Annual Highlights - IU Campus Recreational Sports

Annual Highlights
Unit Highlights
Informal Sports
RS facilities are open 362 days a year with more
than 1.7 million uses (493,000 at the School of
Health, Physical Education and Recreation building
and 1,228,000 at the Student Recreational
Sports Center). 1
Aquatics
Aquatics hosted the Indiana Senior State Swimming
Championships in July, 2007. The event attracted
68 teams representing 569 of the best high
school-age and college-age swimmers from across
Indiana (283 men and 286 women). According to
the Bloomington Convention and Visitor’s Bureau,
the economic impact of the event was $420,288 at
the very least.
RS pools have over 107,000 uses. 1
Club Sports
IU students Jesse Schultz and Ryan Queen, traveled
to Lewisville, Texas in Fall, 2007 to compete
in the National Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship,
finishing 69 th . Fox Sports Network aired
highlights of the National Championship in January,
2008.
Two new clubs formed in 07.08: Golf and Filipino
Stick Arts.
Students run IU’s 42 different Club Sports that
range from Aikido to water skiing. The clubs have
over 1,500 members.
Facility Management
In August, Campus Recreational Sports assumed
responsibility for facility management of the School
of Health, Physical Education and Recreation
(HPER) building. This responsibility had resided
in the Dean’s Office but was transitioned to RS in
recognition of its experience and ability to improve
efficiency and stewardship within operations.
Facility Support staff led a turf improvement project
for the Evan Williams Club Sport Field.
Fitness/Wellness
Fitness/Wellness successfully launched CycleFit as
a fee-based program, guaranteeing a spot for registered
participants in a specific session each week.
The Step into Fitness Pedometer Program for Faculty/Staff
attracted nearly 1,200 new participants
for a total of 1,800 Step into Fitness enthusiasts.
There were 66,000 uses in Group Exercise sessions.
Participation in instructional programming increased
by 34%. Participation in Personal Training
increased by 2% over the previous high mark. RS
Strength and Conditioning facilities enjoy strong
use with participants making nearly 893,000 uses 1
per year.
Information Technology
Information Technology (IT) staff implemented a
popular Content Management System (CMS) to facilitate
content updates and to more easily change
the look and feel of the both the RS public website
and internal on-line employee handbook—the RS
Resource Guide.
As part of a multi-phase, multi-year project, IT
staff installed and implemented a Foot Traffic
monitoring system providing a real-time: occupancy
tracking system of selected facility spaces.
Intramural Sports
The Intramural Sports Program participated in the
Big Ten Champs/Nike flag football sponsorship and
the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association
(NIRSA) PowerADE/Champion program for
basketball. The partnerships provided participants
free PowerADE and Champion apparel. Champs
sent one lucky flag football team to the Champs
Sports Bowl.
There were over 21,500 registrations in 5,450 intramural
sports contests in 24 different sports.
Marketing and Sponsorship
Recreational Sports launched a weekly podcast
series, Rec Sports Report in October, 2007. Initial
tracking of download statistics and RSS Feed
subscription indicates strong interest in this new
medium. It is also featured on IU’s Podcast Portal
and is the first weekly podcast offered by an IU-
Bloomington unit.
General
Fast Facts
• Based on a 2007 student survey conducted by a
national assessment company:
• 84% of respondents felt the student fee for RS
was justified based on the number of programs/
services offered.
• 95% of survey respondents would recommend
RS programs, services and facilities to others.
• 163 groups use RS facilities to host a variety of
events and tournaments annually, including 40
student organizations, 34 academic and nonacademic
units, 28 public organizations, 27 club
sports, and 7 IU Varsity Athletics camps.
• 144 students represent leaders, volunteers or
employees from Recreational Sports enrolled in
the R100 Leadership Series course.
Facility Master Plan
Campus Recreational Sports developed a preliminary
facility master plan reflecting broad
stakeholder input from students, faculty and staff
in partnership with Brailsford and Dunlavey,
recognized leaders in facility master planning for
collegiate recreational sports facilities. The plan
provides recommendations for the renovation and
expansion of the Student Recreational Sports Center,
outdoor activity spaces, and the Wildermuth
Intramural Center.
The Student Recreational Sports Association
(SRSA) and Indiana University Student Association
(IUSA) provided leadership in shaping a multifaceted
campaign to educate the campus about
the facility master plan. They facilitated meetings
with all major campus student organizations, seeking
input and assessing the level of student support
for the plan. As a result, 13 student organizations
endorsed the plan and the principle of using
student fees as a funding source.
SRSA and IUSA sought additional input through a
web-based fee tolerance survey sent to 10,000 students.
Of the 2,233 respondents, 60% supported a
student fee ranging between $60-100 per semester
per student for the project. President McRobbie
outlined next steps in the approval process,
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1 Number of uses is determined by an actual count of people in each of the activity spaces taken by
hourly staff throughout the day.
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