Syracuse University
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| Motto | Suos Cultores Scientia Coronat (Latin: "Knowledge crowns her cultivators.") |
| Established | 1870 |
| Type | Private |
| Endowment | US $908 million |
| Chancellor | Nancy Cantor |
| Faculty | 1,353 |
| Students | 18,734 |
| Location | Syracuse, NY, USA |
| Campus | Urban and Suburban |
| Colors | Orange |
| Nickname | The Orange |
| Mascot | Otto the Orange |
| Website | www.syracuse.edu |
Syracuse University (SU) is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York. The university is set on a mostly residential campus, which features an eclectic mix of buildings, ranging from nineteenth-century Romanesque structures to contemporary buildings designed by renowned architects such as I.M. Pei. The center of campus, with its grass quadrangle, landscaped walkways, and outdoor sculptures offers students the amenities of a traditional college experience. At the same time, since the university overlooks Downtown Syracuse, students can enjoy the social, cultural, and recreational opportunities of a medium-sized city. The school also owns a Sheraton Hotel and a golf course near campus, as well as properties in New York City, Washington, D.C. and a 30 acre (121,000 m²) conference center in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York.
Officially chartered in 1870, Syracuse traces its institutional roots back to 1832 when it was founded as a seminary by the Methodists. Syracuse University’s undergraduate and graduate programs are highly regarded. The university is especially well known for its programs in the fields of public affairs, communications, creative writing, architecture, geography, information studies and Entrepreneurship.
The university had a total 2005-2006[1] of 18,734 students: 12,905 undergraduates, 5,067 graduates, and 762 law students. 3 undergraduate students achieved national recognition by their selection as a Rhodes Scholar, Truman Scholar and Goldwater Scholar. Syracuse University is one of only 8 institutions in the country whose students have won all three of these honors in one year.
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[edit] Timeline
- 1832 - Genesee Wesleyan Seminary founded by the Genesee Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Lima, New York, south of Rochester
- 1849 - The Seminary creates a companion college – Genesee College
- 1866 - After several hard years, the trustees of the struggling college decide to seek a locale whose economic and transportation advantages could provide a better base of support
- 1869 - The city of Syracuse, New York is selected
- 1870 - State of New York grants Syracuse University its charter
- 1871 - Syracuse chapter of the Mystical Seven secret society appears (later merges with the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity)
- 1872 - The medical school opens
- 1873 - Hall of Languages opens
- 1873 - Syracuse adds an architecture program, one of the first in the U.S.
- 1874 - Syracuse creates the nation's first bachelor of fine arts degree
- 1876 - The school offers its first post-graduate courses in the College of Arts and Sciences
- 1878 - Banker John Crouse, worth more than $10 million in 19th century dollars, tells SU administrators he wants to construct the finest college building in the country no matter the cost.
- 1886 - John D. Archbold (President of Standard Oil of New Jersey) becomes a member of the Board of Trustees
- 1886 - E.F. Holden determines to erect a working observatory as a memorial to his son, Charles Demarest Holden, who graduated in the class of 1877.
- 1887 - The university purchases the internationally renowned library of German historian Leopold von Ranke, putting Syracuse on the bibliothecal map
- 1889 - Von Ranke Library opens
- 1889 - Crouse College (The Castle) opens.
- 1890 - The color orange is adopted as the school's official color (replacing the former colors of rose pink and pea green)
- 1891 - Stephen Crane enrolls as a student but drops out after a semester
- 1893 - University benefactor John Archbold becomes Chairman of the Board of Trustees
- 1896 - Syracuse chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa honorary society appears
- 1896 - Firearm and typewriter magnate Lyman Cornelius Smith donates funds for the creation of a college of applied science/engineering
- 1903 - The Daily Orange is founded.
