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More than 75 active clubs and organizations including Volunteer Community Outreach Effort (Volunteer CORE), Men’s and Women’s Crew Teams, Royal Dance Ensemble, Men’s and Women’s Rugby Teams and Habitat for Humanity.
Fitness, Intramurals and Recreation
More than 1,300 students participate in intramurals each semester. Leagues include flag football, basketball, volleyball,
racquetball, tennis, soccer and Ultimate Frisbee.
Visit Student Life for more information.
Athletics
Are You Game to Play?
Want to raise a racket? Hoop it up? Or swing away? We’re game.
We have one of the most distinguished programs in the history of the NCAA Division III:
• Three national championships
• 78 NCAA Tournament appearances
• 16 NCAA Division III Final Four appearances
• 50 All-Americans, 21 Academic All-Americans and 13 NCAA Post-Graduate Scholars.
Check out our athletic teams at www.scranton.edu/athletics
to learn more about our teams and get contact information for our coaches.
Express Yourself!
There are plenty of avenues for creative expression and
practical experience here at the University through:
The University Players
The Players produce a four-show main stage season along with a festival of student written plays and a festival devoted to new student directors. Their productions combine talented undergraduates with professional guest artists that have included Richard Harris, Glenda Jackson and Emmy-award winning lighting designer Dennis Size, to name a few. See what’s on stage this season.
Music
The University of Scranton Performance Music Concert Series presents performances by outstanding and renowned musicians representing a variety of musical genres.
Hundreds of students participate in the ensembles every year and are achieving their performance goals in the musical organization of their choice.
Get more info and a listing of coming events at www.scranton.edu/music
WUSR, 99.5 FM, Royal Radio
is a student operated radio station with over sixty participants. The format is eclectic with world, classical, jazz, urban and alternative music.
The station broadcasts at 300 watts with a coverage area of 700 square miles, covering the Scranton-Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area, with an audience of over 250,000. WUSR Website - Listen Live!
The University of Scranton Press focuses broadly on general culture, including culture and religion, both in the past and in the present. It chronicles and analyzes the major national and international trends in Catholic thought and life.
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Founded in 1888
SCRANTON, Pennsylvania United States
We are a Catholic and Jesuit liberal arts university that is known for our outstanding academic quality, a beautiful and technology rich campus, and a sense of community that helps you feel right at home.
Located in Pennsylvania's Pocono Northeast region, our 56-acre hillside campus is in the heart of a city of 75,000, just two hours from New York City and Philadelphia.
Feel the Pride Join a powerful network of over 41,000 Scranton alumni working in professions across every state and in 51 countries.
Experience the Passion Live life to the fullest, guided by teachers with enthusiasm, intensity and drive.
Realize the Promise
Don’t just DO more; BE more. Achieve
your dreams as a person “for and with others.”
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About Scranton
Our location offers the best of both worlds – the city and the mountains. From campus, you can walk downtown to shop, watch a movie, visit a museum or see a show. It’s only a short drive to enjoy AAA baseball games (New York Yankees), minor league hockey games (Pittsburgh Penguins), arena football games, concerts, skiing, hiking, malls and shopping outlets.
Scranton is the setting for the award winning NBC comedy "The Office" and hosted the national Office Convention in the fall of 2007, has the 4th largest St. Patricks Day Parade in the U.S., and La Festa Italiana, NE PA's largest celebration of culture and cuisine.
Check out our Scranton photo album for photos of these events and more of what the area has to offer...
Stay Connected! As a graduate of the University of Scranton you are automatically a member of the 41,000-person Alumni Society. The mission of the Alumni Society is to serve and promote the ideals and philosophy of the University and its alumni in a manner that enriches the lives of its members and the quality of the institution. You can get involved with the Alumni Society today. Whether you volunteer for a regional club, an affiliate group or class committee; use the society's many benefits and services or just catch up with friends using the online alumni community, your connection to the University never ends.
When it comes to scholarly activity, Scranton faculty rivals the best. Their works are published widely in prestigious scholarly journals. They are featured in national media, and are frequent presenters at national and international conferences. Their research projects, many of which are conducted with the assistance of students, are often supported by competitive grants.
Because more majors mean more opportunities for you, Scranton offers 59 bachelor’s degree programs, 43 minors, 21 master’s degree programs and a doctor of physical therapy program through four colleges and schools.
