NIRSA and the Certification Consortium invite you to an exclusive member-only webinar where we will explore the value of Student Affairs Educator Certification. Join us as we provide a detailed update on the program’s progress over its first 1.5 years as well as findings from the recent Certified Student Affairs Educator (CSAEd) Census, showcasing its impact, benefits realized by CSAEd student affairs professionals, and areas for improvement. This webinar will highlight the significant value that certification brings to student affairs professionals and resources to support you and your staff through certification.

NIRSA Award nominations are now open, and we will be going over more specifics on the Outstanding Facility Award, Creative Excellence Award, and the Campus Rec Innovative Programming Award. We will discuss how the nominating process works and there will be time for a Q&A with some of the 2023 and 2024 award recipients.

Learn about the many leadership opportunities available at NIRSA!

This three-part webinar series is designed by CSAEd-CR certified NIRSA members to provide their best tips and tricks for studying for the certification exam. We’ll dive into specific competency areas that you’ll need to understand to prepare for the examination and provide some study resources that other certificants found useful. Additionally, you’ll gain access to an exclusive NIRSA Connect community where you can connect with peers who are also seeking certification, form study groups, and share new resources. These webinars will be live and recorded. If you are interested in joining in the live Q&A with current certificants, you must register at least 24 hours before the scheduled webinar. Otherwise, you will still have access to the webinar, but you will need to utilize the connect community for your questions.

Leaders from the NIRSA Board, NSC Board, NIRSA Foundation Board as well as the Member Network, Assembly, and NIRSA Executive Director will share accomplishments from 2023 and priorities for 2024 that advance NIRSA’s strategic plan and deliver value to members.

Wellbeing is all the buzz in higher education right now and it seems everyone is striving to be part of it. But what does wellbeing actually mean? How does it show up in the work of campus recreation? How does recreation’s work impact campus wellbeing? Whether you’re a director or a coordinator, whether you’ve been in the field for decades or are just starting your recreation career, whether your department has long been a part of campus wellbeing efforts or you’re just starting out, there is so much to learn in this dynamic and ever-evolving area. Recreation for Wellbeing guides participants through understanding the foundations of wellbeing, why wellbeing is critical to and inherent in all areas of campus recreation, how to understand the landscape of wellbeing on your campus, and how to advocate for wellbeing on and beyond your campus. As a result of participating in the Recreation for Wellbeing course, participants will be able to advocate recreation’s impact on wellbeing for the campus community, and they will leave the course with an action plan in mind so they can immediately put their learnings into practice and further foster wellbeing within their department and campus. Join for 8 weeks of study, dialogue, critical examination, and growth; we’re always stronger when we move forward together.

Curious to learn more about the many opportunities to volunteer with NIRSA, NIRSA Foundation and NIRSA Champ Series? Come join current and former volunteers as they share their experiences about volunteering on committees and work teams. You will learn about the upcoming opportunities available for the 2024-2025 leadership year. Information will be shared about time commitments and workload involved, as well as the experience and networks you can gain by volunteering on a committee or work team!

NIRSA is offering a webinar series to assist with CSAEd-CR exam preparation for members who are interested in their certification. We will be offering an informational session to begin with, free to all NIRSA members that covers basic information about the process with an opportunity for attendees to ask current certificants questions about their experience. Following the first informational session, we will offer 3 more in-depth webinar sessions covering various aspects of the core exam and Campus Recreation Specialty section.

Join us to learn why students should apply for the Student Leadership Team (SLT), what it is, and how we can be a resource to students.

While collegiate recreation projects are major undertakings, their success often traces back to subtle details or nuanced decisions that end up defining a project. It’s important for recreation and university leadership to understand these details, so they don’t regret them years down the line. Nobody wants to overlook a detail and be left thinking, “I wish we’d known that then.” This webinar will give recreation leaders the information they need to make the most of the details, to seize key decisions large and small, and create longstanding successful projects on their campus. For new build and renovation projects alike, details make the difference, and this session will empower attendees to better conquer them moving forward. This webinar will speak to recreation professionals at every level.