Intramural Activities
(IMA) Building

• Indoor facilities include:
• Fitness Center
• Five gyms (basketball, volleyball, badminton)
• Locker rooms
• International and North American squash courts
• Indoor Climbing Center
• Indoor jogging/walking track (1/9 mile)
• Dawg Bites Café
• Multi-activity studios
• Swimming Pool (25 yards)
• Saunas (Men's & Women's)
• Racquetball/handball courts
• WiFi areas/E-spots
• Group cycling studio

• Outdoor facilities include:
• Sports fields
  (one synthetic turf with night lights)
  with access for softball, flag football, soccer, rugby,ultimate frisbee, lacrosse and special events
• Thirteen tennis courts (six night-lighted)
• Tennis practice wall

The University of Washington is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodation contact the Disability Services Office at least ten days in advance at: (206) 543-6450/V, (206) 543-6452/TTY, (206) 685-7264 (FAX), or dso@u.washington.edu. [ Mobility Route to the IMA ]

IMA Operation Hours

* IMA Pool hours are the same as the IMA Building hours.

Pavilion Pool Hours (Lap Swimming)

Hutchinson Pool Hours (Lap Swimming)

The Fitness Center includes the following
equipment.

• Cardio stations:
  • Treadmills: Precor
  • Stationary cycles: LifeFitness, Expresso
  • Stairsteppers: Stairmaster
  • Rowing machines (ergometers): Concept II
  • Step Mills / FreeClimbers: Stairmaster
  • Wave: Techno Gym
• Elliptical trainers: Precor, LifeFitness, Cybex
  • The crosstraining alternative to the stair steppers or treadmills
• A variety of single station weight machines: Cybex, Techno Gym, Paramount, Universal, Hammer Strength, LifeFitness
• The strength areas include Flex Fitness, TuffStuff, and Hammer
  Strength benches for dumbbells and barbells, and AbTrainers, VersaBall fitballs, True Stretch cage
• Broadcast vision entertainment system for TV viewing with sound provided through your personal headphones
• Free Weights and Olympic Bars
• Cardio Theater personal viewing screens

The IMA Building is ADA accessible including these features: two (2) elevators, ADA showers and dressing areas in Men's and Women's locker room, telephones and e-spots at ADA heights, pool lift, ADA accessible restrooms on all four (4) levels.

There also are a number of accessible pieces of fitness equipment including: (2) Nu-Step exercisers, (2) arm ergometers, Vita-Glide (upper body), Challenge Circuit 700 (multi-station exercises) and many other benches and single station machines that are accessible.

If you have any questions, please call Member Services at (206) 543-4590.

North-End Trails, Burke-Gilman Trail, UW Waterfront Trails

Spring Quarter 2009 Students

Spring Quarter students may purchase an IMA Student Summer Membership. Click here for more information.

Students

Registered matriculated UW students who pay the Services and Activities Fees may use the IMA upon presentation of their current Husky ID Card.

Students may purchase a Spouse/Registered Same Sex Domestic Partner Quarter Membership (S/SSDP). The membership permits independent access/use (the primary member is not required to be present) of the IMA during all hours of operation. The primary member (student) must be present and a Marriage Certificate or Certificate of Registration (for same sex domestic partner) presented at the time of membership purchase.

More Information

Fee: Quarter $50 + sales tax

Eligibility for Membership Purchase

• Full time faculty and staff
• Part-time faculty and staff who work an average of at least 16 hours per week
• Retired faculty and staff
• Visiting scholars (Contact Academic Human Resources)
• On leave graduate students (Contact UW Graduate School)
• IMA members may purchase a Spouse/Registered Same Sex Domestic Partner Membership (S/SSDP). The membership permits independent access/use (the primary member is not required to be present) of the IMA during all hours of operation. The primary member (employee) must be present and a Marriage Certificate or Certificate of Registration (for same sex domestic partner) presented at the time of membership purchase.
• Limited Access (Mon-Fri from 6:00am-11:30am only) memberships are available to UW Bothell and UW Tacoma students - see guest information below.
  

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Membership Fees

• Faculty/Staff Annual $200 + sales tax
  (valid for one year from date of purchase)
• Faculty/Staff Quarter $60 + sales tax
• Visiting Scholar/On Leave Graduate Student Quarter $60 + sales tax
• Faculty/Staff/On Leave Graduate Student/Visiting Scholar Single Use $5 + sales tax
• Spouse/Registered Same Sex Domestic Partner Annual $250, Quarter $70 + sales tax

How to Purchase

• Bring your UW Husky Card (UW employee ID card) to the IMA Member Services Desk. Your UW Husky Card then becomes your IMA membership card. Part time employees without a Husky Card and spouses/registered same sex domestic partner members will receive an IMA Membership Card.
• We accept cash, check, or VISA/MasterCard.
• Payroll deduction is available for purchase of an annual membership only
  (if employed 50% FTE or more).

