Registration & Membership

We are happy to announce our partnerships with AFC Fitness and LA Fitness! Students, faculty and staff are able to purchase discounted memberships to these facilities by visiting the nest and clicking the appropriate link under "Discounted Fitness Memberships." If you have any general questions please reach out to recreation@sju.edu.

AFC Fitness
Join anytime from now until May 2024 and receive a membership for $36 a month. Located at 601 Righters Ferry Rd, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004 this facility is close to off campus housing in Manayunk and is accessible by personal vehicles. Check out their website here.

For more information, questions or tours please contact:
Shibin Koshy, Salesperson
Office: 610-664-6464 x1310
Cell: 215-313-4133
skoshy@afcfitness.com

LA Fitness
Join anytime from now until 07/16/2024 and receive a membership at $0 initiation and $29.99 monthly dues per person for you and your family members. Located at 25 E City Ave, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004, this facility is close to the Hawk Hill campus and is accessible by personal vehicle or by using the Hawk Hill East shuttle that makes a stop at the Bala Shopping Center. Check out their website here.

For more information, questions or tours please contact:
Shehryar Siddiqui, General Manager
Office: (610)-664-4282

We excited to introduce pool memberships for the Spring 2023 semester. This membership is open to external users and only allows you access to the Maguire Pool located in Hagan Arena. 

We are unable to accommodate membership holds and the maximum number of family members permitted on a membership is limited to four. As a note, family members include spouses and dependents as defined by the IRS. Children under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult while using the recreation facilities. If you have any questions or concerns, please email Daniel Yen.

Facility hours vary due to holidays and academic breaks, terms and conditions apply. Please check our facility hours and @sjuhawks_rec on social media for information regarding facility hours, updates, and announcements. Please be advised of our varsity athletics schedule as parking may be limited during these times and cost additional fees.

To view the academic calendar, please click here. 
To view the varsity athletic schedule, please click here.

Purchase a Pool Membership

With O'Pake under renovation, our external recreation memberships to the O'Pake and the ARC facility are on hold. At this time, we are only offering external memberships to the Maguire Pool for the Spring 2023 semester. If you are interested please see the information listed above. 

If you are a part time student, staff or faculty member, you may still purchase a membership at this time.  

Our membership program includes access to the O'Pake Recreation Center, Maguire Tennis Courts, Maguire Pool, and the ARC. Certain memberships include access to the Athletics and Recreation Center (ARC) located on our University City campus, so please carefully review the membership terms when purchasing.

We are unable to accommodate membership holds and the maximum number of family members permitted on a membership is limited to four. As a note, family members include spouses and dependents as defined by the IRS. Children under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult while using the recreation facilities.

We offer four membership categories: annual, full semester, half semester and summer.

• Annual: effective from June 1 to May 31st (only available at the ARC in 2023-2024 for part time students, part time employees, and alumni).
• Full Semester: effective the first day of classes for the fall and/or spring semester and will end on the last day of final exams in each of the fall and spring semesters.
• Half Semester: effective anytime after October 15 and/or March 15 and will end on the last day of final exams in each of the fall and spring semesters.
• Summer: effective June 1st to August 12th.

To view the academic calendar, please click here. 

*Membership effective dates may vary depending on the academic year. Facility hours vary due to holidays and academic breaks, terms and conditions apply. Please check our facility hours and @sjuhawks_rec on social media for information regarding facility hours, updates, and announcements.*

Full time SJU employees and their families have access to our recreation facilities during operating hours. Recreation access must be activated prior to using the facilities. If you are interested in activating your membership which includes Maguire Pool and the ARC at University City or have any questions, please email Daniel Yen. If you are a full time employee on the University City Campus you do not need to contact recreation for ARC access.

Purchase a Membership

SJU Recreation Guest Passes are now available for purchase. Guest passes must be purchased and used on the same day and are valid during O'Pake and/or ARC operating hours. Guests must be accompanied by a current SJU member, student, or employee, have valid identification, and show proof of purchase. Chaperones are responsible for their guests at all times. There is a limit of one guest pass per chaperone and no cash is accepted.

If you are interested in purchasing a guest pass you can do so in advance or you can scan the QR code at the front desk of our facilities to pay for it in person. In both instances, you will need to show your confirmation to the front desk staff.

Purchase a Guest Pass