Our Values

Inclusion

We welcome, value, and affirm our diverse students, participants, and staff, and strive to offer intentional and socially just recreational opportunities.

Integrity

We hold ourselves and each other accountable by ensuring our actions align with our principles.

Community

We cultivate an environment of collaboration, support, and connection.

Development

We support the whole person in a learning-centered environment focused on meaningful experiences, self-discovery, and leadership.

Our mission

Campus Recreation promotes healthy lifestyles by offering quality programs, facilities, and services to the CSU community in order to foster personal growth, leadership development, and student success in an environment that embraces individual differences.

Our Vision

We empower every member of the CSU community to pursue their lifelong wellbeing through recreation.

FY24 Components of the Campus Recreation 3-Year Strategic Plan

Quality and Innovation

Creatively improve & increase the caliber of our impact

Strategies

  • Expand Outdoor Gear Rental Program
  • Evaluate physical space availability, usage, needs, and trends
  • Examine improved lock sets for rentable lockers
  • Offer unique aquatic programming for swimmer and non-swimmer participants
  • Offer video game and eSports drop-in programming
  • Expand existing partnership with KRNC
  • Explore new partnerships with various units including the CSU Health Network and SDPS Offices
  • Perform area-specific analysis of operational changes needed to support the hybrid work environment
  • Perform department-wide analysis of operational changes needed to support the hybrid work environment
  • Create and maintain shared responsibilities/expectations for department culture

Access and Equity

Remove barriers & enhance opportunities to fully participate

Strategies

  • Collect and share disaggregated data on who Campus Rec participants are
  • Collect and share disaggregated data on how Campus Rec participation impacts student success 
  • Improve the climate and culture for Campus Rec employees
  • Evaluate staff knowledge and skills around research/theory connected to collegiate recreation, equity, and access
  • Implement strategies to lower financial barriers for student participants
  • Expand Inclusivity Committee liaison role in terms of reach and purpose

Talent Management

Put people & culture first

Strategies

  • Create and maintain clear and updated processes for staff to follow for purchases and other fiscal-related actions that are not performed regularly
  • Communicate the value of student employment in recruitment and retention efforts
  • Offer American Red Cross classes to students with an incentive that they will be hired as Lifeguards after successfully passing the class
  • Provide resources and accountability for department-wide staff evaluations and development
  • Collect analyze, and act upon part-time employee retention and exit data

Commn.

Promote awareness, understanding, & perception

Strategies

  • Make a welcome to group classes marketing video to welcome new participants
  • Examine department-wide communication and feedback methods for student and part-time staff
  • Continue expansion of digital marketing signage and content
  • Improve wayfinding signage for areas such as the Aquatic Center
  • Create a multi-year strategic plan for development/fundraising/sponsorships