an arboretum, and a large vegetable garden.
Indoor recreational features include gyms (for basketball, volleyball, indoor soccer, etc.), fitness center with exercise equipment, and climbing wall. Swimmers head 2.1 miles to the year-round municipal swimming pool at Westover Park.
=== Athletics ===
EMU's sports teams are known as the Royals. In most sports, EMU competes as NCAA Division III, a member of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. The school's intercollegiate sports include field hockey, cross country, basketball, volleyball, soccer, baseball, softball, indoor and outdoor track and field, women's lacrosse, and women's triathlon. The school offers disc golf as a club sport.
=== Extracurriculars ===
Two-thirds of EMU's students participate in intramural sports, playing against peers as well as college employees, in friendly, often coed competitions. In 2009–10, dozens of teams competed at various levels in basketball, billiards, floor hockey, flag football, golf, table tennis, and dodgeball.
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