York College of Pennsylvania
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York College of Pennsylvania is a private college located in York, Pennsylvania. Founded originally in 1787 as the York Academy, the college has approximately 4,700 students. The school colors are green and white, the mascot is the spartan. The college paper is "The Spartan" and the student lounge in the student union is named "Spart's Den".
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[edit] History
It was not until the 1960's that the college obtained four-year accreditation status. Its accreditation coincided with the complete relocation of the institution to a vast tract of undeveloped land just south of the City of York, in neighboring Spring Garden Township. Most buildings on Campus maintain a generic brickwork style infused with marble exterior walls. A small fountain sits in the center of the main campus, providing a scenic spot to relax.
York College is currently located on two campuses with the majority of it's academic buildings on the Main Campus and a few others on its newly built West Campus. The central buildings include the Robert V. Iosue Student Union building where several offices, gathering halls, cafeteria, the campus radio station WVYC, lounge, and the college bookstore are located. The major academic buildings are the newly revised Wolf Hall, focusing on music, art, and communication majors. Campbell Hall resides in the center, with renovations made to its chemistry labs and classrooms. The Appell Life Sciences Building is next door, housing Demeester Theater, most of the Social Sciences department, and the Playpen Theatre. Adjacent to the Life Sciences complex is the Business Administration Building, teaching of course all things business related. Schmidt Library resides as the figurehead building of the campus, being directly in the center of all academic life and houses the Information Literacy classrooms.
On its West Campus resides McKay Hall, the structure responsible for York's upper tier Nursing and Engineering programs, along with its Sports Management curriculum. Not too far from that is the smaller Grantley Hall composed of general-use classrooms. The Grumbacher Sport and Fitness Center, on the West Campus, houses a natatorium, the new Wolf Gymnasium, a fitness center, a rock wall for climbing, field house, indoor elevated track, a racquetball court, locker rooms, snack bar, and shares the outdoor playing fields and an new all-weather track. The newly built apartments, Richland, Grantley, and Brockie Commons also reside here along with off-campus housing (Country Club Apartments) not too far by.
The other buildings on campus include the Miller Administration Building and the adjacent Manor Complex (Manor North, Northeast, and South) which houses the living quarters of on-campus freshmen students. Across there is the once proud Wolf Gym, now a crumbling mess of construction intended to be the future Social Sciences building and theatre. Tyler Run Apartments is a short walk from here as well. Across the small bridge over the small creek which snakes through the campus lay the main commuter parking lots and the other living quarters for freshmen. Beard Hall, Penn Hall, Cordorus Hall (an all-woman dorm) Susquehanna Apartments for upperclassmen and the mini-dorms. The Mini-Dorms consist of Willow, Laurel, and Evergreen, named for the surrounding plant/tree life in the area. Beyond there is the campus chapel, baseball field, the old track, and the playing fields for most club sports, especially rugby. Greek Life surrounds the campus, with many being a short walk from most major buildings.
[edit] Academics
York College has over 50 undergraduate majors in ten academic departments.
York College is known for its competitive nursing program.
York College is also the host campus for WVYC as well as over 80 other clubs and organizations. The school has been recently called a "best buy" by US News & World Report and a "hidden gem" by the Wall Street Journal[citation needed].
[edit] Sports
Recently, the school gained tremendous recognition when the men's basketball team reached the NCAA Division III Final Four and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) named York's Jeff Gamber Division III National Coach of the Year. Gamber earned the national honor after leading the Spartans to a record of 28-4.
During the summer of 2006, the finishing touches were made on a 160,000 square foot, multi-million dollar facility known as the Grumbacher Fitness Center. The Grumbacher Center includes three court field house, a state of the art strength and fitness center, 12 recreational lane natatorium, elevated jogging track, two-story climbing wall, classroom space, multipurpose rooms and the new Charles Wolf Gymnasium. The center was recently complimented by two artificially surfaced playing fields and an all-weather running track complete with throwing circles and jumping pits.
In recent years, the men's and women's Rugby clubs have received recognition for their numerous Eastern Pennsylvania Rugby Union(EPRU) and Mid-Atlantic Rugby Football Union(MARFU) championships, as well as several trips to National Championship tournaments, with both teams placing in the top 10 nationally. This includes the Women's team going to the National Division II Elite 8 championships in Iowa in 2003. The clubs' ability to compete with much larger universities despite the small student body has been an area of great respect for both clubs.
[edit] The Rock
A large rock about 6 feet tall sits next to the student union. This rock is painted green every December and May a week before graduation. After commencement graduating students paint their names and messages in white.
The Rock, or "Old Spart" as it was once known, was brought to campus by the class of 1972. The original rock was dropped while attempting to move it for construction in 1996. The college obtained a new rock close to the same size and placed it on the same spot the original rock stood.
[edit] York College Football
York College does not have a football team, but the book store does sell York College Football t-shirts and hoodies. On the back of these it reads "Undefeated since 1787". These are one of the more popular clothing items sold by the York College Bookstore.
[edit] Greek Life
York College is currently home to 6 active sororities.
Phi Mu
Phi Sigma Sigma
Delta Phi Epsilon
Sigma Delta Tau
Alpha Sigma Tau
Kappa Delta Phi National Affiliated Sorority
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