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Department News
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Community and Therapeutic Rec Alum Addresses Quality of Life as a Right
As a leader, you don’t always have to conform to structures. You can shape them. You can change systems.
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UNCG Student Sparks Fifth-Graders’ Interest in College and Recreational Therapy
UNCG undergraduate student Bethany Allen always loved working with children. The Community and Therapeutic Recreation major recently found a calling working with fifth-graders at Jones Elementary School in Greensboro for a project with her HHS Student Leadership Program class.
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Community and Therapeutic Recreation Grads Show Diversity of Profession
Alumni of UNCG’s Department of Community and Therapeutic Recreation have found their way in a variety of careers that enhance communities, from working in non-profits to planning events, teaching, or improving a person’s quality of life.
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Professor Studies Homelessness in Public Parks
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Spartan Athletes Play And Find Their Way
At UNC Greensboro, many students land here because of athletics. Some are offered scholarships, while others choose UNCG because they can walk-on to a team and continue to play a sport they love.
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Cool Majors: Recreation and Parks Management
The recreation and parks management major is perfect for students who want to promote wellness. “Our lens is studying and delivering recreation services through a developmental and health-oriented approach to create a positive quality of life,” says Department Chair Benjamin Hickerson.
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Departments Partner to Create Sensory Room Article
The room was originally meant to be a temporary space in the Center for Community Engaged Design – an interdisciplinary research center through IARc that focuses on research and design of both built and natural environments. But when the Department of Community and Therapeutic Recreation (CTR) said they had an empty office in Ferguson for…
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UNCG Supports Folk Fest with Research, Artists, and Fans
A music festival is a big investment for a city. Greensboro spends a quarter of a million dollars in cash and in-kind services at its annual North Carolina Folk Festival. City officials and sponsors – which include UNC Greensboro – all want to know that a big undertaking is worth the money, the manpower, and the…
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Celebrate the Trail to Recovery Commemorates 500th Hike
“The hiking program continues to be a welcome part of my social life. This is just a wonderful group of supportive friends,” says Nancy Ryckman ‘82 MEd, active member of UNC Greensboro’s hiking group Celebrate the Trail to Recovery (CTR).
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Alum returns to Greensboro to make an impact
“Greensboro feels like home,” says alumnus Phil Fleischmann ’05 M.S., who recently returned to Greensboro in his new role as the City of Greensboro Parks and Recreation Director. “I’ve spent most of my adult life here, and I value the diversity of our city and the variety of available opportunities.”
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GREENSBORO DEPUTY MANAGER, UNCG ALUM, RECEIVES STATE AWARD
’98 alum Chris Wilson, who earned his B.S. in Leisure Services Management, was recently recognized by the N.C. Recreation and Park Association with a Fellow Award at its annual conference. The award is given in recognition of outstanding achievement in the recreation movement and unselfish devotion in the service of
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Alum Educates People on the Natural World
If you can give kids or adults the ability to connect with something, you open up that possibility to teach them even more. They’ll retain it better, said alum Mikey Romano. Making that connection is huge when it comes to teaching people and interesting them in the natural world.
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Community and Therapeutic Rec Major has Role to Play at Graduation
Madison “Maddy” Gilhool was selected to lead the graduates at the December commencement in the Turning of the Tassels!
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Retirement Celebration for Stuart Schleien – 2022
Dr. Schleien began working at UNCG in 1997, where he has served continuously as Professor and Department Chair of the Department of Community and Therapeutic Recreation (with a brief hiatus from serving as chair from 2009-2011).
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View our latest issue of The Recreator
The Recreator is CTR’s departmental newsletter that was first published in Oct 2020, and features stories and announcements from our faculty, students, and alumni.
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Making the World a Better Place Podcast: Dr. Brent Wolfe Interviews Randa Branson
Join us for the March 8th episode of “Our Stories” podcast, where Dr. Brent Wolfe sits down with Randa Branson to talk about the teachers and coaches who shape us, pursuing wellness every day, and leaving a lasting legacy.
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The recreator: Volume1, Issue 2
The Recreator is CTR’s departmental newsletter that was first published in Oct 2020, and features stories and announcements from our faculty, students, and alumni.
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The recreator: Volume 1, Issue 1
Greetings from the Department of Community and Therapeutic Recreation. I am pleased to have the opportunity to introduce this inaugural newsletter to you.
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Grad Student Wins Research Award
Kim Barbosa, CTR Masters student majoring in Therapeutic Recreation, was awarded a National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification (NCTRC) Research Grant to evaluate the current outcomes, perceptions and barriers of Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) interventions in clinical settings with an emphasis in behavioral health settings.
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Casey Johnson Hired as Kernersville’s First Inclusion Coordinator and ADA Compliance Officer
CTR graduate student Casey Johnson was hired as the Town of Kernersville’s first Inclusion Coordinator & ADA Compliance Officer. This year, she participated in a video commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disability Act. Casey is completing her capstone research and will graduate with her Masters in Parks and Recreation Management degree in…
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Sharon Williams, CTR Alum, Advocates for Adaptive Recreation
It really kind of opened me to see the uniqueness of everyone’s ability. It’s not a disability. It’s a uniqueness of your ability.
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Undergraduate Student receives award for outstanding service
Savanna Thomas always knew she wanted to work with kids; she just wasn’t sure what form it would take. UNC Greensboro helped her find that niche, and in the fall, Thomas was officially recognized for her outstanding leadership and service.