Ursinus College Services
The Basics
| Basic services offered: | nonremedial tutoring, placement service, health service, health insurance, other |
| Remedial services: | N/A |
| Counseling availability: | minority student, career, personal, academic, psychological, birth control, religious |
Career Potential
| Career advising services: | on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training, other |
| Percent of graduates employed after 6 months: | N/A |
| Percent of graduates employed after 1 year: | 60% |
| Percent of graduates employed after 2 years: | $N/A |
| Main employers of graduates: | GlaxoSmithKline, Merck & Co., Wyeth, ICON Clinical Research, University of Pennsylvania (research), Ernst & Young, Deloitte & Touche, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Vanguard Group, Federal Reserve Board, Merrill Lynch, Lockheed Martin, National Multiple Scleros |
Campus Resources
| Library on campus/close promixity?: | Yes |
| Library collaboration present?: | Yes |
| Number of books available: | 406,000 |
| Number of subscriptions: | 2,269 |
| Number of microforms: | 201,000 |
| Number of audiovisuals: | 30,300 |
| Number of E-books: | 3,800 |
| Description of library facilities: | Literary papers of writer Linda Grace Hoyer Updike, Ursinus 1923, mother of novelist John Updike; a Pennsylvania German archive; the Ursinusiana archives and a collection of student art work. The library also has access to 6020 electronic periodicals via database aggregators including Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe, Lexis-Nexis Environmental and Expanded Academic ASAP index. It also holds access to Early American Imprints Series I: Evans, 1639-1800. The Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College includes a collection of over 3,000 works by artists ranging from Henry Moore to Louise Nevelson to Francoise Gilot. |
| Museums in proximity: | The Kaleidoscope, the college's new performing arts center, opened in April of 2005 with a 350-seat proscenium arch theater, an experimental black box theater, an outdoor stage, a set design studio, lighting and sound center; the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, with a sizable collection of paintings, drawings, etchings, sculpture and other works of art; the Floy Lewis Bakes Field House and Fitness Center; the Pfahler Hall of Science with state-of-the-art lab equipment, including Bruker 300 MHz NMR, Perkin Elmer Spectrum 1000 FTIR, LKB Isothermal Calorimeter, Hewlett Packard 1800A GCD GC-MS, Hewlett Packard 5890 Series II GC equipped with a 5971A MS, BAS 100W Voltammetric Analyzer, Varian Cary 1 UV-Visible Spectrometer, Perkin Elmer Lambda 2S UV-Visible Spectrometers, Hewlett Packard 8450A UV-Visible Spectrometers, Perkin Elmer 603 Atomic Absorption Spectrometer, Hewlett Packard 1090 HPLC, Perkin Elmer Series 4 Chromatographic System, a photographic darkroom, and the state-of-the art Marsteller Observatory on the building's roof; Thomas Hall, life sciences building, with advanced laboratory equipment, including a scanning electron microscope, flow cytometer, spectrometers, light microscopes and tissue culture facility; Bomberger Hall, where the three-manual, 62-rank Heefner Memorial Organ is the dominant feature; and a major collection of outdoor sculptures which dots the 170-acre campus. |
Technological Availability
| Wireless internet on campus?: | Yes |
| Public computers available: | 1,825 |
| Computer courses offered?: | No |
| Email accounts granted?: | Yes |
| Campuswide internet access?: | Yes |
| Usable computer locations: | computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center |
| Library connection ports (avg.): | 308 |
| Classroom connection ports (avg.): | 1,124 |
| Total wireless capacity: | 345 students/faculty |
| Recommended OS: | Microsoft |
| Wireless coverage: | in all the libraries, in some classrooms, in administrative/faculty offices and work areas, in some of the college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing |
Safety
| Campus safety details: | 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) | Students granted university webspace?: | Yes |
| Able to register online?: | Yes |
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