therapeutic recreation

SJC Long Island alumna Alyson Lauriguet didn’t always plan on majoring in therapeutic recreation. But now, the 2017 graduate is working her dream job as the director of life enrichment…

With a stroke of her brush, Recreation Club President Reem Shaban painted a tulip during a virtual event last month that included a host of SJC Brooklyn students, alumni, faculty…

As a college student, Edgar Sanchez viewed his therapeutic recreation major as a way to combine his two passions: sports/fitness and helping others. Now, the SJC Long Island 2012 graduate…

Long Island Business News featured an SJC Long Island alumna in a health forum about the COVID-19 pandemic last month. Kate Schneider ’99, who oversees recreation programming for the memory…

SJC Long Island 1996 alumnus Anthony Martino, a certified therapeutic recreation specialist, is helping reposition Southside Hospital COVID-19 patients.

A team of therapeutic recreation students are working together to check in on senior citizens living in long-term care facilities in the New York metro area. Veronica Kaninska, a therapeutic…

When the coronavirus reached New York City, Sarah Farr felt compelled to step up to full-time at her job as a recreation aide at the Brooklyn Center for Nursing and…

SJC Long Island therapeutic recreation alum Kate Schneider and Alyson Lauriguet shared what it’s like to work in an assisted living facility during COVID-19.

The fresh aroma of flowers filled Tuohy Hall’s auditorium last week as students arranged 140 bouquets to give to residents at a local nursing home. SJC Brooklyn’s Recreation Club teamed…

Sounds of music and preschool giggles radiated from the all-purpose room in the Dillon Child Study Center Wednesday during a visit from members of SJC Brooklyn’s Recreation Club. The club’s…