College Recreation Finding Synergies with YMCA Partnerships

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Multi-million dollar state-of-the-art student recreation and wellness facilities are de rigueur on major college campuses, as students expect more out of their educational experience than just a degree.

Multi-million dollar state-of-the-art student recreation and wellness facilities are de rigueur on major college campuses, as students expect more out of their educational experience than just a degree. That expectation is trickling down to even the commuter and community college levels, where offering such amenities hasn't been considered feasible. "The students have wanted to be able to build a student center and exercise facility that would provide a sense of community and a reason to be on campus outside of academics," says Harlan Patterson, vice chancellor of Administrative Services at the University of Washington Tacoma, which started out as a commuter college in the 1990s but has since grown into something more.

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