The Outdoor Recreation Center is located between Dixon Recreation Center and Moreland Hall. Programs provide opportunities to participate in outdoor activities, gain new skills, or improve skills already developed. The ORC offers trips, classes, and workshops. It houses equipment rental services, including whitewater rafts, canoes, camping equipment and more. There is a workshop complete with tools for bicycle maintenance and ski repair and a resource center that includes a library, outdoor periodicals, map file, catalogs, and a lounge.
Experienced staff are available to aid in planning outings.
Outdoor courts are available daily until 11 p.m. Court reservations are available and encouraged for students, faculty, and staff. The OSU Challenge Course, located just west of campus on 7.9 acres, consists of high and low ropes. Trained facilitators work with your group to provide a variety of initiatives designed to enhance experiential learning-learning by doing. Group participation will focus on developing skills in leadership, communication, teamwork, and group dynamics. This course will present a critical and historical survey of the Hollywood film Western.