McMurry University

Services

Basic

nonremedial tutoring, placement service, health service, other

Remedial

reading, math, writing, study skills

Counseling

minority student, career, military, personal, veteran student, academic, older student, psychological, birth control, religious, other

Career

on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training, other

Campus Safety

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

Campus Life

Housing

Overview

• The school offers housing for students.
• 41% of students live in school housing.
• The school will provide assistance for off-campus housing

Types of housing available

• 8% of housing units are Singles.
• 69% of housing units are Doubles.
• 5% 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

• 50% of students remain on campus over the weekends, on average.
• Alcohol is not permitted on campus.
• Popular events on campus: Homecoming; Vision Quest; Spring McMadness; Big Event; T. I. P. Sing-Song
• Student activities: choral groups, concert band, drama/theater, jazz band, literary magazine, marching band, music ensembles, musical theater, student government, student newspaper, yearbook
• In total, there are about 45 organizations on campus.
• Honor societies: Alpha Chi; Alpha Kappa Delta; Alpha Lambda Delta; Beta Beta Beta; Kappa Delta Pi; Kappa Mu Epsilon; Kappa Pi; McMurry Honors Program; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Alpha Theta; Pi Kappa Delta; Psi Chi; Sigma Delta Pi; Sigma Pi Sigma; Sigma Tau Delta.
• Religious organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Fellowship of Christian Athletes; Kappa Delta Sigma
• Other organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) PROFESSIONAL/ACADEMIC: American Chemical Society; Association of Information Technology Professionals; Kappa Delta Sigma; Math Club; PE Club/Phi Epsilon Kappa; Press Club; Psychology Club; Society of Physics Students; Sociology Club; Association of Texas Professional Educators. GOVERNING/COORDINATING: Campus Activities Board; McMurry Student Government; Men’s Interclub; Residence Hall Association; Women’s Interclub. SOCIAL/Men’s- Eta Epsilon Iota (HEI); IHR; KIVA; Ko Sari; Makona; Sigma Rhomeo; Tri-B’s. SOCIAL/Women’s- Alpha Psi Alpha; Delta Beta Epsilon; Gamma Sigma; T. I. P. ; Pi Delta Phi; Theta Chi Lambda. SPECIAL INTEREST: Indian Insight; Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE); War Whoop; West Texas Model United Nations. SERVICE: Alpha Phi Omega; Servant Leadership; Zeta Phi Beta. MUSICAL GROUPS: McMurry Band, Chamber Choir, Chanters and University Choir.
• Student papers: (Appears as submitted by school) War Whoop (once every two weeks)

Travel

• Nearest airport(s) (distance in miles): Abilene (7), Dallas/Fort Worth or Midland/Odessa (181)
• Nearest train(s) (distance in miles): Fort Worth (154)
• Nearest bus-station(s) (distance in miles): Abilene (3)
• Public transportation serves the campus.
• All students are permitted to have cars on campus.
• 53% of students have a car on campus

Employment

• School employment is available.
• 8% of undergrads are employed with average earnings of 1,650
• Freshman are not discouraged from working.

Greek Life

• There are 7 fraternities
• 0 fraternity houses
• 15% of students are fraternity members
• There are 6 sororities
• 0 sorority houses
• 20% of students are sorority members.

ROTC

• Army ROTC: Not offered
• Navy ROTC: Not offered
• Airforce ROTC: Offered at cooperating institution (Angelo State University)

Additional Policies

class attendance policies set by individual instructors, hazing prohibited