Involvement in NIRSA as a Student Can Amplify These Impacts
NIRSA professional members are incredibly welcoming and generous in their support for student members.
Learn to Make Decisions and Solve Problems
Build skills, confidence, and your résumé while networking with collegiate recreation professionals and peers. There are many opportunities for student members to participate in NIRSA events, promote NIRSA programs in your communities, take part in student-led educational workshops, and even serve in volunteer leadership roles.
Benefit Through Working in a Team Structure
Students play an active role in association efforts: The Student Leadership Team is composed of student members from across the association. These movers-and-shakers want to connect with you and are constantly working to keep you in the know about the latest happenings with NIRSA.
Improve at Planning, Organizing, and Prioritizing
Find a mentor: Mentors help us push beyond our comfort zone. They can help you gain fresh ideas, hone networking and leadership skills, learn more about the profession and professionalism, and they have even been known to play a part in facilitating career opportunities!
Land Your Dream Job
Bluefishjobs.com is the best place to find a job in campus recreation! If you’ve discovered a passion for campus recreation while pursuing your degree, you can search for jobs by location or by keyword, and even save search criteria and request alerts for new postings that match your skills.
Connect with Passionate Educators
Hosted by the Student Staff Development Work Team, the NIRSA Student Staff Training and Development community in NIRSA Connect is a place to share ideas and resources around student staff training and development.
Grow Your Career
From considerations before starting an internship program to tips for job searching and interviewing, NIRSA’s career learning center curates resources that enhance your skills.
Sharpen Your Skills
There is no substitute for in-person events. Student Lead Ons are learning and networking events organized by and for students. Regional conferences bring together students and professionals for local opportunities to grow and share.
Get a Helping Hand
The NIRSA Foundation offers financial support to ensure NIRSA’s signature learning events are accessible to students.
Polish Your Resume and Test It Out
The career fair at the 2026 NIRSA + IDEA® World Conference & Expo is a great time to land a generous resume review from an industry leader, gain invaluable practice through mock interviews, and maybe even find that next dream job.
Considering a Career in Rec?
The Emerging Recreational Sports Leadership (ERSL) Conference happens in February each year; this unique conference empowers young students with the skills and knowledge that lay the foundation to building meaningful careers in the field of collegiate recreation.