Getting involved in NRPA - Student Branch

Parks & Recreation, March, 2003

Want to help the NRPA Student Branch become more active in your state? Want to meet professionals in your area of interest? Want to meet students from around the country? If you answered yes to any of these questions, consider applying for a position on the Student Branch Board. The following positions are currently open: Midwest Regional Representative, New England Representative, Pacific Northwest Regional Representative, Southwest Regional Representative and Congress Planning Committee Member.

At the NRPA National Congress & Exposition in Tampa, the Student Branch inducted eight new members onto its board of directors. The new members are: President-Elect Kindal Hunt, from Texas A&M University; Administrative Assistant Angle Tupas, from the University of Florida; Great Lakes Regional Representative Bryan Amundson, from the University of Wisconsin LaCrosse; Mid-Atlantic Representative Erin Powell, from Pennsylvania State University; Pacific Southwest Regional Representative Bear Williams, from California State University, Sacramento; SPRE Liaison Jenny Cavin, from Clemson University; NAB Liaison Tina Hotze, from Southwest Missouri State; and C-BM Liaison Kate Schneider, from San Jose State University.

To obtain information on the Student Branch Board, more information about available positions or information on how to apply to these positions, contact Student Branch President Heather Vilhauer at hvilhaue@yahoo.com.

Student Branch

This year's New England Training Institute and Therapeutic Recreation Symposium, held in the heart of historic Portsmouth, N.H. at the Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside, April 1-April 4,. brings some of the finest regional and national speakers to your backdoor with affordable rates and no-frills options for students. The program has sessions for aquatics, therapeutic recreation, programmers, youth workers, conservationists and managers.

For more information, go to www.nrpa. org and click on the Northeast Regional training, or e-mail sderosa@nrpa.org. To reserve your room, call 603-431-2300.