Student Activities

The Department of Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance offers a broad spectrum of programs to interested students, alumni, faculty, and staff.Physical Education (PDPPE) credit courses provide a structured experience in more than 100 activities, ranging from swimming and aerobics to pilates-conditioning and downhill skiing. Emergency Medical Services offers credit and noncredit classes ranging from basic CPR to Emergency Medical Technician. Noncredit instruction is also available through the Fitness, Lifestyle, Exercise, and Dance (FLEXD) Program. BU offers Dance as a minor in the College of Fine Arts for some Schools, and all students can take advantage of over thirty daytime credit course such as ballet, tap, jazz, ballroom, modern, and hip-hop. Many dance offerings are also available for noncredit through the FLEXD program.

Intramural sports, club sports, workshops, special events, and open recreation are offered to provide opportunities involving different levels of participation and commitment. Students are encouraged to pursue fitness activities in formats that meet their interests, abilities, and schedules.

Facilities for informal recreation are located at the Case Physical Education Center, 285 Babcock Street; the Sargent Gymnasium Building, 1 University Road; and the Track and Tennis Center, 100 Ashford Street. . The Case Center includes a Cybex and free-weight room, a fitness room with cardiovascular exercise equipment, basketball courts, saunas, locker rooms, a swimming pool, a dance studio, and an ice-skating rink. Adjoining the center are tennis courts, a quarter-mile track, and Nickerson Field (Field Turf ). The Sargent Gymnasium facility contains basketball courts, a fitness center with weight training machines and cardiovascular conditioning equipment, a dance studio/theatre, and locker rooms. Sailing and kayaking docks are located on the Charles River. The Track and Tennis Center features an indoor track and indoor tennis and basketball court space. For recreation hours at any of the facilities call the Recreation Hotline at 617-353-4141.

For more information about the Department of Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, stop by the administrative offices at 300 Babcock Street, call 617-353-2748, send an e-mail to perd@bu.edu, or visit www.bu.edu/perd.

Sargent Center

Sargent Center for Outdoor Education is a University Facility located in the beautiful Monadnock region of southwestern New Hampshire, 90 minutes from the main campus. The center covers 700 acres of forest and fields, including 60-acre Halfmoon Pond with floating glacial bog, and 22 miles of trails for hiking, snowshoeing, and ski touring. Facilities include two lodges (with dining), comfortable, rustic, winterized cabins, and year-round recreational opportunities. Sargent Center offers orientation, team-building, and leadership development programs for students, faculty, and staff on a year-round basis. The facility is also available for retreats, conferences, and summer session courses. For information, contact Sargent Center at 603-525-3311 or e-mail conferences@busc.mv.com.

The Boston University George Sherman Union (GSU), located at the center of campus, is headquarters for student activities and services. The Student Center, on the lower level of the GSU, has a lounge, student organziation offices, and the Terrier Card Office. The Univeristy Community Service Center office is also located on the lower level.

The GSU offers a variety of other services, including the Games Area, the Ziskind Lounge on the second floor, a U.S. Post Office, a bank, several dining areas, meeting rooms. a quiet study lounge on the third floor, an art gallery, and the GSU Information Center. The GSU Information Center, located on the second floor, supplies information on University activities and sells candy, gum, and sundries.

The Student Activities Office, located on the fourth floor, coordinates the activities of over 350 student organizations, student governments, and the fraternity and sorority system. In addition, the office sponsors several all-University programs, such as Homecoming, Senior Week, and Summerfest. The Student Activities Office is also responsible for providing professional services and resources on all aspects of program planning and development to student organizations. It directs the Student Leadership Development Program, which offers training workshops, educational courses, and seminars addressing leadership issues.

For further information regarding these and other George Sherman Union activities, stop by 775 Commonwealth Avenue, or phone the GSU Information Center at 617-353-2921.

Boston University recognizes that spiritual development is as vital to its community as academic, cultural, physical, and social development. The University actively sponsors a wide variety of programs and options to help facilitate that development. A few of these programs are outlined below. For a more comprehensive list of religious programs and denominations served on campus, please consult the Lifebook.

Marsh Chapel, in the heart of the Charles River Campus, 735 Commonwealth Avenue, offers programs of Christian worship, Bible study, pastoral counseling, music, and educational and outreach programs. An all-University service of worship is held each Sunday morning at 10:45 a.m. and is broadcast over WBUR-FM (90.9). The Chapel is generally open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. The Chapel office is open from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays. The Dean of the Chapel, the Rev. Hope N. Luckie, and other campus ministers in the Marsh program are available daily. Feel free to contact them or obtain further information by calling Marsh Chapel at 617/353-3560, email chapel@bu.edu, or visit the website at www.bu.edu/chapel..

Hillel House, located at 233 Bay State Road, is the center for Jewish life at BostonUniversity. Students, faculty, and staff are involved in the cultural, religious, and social activities sponsored by Hillel throughout the year.

Hillel is one of the largest programs on campus and has over 25 different interest groups, including the Holocaust Education Committee, Boston University Students for Israel, a community service group, a graduate student group, a theatre group and an a cappella group, a Latin American Jewish student group, an Israeli student group, and more.

There are Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox Shabbat services every Friday night, as well as Shabbat morning services. All Jewish holidays are celebrated during the course of the year.

A wide variety of programs relating to Israel and contemporary moral issues take place weekly. Various minicourses-Jewish Thought, Basic Judaism, and Jewish Medical Ethics-are taught throughout the year.

In addition, counseling by the rabbi and the director of student activities is available. Boston University maintains a kosher dining facility at Hillel, with two meals served on most days. For further information about kosher dining, call 617/353-2947.

For further information about Hillel, call 617-353-7200 or visit the Hillel website at www.bu.edu/hillel

The Catholic Center, at Newman House, 211 Bay State Road, is the office of Roman Catholic campus ministry for the Boston University community. Sunday liturgies are celebrated in Marsh Chapel at 12:30 p.m. , 6 p.m. , and 10 p.m. Daily liturgies celebrated in the Catholic Center Chapel ordinarily at 123:10 p.m. on Tuesdays-Fridays. (For mass times, when classes are not in session, please check with the Catholic Center). Many and varied spiritual, social, and service activities, as well as sacramental preparation programs are offered throughout the academci year for both undergraduate and graduate students. The Catholic University Chaplains are Fr. Paul Helfrich, BH, and Ms. Karen Mulholland. For further information call 617-353-3632, e-mail catholic@bu.edu, or visit the Catholic Center website at www.bu.edu/catholic.

Individuals to contact and their phone numbers include: the Multidenomenational Protestant Ministry, Dean the Rev. Hope Luckie, Assistant Dean, 617/353-3560; Associate Dean, Meredith Ellis, 617-353-3560; Community Outreach Director, the Rev. Hailani Chan-Williams, 617-353-3560; the Episcopal Ministry, the Rev. Margaret Schwarzer, 617-277-5523; the Lutheran Ministry, the Rev. Joanne Engquist, 617-353-5269; and the Assembly of God Ministry, the Rev. Scott Miller, 617-723-8964. A number of Evangelical churches are also affiliated with the campus ministries.

For general information or guidance relating to these or other religious groups at Boston University, call 617/353-3560.