Feb. 20, 2020 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Responsibilities included preparing the NBA’s command center for visiting dignitaries Chatting with Bill Murray was a highlight. Seeing NBA owners such as Mark Cuban up close was dazzling. Finding themselves in a room with more than $1 million in NBA merchandise was overwhelming. But for three students in the […]
Category: Recreation, Sport, and Tourism
Alumni Spotlight—Christian Perez
Feb. 29, 2020 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Alumni of the College of Applied Health Sciences have myriad career options thanks to the tremendous diversity of programs. We periodically will put the spotlight on an alum to find out what they’re doing now, what experiences they had and what AHS means to them. This week, we talk […]
ORPR gets contract to study lake need in Springfield
Feb. 11, 2020 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo The Office of Recreation and Park Resources (ORPR), a unit within the College of Applied Health Sciences’ Recreation, Sport and Tourism Department, was awarded a $90,000 contract by the Springfield City Council to study whether there is a need for a second lake in the city. ORPR director K. […]
Alumni Spotlight—Charles Burton
April 23, 2020 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Alumni of the College of Applied Health Sciences have myriad career options thanks to the tremendous diversity of programs. We periodically will put the spotlight on an alum to find out what they’re doing now, what experiences they had and what AHS means to them. This week, we talk […]
Carla Santos named fellow of The Academy of Leisure Sciences
Jan. 08, 2020 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Recreation, Sport and Tourism department head Carla A. Santos was named a fellow of The Academy of Leisure Sciences. Santos is one of two fellows named to TALS for the 2020 voting class, along with Dr. Brijesh Thapa of the University of Florida. The Academy of Leisure Sciences, or […]
Day one of Sapora Symposium about Grange
Nov. 21, 2019 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Red Grange legacy celebrated; RST students urged toward professional passion The first day of the 16th annual Sapora Symposium was intended to be a tribute to Red Grange, the former Illini football star who put college football and the NFL on the map in the 1920s. And while Grange […]
Undergraduate Jocelyn Solis shares her story
April 03, 2024 | Ethan Simmons Solis won the Margaret K. and Edward W. Harvey Scholarship in Parks and Recreation Grit. This is the word that describes Jocelyn Solis. When she decided to come to the University of Illinois as a first-generation student, her extended family asked, “Are you just going to last a semester […]
How recreation programs can be used to mitigate youth gang involvement and violence
Aug. 28, 2019 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Researchers at AHS argue that recreation can be an effective piece of addressing youth gang violence Recreation programs, in addition to other strategies, can potentially be effective in addressing youth gang involvement and violence, according to a new study from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The study, titled, […]
A Few Minutes With … Carmen Rossi
Feb. 07, 2022 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo Lawyer, entrepreneur and University of Illinois graduate Carmen Rossi speaks with Vince Lara in the College of Applied Health Sciences about his gift to Recreation, Sport and Tourism. Editor’s note: To reach Vince Lara-Cinisomo, email vinlara@illinois.edu. Related news
Helping to make the dirt go away
March 08, 2019 | Anna Flanagan Chicago’s Large Lot Program is a neighborhood stabilization initiative that is part of the city’s Green Healthy Neighborhoods Plan Dr. Bill Stewart has long been interested in what he calls “place making,” the transformation of environments into desirable places that promote health, happiness, and well-being. His research has focused […]