Recent Region I News
2025 Region 1 Award of Merit Winner: Stephanie Smith
Congratulations to the 2025 Region 1 Award of Merit winner, Stephanie Smith! Stephanie currently serves as the Director of Recreation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Stephanie has had the unique opportunity to work her [...]
Region 1 Conference Committee Application is OPEN!
Our region is excited for a taste of New England this November for the Region 1 Conference, and maybe you are hoping to be a part of the planning. Well, wait no longer, because our [...]
The Maine Attraction: 2025 Region 1 Conference
Time to bring the Regional Conference announcement into port... more specifically Portland! We are thrilled to officially announce that the 2025 Region 1 Conference will be in Portland, Maine from November 17-19! The opportunity for [...]
Region 1 Updates: Back-To-School Edition!
Hey Region 1! Welcome back to another school year filled with excitement... and roughly 10,000 things to do in the span of seven days! We know you are putting in the time and effort to [...]
Recent NIRSA News
- Heart of the Series: Notes from the NIRSA Championship Series Committee Chair October 20, 2025Chair of the Champ Series Executive Team Stephanie Calhoun shares her passion for campus rec and what she believes the "heart of the Series" is all about: it's the people.
- New Members – October 2025 October 20, 2025Join us in welcoming our new professional, student, institutional, and associate members who are now part of the NIRSA community. The following members joined NIRSA as of October 15, 2024.
- Federal and state policy and legislative updates October 20, 2025As an association, NIRSA strives to monitor and track policy and legislative issues with the potential to impact our members or the campus communities they serve; see the Active Policy Solutions updates from September 16.
- Announcing NIRSA’s Wellbeing Collaborative, in partnership with Wellfleet October 16, 2025NIRSA is excited to introduce the NIRSA Wellbeing Collaborative, in partnership with Wellfleet—a year-long, high-impact initiative that supports campus recreation departments in embedding wellbeing into their culture, operations, and strategy.
- #AwardSZN: Notes from the NIRSA Member Network October 7, 2025#AwardSZN starts with you, and the Member Network hopes you take advantage of the opportunity to let those that you work with know that you SEE them and that you value their contributions.
