Fund-A-Need 2024

List of 3 items.

• Fitness Center

  The primary focus of this project is to activate currently unused space on campus to create a brand new fitness center for students and faculty/staff. This building will be situated along the west side of the Kemper gym and will include three distinct wellness spaces:
  

  • Yoga studio space
  • Cardio fitness room
  • Faculty & staff fitness center, separate from student access

  In addition to creating a new, more practical space for students and staff to exercise, this project also represents an ongoing investment into the culture of wellness at AWS. Students of all ages will benefit emotionally, physically and cognitively from these spaces, and will build healthy lifestyle habits at every stage of their development.

• Expansion of Training Room

  The construction of the new health center will create additional space in our current weight room, situated above the Kemper Gym. With cardio equipment migrating out of the current training room and a new full-time athletic trainer on staff, this space will be more fully activated to better serve student-athletes of all ages.

• Facility Updates & Renovations

  Also wrapped into this project are the addition of two exterior restroom facilities at the back of the Bessler Gymnasium with access for James Field. This is a much-needed addition for students and guests alike, who do not currently have access to restrooms from this outdoor space. In addition, the locker rooms in the Kemper Center will be updated to current standards and become more usable for our student-athletes and visiting teams.