Campus Rec to replace part of gym area with student health offices
By Theresa Pratt, Deputy News Editor
Campus Recreation will be renovated this fall to have centers for Student Health and Wellbeing added to the middle of the main floor where workout equipment used to be.
The new stations will not replace the health and counseling centers at the Health Center. Instead, the new area in Burdick Hall will serve as an extension of Student Health and Wellbeing in an effort to make the services more accessible to students.
Tyler Weigandt, the assistant director of marketing and communications for student health and well-being, said that the idea behind the addition is to create a central point for all student health and wellbeing. Weigandt said renovations will be completed by Spring 2026.
The stations will offer professional staff resources, education and different workshops. Clinical and counseling services will still only be offered at the main Health Center at the Ward and West location, according to Weigandt.
However some students don’t want the addition as the area that’ll be converted used to have several workout machines and is in a prominent area of the first floor gym space. The area earmarked for the new offices has been cleared and roped off since August.
“I am very displeased,” senior Amirah Dockins said. “I think there should be more gym equipment, not less.”
Other students welcome the addition to Campus Recreation.
“I think that is a really good addition because I think it’s hard to sometimes find mental health resources around campus sometimes, or that students may not always want to talk to people about things they are going through,” junior Catherine Sorto said.
Director of Health Promotion and Prevention Education Erica Lokshin is also involved in Burdick’s new addition.
“My favorite part is being able to think about how students can best utilize the space,” Lokshin said. “Even down to the design plans, when a student walks in, what would make them feel most comfortable and welcome, and able to easily access the space in a way that feels inviting was exciting.”
Due to technical difficulties with The Towerlight’s website, this article was originally published in the Towerlight Today e-newsletter on Sept. 25, 2025. The article was posted to The Towerlight’s website on Oct. 5, 2025.