Marquette University opened its new Wellness + Helfaer Recreation facility, a 195,000-square-foot reimagining of health, wellness, and recreation services on January 13, the first day of the 2025 spring semester.

Located on the southwestern portion of campus near student housing, the state-of-the-art facility is home to Campus Recreation, the Medical Clinic, the Center for Student Wellness and Health Promotion, and the Counseling Center, bringing these areas from varied corners of campus into one place for the first time, allowing Marquette to comprehensively serve students’ well-being.

The Wellness + Helfaer Recreation facility provides a continuum of wellness services that are integrative, inclusive, accessible, and responsive to the changing needs of the campus community.

“We were excited to unveil the new Wellness + Helfaer Recreation facility to our students and campus community,” Marquette President Kimo Ah Yun said. “The facility provides a destination on campus that supports the physical and mental health needs of the Marquette community. Our goal is for this facility to foster community, inclusiveness, and engagement, and break down stigmas and barriers to provide the care our students need.”

The reimagined facility features a twenty percent increase in recreational space and nearly doubles the wellness and medical space previously offered on campus. A new 30,000-square-foot, centralized three-story wellness tower integrates the university’s student health, wellness, and recreation services.

The third and fourth floors of the new facility’s wellness tower are named the LOVELLSTRONG Center for Student Well-Being, in recognition of the late Dr. Michael Lovell’s and Amy Lovell’s tremendous leadership and commitment to address mental health across Milwaukee and the region.

All enrolled Marquette undergraduate, graduate, and professional students are eligible to receive services at the clinic.