Longwood University

Farmville, Virginia

FACILITIES

• Health & Fitness Center
  • Opened in August 2007
  • 75,000 square feet, $17 million facility
  • Activity areas include; three gymnasium courts, two racquetball courts, group fitness studio, powerlifting room, functional fitness studio, 7,300 square foot fitness center, four-lane, 1/8^th mile track, 30-foot high climbing wall, locker rooms
• Lancer Park Sports Complex
  • Two multi-use sport fields; a 400’ x 200’ artificial turf field and a 400’ x 400’ grass field for sport clubs, intramural sports and informal recreation
  • 9-hole disc golf course                       

• First Avenue Field
  • Primarily sport club field used for Rugby, football and soccer
• Willet Pool
  • Shared facility with School of Health, Athletic Training, Recreation & Kinesiology, Intercollegiate Athletics and Campus Recreation

PROGRAMMING

• Aquatics; open swim, log rolling, swim club, battleship event
• Fitness; group fitness, personal training, powerlifting room, workshops
• Informal Recreation; open gym, fitness center, equipment issue
• Intramural Sports;  leagues, tournaments, special events
• Outdoor Recreation; trips, climbing wall, equipment rental, ropes course
• Sport Clubs; 20 competitive travel based clubs

FUN FACTS

• In fall 2016 Longwood University hosted the United States Vice Presidential Debate. The Health & Fitness Center was converted to the Media Center for the majority of the semester.  We opened a temporary fitness center and moved programs all over campus and town to continue to provide services to our campus community
• Fall 2017 we will be opening the Midtown Fitness Performance Center. This will be an instructor led, functional fitness based training center providing; strength and conditioning programs for sport clubs; group fitness classes to students, faculty and staff; workshops to the campus and community; fitness and initiative rental opportunities for high school sport teams, students groups and the local community.
• The Health & Fitness Center is a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certified facility for its sustainable design and operation. The first university recreation center in the southeast to receive the Gold certification.
• The Health & Fitness Center was named one of the top 20 “Great Recreation Centers at Small Colleges” on the Great Value Colleges 2016 rankings
• The Health & Fitness Center houses Campus Recreation and the Counseling & Psychological Services office
• One of our most popular events every year is our annual Alternative Late Night Haunted Rec program. Heading into our 5^th year, the Health & Fitness Center is transformed into a haunted house by a committee that consists of primarily Campus Recreation student employees and is a collaborative event with our student programming board.
• Campus Recreation collaborates with Citizen Leadership Office to lead an annual alternative spring break trip that focuses on outdoor recreation, sustainability, volunteerism and citizen leadership
• All of our intramural sports one day tournaments are co-sponsored by a student organization with all revenue from the event going to the charity of their choice
• Campus Recreation hires approximately 80 students every year to supervise facilities, lead programs and assist with the overall operation of our department
• Longwood University will celebrate our 10 year anniversary of the Health & Fitness Center early in the fall 2017 semester.

 

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