2024-2025 Sports Clubs and Esports Award Winners Hearty Commendations and Heartfelt Goodbyes Aplenty at Year-End Banquet By Shawn Cyr Assistant Marketing Director As participants entered the banquet hall, they passed through a realistic (yet cardboard) faux wood archway adorned with “UC San Diego Recreation” in bright, white letters. When they exited a few hours… Continue Reading 2024-2025 Sports Clubs and Esports Award Winners
RECapalooza 2024-2025: Congratulations and Cowboy Hats
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… Continue Reading RECapalooza 2024-2025: Congratulations and Cowboy 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… Continue Reading A Life Lived Through Yoga: Arturo Galvez, UCSD’s Grandfather of Yoga
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… Continue Reading RECognition: Ivy Goodwin, Aquatics
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… Continue Reading RECognition: Tairan Wang, Aquatics
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… Continue Reading RECognition: Kezha Neale-Sacks, Aquatics
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… Continue Reading Mohammad A. Alkhadra is the 2025 Recreation Alumni Award Recipient
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… Continue Reading RECognition: AJ Clifford, Instructional Classes
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… Continue Reading RECognition: Jessica Chu, Instructional Classes