- 1905 - Industrialist Andrew Carnegie makes a surprise donation to erect the library that will bear his name
- 1906 - One hundred spectators are injured and one is killed when bleachers collapse during a Syracuse-Colgate football game
- 1907 - Archbold stadium opens
- 1907 - Sims Hall opens
- 1909 - First doctoral program added
- 1909 - Archbold gymnasium opens
- 1910 - Photograph of Halley's Comet taken from Holden Observatory
- 1934 - Journalism school founded
- 1946 - Syracuse earns praise from President Harry S. Truman by admitting 9,464 students under the G.I. Bill, tripling enrollment overnight
- 1946 - Syracuse opens cooperative extensions in Endicott and Utica, New York.
- 1950 - The College of Medicine becomes part of the State University of New York system
- 1953 - Yates Castle is razed
- 1956 - Running back Jim Brown scores an NCAA-record 43 points in the football team's 61-7 rout of Colgate
- 1959 - Running back Ernie Davis becomes the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy as College Player of the Year.
- 1959 - The Syracuse Orangemen win the National Championship in football.
- 1962 - Manley Field House opens. It is named for Dr. George L. Manley, a University trustee and graduate of the College of Medicine
- 1964 - S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications building is dedicated by President Lyndon B. Johnson
- 1966 - Syracuse joins the Association of American Universities
- 1974 - S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications building II is dedicated by CBS Television Founder, William S. Paley
- 1979 - Archbold Stadium is demolished.
- 1980 - Carrier Dome opens on the former site of Archbold Stadium
- 1986 - WERW, Syracuse University's only free format college radio station, is started.
- 1988 - 35 Syracuse students die in the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland.
- 2003 - Led by freshman Carmelo Anthony, the Syracuse University Orangemen win the NCAA basketball championship, defeating the Kansas Jayhawks by a score of 81-78
- 2004 - Nancy Cantor is named chancellor, becoming the first female chancellor of Syracuse University.
- 2004 - Mike Powell leads Syracuse to a national Lacrosse Championship
[edit] Schools and colleges
The Syracuse University School of Architecture, founded in 1873, is the fourth oldest program of its type in the United States and is located in Slocum Hall- a building completed in 1918 and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The Bachelor of Architecture program is ranked third nationally and number one on the East Coast , according to the 2007 survey of the Design Futures Council.
The College of Arts and Sciences was established in 1870 as Syracuse University's founding college. Today, The College remains at the center of undergraduate learning at Syracuse, where all University students take classes. It includes 3,400 students and 530 faculty in a university of 12,500 total undergraduate students and 1,360 total faculty. Its programs and departments provide intellectual leadership in the liberal arts. Its faculty, nationally renowned leaders, poets and scientists, create a student-centered environment of discovery, creativity and excellence.
Syracuse University's School of Education, a national leader in improving and informing educational practice for diverse communities, is committed to the principle that diverse learning communities create the conditions that both enrich the educational experience and provide opportunities for all to realize their full potential. The School of Education pioneered the inclusion movement in the United States, making way for all learners to participate fully in mainstream classrooms and other inclusive learning environments.
The college offers 35 bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs. U.S. News & World Reports ranks the overall graduate program in ECS in the top one-third of schools of engineering that grant degrees through the Ph.D. ECS is ranked among the top 30 private engineering colleges that grant Ph.D.s In 1958, the Institute for Sensory Research was established under the direction of Dr. Jozef Zwislocki (now Distinguished Research Professor of Neuroscience and a member of the National Academy of Sciences), who developed a community of faculty, staff, and students that is world-renowned for multidisciplinary studies of the structure and function of sensory systems. From this community, the undergraduate program in bioengineering was established in 1971. ECS's computer engineering and bioengineering programs, both established in 1971, are the second-oldest programs of their kind in the nation. The Center for Advanced Technology in Computer Applications and Software Engineering was created in 1984 under the leadership of Dr. Bradley J. Strait, professor of electrical engineering who served as dean of the college from 1981-1984 and 1989-1992. The Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, an interdisciplinary center for high performance computing followed in 1987, and the Center for Hypersonics, supported by NASA to focus on studies in air and space travel, was created in 1993. Among its recent achievements, the College unveiled a $4.5 million environmental systems complex in Fall 2001. This facility provides sophisticated research and teaching facilities for programs in environmental, chemical, civil, and mechanical engineering programs. In May 2001, a consortium of colleges and universities, led by the College, was awarded $15.9 million by the New York State Office of Science, Technology, and Research to fund the establishment of the New York Environmental Quality Systems Center at Syracuse University. Also in 2001, the College received a $3 million grant from NASA and the State of New York to establish the Advanced Interactive Discovery Environment for Engineering Education, a state-of-the-art virtual learning environment.
