JBU Memberships

Serving our campus community

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JBU sees the Walton Lifetime Health Complex as an investment in both the health and quality of life for our students, faculty and staff. We seek to provide service, accessible hours, fitness classes, and top-of-the line facilities and equipment for the benefit of our campus community and their families.

Questions? Please call 479-524-7303 or email wlhc@jbu.edu.

Membership Types

Student Memberships

All traditional undergraduate, graduate and online students automatically receive a free membership to the Walton Lifetime Health Complex. Dual-enrollment students are not eligible for free WLHC membership. 

Spouses and dependents* of full-time students enrolled at JBU are eligible to receive a discounted student family membership.

Full-Time Loads are defined as:

  • Traditional Undergraduate and Online – 12 hours/semester
  • Graduate Programs – 6 hours/semester

Student Family Membership: $58 (3 months)

*Eligible dependents must be 22 years or under to be included in the student family membership.


Faculty & Staff Memberships

All employees of JBU, including current adjuncts, automatically receive a free membership to the Walton Lifetime Health Complex.

Full-Time Faculty/Staff Family Memberships:

Spouses and dependents* of full-time employees are eligible to receive a free membership to the WLHC.

Part-Time Faculty/Staff Family Memberships:

Spouses and dependents* of part-time employees are eligible to receive a discounted family household membership. (Part-time status defined as working less than 1000 hours/year.)

Part-Time Employee Family Membership: $58 (3 months)

*Eligible dependents must be 22 years or younger to be included in the employee household membership.


JBU Retiree Memberships

Employees retiring from JBU, and their spouses, are eligible for free full-use memberships to the Walton Lifetime Health Complex. Eligibility is verified through JBU’s Human Resources department.


How to Sign Up

For Current Employees and Students:

No sign-up process is necessary. To access the WLHC, simply have your JBU ID card with you.


For Employee Family and Student Family Memberships:

You must complete an application and purchase a WLHC ID card for $5.


For Retiree Memberships:

You must get a JBU Retiree and/or Retiree Spouse ID card from Campus Safety and then complete a WLHC membership application.


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