Campus Rec
Campus Rec's Bio
Campus Recreation at the University of Illinois offers active learning and self-discovery opportunities to students, faculty/staff, and community members. With the Activities and Recreation Center (ARC), Campus Recreation Center East (CRCE), the Ice Arena, and Freer Hall Pool there is approximately 500,000 square feet of state-of-the-art recreation space available to students, which promotes wellness and healthy lifestyles.
Highlights: The ARC alone features a 35-foot climbing wall; 12 courts for basketball, volleyball, and badminton; 12 racquetball courts, 3 squash courts, 7 multi-purpose rooms, a combat room, indoor and outdoor 50-meter pools; a 35-person sauna, a 1/5-mile jogging track, 180 pieces of cardio equipment, tons of weights, an adventure center, and much more. CRCE provides an indoor soccer and inline hockey gym, 3 basketball courts, cardio and weight equipment, a jogging track, a 12-person spa, and a leisure pool with water slide.
Plus, there are multiple outdoor fields, including synthetic turf soccer fields, along with outdoor tennis, basketball, sand volleyball, and an inline skating rink.
One of the best points is that the residence halls are all within a five-minute walk of one of the recreation facilities.
Campus Recreation also offers many diverse programs and services, including almost 70 group fitness classes each week, personal trainers, approximately 20 intramural sports each semester, adventure recreation trips and clinics, aquatic activities, ice skating and hockey programs, and over 40 club sports.
If you need a job, look no further than Campus Recreation. More than 500 students can work at one of the facilities or with one of the program areas. Jobs range from lifeguarding to answering patron’s questions to officiating sports and everything in between.
Come join us at Campus Rec!
Campus Rec's Posts
| Date | Title | Topic | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11.06.09 | Campus Rec Celebrates America Recycles Day | Recreation, Resources | 0 |
| 10.28.09 | World Cup Tournament | Recreation, Student Organizations | 0 |
| 05.26.09 | Follow Campus Rec all the time | Campus Visits, Champaign-Urbana, Everyday Life, Recreation, Resources, Student Organizations, Work | 0 |
| 03.19.09 | Want a fun job? Work at Campus Rec! | Career Plans, Everyday Life, Financial Aid, Recreation, Work | 1 |
| 03.19.09 | Intramural Games of the Week | Everyday Life, Recreation, Resources, Student Organizations | 0 |
| 02.03.09 | Check out the Climbing Wall | Everyday Life, Recreation | 0 |
| 12.09.08 | Finals Week - stress relief at Campus Recreation | Everyday Life, Recreation, Resources | 0 |
| 12.01.08 | Indoor Soccer World Cup VII Taking Place | Everyday Life, Recreation, Student Organizations | 0 |