A leading center for innovative programs in information management, information policy, information science, information systems, information technology, and information services, the School of Information Studies offers professional degree programs at the undergraduate and master's levels as well as a research degree at the doctoral level. The School of Information Studies traces its origin to 1896, with the first library science course offerings at Syracuse University. (The American Library Association accredited the degree in 1908, while the program was still part of the College of Liberal Arts; an independent School of Library Science was established in 1915.) Anticipating the coming of the information age, and recognizing libraries as part of a broader information landscape, the faculty renamed the school in 1974. Educating students for a variety of careers in the information economy, the school offered the country's first master's degree in information resources management (1980), and later began a graduate program in telecommunications and network management (1993). Today the School of Information Studies is recognized as one of the top information schools in the country, and its graduate programs are highly ranked by U.S. News & World Report: #1 for Information Systems, #2 for Digital Librarianship, #3 for Library and Information Science, and #4 for School Library Media [3].
In 2005, Entrepreneur magazine once again recognized the Whitman School among the top-13 entrepreneurship programs in the nation and USASBE named Whitman the National Model Undergraduate Program of the Year. Top-40 honors for the undergraduate program were announced by U.S. News in September, and in October the supply chain management program was ranked 10th-best in the nation in Supply Chain Management Review. The new home for the Martin J. Whitman School of Management opened in January. With 160,000 square feet, the new building includes 22 state-of-the-art classrooms; 20 undergraduate and 20 graduate breakout rooms; a 200-seat auditorium; and a three-story, 4,000-square-foot Grand Hall.
- College of Law, 1895
Founded in 1895, the College of Law was accredited by the American Bar Association in 1923 and is a charter member of the Association of American Law Schools. It offers a special first year program in international law and summer internship/externship opportunities in London, Amsterdam, and Geneva. The College of Law is well known for its trial and appellate advocacy program and is one of the few privileged law schools that edits an official American Bar Association publication, The Labor Lawyer. It is also home to the New York State Science & Technology Law Center and the New York Prosecutors Training Institute.
The Maxwell School of Syracuse University, founded in 1924, was the first school to offer a graduate professional degree in public administration and the first to bring together the social sciences for public administration education. Maxwell is consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the nation's top graduate school for public administration.
Syracuse University established one of the nation's first schools of journalism, now known as the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, in 1934. Newhouse has given a jump-start to the careers of Ted Koppel, Steve Kroft, Paula Walker Madison, Bob Costas, Fred Silverman, Marv Albert, Len Berman, Dick Clark, Patti Adcroft, Mike Tirico, Maria Sansone and many others.
- College of Visual and Performing Arts, 1873
VPA contains the School of Art and Design, Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, Department of Drama, Setnor School of Music, and Department of Transmedia. Together, these five areas offer a total of 36 undergraduate programs and 26 graduate programs. The college is located in seven different buildings on campus and in the University’s downtown Syracuse building, the Warehouse. Origins of the college date to 1873, when the College of Fine Arts opened at SU. The college was the first degree-conferring institution of its kind in the United States. Its first alumnus graduated in 1875 with a bachelor of painting degree.
- The Graduate School, Founded 1911
The Syracuse University Graduate School oversees all academic policy, graduate degree and certificate program modification and development, and the professional development programs for graduate study at Syracuse University.
- College of Human Services and Health Professions, 1918
The College of Human Services and Health Professions offers bachelor's (B.S.), master's (M.A., M.S.W.) and doctoral (Ph.D.) degrees in Child and Family Studies, Hospitality and Food Service Management, Marriage and Family Therapy, Nursing, Nutrition, Sport Management, Selected Studies, and Social Work, as well as a certificate of advanced study in Human Services Management.
