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Take a look at the athletic spaces on campus at Calvin University in Grand Rapids, Mich.

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The City of Syracuse Found a Brighter Solution by 'NOT BUYING' Sports Lighting

The City of Syracuse Found a Brighter Solution by 'NOT BUYING' Sports Lighting

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NIRSA Rec Center: Anticipation Builds For The New NIRSA Club Flag League, in Partnership With NFL

NIRSA Rec Center: Those Who Came Before Us

NIRSA Rec Center: Insights From Two Michigan Schools Opening New Facilities

Your Campus Recreation Summer Checklist Begins Here

If practice makes perfect, then summer creates success. That’s the motto Jennifer Jones adheres to every year around this time.

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The City of Syracuse Found a Brighter Solution by 'NOT BUYING' Sports Lighting

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When officials from the City of Syracuse surveyed their recreation and athletics facilities last spring, they saw more shadows than light. Across outdoor fields, multipurpose surfaces and indoor gymnasiums, aging metal-halide fixtures flickered, buzzed and frequently failed.

The City of Syracuse Found a Brighter Solution by 'NOT BUYING' Sports Lighting

NIRSA Rec Center: Anticipation Builds For The New NIRSA Club Flag League, in Partnership With NFL

NIRSA member schools are already getting excited to compete in the inaugural NIRSA Flag Football League.

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NIRSA Rec Center: Those Who Came Before Us

If you spend enough time around the NIRSA Championship Series, you start to realize something: the people are The Series. They are the embodiment of early mornings on the fields and courts.

NIRSA Rec Center: Insights From Two Michigan Schools Opening New Facilities

NIRSA connected with leading professionals at these two member institutions to see what advice they could share with colleagues who are considering or pursuing facility construction projects on their campuses.

NIRSA Updates Website to Meet Changing Needs of Members

With a history dating back more than 75 years, NIRSA — like most associations serving any industry for that long — has responded to members’ changing needs at numerous times throughout its evolution.

NIRSA Rec Center: NIRSA and ACUI are Teaming Up for a Joint Conference in 2028

Happening April 4-7, 2028, in Milwaukee, Wis., this exciting collaboration will bring together professionals and students from two of the most influential contributors to today’s college student experience.

BRS Designers Turn Mideast Inspiration Into Multitasking Carved-Wood Panels at The Well

By their very nature, community centers strive to be welcoming in both design and function. One signature feature of The Well, opened last September in Hilliard, Ohio, seeks to make the 111,000-square-foot recreation and wellness facility feel particularly homey for the greater Columbus area’s growing Muslim population.

NIRSA Rec Center: Wellbeing Briefing Explores Staff Wellbeing

The Wellbeing Briefing Work Group of NIRSA’s Health & Wellbeing Task Force recently shared the latest issue of the Wellbeing Briefing.

NIRSA Rec Center: Co-Ed Intramural Sports in the Modern Era of Gender Expression

Each year as we come together to train our student staff here at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, I’m confronted with the same contradiction we wrestled...

How NIRSA’s New Championship Series is Promoting Women’s Flag Football

In January, 34 flag football teams — including nine women’s teams — competed in the 2025 NIRSA National Flag Football Championships at Rice University.

Photo of the 2025 NIRSA Flag Football Championships at Rice University by Connor Haines courtesy of Georgia Southern University

Collegiate Recreation as the Third Place

With inclusive and impactful programs and services, collegiate recreation departments across the country are uniquely positioned to be a strategic asset for student success.

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NIRSA Rec Center: Jerrod Jackson is the 2025 Sarah Fain Distinguished Service Award Recipient

The NIRSA Championship Series is proud to announce Jerrod Jackson, director of MizzouRec Services & Facilities, as the 2026 recipient of the Sarah Fain Distinguished Service Award.

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