2023 Architectural Showcase Digital Experience

Jun 19, 2023

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Scroll below for a look at the 43 spectacular new athletics, fitness and recreation facilities included in the 2023 Architectural Showcase.

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NIRSA Spotlights Campus Rec 'Rising Star': Sosie Kae Quarrie at Florida Atlantic U.

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Clayton Community Centre Design Captures Feel of Forest Canopy

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How NIRSA Is Helping Mitigate the Officials Shortage by Certifying Students

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NIRSA Spotlights Campus Rec 'Rising Star': Sosie Kae Quarrie at Florida Atlantic U.

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How Sports and Physical Activity Can Help Combat the Mental Health Crisis

Clayton Community Centre Design Captures Feel of Forest Canopy

Outside input usually encompasses what end-users desire in a new facility. In the case of Clayton Community Centre in Surrey, B.C., as much direction came in the form of what wasn’t wanted — namely a venue that would overshadow the site’s wooded...

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How NIRSA Is Helping Mitigate the Officials Shortage by Certifying Students

Kelsey Jones began officiating intramurals basketball as a freshman at the University of Central Florida in 2011. By her junior year, she was working junior college games, earning $125 for a few hours of work.

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NIRSA Spotlights Campus Rec 'Rising Star': Sosie Kae Quarrie at Florida Atlantic U.

Sosie Kae Quarrie now works at Florida Atlantic University, but her journey into a rising career in student affairs started when she was hired to work as a student staff member at Florida State University Campus Recreation in the spring of 2016...

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How Sports and Physical Activity Can Help Combat the Mental Health Crisis

The article serves as a call to action, advocating for greater recognition and utilization of physical activity as a tool to combat the growing mental health crisis...

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NIRSA Facility Feature: Texas A&M University Southside Rec Center

With more than 77,000 students, Texas A&M boasts the largest student body in the country. The Southside Rec Center was created to fill the demand for recreational sports and fitness opportunities which had outgrown the capacity of the existing facilities.

Watch: Tour James Madison University's Recreation Center

The recently renovated rec center at James Madison University is a multilevel fitness and wellness center with 278,515 square feet of activity space. The facility was nationally recognized by...

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Why Rec Centers Should Choose a Student-Focused Fitness Equipment Partner

In spring 2019, the Quinnipiac University Board of Trustees gave the green light for an exploration into an expansion of the school’s campus Recreation and Wellness Center. The resulting 60,000-square-foot expansion, which includes 15,000 square feet of..

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How Campus Recreation Departments Can Leverage Social Media for Marketing

Laura Gilham knows marketing. After all, she worked in the Office of Strategic Communications at Penn State University before moving into her role as assistant director of marketing for the university’s Campus Recreation department.

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2023 Facilities of Merit Winner: Clayton Community Centre

The Clayton Community Centre combines three aspects of community services in Surrey, B.C. — recreation, library and arts — in a seamlessly integrated facility. Shaped by extensive community engagement, the facility is a catalyst for active...

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How College Rec Programs Are Embracing Flag Football

No fewer than seven states sanction high school girls’ flag football, with at least one more (New York) joining the ranks in 2024. And roughly 20 states offer pilot programs in the sport.

2023 Facilities of Merit Winner: Churchill Meadows Community Centre & Mattamy Sports Park

Situated within a growing suburban neighborhood west of Toronto, the project converts a 50-acre agricultural field into richly textured parkland with a community center as its focus. The center’s simple yet dynamic mass is integrated with the sports and..

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Rec Center to Pay $450K to Repair Damaged Gym Floor

A Wyoming recreation center is looking at a hefty bill to replace a gymnasium floor that was damaged in a recent rain storm.

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