Recreation & Attractions

Family signing up for a Rec Services membership
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Recreational Services

For: Undergraduate students, graduate and professional students, postdocs, faculty, staff, families of faculty/staff, and community members. Providing diverse recreational experiences that encourage active lifestyles.
A student locks her bike to a rack

Biking on Campus

For: everyone. Providing maps, resources, and tips to support biking.
Map of bridges on campus

Walking on Campus

For: everyone. Providing a guide and walking resources.
People working out inside a gym

Recreational Facilities

For: Undergraduate students, graduate and professional students, faculty and staff, postdocs, and community members. Offering opportunities for recreation.
student garden with "mild peppers" sign

Student Garden

For: undergraduate students. Providing gardening opportunities.
historical marker of the IMU pedestrian bridge

Campus Historical Markers

For everyone. Raising public awareness of campus history.
looking up into the canopy of a large tree with orange and red leaves

Campus Trees

For everyone. Offering over 8,000 trees on campus.

Togetherall Online Support Community

For: undergraduate students, graduate and professional students, and postdocs. An online community where students can share their thoughts and feelings anonymously and safely with peers around the U.S and abroad.
A man next to a Turkey Vulture

Iowa Raptor Project

For: everyone. Providing education and the opportunity to see birds of prey.
People of the roof of a building looking at the night sky

Van Allen Observatory

For: everyone. Offering public observing nights and other educational and outreach opportunities.
Drone shot of the Pentacrest at dusk

Discover Your University

For: faculty and staff. Provides events to visit various sites on campus.
Individual climbs up a pole

UI Challenge Course

For: Undergraduate students, graduate and professional students, faculty and staff, and community members. Providing team-building activities.