University Recreation

As the Mountaineers take on ECU this Saturday, September 16th, all of our facilities will be closed for the day. We invite students to bring their families to the facilities on the 15th and 17th - guest passes will be free of charge all day Friday and Sunday. Just be sure to stop by the front desk so they can fill out a waiver! 

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Christian Canastuj has taken Group Fitness at UREC to a new level with Twerk N' Tone. The numbers of people who take his class are consistent and the participants love him. During the Fall Semester of 2022, Christian brought the idea of incorporating more educational opportunities surrounding twerking and its connections and origins to various cultures. Starting off this past Spring semester, that was his goal and Christian has done a fantastic job adding those elements to the class. This class incorporates Afrobeat, Latin, and club-like moves to create an immersive fitness experience for all participants. In the Spring Semester of 2023 he taught 24 regular Twerk N’ Tone classes for the Group Fitness schedule and 2 additional Twerk N’ Tone classes during the month of April for Diversity Celebration in collaboration with the Diversity Celebration Committee. The total numbers for these classes this semester is 246 unique users and 609 total users.

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Emma Bouma ‘19 started at App State in 2015 and graduated in the Spring of 2019. Emma worked with UREC for her last two years of college serving as a Club Sports Executive Officer during that time. Emma’s brother, Karst Bouma ‘21, attended App State from Fall 2017 to Spring 2021, working at UREC for three years from 2018 to 2021. Karst started working as a Sports Supervisor and then held the leadership position of Program Manager.

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Madison Neisz - Bobby L. Dunnigan Outstanding Service Award

Congratulations Madison! 

Her nominator had this to share:

“After demonstrating her leadership potential, this student was promoted in May of 2022 to Program Manager for Member Services. Being a program manager is our highest student-employee position. In this role, this student helps train, manage, and evaluate a team of 40+ students. She has grown as a public speaker and takes initiative to create new training materials for the staff. We’ve been able to implement more announcements over the PA system, occupancy counts to be displayed online, and she continuously helps the team have a better understanding of their role in the evaluation process. Her peers look to her as a leader and resource. She is highly motivated to not only improve her own performance but to enhance the working experience of those around her.”

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