University of Denver

Services

Basic

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

Counseling

minority student, career, military, personal, veteran student, 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, 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.
• 45% of students live in school housing.
• The school will provide assistance for off-campus housing

Types of housing available

• 5% of housing units are Singles.
• 54% of housing units are Doubles.
• 21% of housing units are Triples.
• 20% of housing units are Apartments.
• In total, there are 22 housing buildings.

Room Accessories

• 18% of rooms are equipped with sprinkler systems.
• 100% of rooms are equipped with fire alarms.
• 95% are equipped with high-speed internet connections.

Extracurricular

• 55% of students remain on campus over the weekends, on average.
• Alcohol is permitted on campus.
• Popular events on campus: Diversity Summit, Festival of Nations, Freedom Seder, Homecoming, Ice Hockey games, May Days, music concerts, Senior Send-off, student theater productions, Thursday night movie series, Volunteer Day, Winter Carnival
• Student activities: choral groups, concert band, dance, drama/theater, jazz band, literary magazine, music ensembles, musical theater, opera, pep band, radio station, student government, student newspaper, student film society, symphony orchestra
• In total, there are about 82 organizations on campus.
• Honor societies: Alpha Epsilon Delta (Pre Med); Alpha Kappa Delta (Sociology); Beta Alpha Psi (Accounting); Gamma Theta Upsilon (Geography); Golden Key National Honor Society; Mortar Board; National Residence Hall Honorary; Order of Omega (Greek); Phi Alpha Delta (Cross Discip); Phi Alpha Theta (History); Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Sigma Iota (Languages); Pi Kappa Lambda (Music); Pi Mu Epsilon (Math); Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Sci); Psi Chi (Psychology); Rho Epsilon (Real Estate Honor); Rho Lambda (Greek); Sigma Delta Tau (Int’l English); Sigma Iota Rho (Interdisc); Sigma Pi Eta (HRTM)
• Religious organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Baha’i Campus Association, Buddhist Fellowship, Campus Crusade for Christ, Catholic Campus Ministry (FOCUS), Chabad of South Denver, Christ’s Rock, Christian Challenge (BSU), Christian Science Organization, Daniels Christian Community, Hillel Jewish Student Center, International Student Connection, International Students, Inc. (ISI), InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Lutheran Campus Ministry (LCM), MENORAH- Menorah Ministries, The Navigators, Orthodox Christian, Pentecostal Campus Fellowship, Pioneers for Christ, Presbyterian (Wellshire Presbyterian Campus Ministry), Young Life, Wesley Foundation
• International organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Anime Club, Arabic Student Association, Asian Student Alliance, Black Student Alliance, Francoscope, German Club, Hawaii Club, International Society ABA (Anywhere but Antarctica), International Student Organization, I-Team, Korean Students Association, Latino Student Alliance, Muslim Student Association, Native Student Alliance, Russian Student Union, Spanish Club, Vietnamese Student Association
• Other organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Alpine Club, Alternative Break, American Red Cross Club, Amnesty International, BELAY, Catan Club, Circle K International, Clarion Newspaper, Club Sports, Coalition for Progress, College Republicans, Colleges Against Cancer, Daniels Entrepreneurship Society, Digital Media Student Group, Driscoll Student Advisory Board, DU Off-Road Team, Engineering Club, Environmental Team, Fishing Club, Free Skool, Greek Council (IFC & PHC), Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Lamont Students of Music Performance Organization, Men As Allies, Model United Nations, Motorsports, NARAL Pro-Choice DU, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Pi Lambda Chi, Pioneer Partners, Pioneer Pep Band, Psychology Club, Queer Straight Alliance, Rape Awareness and Gender Education (RAGE), Residence Hall Association, Science Club, SHOQ, Society of Physics Students, Sophia Society, Student Media Board, Students for Positive Social Change, Theatre Ensemble, Undergraduate Business Student Association, Undergraduate Women’s Council, University of Denver Advertising Society (UDAS), University of Denver Programs Board, Up ’til Dawn, Voltaire Society, Volunteers in Partnership (VIP), World Affairs Awareness Club, Young Democrats, Zeta Beta Tau
• Student papers: (Appears as submitted by school) Clarion (weekly)

Travel

• Nearest airport(s) (distance in miles): Denver International Airport (33), Colorado Springs (74)
• Nearest train(s) (distance in miles): Denver (9)
• Nearest bus-station(s) (distance in miles): Denver (8)
• 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.
• 11% of undergrads are employed with average earnings of 2,000
• Freshman are not discouraged from working.

Greek Life

• There are 8 fraternities
• 6 fraternity houses
• 20% of students are fraternity members
• There are 5 sororities
• 5 sorority houses
• 19% of students are sorority members.

ROTC

• Army ROTC: Offered at cooperating institution (Univ of Colorado (Boulder))
• Navy ROTC: Not offered
• Airforce ROTC: Offered at cooperating institution (Univ of Colorado (Boulder))

Additional Policies

class attendance policies set by individual instructors, honor code, hazing prohibited