RECR 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Child Care, Quilting, Team Building

• School: Chico State University
• Department: Recreation and Parks Management
• Course: RECR 200
• Professor: Brett Eldridge

Document Summary

Campus rec: provides facilities/activities, size varies, enhance ed. Promote wellness/encourage lifelong skills/pos. attitudes thru activity: participant base students, faculty, staff. History of campus rec: tradition of on-campus play, 1st intramural dptmnts in 1913. University of michigan/ohio state university: wwii gi bill more students campus rec growth, national intramural-rec sports ass. Benefits of campus rec: 75% of college students partic. in campus rec programs, recruitment/retention of students, academic success (gpa, sense of belonging, health/wellness, reduced stress. Trends in campus rec: facilities: spending on improving/building facilities. Av. project expenditure %13. 2 mil: programming: matching comm. fitness facilities. Career opportunities: typically begin w/employment @ rec center, grad. Intramural sports: club sports, rec centers, phys. ed. classes/programs, adventure rec, travel, events/entertainment. Facilities/programs: clubs/greek orgs, residence-based, food service. Correctional rec: can expose inmates to more socially acceptable means of spending their free time, can instill appropriate outlets for expression, nevertheless, many do not support correctional rec.