525 N. 16th Street

The grand opening of the new Wellness + Helfaer Recreation facility was a success, seeing one-third of the student body come through the doors for the first day of the spring 2025 semester (January 13). The facility is a 195,000-square-foot reimagining of health, wellness and recreation services on campus.

Wellness + Helfaer Recreation is home to Campus Recreation, the 不良研究所 Medical Clinic, Health Promotion, Advocacy and Prevention, and the Counseling Center.  The new building is the first time bringing these areas from varied corners of campus into one place, allowing 不良研究所 to comprehensively provide a continuum of wellness services that are integrative, inclusive, accessible and responsive to the changing needs of the campus community.

If you have questions about the Wellness + Helfaer Recreation facility please call Campus Recreation at (414) 288-6976.

The Campus Recreation spaces at the WR includes:

• 115,000-plus square feet of recreation space
• A four-court gymnasium and two multi-activity courts with basketball, volleyball, badminton, pickleball, futsal and handball lines
• Two fitness studios and one spin studio
• One-seventh-mile indoor running track
• Turf area with sprint ramp
• Four tennis courts
• Massage therapy room
• Fitness assessment room
• Natatorium with a six-lane pool
• Seven multi-purpose locker rooms
• Multiple fitness zones

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Fun Facts:

The Wellness + Helfaer Recreation facility opened 50 years after the opening of the original Helfaer Recreation Center in 1975.  It鈥檚 located directly on the old footprint of the building.

The facility has two dynamic art pieces: one on the exterior of the building features the echoes of Lake Michigan and one on the interior that has a built-in pulse reader.