Recreation and Wellness Center News
The Outdoor Rec’s fourth annual bouldering competition is back and hotter than ever!
This free climbing competition on Tuesday, April 3 from 4-7 p.m. will have beginner, intermediate, and advanced categories. The first climbing session will last from 4 p.m. until 5:30 p.m., and the second session will last from 5:30 p.m. until 7 p.m. The amount of participants in each session is limited, so sign up online to guarantee your session time. You can also show up on the date of competition.
Prizes will be awarded to winner in every category, and feel free to come dressed up inspired by our FIRE theme. All competitors are welcome whether it’s your first time on the wall or you’re a seasoned vet.
Register today at:
http://bit.ly/VandyRecCC4
Looking for a way to get outside this spring, switch up your workout, increase your flexibility, or challenge your strength?
Join the Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center for a 45-minute outdoor yoga class that will rejuvenate and energize your afternoon. Check out this opportunity to enjoy spring weather in Tennessee on Alumni Lawn at noon on Thursday, March 15.
Wear comfortable clothing. Yoga mats will be provided, but you are welcome to bring your own. In case of inclement weather, please check out our group fitness schedule.
The Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center is excited to host the inaugural game of Canoe Battleship! Can you and your crew sink your enemies’ vessels while navigating treacherous waters? Are you prepared to defend your ship while attempting to submerge enemy boats?
Grab your friends and register a team to compete in the Rec’s Canoe Battleship tournament on Wednesday, March 14th, from 6-8 p.m.! It will be a fun and exciting night as we turn the classic board game into a live, interactive event.
All battles will take place at the Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center pool. Swimsuits are required. Canoe Battleship rules and registration are available on IMLeagues and the Rec website. Canoe Battleship is a My Experience Vanderbilt event; register now and receive participation credit on March 14th.
Register now!
Visit IMLeagues to sign your team up today!
Join us for a weeklong celebration of Recreational Sports & Fitness Day, as we highlight Vanderbilt Recreation & Wellness Center programs and Vanderbilt University’s healthy and active lifestyles!! We invite students, faculty, staff, and members of the Vanderbilt community to participate in the #RecDayVU2018 Instagram Challenge starting February 19. Post a daily photo on Instagram that highlights your workout, exercise, sport, adventure, fitness, activity or wellness practice, tag @vandyrec, and be entered into a daily prize drawing.
How to enter:
- Follow the Vanderbilt Recreation & Wellness Center on Instagram
- Look for the official #RecDayVU2018 photo prompt at 9AM each day on our account and take photos based on the daily prompt.
- Upload it to Instagram.
- Tag it with #RecDayVU2018
- Set your account to public so that your submissions can be entered into the daily prize drawing. Prizes include workout towels, SUP packages, swim lessons, and t-shirts.
- If you are the daily winner, we will contact you via direct message.
Get your photos in by 11:59:59 pm CT each day for the chance to win. Participants can enter one photo per day, per Instagram account, for a total of four chances to win. VandyRec will choose a daily winner. At the end of the weeklong celebration, all photos submitted between Feb 19-Feb 22 will be entered into a random drawing for the chance to win the grand prize: a Starbucks gift card.
Celebrate Recreational Sports & Fitness Day with VandyRec!
| Locker Size | Previous Pricing | 2018 and Beyond Pricing | Towel Included? |
| Large | $110 per semester | $9 per month | Yes |
| Medium | $95 per semester | $8 per month | Yes |
| Small | $80 per semester | $7 per month | No |
To renew your current locker service, please log on to the Rec Member Portal and follow the steps below:
- Once you have logged in to the Rec Member Portal, click the Memberships button located on the home screen on the top right.
- The large, medium, and small locker service memberships will be located on the next screen. Follow the steps on the subsequent screens to purchase your locker service. If you need assistance or have questions about how to complete , please use the online step-by-step screen steps for How to Start a Membership Online (both memberships and the new locker service function the same way).
- Your locker must be renewed before Wednesday, January 31, 2018. On that day, if any items still remain inside the locker, they will be removed by the Rec Staff and held for a period of 20 days. Once the 20 days have lapsed, any unclaimed items will be donated to charity or discarded.
