Don’t underestimate the healing power of hobbies. Plunking out a tune on the piano or digging in the dirt is all in a day’s work for Belle Downing ’21, ’22 MS, a licensed recreational therapist and certified therapeutic recreation specialist.
Arpajian helped develop the music program at Greensboro’s Canterbury School. She credits her UNCG program with her unique impact at Proehlific Park, developing programs. “Then I was at the Winston-Salem Symphony, creating new programming for those with disabilities.”
The new master’s program comes from UNCG’s School of Health and Human Sciences Department of Sport Management and Recreational Therapy, formerly known as the Department of Community and Therapeutic Recreation.
A lot of people don’t realize that when working with people with disabilities, simple modifications can be made so that everyone can participate.
Masters student Camrahn Jamison is the recipient of one of two 2026 National Student Scholarship Awards from the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA).
As a leader, you don’t always have to conform to structures. You can shape them. You can change systems.
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.
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.
’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… Continue reading…
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.