- University College (Continuing Education)
University College offers a variety of degree programs, certificates, and noncredit courses in formats tailored to the busy schedules of part-time students. Courses are offered in the evenings, on weekends, online, and through short residency programs. During the summer, courses are offered during the daytime. In addition to serving the academic needs of students pursuing their degrees part-time, UC also offers award-winning workforce training programs and sponsors community service programs.
- Medical School, Founded 1872
In the 1870s the SU College of Medicine was (along with Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Michigan) among the first to institute a graded medical instruction program, with definite pre-clinical and clinical years. In the 1890s it was again (along with Johns Hopkins, Harvard, Penn, and a few others) among the first in America to organize its curriculum according to the so-called "German model," with intense scientific and especially laboratory training for students in the first two years, and rigorous clinical training on rounds thereafter. The school was sold to the State of New York in 1950 and is now called SUNY Upstate Medical University).
- College of Environmental Science and Forestry, SUNY Established 1922
The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) operates its academic campus adjacent to Syracuse University's, and has a significant level of integration with SU. Its original name probably offers the most insight into the relationship, as it was established as the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University. The residential-life program for ESF students is operated by SU (e.g., ESF students live in SU housing, have full access to SU libraries, and students at both schools have full access to courses). The school is technically and administratively separate, but has a long-standing relationship with Syracuse University. Students take part in joint commencement exercises, and ESF students may participate in all SU student activities excepting NCAA sports.
[edit] Campuses
[edit] Main Campus
Also called "North Campus," the Main Campus contains nearly all academic buildings and residence halls. Its centerpiece is "The Quad" which is surrounded by academic buildings, especially those of the College of Arts and Sciences. Most of the roads of the Main Campus are traffic-restricted during weekdays. Some university buildings lie outside of this area, particularly in the urban area north of the campus around Marshall Street. To the south of the main campus is Oakwood Cemetery, of the rural cemetery type that was popular during the epoch. To the east lies Thornden Park, one of the largest parks within the city proper. Medical complexes, along with Interstate 81 border it to the west.
Approximately 5,000 students live in the sixteen residence halls on the Main Campus. Most residence halls are co-ed by room and all are smoke-free. Some still have gender-specific floors. North campus housing includes singles, open doubles, split (wall-segmented) doubles, and multi-person suites. Residence hall height ranges from three to twenty-one floors.
The North Campus represents a large portion of the University Hill neighborhood. Busses run to South Campus as well as Downtown Syracuse and other locations in the city. OnTrack also provides service to Downtown and the Carousel Center mall from its station near the Carrier Dome. [4]
[edit] South Campus
After World War II, a large undeveloped hill owned by the university was used to house returning veterans in military-style campus housing. During the 1970s this housing was replaced by permanent two-level townhouses for two or three students each, or for graduate family housing. There are also three small freshman-only residence halls which feature open doubles and a kitchen on every floor.
South Campus is also home to the Institute for Sensory Research, Tennity Ice Pavilion, Goldstein Student Center, and the InnComplete Pub. Just north are the headquarters of SU Athletics. Approximately 2,500 students live on the South Campus, which is connected to the main campus by frequent bus service.
[edit] Downtown
In December 2004 the university announced that it had purchased or leased twelve buildings in Downtown Syracuse. There will be two programs, Communications Design and Advertising Design, from the College of Visual and Performing Arts that will reside permanently in the newly renovated facilities, fittingly called The Warehouse which is being renovated by Gluckman Mayner Architects. Both programs were chosen to be located in the downtown area because of their history of working on projects directly with the community. Hundreds of students and faculty have also been affected by the temporary move of the School of Architecture downtown for the $12 million renovation of its campus facility, Slocum Hall. The Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems is scheduled for completion in 2006. The Paul Robeson Performing Arts Company and the Community Folk Art Center will also be located downtown.
