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Invest in Nature: Why Wellness Hikes Are Essential for Student Mental Health
The stress, anxiety, and constant pressures of university life take a significant toll on students. While traditional mental health support is crucial, research highlights a powerful, yet often overlooked, intervention: spending time in nature. The Outdoor Pursuit Center (OPC) is thrilled to announce that they will be offering a series of wellness-themed hiking trips during…
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About Learn to Swim
The Learn to Swim program at Miami’s Recreation Center is designed to help children become more comfortable and confident around the water. Throughout the program, each session covers a variety of water skills that build upon one another, lessons on water safety that promote safe behavior around water, and games that give children the opportunity…
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Campus to Crag: Day Trip Climbing Locations for the Miami Climber
If you’re a rock climber who’s new to Miami, you may be thinking “there’s no good outdoor climbing nearby.” Ben Lazar, assistant director for the Outdoor Pursuits Center, is here to change that perception and advocate for climbing areas within a day’s drive. There are many great locations for outdoor climbing throughout the midwest. It…
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Instructor Spotlight Article: Mia Christmon
“My goal is to help people enjoy movement and see it as something that uplifts them,” says Mia Christmon, a Total Body Tone and Hard Core Abs instructor at Miami University’s REC Center. Mia is a Junior at Miami and is double majoring in Elementary Education and Special Education. Mia’s love for group fitness began…
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Instructor Spotlight Article: Bridget Stafford
Have you ever taken a Zumba class at the Rec Center? If so, chances are, you had Bridget Stafford as your instructor at some point. Bridget brings energy and charisma to each class that she teaches and inspires others with her positive attitude. Bridget is a student instructor, finishing her senior year at Miami with…
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New Year Kickoff Membership Sale
It’s a new year, and a great time to set some personal goals. One of the most common New Year’s resolutions is “getting back in the gym.” This year, Miami Recreation wants to help you stick to your goal. Miami faculty and staff receive 50% off memberships throughout the year. However, during our New Year…
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Intramural Sports: A Key Part of My College Experience
By: Connor Roehrig, Senior As my time at Miami University comes to an end this December, I can’t help but reflect on some of the most memorable experiences that have shaped my college journey. For me, one of the biggest highlights has been my involvement in intramural sports. From my very first semester to now,…
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Miami Club Dodgeball’s Historic Semester and #1 National Ranking
Miami Club Dodgeball had a great semester! They finished the first semester 8-1 and are the number-one ranked team in the country! In their last tournament of the semester, they beat BGSU 4-1, UC 3-1, and NKU 5-0. Next semester, they will compete in the Ohio Dodgeball Cup and the NCDA National Championship. Back in September…
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Did you know? – From the OPC Climbing Wall
Did you know that every semester the MU Climbing Club hosts a bouldering competition at the Rec Center climbing wall? Bouldering is a type of climbing that is done unroped and without a harness in a shorter environment (10-12 feet). The Outdoor Pursuit Center contributes to the competition by providing route setting for the competition…
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Miami Rec Center Celebrates 30th Anniversary
In 1992, the the Miami Board of trustees approved construction for a new recreation facility on Miami University’s Oxford campus. On September 16, 1994, Miami University opened it’s newly constructed Recreation Center at a cost of about twenty-two million dollars. The construction of the Rec Center was funded from two major sources. The University sold…