Recreation Management
Service Learning Opportunities
Students in the Recreation Management Program engage in a number of community service activities each semester. Numerous Recreation Management classes require students to complete projects for various agencies.
Examples of projects are listed below:
Development and Maintenance:
students participate in hiking trail maintenance and clean-up on a regular basis.
Planning and Design:
students plan recreation areas and playgrounds that have led to the actual design and construction of a playgrounds at ASU and in the community.
Camp Management:
students plan and implement an overnight camping experience for students at local elementary schools.
Interpretive Methods:
students recently created an ?A Box in the Attic? program with a local elementary school. This unique program lets children explore a specific historical figure or topic using a set of guided experiential learning exercises.
Special Recreation:
students spend twenty hours working with persons with disabilities or youth at risk.
Leadership and Group Dynamics:
students work for 15 hours in a recreation leadership role with a variety of agencies.
Evaluation and Research:
students conduct survey research studies for area agencies.
Administration II:
students prepare grant proposals in consultation with agencies that can subsequently submit these proposals for funding.
Recreation Program Planning:
students to plan and implement recreation programs for a variety of community groups and agencies.
Other service learning opportunities include:
Project Recreation:
a student led volunteer program, in cooperation with Watauga Opportunities and Watauga High School, pairs ASU students with individuals with developmental disabilities who seek to engage in recreation activities in the community.
Recreation Management Association (RMA):
the student major service organization, is involved in a variety of service learning efforts. These include Project Recreation, Adopt-A-Highway, ASU Into the Streets, the Hunger Coalition, and the Watauga County Public Schools programs. The RMA also has raised funds to support the academic accreditation of the Recreation Management Program, and contributes funds to Belk Library for the purchase of periodicals on an annual basis.