On March 31, 2006, the university and the city announced the beginning of an initiative to connect the main campus of the university with the arts and culture areas of downtown Syracuse and the university's new presence at The Warehouse [5]. The Connective Corridor project, supported by a combination of public and private funds, will begin with an international design competition, with the finalists being named sometime in the Fall of 2006.
The Warehouse is now home to the The Warehouse Gallery, a brand new contemporary art space that commissions, exhibits and promotes the work of local and international artists in a variety of media. The Warehouse Gallery's mission is to engage the community in a diaglogue regarding the role arts can play in illuminating the critical issues of our times.
These projects are part of an effort by Chancellor Cantor to integrate downtown with the university. The separation of the university from downtown has been largely blamed on Interstate 81, which creates a virtual wall between the two.
[edit] Rome, New York
Syracuse University offers all the classes necessary for a Masters of Science in Computer Engineering at Rome Laboratory in Rome, New York. This program has been in place since Fall 2005[6].
[edit] Former Campuses
Triple Cities: Located in Endicott, New York, this former branch campus of Syracuse University, founded in 1946, became SUNY Harpur College in 1950 and later moved across the Susquehanna River to Vestal and became the State University of New York at Binghamton. Now called Binghamton University, it is the top-ranked public university in New York.
Utica: Located in Utica, New York and also founded in 1946, UC was founded as a branch campus for returning WWII veterans. This campus remained part of Syracuse University until 1995. Utica College still offers degrees conferred by Syracuse University and continues to have a very similar academic structure. It is officially mentioned in SU's Charter's Article 1, Section 3: "Utica College shall be represented by the President, appointed ex officio, and by the dean of the college, and another representative selected by the college."
Thompson Road: In 1947, Syracuse University acquired a portion of the former US Naval War Plant on Thompson Road in East Syracuse. The L.C. Smith College of Applied Science was relocated to the Thompson Road campus, and the University's relatively short-lived Institute for Industrial Research was also located there. The University sold the property to Carrier Corporation in 1952.
[edit] Division of International Programs Abroad (DIPA)
DIPA [9] at Syracuse University currently offers programs in:
- Beijing, China
- Florence, Italy
- Hong Kong
- London, England
- Madrid, Spain
- Strasbourg, France
[edit] Florence
[7] The Villa Rossa: Ever since its inception in 1959, SU Florence has been hosted in the “Villa Rossa,” a historical building constructed by a noble family, the Gigliucci, in 1892. SU acquired the Villa Rossa from the Gigliucci family in 1963. The Villa Rossa is comprised of three floors and is the central hub of the SU Florence campus, housing the administrative offices, eleven classrooms, the computer lab, a student lounge and study areas. The garden area, recently renovated, is now connected to the garden of the Villino, home of the SU Florence library.
The Villino: The newly-acquired and renovated Villino, a historical building that was originally a private residence, was built in 1884. It covers 420 square meters on four floors. While the building serves primarily as the home of the library, the Villino also houses an audio-visual room as well as a faculty and TA lounge, and the media lab & slide library.
[edit] London
[8] Faraday House: Established in 1975, SU’s London center is widely regarded as the city’s most comprehensive study abroad program. Faraday House was extensively renovated to include new classrooms and faculty offices, an auditorium, student and faculty common rooms, a writing center, computer clusters, design and multimedia studios, and wireless Internet access.
[edit] Athletics
Syracuse University's sports teams are officially known as the Orange, although the former (until 2004) names of Orangemen and Orangewomen are still affectionately used. The school's mascot is Otto the Orange. The teams all participate in NCAA Division I in the Big East Conference. The men's and women's basketball teams, the football team, and both the men's and women's lacrosse teams play in the Carrier Dome. Other sports facilities are located at the nearby Manley Field House.
