announce Michael ‘Mick’ Deluca, Associate Vice Chancellor of Campus Life at UCLA, as the 2025 NIRSA Foundation Leadership Award recipient.
This unique conference empowers young minority students with the skills and knowledge that lay the foundation to building meaningful careers in the field of collegiate recreation. The ERSL Conference encourages diversity in our association in an effort to better reflect the populations and demographics that NIRSA members serve.
NIRSA student members vote annually, via electronic elections, to fill positions on the NIRSA Student Leadership Team. All NIRSA student members whose membership is current as of 8AM Pacific on March 3, 2025 are eligible to vote. Members will receive ballots via email. • Contact: Natasha Fischer (natasha.fischer@nirsa.org)
The Student Leadership Team (SLT) is welcoming all students to a roundtable about campus recreation and student opportunities with NIRSA. Discover more about what it looks like to volunteer for the association. The SLT will also be talking about their own experiences on the team and why they chose to get involved. Come learn about how getting active early in leadership can help your career!
NIRSA institutional and individual memberships will increase by 3% on Monday, July 1.
Congratulations to all this year’s NIRSA award recipients, true leaders in collegiate recreation!
The NIRSA Foundation Board is excited to announce and spotlight our 2024 NIRSA Foundation Leadership Award recipient, Brent Harrison, Senior Associate Director at University of Oregon.
Campus Recreation Essentials: Student Staff Training and Development is a recent addition to the Campus Rec Essentials library. Hear from three of the book's authors about the value in this book for campus rec professionals.
