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Sep 30, 2015

NC State University Participates in Exercise Is Medicine-On Campus Month

October is Exercise is Medicine on Campus (EIM-OC) month, a global health initiative, which is promoted by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). EIM-OC Month celebrates EIM among colleges and universities, promoting physical activity and celebrating the EIM movement across campus. EIM-OC is designed to engage universities and colleges, their students, faculty, and staff… 

Sep 18, 2015

NC State University Participates in #HealthyCampusWeek

Next week, September 21 to September 25, is the Healthy Campus Week, a national initiative, which is promoted by Partnership for a Healthier America, (PHA). Throughout the week University Recreation and University Dining will be sponsoring events all around campus to promote the Healthy Campus Initiative through PHA’s social media challenge. These events will encourage students… 

Aug 6, 2015

University Recreation Brings in the Academic Year with Wolfpack Welcome Week Events

University Recreation will be hosting 14 events during Wolfpack Welcome Week, August 16 until August 21. Among those events is the annual RecFest which is being held at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, August 16 at Miller Fields. RecFest is one of the largest events on-campus that offers free food, giveaways, and entertainment. The inaugural Moonlight Howl… 

May 1, 2015

University Recreation Employee Selected as 2015 Spring Commencement Speaker

University Recreation is proud to say that one of our own will be the Spring Commencement speaker for the 2015 graduation. Lela Johnston has been with University Recreation for most of her collegiate career. Starting as a Facility Assistant, she has moved up to be a Facility Operations Program Assistant. Lela Johnston is a senior… 

Apr 13, 2015

NIRSA Basketball Tournament to be held at NC State

NC State University Recreation will be hosting the 13th Annual NIRSA National Basketball Championship Friday, April 17 to Sunday, April 19. In the eighth and final year of NC State hosting the tournament, more than 96 teams are participating. There are 24 men’s intramural teams, 12 women’s intramural teams, 32 men’s club teams, and 28 women’s club… 

Mar 26, 2015

Annual Service Day at Lake Raleigh

On Friday, March 20, University Recreation staff participated in the department’s annual Service Day to clean up Lake Raleigh. There were three clean up crews made up of professional and student staff; two walking on the greenway of the lake and one in a canoe to get to the harder to reach areas along the… 

Mar 19, 2015

The Obesity Epidemic in America

In a study formulated by the Public Health Organization, the plethora of different reasons to why Americans are overweight are entailed. Reasons such as the bigger portions of meals, the misunderstanding of what nutrition is, and general inactivity are specifically highlighted. The data in the study derives from organizations such as the United States Department… 

Mar 6, 2015

Men’s Club Basketball Holds Charity Tournament

The Men’s Club Basketball Team organized Dunking For Deah, a 3-on-3 tournament in honor of former NC State students Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha and Razan Abu-Salha on February 27. Ben Simons, the Club President hopes to see this tournament occur annually and thought the tournament overall was a success. “When hearing the tragic news of the…