- Rowing team founded: 1873
- Baseball team founded: 1872
- First recorded football game: 1884 vs. Medical College of Syracuse
- First intercollegiate football game: 1889 vs. University of Rochester
- First recorded basketball game: 1899 vs. Christian Association of Hamilton (Ontario)
- Lacrosse team organized: 1917
- First Women's basketball game: 1898
[edit] Archbold Stadium and the Carrier Dome
Thanks to a $600,000 gift by Syracuse University trustee and Standard Oil President, John D. Archbold, what was publicized as the “Greatest Athletic Arena in America” opened in 1907. Designed to resemble the Roman Coliseum and to never become outdated, Archbold Stadium became a trademark of Syracuse football. The stadium formed a massive oval, 670 feet (204 m) long and 475 feet (145 m) wide. It was 100 feet (30 m) longer and only 22 feet (7 m) thinner than the Carrier Dome and more than 6 million Orange football fans passed through its gates.
From 1907 to 1978, Archbold Stadium was the home of SU football. Archbold opened up with a bang when the Orange defeated Hobart 28-0. It went out in style 71 years later with an improbable victory over second-ranked Navy 20-17. Syracuse posted a record of 265-112-50 at Archbold and it housed many great teams. It was home of the 1913 squad who was invited to play in the prestigious Rose Bowl and outscored its opponents 331 to 16. The 1959 team also called Archbold home en route to SU’s only National Championship.
In 1978, SU fans said good-bye forever to the historic stadium. Archbold was demolished to make way for the new on-campus facility, the Carrier Dome, which opened in 1980 (Source: SU Athletics). The Carrier Dome is the largest dome college stadium anywhere. The roof of the Dome is inflatable, with several air compressors working round the clock to maintain its structure. It has a seating capacity of 50,000. It is the only domed stadium in the northeastern U.S.; somewhat surprising as even the region's major cities near the coast have cold, somewhat snowy winters.
[edit] Athletic championships
- 1906 - Rowing
- 1908 - Rowing
- 1913 - Rowing
- 1915 - Rowing
- 1916 - Rowing
- 1918 - Men's Basketball
- 1920 - Rowing
- 1920 - Men's Lacrosse
- 1922 - Men's Lacrosse
- 1922 - Rowing
- 1924 - Men's Lacrosse
- 1925 - Men's Lacrosse
- 1925 - Rowing
- 1926 - Men's Basketball
- 1929 - Rowing
- 1930 - Rowing
- 1949 - Cross Country
- 1951 - Cross Country
- 1959 - Rowing (Pan American Championship)
- 1959 - Football
- 1978 - Rowing
- 1983 - Men's Lacrosse
- 1988 - Men's Lacrosse
- 1989 - Men's Lacrosse
- 1990 - Men's Lacrosse
- 1993 - Men's Lacrosse
- 1995 - Men's Lacrosse
- 2000 - Men's Lacrosse
- 2002 - Men's Lacrosse
- 2003 - Men's Basketball
- 2004 - Men's Lacrosse
[edit] Libraries
Syracuse University's main library is the Ernest S. Bird Library, which opened in 1971. Its seven levels contain 2.3 million books, 11,500 periodicals, 45,000 linear feet (13.71 linear kilometers) of manuscripts, and 3.6 million microforms.
Prior to Bird Library's opening, the Carnegie Library served as the main library. It was opened in 1907, and now contains the mathematics and science libraries, as well as several classrooms. It was funded by a $150,000 matching gift by Andrew Carnegie. It replaced the library in what is now the Tolley Administration Building. Several other departments also have their own libraries:
- Architecture Reading Room
- Geology Library
- Martin Luther King Library (African American Studies)
- Physics Library
- H. Douglas Barclay Law Library
[edit] Special Collections
Many of the landmarks in the history of recorded communication between people are in the university's collection, from cuneiform tablet and papyrus to several codices dating from the 11th century to the invention of printing. The collection also includes works by Galileo, Martin Luther, John Calvin, Voltaire, Ben Jonson, Sir Isaac Newton, Descartes, Sir Francis Bacon, Samuel Johnson, Thomas Hobbes, Thomas Malthus, Jeremy Bentham and Goethe amongst others. In addition, the collection includes the personal library of Leopold Von Ranke- one of the greatest German historians of the 19th century and often considered the founder of "scientific" history.
