Overview
Our Mission:
WNE Recreation promotes a lifelong commitment to healthy habits and holistic wellness by providing quality programming, facilities and services to the WNE student, staff and alumni population.
Our Vision:
Our department reinforces the university co-curricular approach by advancing the development of our student employees and program participants in a non-traditional educational environment.
All program areas within WNE Recreation are available to the university student, faculty and staff population. WNE alumni have access to our group fitness programming and facilities during available hours.
The WNE Recreation department is comprised of the following areas. For more information about specific program areas, please click either on the area titles, or make a selecton from the drop-down menu.
Intramural sport offerings occur during the academic school year. Most sports are offered for a 6-8 week period on a rotating schedule. Championship winners are featured on our Wall of Fame in the AHLC and on our website.
Group fitness classes are available at 12:00 PM, 5:00 PM and 6:30 PM from Monday through Thursday during the academic year. We offer a variety of classes, including yoga, spin and high intensity interval training. Classes are taught by WNE student instructors.
AHLC Facility Offerings
The Caprio Alumni Healthful Living Center (CAHLC) contains free weight and functional workout spaces, a lap pool and shallow pool, group fitness studio, an indoor track and cardio spaces, and courts for basketball, racquetball and squash. Available hours for specific spaces can be found on our Facillity Offerings page.
Students wishing to compete in non-varsity, inter-collegiate competition can create a club sport organization in conjunction under the direction of the Recreation and the Student Activities departments. WNE Rugby was founded in 2009 and competes in the Colonial Coast Rugby Conference. More information can be found on our Club Sports page.
Recreational Gaming and E-Sports
Online, mobile, and console gaming occurs in conjunction with the WNE Game Club (WNE WARP). Social nights, leagues, and tournaments take place frequently throughout the year. Communication and registration for events are through the Discord app/browser. The WNE WARP Discord can be found at https://discord.gg/CZTtgBK
For more information, please contact our department through any of the following measures:
AHLC Front Desk:
Phone: (413) 782-1518
WNE Recreation Office:
Phone: (413) 782-1468
Director of Recreational Sports: Ben Kern
Email: benjamin.kern@wne.edu
Recreational Sports Graduate Assistant: David Mullen
Email: david.mullen@wne.edu
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