Albion College

Services

Basic

nonremedial tutoring, women’s center, placement service, health service

Remedial

reading, math, writing, study skills

Counseling

minority student, career, personal, academic, older student, psychological, birth control, religious

Career

on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training

Campus Safety

24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)

Campus Life

Housing

Overview

• The school offers housing for students.
• 88% of students live in school housing.
• The school does not provide assistance for off-campus housing.

Types of housing available

• 1% of housing units are Singles.
• 42% of housing units are Doubles.
• 42% of housing units are Triples.
• 11% of housing units are Apartments.
• 4% of of housing units are some other type.
• In total, there are 26 housing buildings.

Room Accessories

• 23% of rooms are equipped with sprinkler systems.
• 69% of rooms are equipped with fire alarms.
• 100% are equipped with high-speed internet connections.

Extracurricular

• 75% of students remain on campus over the weekends, on average.
• Alcohol is permitted on campus.
• Student activities: choral groups, concert band, dance, drama/theater, jazz band, literary magazine, marching band, music ensembles, musical theater, pep band, radio station, student government, student newspaper, symphony orchestra, television station, yearbook
• In total, there are about 110 organizations on campus.
• Honor societies: Alpha Lambda Delta, Theta Alpha Phi, Kappa Kappa Psi, Mortor Board, Omicron Delta Kapa, Order of Omega, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Pi Sigma Alpha, Psi Chi, Sigma Alpha Iota, Sigma Gamma Epsilon
• Religious organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Albion College Hillel, Athletes in Action, Campus Crusade for Christ, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, Muslim Student Network, Newman Club, United Voices of Albion College, Wednesday Night Chapel.
• International organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Black Student Alliance, Asian Awareness Group, Organization for Latino Awareness, Islamic Student Union, International Student Union
• Other organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Amnesty International , Ecological Awareness Club, College Democrats, College Republicans, Libertarians, Socialists Educational Forum, Peer Educators, Photography Club
• Student papers: (Appears as submitted by school) Pleiad (weekly)

Travel

• Nearest airport(s) (distance in miles): Lansing MI (60), Lansing MI (60)
• Nearest train(s) (distance in miles): Albion MI (1)
• Nearest bus-station(s) (distance in miles): Albion MI (1)
• Public transportation does not serve the campus.
• All students are permitted to have cars on campus.
• 67% of students have a car on campus

Employment

• School employment is available.
• 43% of undergrads are employed with average earnings of 827
• Freshman are not discouraged from working.

Greek Life

• There are 6 fraternities
• 5 fraternity houses
• 32% of students are fraternity members
• There are 6 sororities
• 6 sorority houses
• 32% of students are sorority members.

ROTC

• Army ROTC: Offered at cooperating institution (Western Michigan University)
• Navy ROTC: Not offered
• Airforce ROTC: Not offered

Additional Policies

class attendance policies set by individual instructors, hazing prohibited