Mission

Recreation Management and Leadership: Mission, Goals, Vision and Values

Recreation Management and Leadership inspires students to build healthier, happier, more inclusive communities through recreation, leisure, and tourism services.

With this mission in mind, our goals are:

To effectively deliver a cohort-based curriculum that builds a caring and supportive community where students and faculty thrive.
To provide a transformational education where students develop the necessary knowledge and skills to work in sustainable tourism, outdoor recreation, community recreation, and/or therapeutic recreation.
To support faculty involvement in service, scholarly activity, and professional development activities to enhance teaching practices, promote a culture of life-long learning, and become leaders within their professional disciplines.
To strengthen partnerships between faculty, students, alumni, and recreation and tourism organizations to support curriculum, programs, and research.

Vision and Values

We believe that recreation is fundamental to human flourishing. We envision a future where recreation, leisure, and tourism are fully accessible and valued by everyone. The RML faculty share the following core values:

Meaningful Community Engagement
Student-Centeredness
Economic, Cultural, and Environmental Sustainability
Belonging and Connection
Life-long Learning
Academic and Professional Excellence