Student working out at University Recreation

Become a Student Recreation Center member

Access is everything at the SRC. Learn about our membership options and your eligibility.

Student Recreation Center Memberships

The Student Recreation Center offers memberships to students, faculty, staff and other affiliates. We are a student-funded facility and not open to the wider community. Memberships are available on a semester (fall or spring) and session (summer I or summer II) basis. Facility tours are available during all building hours by stopping at the service desk or main office.

Currently enrolled undergraduate students pay for access through their tuition. For most other student types, you can activate your membership for $90 per semester for fall and spring and $45 per session for summer I and II.

Membership Categories

Students not enrolled in classes for the current semester can purchase SRC access at the current semester or session rate. Unenrolled students who have not graduated are eligible to purchase a membership up to one year after their last semester or session of enrollment.

Access to the SRC for graduate students is determined by enrollment fees paid for the semester or session. If you're not charged an enrollment fee for the semester or session, then you can activate your access at the current membership rate.

Access to the Student Recreation Center for benefits-eligible faculty and non-bargaining staff is part of the benefits package. Members in this category activate their yearly membership at the Student Recreation Center and only pay taxes on $270.

Non-benefits-eligible faculty and staff can purchase a membership to the Student Recreation Center at the current semester or session rates. Please contact the assistant director for operations and member services.

As part of the Part-time Instructor Organization's contract, instructors that are PIO-eligible can activate annual memberships at the current rate for access to the Student Recreation Center. Members in this category activate their yearly membership at the Student Recreation Center and only pay taxes on $270. You must be an active part-time instructor at the time of membership activation and renewal. Your membership will remain active for semesters/sessions that you are not teaching if they fall within the annual membership period.

In order to qualify for an alumni membership, you must have a received a degree from Western Michigan University.

Students of the WMU Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine are eligible for membership at the current rates. Memberships must be activated through the student affairs office at the School of Medicine and are subject to current membership rates.

Employees of the School of Medicine are eligible for membership at the current rate by showing their WMed ID card.

Individuals that personally donate $1,000 or more to Western Michigan University are eligible for membership by paying the current rate. Spouses are not eligible for membership.

A spouse of a member in any WMU affiliate category, except donors and retirees, are eligible for membership at the current semester or session rates. Please supply a copy of your marriage certificate for verification purposes.

Looking for more out of your membership?

SRC patron checking out towel

Towel Rentals

Current WMU Student Recreation Center members may purchase towel service on a semester, session basis or daily basis. Towels are tracked and monitored by our towel tracker system.

Rates for the semesters and sessions are as follows: $20 for fall and spring, $10 for summer I and II. 

For towel service on a daily basis, the rate is $1 with only one towel per visit.

Members who have rented a locker for the semester can add towel service: $10 for fall and spring, $5 for summer I and II

WMU student putting bag into locker

Locker Rentals

Current WMU Student Recreation Center members may rent lockers on a semester or session basis:

  • Small or half-size lockers: $25 for fall and spring, $12.50 for summer sessions
  • Full-size lockers: $35 for fall and spring, $17.50 for summer sessions

For daily or one-time use, lockers are available free of charge. Members must provide their own lock. Additionally we have locks for purchase at the SRC service desk.

Coin-operated lockers are also available for $0.25 per day for small lockers and $0.50 per day for full-size lockers.

A group of students on stationary bikes taking a Cyclefit class at the student recreation center.

Fitness Passes

Purchase your fitness pass which gives you access to additional fitness opportunities, including group exercise and specialty programs. Choose the pass that best fits your interests and fitness goals. Visit our Fitness page for details on available passes, programs, and pricing.

Western Michigan University students use the weight room on the second floor of the Student Recreation Center.

Guest Passes

Have a friend or family member who wants to check out the SRC? Guest passes are $10 and can be purchased in person at the SRC Service Desk. To purchase a guest pass, you must be WMU-affiliated, and the guest must present a valid ID.

The Student Recreation Center is for the whole family

Members are welcome to bring their families and dependents to the SRC during any of our operational hours. Children 15 years and under may enter the facility for no charge, but children 16 years and over or spouses/partners must pay the guest pass fee. Families may use any of our gyms, table tennis, indoor tennis courts, racquetball courts and pool. The climbing wall may also be used by families for no additional cost. Children under the age of 16 must remain within visual contact of the parent and may not use the weight room, cardio room or indoor track.

Risk statement

Participation in recreational activities, intramural sports, fitness programs and special events is purely voluntary and individuals participate at their own risk. Participants should be aware of the possibilities of bodily injury and should understand that they are responsible for any and all costs arising out of injury or property damage sustained through participation. Should someone become injured, please notify a program or facility supervisor for assistance.

Refund policy 

Student Recreation Center affiliate members may apply for a refund prior to the start of the semester or session for which a membership is purchased. After the first day of the semester or session, a refund cannot be issued for any reason. Students who are billed through tuition or enrollment fees are not eligible for refunds. Faculty or staff members that use the taxable benefit option to purchase an annual membership are not eligible for a refund.

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