2017 NIRSA Annual Conference

What is NIRSA 2017?
The Premier Professional Development Event for Leaders in Collegiate Recreation
If your career is in any facet of campus recreation, this is your conference. Often referred to as the “NIRSA family reunion,” this is the premier annual event that brings 3,000 campus rec professionals together for networking, learning, collaborating, and growing.

Our mission: Through fundraising and stewardship efforts, the NIRSA Foundation strives to enhance the effectiveness of collegiate recreation by providing NIRSA members with meaningful opportunities for scholarship, research and professional development.

Founded in 1992, the NIRSA Foundation evolved out of a grassroots desire by members to give back to their NIRSA family. We live our mission through our four fields of interest: scholarship, research, leadership, and student officials’ development.

Because of the generosity of our donors, we deliver exceptional opportunities and resources to NIRSA members. We offer an increasing number of scholarships to various NIRSA educational events each year. We support NIRSA research initiatives such as the Institutional Data Set, publish the Recreational Sports Journal, and award research grants to members. We provide opportunities for volunteer leadership through the Board of Directors and multiple committees. We support the training of student officials at the annual National Championship Series Flag Football and Basketball tournaments.