Campus Recreation is committed to providing a positive environment that promotes a sense of campus community as well as physical and mental well-being and balance.
Our beautiful facility includes an indoor track, aquatic center with a zero-entry pool, the largest ADA-accessible climbing wall on a college campus in the state, racquetball courts, three group exercise studios, and multiple fitness areas equipped with a full selection of equipment geared toward strength and cardio training. The new recreation center also includes an esports lounge, featuring 24 Alienware CPUs and a golf simulator.
Come see us and explore all Campus Recreation has to offer.
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Halls close for the Thanksgiving Holiday. Information about staying over the holiday to come soon. Front desks are closed for the break.
This is the philanthropic event where IFC fights food insecurity by offering food to all students remaining on campus. Hosted by: Interfraternity Council, Student Life & First-Year Experience Engage Site Additional Information can be found at: https://eku.campuslabs.com/engage/event/10224845
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Explore essential coping strategies and tools for emotional wellness in our Feel Better Fast workshops. Designed to equip you with practical techniques for managing stress, anxiety, and more, these weekly sessions are your pathway to a happier, healthier you. These weekly workshops are available to all EKU students. No registration required! Just drop-in! For more […]
Explore essential coping strategies and tools for emotional wellness in our Feel Better Fast workshops. Designed to equip you with practical techniques for managing stress, anxiety, and more, these weekly sessions are your pathway to a happier, healthier you. These workshops are available to all EKU students. No registration required! Just drop-in! Simply join us […]
Application deadline to begin classes in the spring semester for most undergraduate programs.
All final exams shall meet according to the published final exam schedule Saturday Classes - Final Exams All classes regularly meeting only on Saturdays will take final exams on Saturday, December 7th 9:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Online Degree Program Classes - Final Exams Online courses that are part of a designated online degree program […]
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Explore essential coping strategies and tools for emotional wellness in our Feel Better Fast workshops. Designed to equip you with practical techniques for managing stress, anxiety, and more, these weekly sessions are your pathway to a happier, healthier you. These weekly workshops are available to all EKU students. No registration required! Just drop-in! For more […]
Last day a Winter Session class may be cancelled for low enrollment
Fall 2024 Commencement ceremonies. Due to the Alumni Coliseum construction, we will host them at the EKU Center for the Arts. There are five ceremonies scheduled to honor graduates from the university’s six academic colleges. Our priority is to ensure our graduates and guests have a wonderful experience and for that reason, all graduates and […]
Explore essential coping strategies and tools for emotional wellness in our Feel Better Fast workshops. Designed to equip you with practical techniques for managing stress, anxiety, and more, these weekly sessions are your pathway to a happier, healthier you. These weekly workshops are available to all EKU students. No registration required! Just drop-in! For more […]
Explore essential coping strategies and tools for emotional wellness in our Feel Better Fast workshops. Designed to equip you with practical techniques for managing stress, anxiety, and more, these weekly sessions are your pathway to a happier, healthier you. These workshops are available to all EKU students. No registration required! Just drop-in! Simply join us […]
All fall 2024 graduating seniors must be checked out from the residence halls.
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Explore essential coping strategies and tools for emotional wellness in our Feel Better Fast workshops. Designed to equip you with practical techniques for managing stress, anxiety, and more, these weekly […]
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Explore essential coping strategies and tools for emotional wellness in our Feel Better Fast workshops. Designed to equip you with practical techniques for managing stress, anxiety, and more, these weekly […]
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Explore essential coping strategies and tools for emotional wellness in our Feel Better Fast workshops. Designed to equip you with practical techniques for managing stress, anxiety, and more, these weekly sessions are your pathway to a happier, healthier you. These workshops are available to all EKU students. No registration required! Just drop-in! Simply join us […]
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Experience test anxiety? Struggling with procrastination? Want to be more motivated? Peak Performance is for you! Peak Performance is a 60-minute weekly workshop series that provides skills to address these common challenges among college students. Attend as many workshops as you would like. No registration required! Just drop-in!TOPICS:Organization in Action – This organization and planning […]
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Join EKU Womens Basketball take on Indiana State on December 16th at 2:00PM. It will be located at Transylvania University at Clive M. Beck Center, there will also be the […]
Last day to go online (MyEKU) and withdraw to receive a 25% refund.
