Remembering pioneering scholar Jack Kelly

May 22, 2025 | Laura Payne, Mike Raycraft, Kim Shinew and Monika Stodolska Jack Kelly, a professor in the Department of Leisure Studies at Illinois for many years, died on Feb. 10, 2025, at the age of 94. Faculty members of the Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism collaborated to write this remembrance of Kelly. […]

Payne has big plans for revitalized ORPR

Jan. 15, 2024 | Bruce Adams ORPR is designed to be an asset to faculty and the Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism In November 2021, while Laura Payne was the interim director of the Office of Recreation and Park Resources, a group of stakeholders held a retreat to focus on the core missions of […]

Expert Q&A: RST’s Laura Payne on COVID-19 and Recreation

May 18, 2020 | Vince Lara-Cinisomo The College of Applied Health Sciences has experts in many areas that have been affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. Periodically we will ask these experts about how their areas of expertise have been impacted and what we can expect in a post-COVID-19 world. Today, we ask Laura Payne, professor […]

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