Collegiate Recreation

May 2, 2018

An Inside Look On Champ Week

Champ week, one of the busiest times for Sports Programs, has been completed for the spring 2018 season. From Sunday, April 22 to Friday, April 27, a total of nine championship games were played for a variety of intramural sports, such as  basketball, 11-on-11 soccer and softball. Champ week is typically held during the last… 

Jan 10, 2018

Applewhite Honored as Wasson Award Recipient

NC State University Recreation is proud to announce that senior Derrick Applewhite has been named a recipient of the NIRSA William N. Wasson Student Leadership & Academic Award presented to outstanding undergraduate and graduate students working in collegiate recreation across the country. Derrick began his UREC career as a flag football official during the fall semester… 

Nov 30, 2017

Think you’ve got what it takes?

NC State students are a lot of things. Smart, determined, hard-working and when it comes down to it, competitive. Semester after semester, year after year, as classes graduate and teams change, there is one thing that always remains. The competitive nature of NC State Students. There is no better way this competitiveness is highlighted than through intramural… 

Apr 11, 2017

Life-Sized Mario Kart Proves to be a Success

On Friday, March 24, Stafford Commons was crowded with students eager to participate in Life-Sized Mario Kart. With the video game’s soundtrack playing on the speakers and participants in vibrant colored boxes lined up on the race track, it was a hard sight to ignore. There  were a multitude of people gathered around the racetrack… 

Apr 7, 2017

Group Fitness Classes See a Large Turnout for Ladies Night

Walking into the gym can be intimidating; with several buildings to workout in and a variety of machines to use, it can be overwhelming and difficult to decide what to do. This is an issue for both men and women on campus, but the perception is that women are the ones who shy away more… 

Sep 1, 2015

Rec Sports Master Plan Outlines Future Enhancements

University Recreation has provided an update to the Comprehensive Rec Sports Master Plan. This plan was developed in the Fall of 2010 to meet the recreational and fitness needs of the NC State University community for the next 20 years and beyond. The current Rec Sports Master Plan includes 8 projects with comprehensive financial modeling. Along… 

Apr 17, 2015

NCAA Official kickstarts National Basketball Tournament

Doug Shows, an NCAA Division I official, delivered a keynote address to more than 150 collegiate recreation professionals and students on Thursday, April 16, as part of the NIRSA National Basketball Tournament banquet, held in Vaughn Towers at Carter-Finley Stadium. In his keynote, Shows recalled his journey into the officiating world, which began at the…