A concise guide for campus recreation professionals planning, renovating, or building recreation and wellness facilities. Covers key stages from feasibility and funding through design, construction, occupancy, and operations.

The Campus Recreation Salary Report 2026 is the profession's most current compensation benchmark, providing salary data across roles, regions, institution types, enrollment sizes, and program areas. Use it to evaluate compensation, support staffing decisions, and benchmark pay with confidence.

Discover how the University of Michigan and Michigan State University brought nearly half a million square feet of new recreation space to life in spring 2026 and the key lessons they learned along the way. Tune in to hear insights from campus leaders and a project architect that can inspire and inform your own planning and design efforts.

Learn what NIRSA member institutions are building in the field of collegiate recreation across campuses nationwide between the years of 2008 - 2020.

Check out Butler University's Promising Practices content from 2024.