Archive
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Adaptive Fitness – How to Serve Patrons with Special Needs
In order for their entire campus community to benefit from the rec center, Portland State University (PSU) goes above and beyond to serve patrons with...
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Top Reasons for Hiring a Social Media Manager
Social media is a hugely powerful tool. It’s evolved into a “can’t live without” element for businesses as well as universities. This tool allows campus...
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Rec Your Stress: Addressing the Mental Health Crisis
At Idaho State University, the campus rec department partnered with the counseling and testing center to create the Rec Your Stress program, designed to help...
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Professional and Organizational Maturity Part Three: The Five Levels of Maturity
This is Part Three of a three part series on professional and organizational maturity in the field of campus recreation by Grady Sheffield. It’s based on a...
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The Priority Health Fitness Court at Oakland University
For several years, Oakland University recreation and well-being has strived to advance the culture of health and well-being on their campus. Recently, the opening of...
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Navigating Wellness Partnerships
“I recently accepted a job doing wellness work for an academic college.” The response I’ve received is typically a confused face. That is typically the...
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Revisiting Policies: Rec Room Attire
Just as cell phone policies in campus rec have been changing over the years, so has workout attire. It’s important to revisit these policies to...
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The Elements of Well-Being: Social
This is Part Two of a five part series on the elements of well-being by Steven Trotter. Read Part One here. One of the questions...
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Rethinking Cell Phone Policies
Cell phone policies in campus rec centers have been changing since the evolution of camera phones. With the ability to call, text, play music and...
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How You Might be Failing in Training Employees
My oldest son recently transferred to Oklahoma State University, where I currently work as an associate director for the department of wellness. He was having...