The university also has a large audio archive. Holdings total approximately 340,000 recordings in all formats, primarily cylinders, discs and magnetic tapes. Some of the voices to be found include Thomas Edison, Amelia Earhart, Albert Einstein, and Oscar Wilde.
[edit] Art Collection
SU has an impressive permanent art collection of over 45,000 objects from such famous artists as Picasso, Rembrandt, Hopper, Tiffany and Wyeth. Art lovers can enjoy seeing more than 100 important paintings, sculptures and murals displayed in public places around campus. Notable sculptures on campus include Anna Hyatt Huntington's Diana, Jean-Antoine Houdon's George Washington, Antoine Bourdelle's Herakles, James Earle Fraser's Lincoln, Malvina Hoffman's The Struggle of Elemental Man and Ivan Mestrovic's Moses, Job and Supplicant Persephone. SUART Galleries
 Job |
 Moses |
 Supplicant Persephone |
 The Struggle |
[edit] Student Life
[edit] Student Groups
Syracuse University is the host of approximately 300 recognized student organizations.
[edit] Greek Life
The Syracuse University fraternity and sorority system offers organizations under the Panhellenic Council, the Interfraternity Council, the Latino Greek Council, the Multicultural Greek Council, and the National Pan-Hellenic Council. There are almost 50 fraternities and sororities on campus whose membership makes up approximately 30 percent of the campus population.
[edit] Traditions
[edit] Significant Events
[edit] Pan Am Flight 103
On December 21, 1988, 35 SU students were among the 270 fatalities and among 189 American fatalities in the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The students were returning from a study-abroad program in Europe. That evening, Syracuse University went on with a basketball game. The university was severely criticized for going on with the game, just hours after the attack. The conduct of university officials in making the decision was also brought to the attention of the NCAA. The day after the bombing, the university's chancellor then, Dr. Melvin Eggers, himself criticized for allowing the game to be played, said on nationwide television that he should have canceled the event. Lingering memories of this public relations disaster undoubtedly influenced the NCAA cancellation of all football games set for the weekend following the September 11, 2001 attacks.[9] [10]
The school later dedicated a memorial to the students killed on Flight 103. Every year, during the fall semester, the university holds an event known as "Remembrance Week," to commemorate the students. Every December 21, a service is held in the university's chapel by the university's chaplains at 2:03 p.m. (19:03 UTC), marking the exact moment in 1988 the plane was bombed. The University also maintains a link to this tragedy with the "Remembrance Scholars" program in which 35 senior students receive scholarships during their final year at the University. Syracuse and Lockerbie maintain strong ties, including the "Lockerbie Scholars" program in which two graduating students from Lockerbie Academy study at Syracuse for one year.
[edit] Alma Mater
The SU Alma Mater was written by Junius W. Stevens (1895) in 1893. It was first sung under the title "Song of Syracuse" by the University Glee and Banjo Club on March 15, 1893. The song includes three verses, but only the first verse is commonly sung.
According to the 1997-1998 "Syracuse University Student Handbook," author Junius W. Stevens recalled "while I was walking home across the city an idea for the song came to me. I had often noticed how the setting sun lighted up the walls of Crouse College long after dusk had fallen over the city and valley. As I walked through the empty streets, the words of a song took shape in my mind. By the time I reached home, the song was finished."
Where the vale of Onondaga
Meets the eastern sky
Proudly stands our Alma Mater
On her hilltop high.
Flag we love! Orange! Float for aye-
Old Syracuse, o'er thee,
Loyal be thy sons and daughters
To thy memory.When the evening twilight deepens and the shadows fall,
Linger long the golden sunbeams on the western wall.
Flag we love, Orange,
Float for aye,
Old Syracuse o'er thee!
Loyal be thy sons and daughters
To thy memoryWhen the shades of life shall gather, dark the heart may be,
Still the ray of youth and love shall linger long o'er thee'.
Flag we love, Orange,
Float for aye,
Old Syracuse o'er thee!
