Inclusive Rec Expo

Orlando, FL (October 17, 2016) – The University of Central Florida Recreation and Wellness Center continues its commitment to fulfilling one of UCF President John Hitt’s key goals of becoming a more inclusive and diverse university with its annual Inclusive Recreation Expo. Over the past five years, UCF Knights of all abilities have enjoyed the opportunity to learn more about the equipment, programs and services the RWC offers to students with disabilities on campus.

Imagine scoring a basket from a wheelchair or scoring a goal blindfolded. Attendees will have an opportunity to try those activities and more throughout the day at the RWC’s main building Court 1 (Gemini Boulevard South across from Parking Garage B) Wednesday, October 19, 2016 from 3pm-8pm. The activities include:

• 3:00pm-4:00pm Goalball
• 4:15pm-5:15pm Unified Basketball
• 5:30pm-6:30pm Sitting Volleyball
• 6:45pm-7:45pm Wheelchair Basketball

The RWC’s Adaptive and Inclusive Recreation Program is known nationally for its progressive programming which includes access to equipment and services for students with disabilities including but not limited to:

• The Student Assisted Workout (S.A.W.) Program
• Equipment such as: Krank Cycles, a Nu-Step Machine, an adaptive kayak and a Haul System used at the Climbing Tower
• Intramural Sports Tournaments for wheelchair basketball and beep baseball
• And for the first time ever, Intramural Sports leagues in Sitting Volleyball and Goalball. In the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games, the U.S. Women’s Sitting Volleyball team won a gold medal, Women’s Goalball won bronze, and Men’s Goalball won silver.

Sport Clubs Coordinator, Andrea Snead, runs the Inclusive Recreation program at the RWC. She says this is the five-year anniversary of the Expo and the goal is to increase UCF’s inclusive profile, “Our goal this year is to increase awareness, of not just UCF's inclusive efforts but also of the extraordinary things that are going on in the world. This year in Rio, the Paralympics was an incredible event and I wanted to bring that excitement here by highlighting sports that we can program for our UCF students.”

The UCF RWC is funded by the Student Government Association. Comprehensive and diverse programs like Adaptive and Inclusive Recreation are part of the RWC’s mission and goals to continually enrich campus life and advance UCF’s educational mission for all students. For more information and questions about the expo, please contact Andrea Snead at (407) 823-2408 or email her at andrea.snead@ucf.edu. You can also go to the RWC homepage: http://rec.ucf.edu/

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