Competing with teams all around the nation, Penn State’s Campus Recreation Club Sports program shows its commitment to Penn State and the greater State College community. Completing almost 5,500 hours of community service so far this year, Club Sports continues to develop its students as professionals and philanthropists.
Campus Recreation, a unit of Penn State Student Affairs, now offers payroll deduction for Penn State faculty and staff memberships. By registering for the payroll deduction, an annual membership for campus recreation can be purchased for $19 a month.
Penn State’s IM Building was recognized as one of the 2018 Facilities of Merit by Athletic Business — an international multimedia publication, covering the athletics, recreation and wellness industries. The IM Building was noted as one of the country’s top recreational facilities, chosen for its dynamic design and energizing atmosphere.
Campus Recreation, a unit of Penn State Student Affairs, will hold a rededication ceremony for the Intramural (IM) Building at 11 a.m. on Oct. 3. The event will open with a ceremony featuring speakers from 11 to 11:45 a.m., followed by building tours and a scavenger hunt.
Campus Recreation has purchased 170 new pieces of equipment to be phased in by the second week of May at the Intramural Building, Hepper Fitness Center and White Building, on the University Park campus.
The Intramural (IM) Building Phase 3 renovation has earned LEED Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
The third and final phase of IM Building renovation is slated for completion in August 2017. New amenities include an indoor turf field, climbing wall, and wellness promotion area.
Final plans and expenditure of funds for the third and final phase of expansion of the Intramural (IM) Building at University Park moved toward a vote Thursday (Feb. 25) as a committee of the Board of Trustees heard about the planned construction. The addition to the east side of the building includes an indoor turf field, a multipurpose room, squash courts and other recreational sports spaces, as well as a club sports office suite and meeting room.
The Penn State Lion Ambassadors will be taking the Intramural (IM) Building to new heights, offering Ferris wheel rides as part of their Fall Harvest Fest Campus Showcase. The fall festival will take place from 2-6 p.m. Oct. 22 at the IM Building. In addition to the Lion Ambassadors offering tours of the newly renovated IM Building, the event will also feature free Ferris wheel rides, food, live country music, games and activities.
It's mid-afternoon and the Intramural (IM) Building's new fitness center on the University Park campus of Penn State is empty. The clang of dumbbells and whir of treadmills have subsided for the day and the student staff have left their posts. In well-worn sneakers and T-shirts, Mark Lozinski and Josh Davis, both coordinators of athletic programs for Penn State Strength and Fitness, make their rounds, checking a couple misbehaving ellipticals.
Penn State's Board of Trustees Friday (Jan. 21) approved the appointment of Moody Nolan Inc., of Columbus, Ohio, as architects for the 48,000-square-foot expansion and partial renovation of the Intramural Building on Penn State's University Park campus. "We are planning to upgrade the Intramural Building as part of our strategy to meet student demand for fitness and recreation facilities at Penn State," said Al Horvath, the University's senior vice president for Finance and Business/treasurer.
