Welcome to the UCCS rec center. UCCS is very proud to say that we are the first campus in the nation to incorporate all five aspects of wellness into one building. That includes mental health, emotional help, nutrition, and recreation.

Here within the rec center, most of those aspects are concentrated within our Health and Wellness Center. The Wellness Center is kind of like an on-campus doctor’s office. We have a full staff of nurse practitioners here to help students with their general care needs. To schedule an appointment at the wellness center, students only have to pay a twenty-five dollar copay. The Wellness Center doesn’t accept any outside insurance, so it’s just that one small fee for students to get the medical care they need.

College is already stressful enough, so we work hard to make the health care experience less stressful for students. Additionally, the Wellness Center also houses a dietician, a chiropractor, and several emotional and wellness counselors.

We have four indoor courts here at the rec center. These courts are open and free for students and faculty to use throughout the day. So if your professor gives you a bad grade on an exam, you can take them to school on the court! On a more serious note, these courts are just for recreation. All of our NCAA teams have their own facilities where they play and practice, so you never have to fight the school athletes for time on the court.

Our intramural sports teams play here at the rec center as well. Our intramural sports are teams of UCCS students competing here at UCCS for fun. The rec center offers a wide range of intramural sports ranging from basketball, soccer, and other conventional sports to more unique sports like canoe battleship and speed rock climbing.