By Kristy Caldwell, Texas State University; Annette Livas, University of Texas Pan American; and Kathy Obuszewski, Case Western Reserve University
In October of 2013, the NIRSA Board of Directors populated the Strategic Values Commission with a diverse array of members who had an interest in global views and impacts. Additionally, NIRSA’s current Strategic Plan has […]
The Association has identified equity, diversity, and inclusion as a strategic value of the collegiate recreation profession. So it is with great pride that NIRSA’s volunteer leadership and the NIRSA Championship Series Committee announce recently-adopted updates to the participation guidelines and policies of the NIRSA Championship Series tournaments.
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 […]
The Horace Wesley Moody, Sr. Intramural Sports Complex is the first collegiate recreational sports facility named for a founding member of NIRSA.
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
As one of the Association’s Strategic Values, integral to the fabric of the newly adopted Strategic Plan, promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion is an essential component of inspiring healthy people and healthy communities.
When it comes down […]
