We welcome all University of Michigan students, faculty, and staff who are either interested in learning the sport of fencing, or looking to continue their fencing training. We are always recruiting new members, regardless of experience or commitment level. The club is entirely student-run, and we depend heavily on a continuing influx of new members, so join today! Join us! Our travel squad competes once or twice a month at tournaments in the Midwest and beyond.Īll members are welcome to travel, and many first-time fencers go on to represent the university on our travel squad.Įvery fall, we host a large “newbie” tournament for beginner fencers at Michigan and other colleges.
Our travel squad consistently places in the top five clubs in the nation and competes on par with many Division I varsity squads. The University of Michigan Fencing Club is a member of the Midwestern Fencing Conference (MFC). We welcome both kinds of fencers and provide both a stress-free learning environment for beginners as well as a challenging competitive environment for experienced fencers. Others had never touched a weapon before their first practice here at Michigan. Some of our fencers have years of experience, have trained with private coaches, and competed on the national level. We are a co-ed Michigan club sport open to everyone.īecause we are not a varsity sport, we accept members of all backgrounds. No experience necessary, just enthusiasm. If we can be one place where students and members go to get healthier, reduce stress and connect with others, we will have been successful.Welcome to the homepage of the University of Michigan Fencing team!īecome a part of the top club fencing team in the United States! “People will feel more comfortable in trying out new ways to best manage their own health and well-being. “I’m looking forward to seeing how the new facility will change how our campus community experiences health and well-being,” said Widen. With those opportunities, Widen shared Recreational Sports will be able to be more inclusive by providing something for everyone, regardless of their level of activity. “Inclusive locker rooms create that type of welcoming environment and help us live into our values of diversity, equity and inclusion.”įurthermore, the new facility will create a diverse set of opportunities for engagement. “We needed to create locker room spaces that allow everyone a safe, flexible space that meets their needs,” said Widen. Plus, inclusive locker rooms have been part of all projects in the series. In addition, with the popularity of pickleball rising the new facility will have flexible court space. “We learned the functional fitness spaces at the IMSB and NCRB were undersized, and the new CCRB would need to incorporate more of that type of space.” EXTRA CREDIT: Carolyn Cornelison at Agnes Scott College shares about their pickleball program here. “The functional fitness spaces in our first two projects have been extremely popular,” said Widen. A few popular amenities because of both this outreach and growing trends include functional fitness, pickleball and inclusive locker rooms. As such, they were able to determine what types of spaces and activities are important to the experience.
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Mike Widen, the director of Recreational Sports at the University of Michigan, shared throughout the entire series of projects, recreation did a lot of outreach to students, members, campus partners and the University of Michigan community. Dedicated racquetball and squash courts.Group exercise, multi-purpose rooms and a mind-body studio.Top-rope and speed climbing, and bouldering walls.Gymnasium courts for basketball, volleyball, badminton, pickleball and more.A lap pool, recreation pool and recovery pool.Features of the new facility will include: However, after additional advocacy from students, the project became a complete replacement with a $165 million budget. The CCRB was originally a $45 million renovation. The North Campus Recreation Building (NCRB).The CCRB replacement facility is the last project in a series of six facility improvements that have included renovations to:
In 2011, a student organization called Building a Better Michigan was formed to advocate for improvements to facilities in Recreational Sports and University Unions. The project’s expected finish date will be in the summer of 2025. The new 200,000-square-foot Central Campus Recreation Building (CCRB) at the University of Michigan will be built on the same site as the current facility, with demolition scheduled for January 2023.
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