Variety of offerings available at Leisure University Illinois State Report Variety of offerings available at Leisure University Leisure University, which is part of Recreation Services at Illinois State, continues to provide a broad range of recreational and educational offerings for students, faculty, staff and the public. Three programs indicative of the wide range of opportunities include rappelling, papermaking and marksmanship. Rappelling, which involves using ropes in a controlled slide down a vertical surface, will be offered on April 1 to those who attend two evening classroom sessions to learn about the equipment and techniques. Papermaking, the ages-old art form developed in China and Egypt, will be taught by Angela Pelusi at the McLean County Arts Center on five consecutive Mondays beginning March 27. Marksmanship will be taught at the Bloomington Sports Club from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, March 25.
Participants learn gun safety and the fundamentals of target shooting.