RECapalooza 2024-2025: Congratulations and Cowboy Hats Standout Recreation student staff honored at Western-themed, year-end celebration By Shawn Cyr Assistant Marketing Director The cowboy hats were out in all shapes and sizes. The smallest belonged to the yellow rubber duckies adorning the centerpiece of each circular table. A little larger were the shiny, plastic hats […]
A Life Lived Through Yoga: Arturo Galvez, UCSD’s Grandfather of Yoga
A Life Lived Through Yoga UC San Diego yoga legend Arturo Galvez leaves a lasting impact, set to guide another generation of instructors By Shawn Cyr Assistant Marketing Director Looking around the familiar Activity Room 3 at RIMAC, Arturo Galvez notices a few changes. The pads on the walls have been replaced. They used […]
RECognition: Ivy Goodwin, Aquatics
RECognition: Ivy Goodwin, Aquatics Recreation’s monthly series to celebrate our staff By Shawn Cyr Assistant Marketing Director There aren’t too many people who can claim to have met Olympic athletes and Flavor Flav on the same day. Consider Ivy Goodwin at the center of that exceptionally unique Venn diagram. Ivy, a graduating senior in […]
RECognition: Tairan Wang, Aquatics
RECognition: Tairan Wang, Aquatics Recreation’s monthly series to celebrate our staff By Shawn Cyr Assistant Marketing Director A lifelong swimmer, Tairan Wang taught swim lessons to children while in high school. When he came to UC San Diego, he knew he wanted to keep teaching. What he didn’t realize was the difference those lessons […]
RECognition: Kezha Neale-Sacks, Aquatics
RECognition: Kezha Neale-Sacks, Aquatics Recreation’s monthly series to celebrate our staff By Shawn Cyr Assistant Marketing Director If you’re going to be hanging around a pool, there’s probably nobody better to have nearby than Kezha Neale-Sacks. A senior in Thurgood Marshall College set to graduate in June, she’s an expert lifeguard and knows CPR […]
Mohammad A. Alkhadra is the 2025 Recreation Alumni Award Recipient
Mohammad A. Alkhadra | 2025 Recreation Alumni Award Recipient By Liz Henry ‘08, Assoc. Director of Recreation, Engagement Mohammad (Mo) Alkhadra first heard about Recreation during his freshman year while attending the Revelle College Honors seminar in 2014. A presentation about facilities by Gary Matthews, the Vice Chancellor of Resource Management & Planning at […]
RECognition: AJ Clifford, Instructional Classes
RECognition: AJ Clifford, Instructional Classes Recreation’s monthly series to celebrate our staff By Shawn Cyr Assistant Marketing Director Most people’s knowledge of mosquitoes is fairly limited. They have six legs. They can carry various diseases and are a nuisance in large parts of the country during the summer. Their amber was the vehicle that […]
RECognition: Jessica Chu, Instructional Classes
RECognition: Jessica Chu, Instructional Classes Recreation’s monthly series to celebrate our staff By Shawn Cyr Assistant Marketing Director If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to do a backflip, Jessica Chu is who you need to talk to. Students-turned-gymnasts have been going head-over-heels in Jessica’s gymnastics classes since she joined Recreation’s Instructional Classes in […]
RECognition: Jess Ragsac, Instructional Classes
RECognition: Jess Ragsac, Instructional Classes Recreation’s monthly series to celebrate our staff By Shawn Cyr Assistant Marketing Director Jess Ragsac practically has a degree in dancing. From competing to teaching and everything in between, they have been dancing for as long as they can remember. You could call them Recreation’s own Dr. Dance. And […]
