{"id":11623,"date":"2026-10-01T15:48:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T20:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/?page_id=11623"},"modified":"2026-10-01T15:48:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T20:48:22","slug":"recreation-tourism-therapeutic-recreation-department","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/colleges\/nursing-health-sciences\/recreation-tourism-therapeutic-recreation-department\/","title":{"rendered":"Recreation, Tourism & Therapeutic Recreation Department"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Winona State’s Recreation, Tourism & Therapeutic Recreation (RTTR) Department gives students not only a high-quality education in a stunning location but also an on-campus community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With 200+ recreation studies programs across the nation, our RTTR program is ranked the 13th\u00a0best value bachelor\u2019s degree in parks, recreation, and leisure<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The RTTR department offers 3 bachelor’s degree programs<\/a>: Recreation & Tourism, Therapeutic Recreation, and Hospitality Management. Picture yourself as an RTTR student by learning more about these distinct fields.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Recreation <\/div>\n

Recreation creates opportunities for people to spend their free time in meaningful, enjoyable, and fulfilling ways. <\/p>\n

Through parks, community programs, outdoor adventures, sports, and special events, recreation professionals help people improve their well-being, build connections, and return to their daily lives feeling renewed and energized.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Tourism <\/div>\n

Tourism is the movement of people to places outside their everyday environments for leisure, business, and other experiences.<\/p>\n

Tourism professionals help travelers discover new destinations while also supporting local economies, promoting cultural understanding, and creating experiences that inspire people to explore the world around them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Recreational Therapy<\/div>\n

Therapeutic Recreation uses recreation, leisure, and activity-based experiences to help people improve their health, recovery, and overall quality of life.<\/p>\n

Therapeutic recreation professionals work with individuals facing illnesses, injuries, disabilities, or other challenges, using meaningful activities to support physical, emotional, cognitive, and social well-being.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Hospitality Management<\/div>\n

Hospitality Management focuses on creating welcoming experiences for guests and overseeing the people, services, facilities, and operations that make those experiences possible.<\/p>\n

Hospitality professionals help hotels, resorts, restaurants, events, and tourism destinations deliver memorable experiences that bring people together and keep communities thriving.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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Contact the RTTR Department<\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n\n
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507.457.5200<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n Email the RTTR Department <\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Begum Aybar Damali (PhD)\n <\/div>\n
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Maxwell 260<\/p>\n

507.457.2564<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n Email Begum Aybar Damali <\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WSU\u2019s Recreation, Tourism & Therapeutic Recreation Department not only gives students a high-quality education, but also an on-campus community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":11436,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[457],"tags":[352],"class_list":["post-11623","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-rttr","tag-legacy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11623"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19986,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11623\/revisions\/19986"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}