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Explore essential coping strategies and tools for emotional wellness in our Feel Better Fast workshops. Designed to equip you with practical techniques for managing stress, anxiety, and more, these weekly sessions are your pathway to a happier, healthier you. These weekly workshops are available to all EKU students. No registration required! Just drop-in! For more […]
Explore essential coping strategies and tools for emotional wellness in our Feel Better Fast workshops. Designed to equip you with practical techniques for managing stress, anxiety, and more, these weekly sessions are your pathway to a happier, healthier you. These weekly workshops are available to all EKU students. No registration required! Just drop-in! For more […]
Explore essential coping strategies and tools for emotional wellness in our Feel Better Fast workshops. Designed to equip you with practical techniques for managing stress, anxiety, and more, these weekly sessions are your pathway to a happier, healthier you. These workshops are available to all EKU students. No registration required! Just drop-in! Simply join us […]
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Join us as EKU Men's Basketball takes on Jacksonville State for our Holiday Hoops Game! Wear your ugly sweaters and come out for some free candy canes! Hosted by: EKU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://eku.campuslabs.com/engage/event/10664385
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Explore essential coping strategies and tools for emotional wellness in our Feel Better Fast workshops. Designed to equip you with practical techniques for managing stress, anxiety, and more, these weekly sessions are your pathway to a happier, healthier you. These weekly workshops are available to all EKU students. No registration required! Just drop-in! For more […]
Experience test anxiety? Struggling with procrastination? Want to be more motivated? Peak Performance is for you! Peak Performance is a 60-minute weekly workshop series that provides skills to address these common challenges among college students. Attend as many workshops as you would like. No registration required! Just drop-in!TOPICS:Organization in Action – This organization and planning […]
Last day to withdraw from the University. Last day to withdraw from a course with instructors written permission and incur a $50.00 per credit hour fee (e.g. $150.00 for a 3 credit hour course). Students are allowed to withdraw up to the Friday of the 10th week of a full semester class. Please note partial […]
228 Park Drive
Richmond, Kentucky 40475
Front Desk: 859-622-6751
Main Office: 859-622-8145
Mon-Thu: 6 am – 11 pm
Fri: 6 am – 9 pm
Sat: 10 am – 8 pm
Sun: 11 am – 11 pm
Eastern Kentucky University’s Campus Recreation Facilities strive to provide an exemplary fitness and recreational environment for each patron and the university community, through exceptional customer service, hands on assistance, equipment knowledge and clean activity spaces, setting an example within collegiate recreation.
The division of aquatics strives to build a campus environment for students and members of the community to enhance their lives through aquatic based activities. We aim to achieve this through the innovation of programs such as learn to swim (group lessons,) lifeguard certification trainings, facility rental opportunities, as well as open swim hours and swim for fitness programs. We continue to evolve and invent new programs to best utilize the space of our aquatic facilities across campus. This allows us to remain inclusive to all members of the communities in which we serve.
The Student Recreation Aquatic Center offers a variety of features for patrons of the facility, including 4 lap lanes, vortex, volleyball, basketball, zero entry, spa and an outdoor patio.
Mon & Wed: 6 a.m. - 8 a.m. & 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Tue & Thu: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. & 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Fri: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Campus Recreation schedules activities on the Beach Volleyball Complex. All Varsity Athletic practices and events have scheduling priority. Campus Recreation operates open recreation hours. An active membership to the Student Recreation Center is required. The Beach Volleyball Complex is a seasonal facility.
The EKU Challenge Course is a state-of-the-art facility where groups are given learning opportunities anchored in experiential education and the opportunity to move outside their comfort zone.
We offer a variety of programs and workshops to help you: learn effective communication, build confidence, form relationships, understand the power of team, try new things, be adventurous, improve problem solving skills, gain trust, and most importantly have fun!
Rock climbing is a great sport that has benefits for everyone. Come check out our indoor rock climbing wall in the Student Recreation Center. The wall is open for roped climbing and bouldering during the week in the fall, spring, and summer. For all climbing you must check in at the equipment desk and have a completed, current waiver on file.
The wall is also open to classes and student organizations for special events. These events should be scheduled in advance.
