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Time to Celebrate the Brand New Barnes Center Time to Celebrate the Brand New Barnes Center

Syracuse University officially opens its new recreational facility

By Riley Didier

Friday, September thirteenth two-thousand nineteen is a day that will go down in history for the entirety of Syracuse University. On this day, the entire community was invited to be a part of the official celebration of the Barnes Center, a new health and wellness facility aimed to improve the lives of all SU students.

Emcee Sean McDonough, Syracuse class of 1984 elaborated on the impressiveness of this new facility.

“Now to celebrate a very exciting occasion. The opening of this beautiful facility next to us. It’s not just a building. It’s not just a gym. It’s not just a pharmacy or a med clinic, but it’s an integrated health and wellness complex.”

This state-of-the-art facility provides students with opportunities to improve mentally with the Crowley Family MindSpa and the Walters Pet Therapy room, improve physically with an abundance of facilities from the pool, to the cardio room, to the rock climbing wall, as well as improve nutritionally with new nutrition counseling services. The Barnes Center is also home to one of few state-of-the-art e-sports facilities in the country.

But, Chancellor Kent Syverud expressed strong gratitude to the students for making this possible.

“The transformation, I just want to emphasize, is the result most importantly of the passion and the tenacity of our students, as have been most things at Syracuse University in its history.”

“So I’m currently here in the wellness center. There are some activities here that students can do to kind of get their mind off things. The Barnes Center is going to be one of a kind and it’s going to increase the student experience and it truly is going to be fantastic for all of the students here. Riley Didier with NCC News.”

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC NEWS) — On Friday, September 13, 2019 Syracuse University officially celebrated the grand opening of the brand new recreational facility. The Barnes Center at The Arch is a brand new health and wellness center that will provide Syracuse students with a one-of-a-kind fitness experience that is sure to improve well-being of all Syracuse students.

This facility provides students with amenities such as personal training, group fitness classes, group therapy, a pharmacy, rock climbing wall, a pet therapy room, a meditation center, and much more!

Sean McDonough, Syracuse class of 1984 said it best: “It’s not just a building. It’s not just a gym. It’s not just a pharmacy or a med clinic, but it’s an integrated health and wellness complex.”

Students are encouraged to take advantage of all this center has to offer.

Students are also encouraged to visit the Wellness Portal to sign-up for group fitness classes, to register a spot for the Crowley Family MindSpa, or to enroll in safety classes.

You can find the link for The Barnes Center at The Arch here: syracuse.edu/BeWell

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