SLIPPERY ROCK — Slippery Rock University has received a $4,000 grant from the U.S. Tennis Association to purchase rackets and balls to add tennis to the Camp ROCK program and provide hands-on learning opportunities for SRU students.

Camp ROCK is a multisport program targeting youths ages 13-21 with autism.

More than 35 SRU students will mentor campers, leading activity sessions in tennis, wall climbing, fishing, horseback riding and high ropes training.

The program focuses on improving daily life skills, social skills, problem solving, individual choice making, leisure planning and healthy lifestyles. The program caters to students who need to develop transition skills and the opportunities to directly apply these skills in the community.

The new tennis equipment will benefit SRU students year-round. Students in the adapted physical education program will be taught how to incorporate tennis into their work with clients who have a physical or intellectual disability.

Therapeutic recreation and adapted physical activity faculty will provide the oversight for the hands-on tennis educational programs.

SLIPPERY ROCK — Bob Ogoreuc, a Slippery Rock University physical education professor and past president of the National Drowning Prevention Alliance, has been awarded the Higgins and Langley Memorial Award.Ogoreuc of Grove City was given the award for developing the New Jersey State Police Open Water Rescue Program. The program, which was developed in the early 2000s, created procedures for police and fire crews to respond to water incidents.The award was established in 1993 and is meant to increase awareness about the need for swift water and flood rescue training.