The Kent State Recreation and Wellness Center is free to all students taking a minimum of five credit hours.

The Rec Center includes 153,000 square feet of facility with four full basketball courts, an indoor track, a rock climbing wall, racquetball courts, a pool, various workout equipment and other exercise amenities.

It also provides personal trainers, intramural sports and hosts a handful of events throughout the semester.

Students using the Rec Center must comply with the facility’s “Standard of Decency” policy.

 

The policy prohibits but is not limited to:

• Revealing or see-through clothing.

• Exposed underwear including boxers, sports bras and bras

• Overly short shorts

• Exposed genitalia, pubic region, breasts or buttocks

• Saggy pants revealing underwear or any portion of the body below the naval.

• Sleeveless tops: All tops (male and female) are to have sleeves.

• Visible cleavage, navels and/or midriffs. No skin should be shown between the bottom of the shirt/blouse and the top of the pants

• Tank tops, tube tops, spaghetti strap tops, halter tops, transparent blouses, midriff shirts/blouses.

• Pool Only – Clothing not manufactured specifically for swimming and aquatic activities.  (i.e. mesh shorts)

• Clothing that is deemed unsafe to be worn with safety equipment.

Fall semester hours are 5:30 a.m to 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 5:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday and 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekends.