Susquehanna University

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Susquehanna University
Image:SUseal.gif
Established	1858
Type:	Private, Lutheran-affiliated university
President:	L. Jay Lemons
Staff:	120
Undergraduates:	1,900
Location	Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
Campus:	small town, 220 acres (2.6 m²)
Colors:	Maroon and orange
Mascot:	Crusaders
Website:	www.susqu.edu

Susquehanna University is a national liberal arts college in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, 50 miles north of the state capital, Harrisburg. The campus is about 90 minutes from the Poconos ski areas, and about a three-hour drive from New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.

Founded in 1858, the university enrolls approximately 1,900 students in the School of Arts, Humanities and Communications;School of Natural and Social Sciences; and Sigmund Weis School of Business. Degrees are offered in Bachelors of Arts, Music and Science. Susquehanna offers more than 50 major emphases, with a student-faculty ratio of about 14 to 1.

Susquehanna University is recognized in several guidebooks to selective colleges, including the Fiske Guide to Colleges and Peterson's Competitive Colleges. Since 2002, U.S, News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges" has included Susquehanna in its list of National Liberal Arts Colleges, which represent the best 217 institutions for undergraduate learning in the country. Previously, in the 1995-2001 editions, U.S. News ranked SU as the number one regional liberal arts college in the North.

Susquehanna has many opportunities for involvement and leadership in university life. There are more than 100 student organizations, 23 intercollegiate sports, numerous intramural sports, concerts, films, plays, and social events.

Contents 1 Campus 2 Athletics 3 Greek life 3.1 Sororities 3.2 Fraternities 3.3 Professional societies 3.4 Co-ed service fraternities 4 Volunteer programs 5 University theme 6 External links 7 Environmental health

[edit] Campus

The Susquehanna University campus spans 220 acres in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. There are more than 50 buildings on campus, two of which, Selinsgrove Hall and Seibert Hall, are on the National Register of Historic Places. The architecture is primarily Georgian in style. About 80% of students live on campus.

[edit] Athletics

Susquehanna competes in 23 varsity sports in Division III of the NCAA as part of the Landmark Conference. Club and intramural sports are also offered. Susquehanna competes in the Liberty League for football and the newly-formed Landmark Conference for other sports.

[edit] Greek life

[edit] Sororities

• Alpha Delta Pi
• Kappa Delta
• Sigma Gamma Rho
• Sigma Kappa
• Zeta Tau Alpha

[edit] Fraternities

• Phi Mu Delta
• Phi Sigma Kappa
• Sigma Phi Epsilon
• Tau Kappa Epsilon
• Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia

[edit] Professional societies

• Sigma Alpha Iota

[edit] Co-ed service fraternities

• Alpha Phi Omega

[edit] Volunteer programs

Susquehanna University has a strong reputation for civic engagement in the community. The Center for Volunteer Programs [1] runs a first-year student service event titled SU GIVE, or Get Into Volunteer Experiences, during the fall orientation. Additionally, Susquehanna offers three trips to the Gulf Coast region each year to assist with hurricane relief efforts.

[edit] University theme

Each year the university selects a theme for use in curricular and extra-curricular activities. In addition, incoming students and faculty share a common reading related to the year's theme. Past themes include:

• 2008-2009: Memory
• 2007-2008: Water
• 2006-2007: On The Fringes: What Fades, What Flourishes
• 2005-2006: Latin American Mosaic: Nations and Cultures
• 2004-2005: Religion in the Public Square

[edit] External links

• Susquehanna University website
• The Crusader student newspaper
• Susquehanna University Crusaders athletics
• Student Run College Radio 88.9 WQSU FM

[edit] Environmental health

In 2006 Susquehanna University was the subject of an article in the Harrisburg Patriot-News [2] that drew attention to the efforts of the mother of a former student to understand why a number or recent alumni who has lived off-campus housing contracted and subsequently died of rare cancers. Investigation by various Pennsylvania state agencies indicated no conclusive evidence that the cancers constituted a cluster or could be linked to local environmental conditions.

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