It is with great sadness that we share the news that Hazel Varner, 2001 NIRSA Honor Award recipient, passed away on October 1; she was born Hazel Smith in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1929. Hazel joined NIRSA in 1971 soon after the Association amended its constitution to readmit women members. She was a tireless champion for […]
By Steve Nakata, Washington State University’s Administrative Services
When Washington State University opened the doors to its Student Recreation Center (SRC) in 2001, students were in awe of the state-of-the-art $40-million facility. It quickly became the hot spot on campus. Fast forward 14 years and it’s still one of the most heavily-used buildings at WSU.
What keeps […]
By Nazifa Islam
Jeff Ryder began working in collegiate recreation his freshman year at Rutgers University where his very first job as an undergraduate student was as an intramural floor hockey official. “I love hockey,” he says, “so I thought I would give it a try.” Fortunately, he ended up really enjoying his first season […]
John Washo has been working in recreation centers since he was just 12 years old. He started out as a scorekeeper for men’s league games and an official for third grade soccer and basketball games at his community recreation facility. His work in recreation continued throughout high school—he worked just about every position at the […]
By Nazifa Islam
Megan Feasel’s passion for the collegiate recreation profession was kindled as an undergraduate at Wright State University. For four years, she was a Student Facility Assistant; that’s “where it all started,” she says, “cleaning treadmills, selling memberships, swiping ID cards.” She soon discovered that she “absolutely loved working in the recreation center,” […]
By Erin O’Sullivan | July 14, 2014
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Wendy Windsor, Associate Director of Programs and Outreach at Louisiana State University, has followed a career path dedicated to student service and developing young adults beyond the classroom walls. A key part of what drew […]
The NIRSA Honor Award Committee is excited to announce the posthumous selection of Mark Fletcher as the recipient of the 2014 NIRSA Honor Award. Mark had been a member of NIRSA since 1977 and was passionately involved in […]
By Erin O’Sullivan | December 6, 2013
In addition to living our collegiate recreation values of health and wellbeing, as members of the higher education community, we have other values to live too—chiefly, a commitment to continued and sustained learning.
Wallace Eddy, Associate Director in the Department of Campus Recreation Services at the University of Maryland, knows […]
The Horace Wesley Moody, Sr. Intramural Sports Complex is the first collegiate recreational sports facility named for a founding member of NIRSA.
As NIRSA members, we’re always in motion—and not just literally. In pursuing our vision to inspire healthy people and healthy communities, we’re constantly moving, changing, and re-shaping to keep up with the dynamic and diverse needs of today’s collegiate students.
At the University […]
