Episode 23: Chris Arvin at Indiana University

Welcome to the Director Download, powered by Campus Rec Magazine. It’s time to go behind the curtain of the director role and have honest discussions with leaders in the campus recreation industry. In this episode, host Grady Sheffield, the director of Campus Recreation at Towson University and the senior advisor to Campus Rec Magazine, gives you the listener real and authentic conversation between himself and special guest Chris Arvin, the executive director of Indiana University (IU). Arvin shares how he first came to IU and the special day he spent on campus. After grad school, he found himself working with folks in cardiac and pulmonary rehab at a small regional hospital. Over time and through other roles, he came to realize he loved working with students. A job at IU came open in campus rec and Arvin applied. The rest, as they say, is history. Arvin and Sheffield dive into Arvin’s time at IU and serving as the executive director. They look at the current facilities and staffing set-up, to sending all staff through the NIRSA for Recreation and Wellbeing course. Arvin also shares how he’s thriving in his role today and what he wants people to say about him when his role at IU is all said and done. Enjoy the conversation that follows!