Making the Jump: Campus Rec Jobs Build Transferable Skills

I was first introduced to the field of campus recreation as an undergraduate college student. After finding myself dissatisfied with other part-time jobs, I started lifeguarding and teaching swimming lessons at Bowling Green State University’s (BGSU) Student Recreation Center. This is how I started my career in campus recreation. I quickly realized, even as a college student, how different it was from my other part-time jobs—including my previous experiences lifeguarding aquatic facilities.

The department that I worked for had an emphasis on this strange concept called “college student development” where they seemed to invest in our professional growth. Not only that, but there were these weird theories around the concept like Astin’s College Student Development Theory, Kuh’s Student Engagement Theory, Tinto’s Student Integration Model, and Chickering’s Seven Vectors of Development. I thought, who were these people and why have I not learned about these theories until now?

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