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Careers & Alumni - Recreation Administration
The Recreation Administration program helps assure that students have the practical experience needed and the academic competencies required to obtain a position and succeed in an exciting, challenging, and personally satisfying profession.
Career Options
The following list is not meant to be all inclusive; many other job alternatives and titles may exist. Many of the job titles listed require further education.
- Recreation Supervisor
- Arts & Crafts Director
- Community Center Leader
- Amusement Park Manager
- Swimming Instructor
- Park Naturalist
- Recreation Therapist
- Resort Sports Director
- League Manager
- Park Technician
- Tour Guide
- Aquatic Director
- Playground Director
- Military Recreation Specialist
- Recreation Counselor
- Recreation Researcher
- Camp Counselor
- Corrective Therapist
- Sports Editor
- Facility Manager
- Camp Supervisor
- Outdoor Education Leader
- Supervisor of Nature Activities
- Swimming Pool Manager
- Recreation Planner
- Senior Citizen Program Leader
- YWCA/YMCA Director
- Industrial Recreation Leader
- Golf or Tennis Pro
- Park Ranger
- Safari Leader
- Environmental Education Instructor
Marketable Skills
Management/Leadership
- Leading/participating with groups
- Understanding of group dynamics
- Contemporary management skills
Teaching/Organizing
- Planning and teaching
- Prioritizing
- Implementation and evaluation
Communication
- Ability to work with diverse populations
- Empathetic
- Listening ski I Is
Teamwork
- Problem solving
- Working in a team structure
- Influencing others
Alumni Updates
Joanie Stadtherr Cahill
Recreation Administration, 1985
Joanie Stadtherr Cahill was recently ordained a deacon in the Episcopal Church. Joanie and her husband, Brian Cahill ('81 Natural Resource Planning and Interpretation) both retired from long careers with California State Parks. They live in the Folsom area with their daughter Erin.
Danielle Cenotti
Recreation Administration, 2018
Danielle spent two seasons working at a Bear Observatory in Alaska before the pandemic. After substitute teaching for a few years to get through the pandemic, and working one season at Redwood National Park, she started working outreach and event planning for the Social Work Department at Cal Poly Humboldt. She has been married for over a year and earned a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Nathan Delgado
Recreation Administration, 1997
Nathan returned to school at 40 and received a B.S. in geology and an M.S. in geology and geomorphology from the University of Nevada, Reno. He worked researching post-wildfire debris flows, flash floods, and landslides before joining a large international consulting firm. Nathan is now a geomorphologist conducting surveys and research documenting the impacts of hydroelectric projects on rivers and aquatic wildlife.