Membership Information
Athletic Wellness Center Membership *memberships currently available for Spring 2026
Click here for AWC Membership Form.
Elting Pool Membership
Click here for Elting Pool Membership form
Masters Swim Membership
Click here for Master's Swim Membership form
How to become an AWC member:
To obtain a membership, you must visit Card Services CAS office window at Peregrine Dining Hall. There you will fill out an application and pay your membership fee.
After receiving your AWC Membership or Elting Pool Community Membership fee receipt, you will then be sent the ID office where you will obtain your AWC Membership card. After obtaining your card, you are free to come to the AWC and start working out!
Applications are located at Card Services, which is now located at the CAS Office window in Peregrine Dining Hall.
AWC All Facility Membership
This membership pass enables its holder access to all of the following facilities: AWC fitness centers, group exercise classes, indoor running track, Elting Gym, Racquetball courts and Elting pool. The AWC is not open to community members.
Elting Gym Membership
Only available to faculty/staff and retired faculty and staff. There is no fee and
only includes Elting Gym recreation (Elting pool, basketball gym and racquetball courts only). You must present your college issued faculty/staff ID at the Front Desk. No application necessary.
This does NOT include the Athletic & Wellness Center, a Membership is required to use the Track and/or Weight Rooms.
Elting Pool Community Membership
This membership pass enables its holder access to the pool during open recreation swim hours and is available for purchase for "off campus" community members.
Please note: There is a difference between being an AWC member and being an Elting Gym member. You need to pay for an AWC membership which includes Elting Gym. There is no membership fee for an Elting Gym membership.
All users are REQUIRED to carry their ID card with them at all times while in the facility. Current New Paltz students are also required to show and carry proper identification (NP ID) while using the facilities. For those who forget their college issued ID, they will not be permitted into the Athletic & Wellness Center.
Athletic & Wellness Center (AWC) Membership policies:
- No one under 18 is allowed to purchase a membership to our facilities.
- No Guests are allowed to use the Athletic & Wellness Center.
- Memberships are non-refundable, with the exception of documented medical reasons (minus 20% surcharge). Memberships are not prorated.
- All applications are accepted and memberships are paid for at Card Services office in SUB 64.
- All users will be responsible for the replacement of their AWC All Facility Membership or Elting Pool Community Swim Membership cards.
- Each year members will receive a new color coded membership card to reflect a new school year.
- AWC membership includes all Elting Gym access also. See below.
Parking:
Everyone who wishes to park on the SUNY New Paltz campus must have a valid parking hang-tag or visitor permit. This hang-tag may be used in the registered vehicle to park on campus. Application for Parking Hang-tag
may be found by clicking here. You will need your vehicle registration, driver's license and payment. Visitor's permits may be purchased for $3 per day at the parking pass kiosks at the entrances of the campus. Both parking tag options are separate costs that are in addition to membership fees.
There are NO GUESTS allowed into the Athletic & Wellness Center at any time.
What do you get as an AWC member?
- Access to the AWC during open hours
- Access to our Group Exercise classes
- Access to Elting Pool, Racquetball courts and Elting Gymnasium
- Access to the Masters Swim Program
Masters Swim Program Membership Info:
Click here for Masters Swim information
