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| Celebrate Parks and Recreation Month |
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1985, NRPA has designated the month of July as Parks and Recreation Month. |
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| Congratulations to our 2008 Midwest Award Recipients! |
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The NRPA Midwest Region awarded its 2008 awards
at a reception held at its Midwest Regional Conference to be held in Cody, Wyoming
on May 14, 2008. The following recipients were honored for their outstanding
accomplishments to the park and recreation field. |
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| New England Region Awards |
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Do you know of someone who is deserving
of recognition? Is there someone who has significantly contributed to the parks
and recreation field that you feel should be recognized nationally? |
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| Pacific Northwest Region Awards |
| Do you know of someone who is deserving of
recognition? Is there someone who has significantly contributed to the parks and
recreation field that you feel should be recognized nationally? |
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| Joseph E. Durkin Scholarship |
| The Joseph
E. Durkin scholarship is an annual scholarship presented by the Armed Forces Recreation
Society, a branch of the National Recreation and Park Association.The scholarship
was established in memory of Joseph E. Durkin for his outstanding contributions
to armed forces recreation. |
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| Innovations in Teaching Award |
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The Innovations in Teaching Award recognizes a
particular teaching innovation that has been created and implemented by a member
of SPRE. The distinction between this award and the existing "SPRE Excellence
in Teaching Award" is that this award focuses on particular innovations whereas
the latter focuses on particular teachers who are outstanding.
The deadline for 2008 is June 2, 2008.
For more information visit
www.nrpa.org/spre! |
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| Pittsburgh to Host Influential Urban Parks Conference |
| Pittsburgh
will host the 2008 International
Urban Parks Conference, Sept. 21-23. |
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| NRPA and Outdoor Foundation Partner to Continue Teens Outside in 2008 |
| NRPA and the Outdoor Foundation have partnered to continue offering the
2007 Teens Outside program through 2008. |
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| NRPA-USOC Partner on Advocacy Efforts |
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In the fiscal year 2008 Defense Appropriations bill, the U.S.
Olympic Committee (USOC) received an appropriation of $5 million to develop a
Paralympics military program focused on rehabilitating wounded service members. | |
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| Registration Now Open for National Institute on Recreation Inclusion |
| Registration and housing for NRPA's National Institute on Recreation
Inclusion is now open. |
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| Coming Soon: The NRPA Online Store |
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NRPA members told us we needed a better online commerce center - a place where
content, training, and merchandise can be purchased and acquired quickly and easily - and we listened. |
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| Great Lakes Region Educational Opportunities |
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The following
events are being offered by NRPA or being held in the Great Lakes Region throughout
the next three months. For more information on these, please visit the NRPA website
or the respective state association websites for additional opportunities. |
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| New England Region Educational Opportunities |
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The following
events are being offered by NRPA or being held in the New England Region throughout
the next three months. For more information on these, please visit the NRPA website
or the respective state association websites for additional opportunities. |
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| Southern Region Educational Opportunities |
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The following
events are being offered by NRPA or being held in the Southern Region throughout
the next three months. For more information on these, please visit the NRPA website
or the respective state association websites for additional opportunities. |
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| Career Advice from the One Reading Your Resume |
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An
estimated 1.5 million students will enter the American workforce this year as
recent college graduates and will be seeking their first professional jobs. Sure,
you've held summer jobs and internships, perhaps even full time jobs to put yourself
through college, but "getting a job" and "entering professional employment" are
different. Now it's time to change gears, find that "career" level position and
put that new degree to work. This will require a different approach than the one
you've used before. |
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