NIRSA Facility Feature: University of Minnesota-Duluth Recreational Sports Outdoor Program Pool

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By Natasha Fischer, Member Engagement Manager at NIRSA

Home to more than 9,500 students, the University of Minnesota-Duluth features a robust recreational sports outdoor program that encourages students to engage in a healthy lifestyle by partaking in a wide variety of recreation activities. The recreation program takes advantage of the university’s proximity to Lake Superior and its many tributaries. Several water-based facilities including the Surf Shack, Boat Shed, and the St. Louis River Outpost offer watercraft storage and activity staging areas for whitewater kayaking and canoeing, sea kayaking, surfing, and stand-up paddle boarding. In the winter months, students were traditionally able to utilize the university’s indoor pool to work on their paddling skills; however, by the early 2020s the pool—originally built in the 1950s—became in need of repair. Issues with leaking, poor filtration, and outdated plumbing led to decreased efficiency and, subsequently, the dated structure no longer met the needs of the modern-day student population.

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