Questions? Email us at recmemberservices@vanderbilt.edu
Studying for exams can be stressful: All your favorite study spots are taken, you’re hangry, and you want to ace your finals. The Rec is the perfect solution to your stress!
The Rec is open 24/7 from December 7th at 11pm through 5am on December 14th! With your Commodore Card, students can access the Rec and utilize study spaces throughout the facility along with tons of stress relieving activities! Come study in our conference rooms, play a game of basketball, re-energize with a snack, or take a quick cat-nap on our sofas. The opportunities are abundant and accessible to all students!
Throughout the week there will be therapy dogs, free food, group hide & seek, holiday movies, cookie decorating, group fitness classes, late night climbing, 3v3 basketball…AND MORE!
Check out our events schedule:
December 8:
5:30pm: Studio B-Hardbody
8pm-10pm: Racquetball Court 3 – Dodgeball
8pm-10pm: Rec Lounge – Cereal Bar
8pm-11pm: Rec Lounge – Board games, de-stress coloring, holiday movies
December 9:
3:30pm: Studio C-Vinyasa Yoga
December 10:
4:30pm: Studio A-Zumba
8pm: Gym Court 1 – 3v3 Basketball
8pm-10pm: Rec Lounge – Cereal Bar
8pm-11pm: Rec Lounge – Board games, de-stress coloring, holiday movies
6-8pm: Rec Lounge – Therapy Dogs
December 11:
5-8pm: Rec Lounge – Therapy Dogs
5:30pm: Studio C – Yoga
6pm – 8pm: Rec Lounge – Holiday Cookie Decorating
6pm – 8pm: Rec Lounge – Board Games, de-stress coloring, holiday movies
8pm – 11pm: Climbing Wall – Climbing & a Movie
December 12:
5-7pm: Rec Lounge – Therapy Dogs
5:15pm: Studio C- Pilates
6pm-8pm: SEC Lobby – Shadow Monsters vs. Mouth Breathers (Group Hide & Seek)
9pm-11pm: Eggo/Pancakes Bar
December 13
5:30pm: Studio C – Hatha Yoga
6pm: Rec Lounge – Trailmix Bar
6pm-8pm: Rec Lounge – Board games, de-stress coloring, holiday movies
6pm-8pm: Rec Lounge –Therapy Dogs
7pm: Fieldhouse – Holiday Night (Movie Marathon and Yard Games)
UPDATE: We are very excited about our technology upgrades and we continue to find ways to educate and share our excitement with you, our members. We want to clarify some details from our initial card announcement.
- All VUMC Cards will work with our touchless turnstiles.
Approved Commodore Card and Rec Cards:
We appreciate your continued patronage here at the Rec.
Our new membership system & turnstiles will allow you access to our facilities with an iCLASS card. iCLASS cards contain a microchip and antenna that work with our contactless card readers. We will be discontinuing use of the Magnetic Swipe Reader at the Welcome Desk effective Wednesday, November 1, 2017.
The following provisions have been established to assist you in getting a new ID card to access our facilities:
- If you are a University Employee, Student, or an employee of Vanderbilt University Medical Center, the Card Offices here at Vanderbilt are equipped to help you transition to the new iCLASS card. Please visit your respective card office at your earliest convenience to get a replacement card for free!
- If you are an Alumni, Community, or a family member, the Welcome Desk here at the Rec has the capability to print your first Rec Member iCLASS card for free! Please see a Rec Staff member at the Welcome Desk to get started.
** Keep in mind, the Rec Member card printed at the Rec will only allow you access to our facilities. This card cannot be used for access to any other Vanderbilt facilities.
We are thrilled you have decided to make us a part of your healthy lifestyle this year!
Vanderbilt University Ultimate Club Frisbee member, Jin-Mi Matsunaga, will be representing the United States on the U24 Mixed National Team at the WFDF 2018 Under 24 World Ultimate Frisbee Championships.
Jin-Mi started playing ultimate frisbee during her freshman year of college with VUDU, Vanderbilt’s women’s ultimate frisbee team, and later captained the team for two years in 2014-2016. Growing up, she played different sports–softball, cross-country, volleyball, and soccer. As a first generation American growing up in an underprivelged neighborhood in Enterprise, Alabama, sports helped her build self confidence and develop friendships. During Jin-Mi’s freshman year at Vanderbilt, VUDU and the ultimate frisbee community in Nashville helped her with much of the same while she navigated academics, social life, and community and campus involvement.