Contact Info for Pricing & Scheduling
Dakota McClendon
dakota.mcclendon@eku.edu
859-622-5251
Mon -Thu: 2 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Fri: 12 p.m. - 7 p.m.
The Esports Lounge, located on the second floor of the Student Recreation Center, offers a variety of activities for our members. The space includes a FullSwing Golf Simulator, more than 20 Alienware Aurora R8 gaming computers, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X and retro arcade gaming.
The Esports Lounge is also the home to our competitive Esports teams! These teams compete against other schools across the country in video games like Rocket League, League of Legends, Valorant, and many more.
Mon-Thu: 11 a.m. - 11 p.m.
Fri: 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Sat: 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Sun: 11 a.m. - 11 p.m.
First Floor
The First Floor Fitness area is equipped with a full selection of equipment geared toward strength training. Options include:
Second Floor
The second floor has a wide variety of cardio equipment and pulley strength equipment to support all levels of fitness. Amenities include:
The track is open to patrons of the facility during hours unless otherwise noted. Equipment including free weights is not permitted on the track. However, specific equipment may be permitted at the discretion of the staff.
The 14-acre McDonough Intramural Field Complex includes field lighting, synthetic and natural surfaces, skinned infields for softball and baseball, the IM Fieldhouse, and an outdoor volleyball pit. Campus Recreation controls the use of the Intramural Field Complex at all times. Use of the Intramural Field Complex is subject to field and weather conditions. Each field has lights.
Adventure Programs strives to provide access and understanding of outdoor recreation, sports, and etiquette to all EKU students and the Richmond community. We aim to achieve this through the implementation of adventure trips, workshops, rental equipment, and a well-maintained climbing center. Adventure Programs emphasizes leadership development, communication, and teamwork skills through comprehensive programing and facilitation on our challenge course.
For current EKU students and faculty/staff members of the Fitness and Wellness Center, we offer an indoor climbing center, outdoor trips program, skill development workshops, and an outdoor gear rental program including semester bike rentals! We are sure you’ll find something to suit your personal level of ability.
The Club Sports Program is designed to provide opportunities for students with similar interests to participate in various sports or recreational activities. Each club is organized by students and is student governed with assistance from Campus Recreation. Clubs are designed primarily for undergraduate students, but graduate students and faculty/staff can participate with the approval of the club. Club Sports are committed to providing an inclusive community. Through competition and skill development, lifelong relationships are built while emphasizing healthy lifestyles.
We currently sponsor 18 registered student organizations, that are identified by Campus Recreation as Club Sports. Our clubs are all self-governed and operate with funding from team fundraising and Student Government Association (SGA) allocations. Most clubs hold tryouts during the fall and spring semesters. Current clubs include: Archery, Club Baseball, Clay Target, Bass, Disc Golf, Equestrian, Esports, Fencing, Ice Hockey, Club Men’s Volleyball, Rock Climbing, Rugby, Shotgun, Club Women’s Soccer, Club Softball, Swimming, Table Tennis, Tennis, and Club Women’s Volleyball.
The fitness program at the Student Recreation Center strives to provide a welcoming, inclusive environment where students, employees and other patrons have the opportunity to learn about and participate in a variety of exercise styles and programs.
Group Fitness
We offer a variety of group fitness classes free with facility membership. Classes are led by highly trained, certified instructors and are open to all fitness levels.
Personal Training
Campus Recreation offers one-on-one personal training sessions, tailored to individual’s training desires and needs. The initial assessment is free with no commitment to continue. Additional sessions are affordably priced with flexible scheduling options.
Eastern Kentucky University Intramural Sports Program offers a variety of fun and unique opportunities to its participants through sport leagues, tournaments, and special activities. Whether you’re a competitive and athletic sports enthusiast or looking for a daily source of exercise, Intramural Sports provides a variety of activities for all areas of interest and ability. Compete with friends, colleagues, or sign up as a free agent; there are no additional fees to participate. All participants must be an EKU student, faculty, staff, or alumnus with a FWC membership to participate.
The Student Wellness Program strives to build a campus environment that values and exemplifies overall well-being by providing dynamic applied learning opportunities and peer mentorship. The department works to empower students and promote skills that support healthy choices and personal growth, building a foundation for lifelong wellness.
