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Slippery Rock University, formally Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania (The Rock or SRU), is a public university in the Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania area. SRU is a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE). The university has been coeducational since its founding in 1889. SRU is fully accredited by the Middle State Commission on Higher Learning.
As of fall 2023, SRU's total enrollment was 8,362, including 6,815 undergraduates and 1,547 graduate students. There were also more than 950 employees including 496 full-time faculty and a 20:1 faculty-to-student ratio.




Campus


The majority of the campus, including the census-designated place, is in Slippery Rock Township. A portion of the university property to the west is in Slippery Rock Borough.




Academics


SRU offers more than 150 undergraduate majors and 40 graduate degree programs and certificates across the following five colleges:

College of Business
College of Education
College of Engineering and Science
College of Health Professions
College of Liberal Arts
SRU offers 51 programs that hold national accreditations and 92% of faculty members holding a Ph.D. or other terminal degree.
SRU was ranked by U.S. News & World Report on its list of "Best Regional Universities - North" and "Top Public Schools - Regional Universities (North)." SRU has earned a spot on the U.S. News' Best Regional Universities 15 straight years. The Princeton Review also recognized SRU on its "Best Mid-Atlantic" list.




History



Slippery Rock University was founded in 1889 under the name Slippery Rock State Normal School as a teacher training school. James E. Morrow was the first president. The school was purchased by the Commonwealth in 1926 and became a four-year college.
Slippery Rock State College was established in 1960 and issued undergraduate and graduate degrees within the liberal arts and other professions. From 1960 to 1971, enrollment rose from 1,314 to 6,020 students, before eclipsing 7,000 in 1988 and 8,000 in 2005.
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania became the school's current and formal name on July 1, 1983, when Act 188 went into effect to establish Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education, and converted 12 state-owned colleges into universities.




Administration


Cheryl Joy Norton, the university's first female president, was in office from 2012 to 2017. William J. Behre served from 2018 to 2022. Karen Riley took office in 2023.




Athletics


Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania competes in the NCAA Division II and is a member of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC).
Slippery Rock University's official mascot is Rocky the Lion.




= Varsity sports

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Men's teams:
Baseball,
basketball,
cross country,
football,
soccer,
indoor track & field, and
outdoor track & field.
Women's teams:
Basketball,
cross country,
field hockey,
lacrosse,
soccer,
softball,
tennis,
indoor track & field,
outdoor track & field, and
Volleyball.
The announcement of Slippery Rock's football scores is a tradition at University of Michigan Football games, started in 1959 by Michigan Stadium's public address announcer Steve Filipiak. The tradition spread to other stadiums as well - during a 1970 game at the University of Texas, the announcer failed to read Slippery Rock’s score, which resulted in the crowd demanding to know said score.




= Discontinued sports

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The varsity wrestling program competed from the 1958–59 to 2005–06 academic years at the university.




= Club sports

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In 1995, the women's water polo team won the intercollegiate national championship conducted by USA Water Polo.
In 1987, the women's judo team, a varsity sport team at the time, won the intercollegiate national championship conducted by the National Collegiate Judo Association.
Slippery Rock ice hockey joined other colleges and universities in the region to form the College Hockey Mid-America (CHMA) in 2006. In 2020, the university suspended the hockey program for the indefinite future.
Slippery Rock Men's Rugby won the 2024 7's rugby National Championship at the Collegiate Rugby Championship in Washington DC on April 27, 2024.




Student life






= Aebersold Student Recreation Center

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The Aebersold Student Recreation Center is an 82,000 sq ft (7,600 m2) on-campus student recreation center.




= Fraternities and sororities

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There are several on campus.




= Student media

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SRU has a student newspaper called The Rocket, the radio station 88.1 WSRU-FM, and the literary magazine SLAB.




Demographics


Part of the property forms a census-designated place.
The school district covering the CDP, as well as the rest of the township and the Slippery Rock borough, is the Slippery Rock Area School District.




Notable alumni



Matt Adams – baseball player
Janet Anderson – golfer
Cheryl Bailey – commissioner of National Women's Soccer League
Francis V. Barnes – Secretary of Education for the Pennsylvania Department of Education from 2004 to 2005
Stephen Bolles – lawyer and politician
Myron Brown – basketball player
Todd Tamanend Clark (1983) – poet and composer
Matthew Driscoll ('92) – basketball coach
Stanley Dziedzic ('72) – wrestler
Michael J. Estocin – Medal of Honor recipient
Brandon Fusco – football player
Wes Hills – football player
Greg Hopkins – football player
Donnie Iris – musician
Charles William Kerr – pastor
Jodi Kest – basketball coach
Matt Kinsinger – football player
Gary L. Lancaster – judge
Greg Paterra – football player
Sarah Patterson – gymnastics coach
Lawrence Reed – president of the Foundation for Economic Education
M. Richard Rose (1955-2021) – former President of Alfred University and the Rochester Institute of Technology
Robert J. Stevens – chief executive officer of the Lockheed Martin Corporation
C. Vivian Stringer – basketball coach
John Stuper – baseball player and college baseball coach
Lou Trivino – baseball player
Royce Waltman – basketball coach
Richard Schweiker – politician




References






External links


Official website
Official athletics website

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