About Student Recreation

Student Recreation is a component of the Student Life Department at Colorado State University – Pueblo (CSU-Pueblo). The vision of Student Life at CSU-Pueblo is to expand students' educational experiences beyond the campus classroom and to promote experiential learning.

Mission
Student Recreation's mission is to provide the Colorado State University – Pueblo community with rewarding recreational experiences and leadership opportunities.

Program Goals

• Promote “hands-on” learning through experiential education.
• Utilize the natural environment and outdoor adventure activities to enhance the participants educational experience
• To increase self-awareness, self-understanding and personal responsibility.
• Design challenging learning environments to promote understanding, open communication, and team cohesiveness through small group experiences.
• Expand the participant’s relationships, values, principles, and ethics through the development of community.
• Provide opportunities to gain leadership skills and self-competence through trainings and positions of responsibility.
• To cultivate a sense of place and connection with people in the university community.
• To foster a stewardship with the environment.

Services:
The Student Recreation Center operates year round and offers trips, educational seminars, sporting events, programs and has an equipment rental program. The types of activities include intramural sports, the indoor climbing wall, challenge course and outdoor program trips that range from one-day educational studies trips to extended programs and trips. All our programs are designed to provide recreational opportunities to be available to the Colorado State University – Pueblo community.

The majority of Colorado State University–Pueblo students are low to middle income and the median age is twenty-six. Many students have not been exposed to the natural environment of Southern Colorado, which is due to training, knowledge of opportunities and finances. The ELC provides these services thus allowing more opportunity to Colorado State University – Pueblo.

ELC participants are offered a unique opportunity to attain an exuberant and challenging experience through living, learning, and leading in the out of doors. The ELC devotes its efforts to building individual and group confidence, solving problems, promoting social interaction and teamwork. It creates a culture of people within Colorado State University - Pueblo who rise over and beyond the challenges facing them.

An integral component of the ELC program at Colorado State University – Pueblo is our affiliated Wilderness Education Association (WEA) program. We utilize the eighteen-point curriculum of WEA in our academic courses as well as a framework with out recreation adventures. Students who participate in the ELC have the opportunity to be certified through the Wilderness Education Association as an outdoor leader. This process requires the student to go on at least five extended trips, be a Wilderness First Responder, lead at least two trips as a student leader, and they must take specific outdoor adventure education courses at CSU-Pueblo.

Being a part of the ELC means living life to its fullest, gaining a lifetime's worth of education, and most importantly, HAVING FUN!