Recreation & Wellness 2022-23 Annual Report

Recreation & Wellness

July 2022 - June 2023

Mission: To empower and support students to puruse their overall well-being by providing impactful experiences to build community, develop life skills, discover passions, and have fun.

Student Engagement

  • 17 Wellness Coaching Clients
  • Facilitated 100+ events
  • Facilitated 27 Fitness class requests for 400 participants
  • GVSU Unified Sports participated in a university state-wide Special Olympics basketball tournament
  • @gvsurecwell surpassed 4,000 followers on Instagram
  • Outdoor Adventures hosted a Fall Break backpacking trip to Dolly Sods
  • Participants doubled at Sex Ed Week events from first annual in 2022 with a total of 396 in 2023
  • WIT connected with 3,278 students at 49 WIT Cart shifts

Program Highlights

  • Outdoor gear rental became free for students
  • 12 sports wheelchairs were acquired for adaptive sports programming
  • Group Fitness prices were reduced for students by 50%
  • Intramural Sports offered discounted registration to reduce financial barriers for students
  • 26 of 38 Club Sport teams attended their national championships

41,000+ Total Student Participations

Blue football

5,678

Climbing center attendees

221

STI Screenings

16,489

Intramural sports participations

11,000

Group fitness participations

1,139

Club sport participants

2,208

IM Unique Participants  

26

Outdoor Gear Rentals

183

LEC Unique Users*

275

UFIT Appointments

320

Adult Swim Lesson Participants

43

Wellness Events

1,818

Unique Fitness Pass Holders

1,062

Participants at 46 OA Events

634

Intramural teams

11,326

Safer Sex Supplies Distributed

375

Personal Training Sessions

1,361

LEC Gaming Sessions*

140 

CPR Certifications

18

Student Internships

1,467

Injury Care Clinic Visits

Club Sport National Champions

  • Lucas Malloy- Boxing
  • Bautista Ballesty- Boxing
  • Laker Dance Team- Jazz & Hip Hop

Top Social Posts

  • Reset Room Opening Reel- 4,469 Reach
  • WIT has Trojan Post- 3,636 Reach
  • New Blender Bike Reel- 3,019 Reach

*Most Popular Games:

  • Valorant
  • Overwatch 2
  • League of Legends

*Winter Semester Only

IM-Intramural | OA-Outdoor Adventures | LEC-Laker Esports Center

STI-Sexually Transmitted Infection | WIT-Wellness Information Team

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