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Welcome to the Director Download, powered by Campus Rec Magazine. 

It’s time to go behind the curtain of the director role and have honest discussions with leaders in the campus recreation industry.   

In this episode, host Grady Sheffield, the director of Campus Recreation at Towson University and the senior advisor to Campus Rec Magazine, gives you the listener real and authentic conversation between himself and special guest Maureen McGonagle, the director of Campus Recreation, CENTERS LLC at DePaul University.
McGonagle is a campus rec legend and walks listeners back to how she first entered the field. She discusses what CENTERS is and how it's impacted the industry.

Plus, McGonagle shares with Sheffield on what makes DePaul different and why she's been so involved in NIRSA, although she initially couldn't get elected to save her life.

Finally, with her impending retirement in July 2024, McGonagle reflects on the evolution of challenges as a director and how she wants to be remembered.

Enjoy their conversation.

Welcome to the Director Download, powered by Campus Rec Magazine. 

It’s time to go behind the curtain of the director role and have honest discussions with leaders in the campus recreation industry.   

In this episode, host Grady Sheffield, the director of Campus Recreation at Towson University and the senior advisor to Campus Rec Magazine, gives you the listener real and authentic conversation between himself and special guest Scott Haines, the director of campus recreation at SUNY Brockport.

Haines walks Sheffield through how he came to SUNY Brockport, which started with a question concerning hockey. With that — and a great first experience at NIRSA — he was sold on the industry.

Finding his footing in campus recreation, Haines details what has made him the most successful as a director, the two-percent of the job he doesn’t like and the one thing he was afraid of stepping into the role.

Finally, he shares on opening a new facility and why he doesn’t think you should delay.

Enjoy the conversation between Haines and Sheffield.

In this episode of the Campus Rec Magazine podcast, supplier voice edition, host Heather Hartmann, the editor of Campus Rec Magazine, sits down with Ruben Mejia, the executive vice president of SportsArt America.

Welcome to the Director Download, powered by Campus Rec Magazine. 

It’s time to go behind the curtain of the director role and have honest discussions with leaders in the campus recreation industry.   

In this episode, host Grady Sheffield, the director of Campus Recreation at Towson University and the senior advisor to Campus Rec Magazine, gives you the listener real and authentic conversation between himself and special guest Scott Flickinger, the director of Recreational Sports at SUNY Cortland.

Flickinger shares how he found his way to campus rec at SUNY Cortland. He had a challenging internship, a dual role at Cornell and a moment of bargaining over a cowboy hat with a legendary director along the way.

In addition, Flickinger shares what he’s learned as a director and the interpersonal skill that have helped him lead.

Enjoy the conversation between Sheffield and Flickinger as they discuss the director’s role and more.

Welcome to the Director Download, powered by Campus Rec Magazine.

It’s time to go behind the curtain of the director role and have honest discussions with leaders in the campus recreation industry.

In this episode, host Grady Sheffield, the director of Campus Recreation at Towson University and the senior advisor to Campus Rec Magazine, gives you the listener real and authentic conversation between himself and special guest Chris Arvin, the executive director of Indiana University (IU).

Arvin shares how he first came to IU and the special day he spent on campus. After grad school, he found himself working with folks in cardiac and pulmonary rehab at a small regional hospital. Over time and through other roles, he came to realize he loved working with students.

A job at IU came open in campus rec and Arvin applied. The rest, as they say, is history.

Arvin and Sheffield dive into Arvin’s time at IU and serving as the executive director. They look at the current facilities and staffing set-up, to sending all staff through the NIRSA for Recreation and Wellbeing course. Arvin also shares how he’s thriving in his role today and what he wants people to say about him when his role at IU is all said and done.

Enjoy the conversation that follows!

In this episode of the Campus Rec Magazine podcast, supplier voice edition, host Heather Hartmann, the editor of Campus Rec Magazine, sits down with Emily Parris, a senior associate at Sasaki.