Ursinus College

Services

Basic

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

Counseling

minority student, career, personal, academic, 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.
• 95% of students live in school housing.
• The school will provide assistance for off-campus housing

Types of housing available

• 36% of housing units are Singles.
• 55% of housing units are Doubles.
• 9% of housing units are Triples.
• In total, there are 44 housing buildings.

Room Accessories

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

Extracurricular

• 85% of students remain on campus over the weekends, on average.
• Alcohol is permitted on campus.
• Popular events on campus: Concerts by the Ursinus Jazz Ensemble and Concert Band, the Meistersingers and College Choir, Music at Noon, plays by Ursinus College Theater are always sold out, dance recitals by the Ursinus Dance Company draw large crowds, Homecoming, Spring Fling, Battle of the Bands, Poemplooza, and for fun and fund-raising, the annual Airband competition.
• Student activities: choral groups, concert band, dance, drama/theater, jazz band, literary magazine, music ensembles, pep band, radio station, student government, student newspaper, student film society, television station, yearbook
• In total, there are about 80 organizations on campus.
• Honor societies: Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha Psi Omega; Beta Beta Beta, Kappa Mu Epsilon, Omicron Delta Epsilon, Phi Epsilon Kappa, Pi Nu Epsilon, Phi Alpha Theta, Phi Sigma Iota, Pi Sigma Alpha, Psi Chi, Sigma Pi Sigma, Sigma Tau Delta, Sigma Xi, Theta Chi, Lambda Pi Eta, Cub and Key Society, Whitian Society
• Religious organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Chapel Group (Ecumenical), Newman Society (Roman Catholic), Hillel (Jewish), IMAAN (Muslim), Intervarsity Christian Fellowship
• International organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Southeast Asian Student Association, SUN(Sankofa Umoja Nia, ) ALMA (Association of Latino Students Motivated to Achieve, ) German Club, Japanese Club, Le Cercle Francais, Spanish Club
• Other organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Student interest and academic organizations: Alternative Spring Break Club, Association for Computing Machinery, Athletic Training Club, Beardwood Chemical Society, Blue Note Jazz Society, Brownback-Anders Pre-Medical Society, Chess Club, College Democrats, College Republicans, Ursinus Dance Company, Exercise and Sport Science Club, Film Society, Gay/Straight Alliance, German Club, The Grizzly (newspaper), Haines-Barnard Pre-Legal Society, International Relations Club, Investment Club, Japanese Club, The Lantern (literary magazine), Le Cercle Francais (French Club), Mathematical Association of America, Men’s Rugby Club, Newman Association, Organization of Commuting Students, Politics Association, Women’s Rugby Association, Psychology Club, Residence Hall Association, The Ruby (yearbook), S. C. U. B. A. Dive Team, Society of Physics of Students, Spanish Club, Students for Creative Anachronism, Students Together Against Rape (STAR), Table Tennis Association, UC Blue Skies Environmental Organization, Ursinus Folksong Society, Ursinus Forensics Society, Ursinus College Academic Competition Team, Ursinus Student Government Association (USGA), Ursinus College Outdoors Society, Voices in Praise, World Cultures Club, and WVOU (radio station). Musical and cultural group include proTheatre, College Choir, Meistersingers, Concert Band. Community Service clubs include Best Buddies, Norristown State Mental Hospital Volunteer Program, Student Emergency Response Volunteers and America Reads. Greek organizations on the Ursinus campus currently include the fraternities Alpha Phi Epsilon, Beta Sigma Lambda, Chi Rho Psi, Delta Mu Sigma, Delta Pi Sigma, Phi Kappa Sigma, Pi Omega Delta, Sigma Chi Delta, Sigma Rho Lambda and Zeta Chi. The sororities are Alpha Sigma Nu, Kappa Delta Kappa, Omega Chi, Phi Alpha Psi, Sigma, Sigma, Sigma, Tau Sigma Gamma, and Upsilon Phi Delta. The presidents of these organizations serve on the Greek Presidents Council, the governing board for all fraternities and sororities. Ursinus has 25 teams that compete in the Centennial Conference: football, men’s and women’s soccer, women’s field hockey cross country, volleyball, men’s and women’s basketball, indoor track, women’s gymnastics, men’s and women’s swimming, wrestling, men’s baseball, women’s softball, men’s and women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s track and field, men’s and women’s tennis
• Student papers: (Appears as submitted by school) The Grizzly (weekly)

Travel

• Nearest airport(s) (distance in miles): Philadelphia (30), Allentown, PA (35)
• Nearest train(s) (distance in miles): Philadelphia (25)
• Nearest bus-station(s) (distance in miles): King of Prussia (10)
• Public transportation serves the campus.
• Not all students are permitted to have cars on campus.
• 55% of students have a car on campus

Employment

• School employment is available.
• 43% of undergrads are employed with average earnings of 1,800
• Freshman are not discouraged from working.

Greek Life

• There are 8 fraternities
• 0 fraternity houses
• 17% of students are fraternity members
• There are 7 sororities
• 0 sorority houses
• 28% of students are sorority members.

ROTC

• Army ROTC: Not offered
• Navy ROTC: Not offered
• Airforce ROTC: Not offered

Additional Policies

class attendance policies set by individual instructors, hazing prohibited