Renewal Information

• Membership
• Basket checkout and renewal

Students, Faculty/Staff Members, and Spouse/Registered Same Sex Domestic Partner Members may sponsor one guest (defined as a friend or a person you know)16 years of age or older (proof of age required) upon payment of the single use guest fee. The sponsor must appear in person with their guest.

• Single use guest fee $7.00 + sales tax
• UW Bothell/UW Tacoma students : limited access membership $40.00/quarter + sales tax
• UW Bothell and UW Tacoma students may purchase a quarter IMA Limited Access Membership.
• The Limited Access Membership will permit access/use of the IMA, Monday through Friday from 6:00am (opening) to 11:30am. No exceptions after 11:30am.
• After 11:30am Monday through Friday and all other hours of operation they may be sponsored as a guest upon payment of the single use guest fee.
• UW Bothell and UW Tacoma students are considered guests and as such are not permitted to sponsor guests, enroll in Sports & Fitness classes, join club sports programs, obtain a basket for storage of personal belongings and other regular member privileges.

Guests are not eligible to use the IMA Climbing Center facilities.

Court and field reservations can be made for handball, racquetball, wallyball, squash, outdoor tennis, and sports fields.

In-Person: Go to the IMA Member Services Desk, Monday-Friday, from 8:00am-4:30pm.

By Phone: Call (206) 543-6971 Monday-Friday, from 8:00am-4:30pm.

Same Day Reservations: Must be made between 8:00am - 11:00am on weekdays.

The Department of Recreational Sports Programs does not provide accident/medical coverage for participants. It is recommended that participants obtain their own personal coverage. Students may obtain student accident/sickness insurance by contacting the Student Accounts Office, (206) 543-4694, Room 129 Schmitz Hall.

• IMA members who have valid Daytime Annual or Quarterly Parking Permits or Commuter Tickets:
• May park in Lot E8, located east of the building while using IMA facilities.
• The following permit holders may not park in E8 at any time:
  Permit holders assigned to E10 - E13, C12 - C15, C21, N24. H and X lots, may NOT park in E8.
• All valid Quarterly and Annual Parking Permit holders may utilize "Out-of-Area" parking privileges before 7:30 a.m. and after 4 p.m. in any unrestricted area including E8 without stopping at a gatehouse (except those listed above).
• IMA members without a Quarterly or Annual Parking Permit:
• Please pay on entry and park in the E1 lot
  • Cash $6
  • Husky Card Account Debit - $3 (hfs.washington.edu/husky_card)
  • Carpool (available 6 a.m. - 4 p.m.) - $0.80/carpool
    (each person must have a U-PASS and $ in a Husky Card Account)
• Pay Stations (Located in front of Graves Hall, IMA and E17)
  • The parking rates and time restrictions for the pay stations are $3 per hour; 2-hour max. The pay stations will accept coins, $1 and $5 bills, and Visa & Mastercard payments.
  • The UW pay stations will issue a permit which must be displayed face up on the dashboard and be readable from outside the vehicle. The permits don't stick to the window like City of Seattle pay stations receipts.
  • The hours of operation and enforcement are the same as the rest of the UW Seattle campus, 6 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Friday and 7 a.m.-noon on Saturday. However, the pay stations will accept payments as early as 5 a.m.
• Stop at a gatehouse for assigned parking:
  • Gatehouse rate $12, $6 after 4 PM
• Complimentary parking is available after 9 p.m. Mon.-Fri. and noon Sat. - Mon. 6 a.m.
• Disability Parking
• Stop at at gatehouse for a permit or contact parking services at (206) 221-3701 for short-term disability parking or DSO or the Student Disability Office for long-term disability parking.
• No overnight parking in E1 (i.e., no parking in E1 between 3-6 a.m.).
• Check lot signs carefully for restrictions before parking.
  

For additional parking information, visit us on the web at: www.washington.edu/commuterservices/. Please contact Parking Services at parking@u.washington.edu or call (206) 685-1543.

Director, John Pariseau
(206) 543-7082, pariseau@u.washington.edu

Associate Director, Operations, Michael Peterson
(206) 543-6415, mrp@u.washington.edu

Associate Director, Programmed Activities, Becky Wanless
(206) 543-2571, wanless@u.washington.edu

Assistant Director, Member Services, Gary Leonard
(206) 685-1144, gleonard@u.washington.edu

The Department of Recreational Sports Programs offers many opportunities for employment for students ranging from locker room help, ID checkers, lifeguards, sports officials, to sports skills instructors. Call (206) 543-4590 for a current listing of openings or check our Employment Opportunities page. It is NEVER too early to apply.