Recent Region III News
2024 State Workshop Schedule
WIRSA - October 2-4 - University of Wisconsin-Green Bay IRSA - October 3-4 - Ball State University MIRSA - October 17-18 - Grand Valley State University ORSA - October 23-25 - University of Dayton IIRSA - [...]
NIRSA Region 3 Basketball Championship (Purdue University)
Purdue University is proud to host a NIRSA Regional Basketball Tournament, “Hammer Down Hoops” the weekend of February 2nd-4th, 2024. Director and volunteer applications are now open, and we hope you consider applying to join [...]
Region 3 Basketball Officials Workshop
Workshop Overview The workshop will be held Saturday, January 20th through Sunday, January 21st on the Ohio University campus in Athens, Ohio. The workshop will be led by professional staff from other institutions that officiate high school and college basketball (JUCO, D3, [...]
2023 Region III State Workshop Round Up
Throughout the month of October, the state associations of Region III conducted their annual state workshops. Read on to see all the amazing work the members of our region are doing! MIRSA (Michigan): The 2023 [...]
A Tribute to Dr. James L. Wittenauer – A Campus Recreation Pioneer
By John Lentz Dr. James L. Wittenauer passed away on August 23rd in Fort Myers, FL at the age of 84. He was the director of Indiana State University’s Office of Recreational Sports for [...]
Recent NIRSA News
- SportsArt continues to inspire change on college campuses January 14, 2025SportsArt is excited for its Campus Challenge 2025—rewarding students and their universities with more than $145,000 in SportsArt ECO-POWR™ equipment prize packages, with a grand prize valued at $75,000 in honor of NIRSA’s 75th anniversary.
- Will Holsberry—Honor Award recipient and NIRSA’s first Executive Director—has passed away January 14, 2025With profound sadness, we share that Will Holsberry—Executive Secretary of the Association from 1973-1986, Executive Director from 1986-1997, and 1980 Honor Award recipient—passed away on Monday, January 6 at the age of 89.
- Optimize your rec facility’s marketing with Trooh Media January 7, 2025Come learn more about the Trooh Digital Media Towers on Tuesday, January 28 at the live web event "Get those Gains in Digital Signage: Increase both Engagement and Revenue without the Heavy Lifting."
- How an independent review can make your campus rec department better January 6, 2025In the January/February 2025 issue of Athletic Business Magazine, Michael Popke interviews a NIRSA member to share his experiences using the Program Review Collaborative (PRC) and a member from the PRC.
- New Members – December 2024 December 18, 2024Join 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 December 15, 2024.
