MUSKEGON, Mich. -- You are never too old to learn and play, and it is with that mindset that organizers created DUNEiversity in Muskegon.
"DUNEiversity is the educational brand of the Muskegon Sports Council, and the Muskegon Sports Council operates the Muskegon Winter Sports Complex, which everybody knows because of luge track and all of our winter activities here," said Bill Bailey, DUNEiversity's "adventure planner." "But DUNEiversity is now taking us into year-round recreation, and it focuses on education, team building and health and wellness."
DUNEiversity began last year when groups traveled to the Muskegon Winter Sports Complex for team-building research.
"We tested that last year, and we brought corporate groups out here. We brought students out here on class field trips, we had Scouts and sports teams out here, and we kind of learned a lot from that," Bailey said. "We also became members of the ACCT, which is the Association for Challenge Course Technology, and we have added some new programming, like paddle sports and new challenge course elements, to make this a full year round, team-building recreation program."
Groups and companies can book team-building activities that focus on their individual goals. "We work with them set goals, and we really try to be consultants to businesses or teams that want to do some team-building," Bailey said. "It is not just a generic plan for coming out here and recreating; it is actually very goal-oriented towards what the team wants to do."
Anyone looking to attend DUNEiversity, the program is taking reservations now.
