Â鶹ֱ²¥

The Dow Center, completed in 1978, is an activity-oriented facility. Classes, sports teams and individual students make use of the building’s gymnasium, dance studios, two-story conditioning area, indoor track, racquetball courts and swimming pool.

The Department of Dance is located in the Dow Center. There are four dance studios available for ballet, modern, folk-social, jazz and swing dance. 

While the Dow Center charges membership fees for community members, Â鶹ֱ²¥ students can access the facility for free. Also available to students is the Health Center, which is located on the first floor of the building.

Fun facts

• Dance Marathon, an annual event raising money for the Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, is held in the gymnasium.
• The Hope swimming and diving teams practice and compete in the swimming pool and diving well. Spectators can watch from the second floor bleachers.