Facility Development
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12 Tips for Preparing Your Upcoming Budget
Programming, marketing and facility management are all critical components of campus recreation, but it costs money to execute most anything. “Budget planning is a balance...
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Why You Should Know Conversion Metrics
More and more, operators are moving away from emphasizing website-only metrics like page views and unique visitors to measure their site’s performance. For many, conversion...
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Engaging Students Through Fitness Floor Layout
Designing your recreation facility doesn’t end with just the ceiling, floors and walls. You have to take into account your fitness floor layout and the...
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Kansas State Completes Performance Zones Project
Back in September, we published a story about an ambitious project underway at Kansas State University. The school’s campus rec department decided to convert its...
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Lessons Learned from the Top 10 Most Read Stories
Sometimes, the best and truest words have already been spoken. The same is certainly true for this website — we’ve had the pleasure of speaking...
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The Greatest Thing in Bowling Green
When Stephen Kampf called the former director of campus recreation at Westchester University, Steve Gambino, neither could have guessed a 25-year friendship would ensue. “From that...
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Creating Space
Back in May, Georgia State University began a renovation project of its recreation center. The renovations were centered on the free weight area and squash...
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Come One, Come All
For most campus recreation professionals, lowering the barrier to fitness for as many students as possible is the ultimate goal. Professionals around the U.S. are finding...
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The Experience: It Starts and Ends at the Control Desk
The campus recreation center has always been intended to be a welcoming place for all students. As schools strive to improve inclusiveness for an increasingly...
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Longwood University Opens the Midtown Fitness Performance Center
Providing what students need and ask for is a basic requirement of a campus recreation department. Longwood University, tucked away in Farmville, Virginia, has taken...
