Extracurricular activities play a vital role in CUM's approach to education, a reflection of the university's fundamental belief that a significant share of learning occurs in the hours students spend outside of the classroom and lab. That's why we offer students so many ways (including dozens of varsity, club and intramural sports) to break away from the books and the workstations every now and then, and why we have so many offices and programs that support our students' social and residential experience.