WRPA PREP Committee - Parks & Recreation Emerging Professionals

04/08/2022

It's next week are you ready?! We hope to see you there.

Spend the weekend checking out the fantastic conference sessions schedule at www.wrpatoday.org. Which session(s) will you attend? Aquatics? Customer Service and Marketing? Young Professional? Leadership? Risk Management? Citizen Advocacy? We’ve got that and a whole lot more!

We can't wait to see you back in person, in 4 short days!!

02/10/2021

Mentorship Program - NEW!

The WPRA Student Connections Committee is dedicated to providing engaging professional development opportunities for students and young professionals who are looking to further gain insight into the exciting field of parks and recreation. One way we achieve this is through our mentoring program.
This program pairs distinguished professionals (our mentors) with a student or young professionals (our mentees) who can benefit from have a networking relationship with a current professional in the industry. If you’re interested in participating in this unique mentoring program for the 2021 campaign please fill out the simple form below no later than March 19th, 2021. Visit find the application https://forms.gle/F6GY2DPqc9PWR4X89 . If you applied in 2020 and wish to be in the program you do not need to reapply we have your information still.

The WPRA Student Connections Committee is dedicated to providing engaging professional development opportunities for students and young professionals who are looking to further gain insight into the exciting field of parks and recreation. One way we achieve this is through our mentoring program. Thi...

03/06/2020

Application deadline for mentor / mentee program has been extended to April 1st. Don't miss out on this great opportunity. Apply today @ https://forms.gle/d5igp4noKAtfZAGY8. We look forward to meeting you at conference next month!

The WPRA Student Connections Committee is dedicated to providing engaging professional development opportunities for students and young professionals who are looking to further gain insight into the exciting field of parks and recreation. One way we achieve this is through our mentoring program. Thi...

02/18/2020

02/10/2020

Have you registered yet for the 2020 annual conference? Check out the great student / young professional rate of only $35!!! Take your networking to the next level and join the SCC in Tacoma this spring. We hope to see you there.
https://wrpa.memberclicks.net/registration

02/10/2020

Mentorship Program - NEW!

The WPRA Student Connections Committee is dedicated to providing engaging professional development opportunities for students and young professionals who are looking to further gain insight into the exciting field of parks and recreation. One way we achieve this is through our mentoring program.

This program pairs distinguished professionals (our mentors) with a student or young professionals (our mentees) who can benefit from have a networking relationship with a current professional in the industry. If you’re interested in participating in this unique mentoring program for the 2020 campaign please fill out the simple form below no later than Feb 15th, 2020.Visit https://www.wrpatoday.org/tours-activities to find the application as well as more information on this years annual conference.

In the past, we have offered tours of local facilities and explored local parks. The Conference Committee is currently finalizing the details for this year's tours. More information will be posted soon.

03/01/2019

If you are indeed attending the 2019 WRPA conference held in Vancouver, I would suggest attending this amazing session being held. The session will discuss the basics of interviewing for career positions within recreation. Application process, preparation techniques, as well as interview questions and answers will be addressed. Here is more information in regards to the session topic and speakers. I will also include a link to the WRPA web page for further information. I highly encourage all recreation professionals and students to take advantage of this amazing opportunity.

Session Title: Interviewing 101

Category: Young Professional/ Student

Speakers: NeSha Thomas-Schadt
CJ Stanford
Grant Polhemus
Kelly Ashe

Welcome, Annual Meeting & Keynote AddressThe Future of Customer Engagement: Delighting your Millennial Customers by Aaron McDaniel

02/18/2019

Students and young parks and recreation professionals - The City of Mercer island has posted two more job postings. The positions are as camp counselor and day camp director. I have included the positions descriptions below. If you are interested I highly encourage you to apply; this is a great opportunity!

01/27/2019

Here is another interesting position posted through Washington state university. If you are looking to gain experience working in the rec. field look no further! A position has been posted at Mt. Spokane. If you are interested and would like more details, here is a link to the position and the job description.

01/24/2019

Hey all recreation students! I stumbled upon another intern position through Mercer island. I have met students who have filled this position before and they said it was a great opportunity. Anyways if you are interested here is a link to the intern position and description.

An internship with the Mercer Island Parks and Recreation Department is designed to provide quality training and practical experiences in a wide variety of recreation program areas and to introduce interns to the operational procedures of a Parks and Recreation Department.  Applicants in the Recrea...

01/14/2019

To all interested in a summer internship! Washington State University has posted an intern position with the DNR (department of natural resources). I will attach a link for more information in regards to the position. I highly encourage all recreation students looking to gain experience to apply.

01/12/2019

WRPA Conference& Tradeshow keynote speaker announced! Learn How to Empower Your Millenial Workforce with Speaker Aaron McDaniel

Aaron will speak about empowering your Millenial workforce, building the foundation for a successful career, and delighting your Millenial customers in both general and breakout sessions.

Learn more: https://www.wrpatoday.org/about-conference