The calm before the storm with the Adventure Seminars staff prior to Project AWARE last week! Reminder - we have opening climbing on Mon, Tues & Thurs nights from 6-9pm! FIRED UP IN FINCH! 🔥👆🧗‍♂️ @cmuniversity @cmuehs CMU Alumni

All RPL-specific scholarships are now available on CMU’s Scholarship Universe. Applications open today thru Nov 30th! Access these scholarships and all others at @cmuniversity via cmich.scholarshipuniverse.com 🔥👆💵 @cmuehs CMU Alumni

A huge RPL good luck to Event & Recreation Management major Emma Apap! She is in the Top 7 for the Homecoming Maroon Ambassadors! 🔥👆❤️ FINCH FAVORITE! @cmuniversity @cmuehs CMU Alumni

So fun to watch our students venture out of Michigan for their internships! Rena Angera & Rilee Burgan, Rec Therapy & Rehab majors, are in Colorado & not only are engaged with their sites, but are also enjoying all that state has to offer! 🔥👆🏔️ @cmuniversity @cmuehs CMU Alumni

Taking advantage of this nice fall weather, RPL 101 students (RPL 101 - Pursuit of Happiness: Examining Leisure Social Structures) diving into activities around social connection/loneliness. 🔥👆@cmuniversity @cmuehs CMU Alumni

All the modifications have been completed in our Multi-Sensory Room used as a lab for our Rec Therapy & Rehab & DB Central programs! Paint, blackout shade, lighting, furniture & an new interactive floor display with 100s of options! 🔥👆🐠🪼🐙 @cmuniversity @cmuehs CMU Alumni

So cool that our dept chair was able to spend time w/ former faculty member Tony Miele. Tony (97 years old!) was at @cmuniversity in the mid 50s to the early 90s as the men’s gymnastics coach, cheerleading coach & a vibrant community member helping w/ dance programs! CMU Alumni

Congratulations to Sue Wells and Ron Davis! Both are @cmuniversity & RPL grads, RPL Distinguished Alumni Award winners (‘96 & ‘16) & now members of the Michigan Recreation & Park Association (mParks) Hall of Fame! FAMOUS FROM FINCH! 🔥👆🏅 @cmuehs CMU Alumni @miparksrec

All RPL-specific scholarships are available on CMU’s Scholarship Universe. Applications open through Nov 30th! Access these scholarships and all others at @cmuniversity via cmich.scholarshipuniverse.com 🔥👆💵 @cmuehs CMU Alumni

Always thrilled to highlight one alumni from each program and a rotating intern during the fall semester! Congrats to Kamryn, Jamie, Kurt & Abby! We can’t wait to see what you do next! 🔥👆@cmuniversity @cmuehs CMU Alumni

Fun to take our new RPL faculty/staff photo this week outside of the historic and iconic Finch Fieldhouse! We even got Gus into the shot! FINCH FOREVER! 🔥👆📷 @cmuehs CMU Alumni @cmuniversity @cmuactivities

Great for our RPL 118 students (Intro to Recreation) to learn about all that Adventure Seminars has to offer, but also fun to get a chance to put on the gear & go experience a new activity! FIRED UP IN FINCH! 🔥👆🧗‍♂️ @cmuehs CMU Alumni @cmuniversity

Congrats to Dr. Shay Dawson who was inducted into the National Academy of Recreational Therapists (NART)! NART is a national, invitation only, academy for candidates w/ 10 years of professional engagement that are nominated by a NART Fellow! @cmuehs CMU Alumni @cmuniversity 🔥👆

Project AWARE visited the Makerspace on campus in the EHS Building! “Moveable Sculptures” was the theme and the students showcased their creativity in a variety of projects! FIRED UP FOREVER! 🔥👆 @cmuehs CMU Alumni @cmuniversity

In honor of our Fall, 2025 Intern Seminar and Advisory Board Annual Meeting today…Welcome “home” for Homecoming and Happy Halloween next week! FALL IN FINCH! 🔥👆🎃 @cmuehs CMU Alumni @cmuniversity

The RPL 222 (Intro to Event & Recreation Management) class, taught by Jill Almasi-Dole, took a site visit trip to Detroit last week visiting Ford Field, 313 Presents and Livonia Parks & Recreation. FUTURES IN FINCH 🔥👆 @cmuehs CMU Alumni @cmuniversity

A great day celebrating Homecoming last Fri with our annual Fall Intern Seminar & Advisory Board Meetings! Awesome to have students, current interns, alumni from all 3 programs & our faculty/staff working together on the future of RPL! @cmuehs CMU Alumni @cmuniversity

Our Rec Therapy & Rehab students participated in an Equine Assisted Therapy Clinic that is part of the Isabella County 4-H therapeutic riding program. The clinic was facilitated by CMU Alumni Mallory Wilson, a PATH certified instructor & rec therapist! 🔥👆@cmuehs @cmuniversity

Congrats to Katie Cree (Event & Rec Mgt major) as the 2025 recipient of the William Brehm Tourism Scholarship presented by Mount Pleasant CVB. Katie joins an incredible legacy as an RPL major/minor has won this scholarship in 18 of the last 19 years! @cmuehs @cmuniversity CMU Alumni