Her journey to be a part of this team was encouraged by past teammates and coaches. In 2014, Jin-Mi attended the U24 Tryout Camp for the first time because a teammate on Hairy Otter encouraged me to go through the application process. She didn’t make a National Team that cycle. After receiving a rejection email, she promised herself that she would make every effort to improve her ultimate frisbee skills and apply again for the next cycle. Jin-Mi tried out for and made the best club team in the southeast the following season, Atlanta Ozone, and continue to compete and refine skills with Ozone.
Jin-Mi returned to the U24 Tryout Camp in June 2017 and was offered a spot on the U24 Mixed National Team. Being a part of the Mixed National Team means that she will be competing alongside men and women from across the US.
Join the Vanderbilt Recreation & Wellness Center, Vanderbilt Club Sports, and the Vanderbilt University community in congratulating Jin-Mi on this incredible accomplishment and wish her the best of luck at the World Championship tournament in Perth, Western Australia from January 7th-13th, 2018.
For Vanderbilt University football game days, the Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center (Rec) parking lot along Children’s Way is not available for parking to Commodore fans attending the games. However, the two-hour parking and metered spots are available to Rec patrons using the facility. Please show valid ID to the parking attendant. As a courtesy, please observe the time limits on these meters. Otherwise, unauthorized vehicles may be subject to ticketing or will be towed.
If you encounter any problems while trying to park along Children’s Way to visit and use the Rec during a football game day, please call the Rec Welcome Desk immediately, 615-343-6627, and a staff member will help you.
The Vanderbilt Recreation and Wellness Center (Rec) encourages lifelong learning, developing healthy lifestyles, fostering leadership, instilling an appreciation for diverse communities, and enhancing interpersonal relationships through quality facilities and by using intentional, educational, and enjoyable programming that focuses on Vanderbilt University students, faculty, staff, and the greater Nashville community. The Rec offers group fitness classes, personal training, cooking classes, student led club sports, intramural sport leagues and tournaments, memberships to the Vanderbilt University and Nashville community, nutrition programs to encourage healthy eating, outdoor recreation adventure trips, outdoor equipment rental, swimming lessons, a children’s summer day camp, and more. We believe being physically active is a crucial component of success in and out of the classroom, and we are dedicated to creating a culture of wellness where all members of the university community choose to thrive.
@VandyRec | Choose to Thrive | vu.edu/VandyRec
Do you want to learn how to scuba dive? Discover new adventures? Or see the world beneath the waves? This semester the Rec is hosting Scuba Shack’s PADI Open Water Scuba Diving Certification. The certification course is open to Vanderbilt University faculty, staff, students, and Rec members!
The PADI Open Water Diver course is the world’s most popular scuba course, and has introduced millions of people to the adventurous diving lifestyle. The course will take place in a Rec classroom, the Rec pool and local dive sites under the supervision of your PADI Instructor.
To learn more about Scuba at the Rec: contact Nicole Charnock at Nicole@scubashacknashville.com or 615-84-SCUBA (72822).
Course Details: September 28th, October 5th, October 7th and October 14th (Thursdays & Saturdays)
Course Fee: $450. Please remit payment to Scuba Shack.
Specific Course Dates and Times:
Thursday September 28: Rec conference room 2 from 6-9pm
Thursday October 5: Rec conference room 2 from 6-9pm
Saturday October 7: Rec pool (lanes 1-2) from 9am-1pm
Saturday October 14: Rec pool (lanes 1-2) from 9am-1pm
Open Water Training Dives TBD- Local Quarry
The PADI Open Water Diver course consists of 3 phases: Knowledge Development, Confined Water Dives and Open Water Dives. It includes: PADI Textbook & all materials | Professional Instruction | Use of Scuba gear for pool training and open water training | PADI Open Water Certification Card | Open Water dive site admittance fees. Not Included: Personal student gear (mask, fins, snorkel, boots) – Scuba Shack has “special package pricing for this gear for all students registered for the course.”
Questions, Info & Contact: Nicole Charnock |Nicole@scubashacknashville.com | 615-84-SCUBA (72822).
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