SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY

'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

Campus

Athletics

Greek Life

Sororities

Fraternities

Professional Societies

Co-Ed Service Fraternities

Volunteer Programs

University Theme

External links

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.

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.

Greek Life

Sororities

★ Alpha Delta Pi

★ Kappa Delta

★ Sigma Gamma Rho

★ Sigma Kappa

★ Zeta Tau Alpha

Fraternities

★ Phi Sigma Kappa

★ Sigma Phi Epsilon

★ Tau Kappa Epsilon

★ Theta Chi

Professional Societies

★ Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia

★ Sigma Alpha Iota

Co-Ed Service Fraternities

★ Alpha Phi Omega

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.

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

External links

★ Susquehanna University website

★ The Crusader student newspaper

★ Susquehanna University Crusaders athletics

★ Student Run College Radio 88.9 WQSU FM