Duquesne University

Services

Basic

nonremedial tutoring, placement service, day care, health service, health insurance, other

Remedial

reading, math, writing, study skills, other

Counseling

minority student, career, personal, veteran student, academic, older student, psychological, religious

Career

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

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.
• 55% of students live in school housing.
• The school will provide assistance for off-campus housing

Types of housing available

• 7% of housing units are Singles.
• 74% of housing units are Doubles.
• 1% of housing units are Triples.
• 18% of housing units are Apartments.
• In total, there are 6 housing buildings.

Room Accessories

• 67% of rooms are equipped with sprinkler systems.
• 100% of rooms are equipped with fire alarms.
• 100% are equipped with high-speed internet connections.

Extracurricular

• 60% of students remain on campus over the weekends, on average.
• Alcohol is permitted on campus.
• Popular events on campus: Orientation; Carnival; International Students Week; Christmas Ball; Parents Weekend; Greek Week; Valentine Ball; Multi-Cultural Unity Ball; Commuter Day; Spotlight Musical Theater Shows; Program Council Major Concert; Nightspot Late Night Programs
• Student activities: choral groups, concert band, dance, drama/theater, jazz band, literary magazine, marching band, music ensembles, musical theater, opera, pep band, radio station, student government, student newspaper, student film society, symphony orchestra, television station, yearbook
• In total, there are about 130 organizations on campus.
• Honor societies: Beta Beta Beta; Golden Key Society; Integrated Honors Society; Phi Lambda Sigma; Lambda Sigma (sophomore); Mortar Board (Senior); Order of Omega; Omicron Delta Kappa (leadership); Phi Eta Sigma; Pi Kappa Epsilon; Pi Lambda Theta; Psi Chi; Rho Chi; Omicron Delta Epsilon
• Religious organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Knights of Columbus; Orthodox Christian Fellowship; Catholic Campus Ministry; Crossroads Christian Fellowship; Hillel Society; Muslim Student Organization
• International organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) International Student Organization; Black Student Union; Latin American Student Association; Indian Student Association; Asian Student Association; Muslim Student Organization
• Other organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) 60 Professional and Departmental Organizations; 19 Service Organizations – Duquesne University Volunteers; 18 Social Fraternities and Sororities; 26 Other Student Organizations; 3 Theater Organizations; 3 Choirs, including gospel choir; 2 bands; 1 orchestra
• Student papers: (Appears as submitted by school) The Duquesne Duke (weekly); The Duquesne Magazine; L’Espirit Du Duc yearbook; Juris Law magazine; Duquesne Law Review; The Script

Travel

• Nearest airport(s) (distance in miles): Pittsburgh (15)
• Nearest train(s) (distance in miles): Pittsburgh (1)
• Nearest bus-station(s) (distance in miles): Pittsburgh (1)
• Public transportation serves the campus.
• Not all students are permitted to have cars on campus.
• 28% of students have a car on campus

Employment

• School employment is available.
• 5% of undergrads are employed with average earnings of 1,200
• Freshman are not discouraged from working.

Greek Life

• There are 9 fraternities
• 0 fraternity houses
• 16% of students are fraternity members
• There are 8 sororities
• 0 sorority houses
• 20% of students are sorority members.

ROTC

• Army ROTC: Offered on campus
• Navy ROTC: Offered at cooperating institution (Carnegie Mellon University)
• Airforce ROTC: Offered at cooperating institution (University of Pittsburgh)

Additional Policies

class attendance policies set by individual instructors, hazing prohibited