Loyal be thy sons and daughters
To thy memory
The university also has a fight song entitled "Down the Field," which is commonly played after SU scores in athletic matches.
[edit] Notable Alumni
For a list of notable alumni see List of Syracuse University People.
[edit] Syracuse Trivia
- In 1929, SU played the first night football game in the east, beating Hobart College 77-0.
- In 1915, SU became the first East Coast team to garner a Rose Bowl invitation. However, the school had to decline having already played on the West Coast that season.
- A new NCAA rule was implemented after a controversial Syracuse-Notre Dame football game in 1961, played at Yankee Stadium, which stipulated that a game could no longer end on a penalty.
- A 19th century professor at Syracuse coined the word "sorority" especially for newly formed Gamma Phi Beta.
- North-American Interfraternity Conference member fraternity Alpha Phi Delta was founded at Syracuse in 1914.
- Three National Panhellenic Conference sororities were founded at Syracuse. They are Alpha Phi in 1872, Gamma Phi Beta in 1874, and Alpha Gamma Delta in 1904. They are collectively known as the Syracuse Triad. Alpha Phi also built the world's first sorority house.
- A Syracuse graduate student who fought in the French Resistance coined the term "weapons of mass destruction".
- President Lyndon B. Johnson delivered his notable "Gulf of Tonkin" speech at the dedication of the Newhouse Communications Center on August 5, 1964
- The L.C. Smith College of Engineering was founded in 1896 by trustee Lyman C. Smith - the founder of the Smith-Corona Typewriter Company
- Syracuse alumnus Arthur Rock was the 1st and only Venture Capitalist ever to be featured on the cover of Time Magazine.
- The school chose orange as its color in 1890, replacing the unpopular combination of pink and pea green. Blue is often used with the orange as a contrasting color, but is not officially a school color.
- The Oliver Stone film "Born on the Fourth of July" briefly recreates the Syracuse University student anti-war demonstration of 1970. The scene was actually filmed in Dallas, Texas. (Tom Cruise, who won a Golden Globe for his performance in the film, was born in Syracuse.)
- Designer Tommy Hilfiger is a big Syracuse fan. In the mid-1980s, when Hilfiger started his clothing business, he incorporated orange and Davis' 44 into several of his designs.[11]
- Syracuse University is one of the five hosts of the IRA Regatta- the oldest collegiate rowing championship in the U.S. The other schools are Columbia, Cornell, Pennsylvania and the US Naval Academy.
- The Syracuse rowing team is Dartmouth College's oldest continuously active heavyweight competitor. The two schools race for the Packard Cup.
- The Syracuse men's lacrosse team had been to 22 straight semifinals of the NCAA men's lacrosse tournament (1983-2004). That impressive streak was finally broken in 2005 with a 16-15 loss to the University of Massachusetts in the quarterfinals.
- In collegiate lacrosse, Syracuse and Princeton have accounted for 14 of the past 18 NCAA championships.
- Pro wrestler Mike Rotunda is a legitimate graduate of Syracuse, having wrestled for them during his time in the University, and when he did his "Varsity Club" gimmick with other standout collegiate wrestlers in WCW, he wore the gear of Syracuse University, his alma mater.
- The number 44 is the most revered in SU athletic history, having been worn by football players Jim Brown, Ernie Davis, and Floyd Little, and basketball players Derrick Coleman and John Wallace. This is why the University's administrative ZIP code is 13244 (the other, 13210, applies to the residence halls, which have regular city addresses), and all on-campus phone numbers have started with "44" since 1987. The football team retired number 44 in 2005; before that it was semi-retired, available only to deserving backs. The men's basketball team retired #44 for Derrick Coleman in 2006.
- Nicholas Gurewitch, the creator of the notable web comic The Perry Bible Fellowship, is an alumnus of Syracuse University, and started his comics in the SU newspaper, The Daily Orange.
[edit] See also
[edit] Other Syracuse University Articles
- List of Syracuse University People
- List of Chancellors of Syracuse University
- Syracuse University Orange, the SU athletics article.
- Burton Blatt Institute
[edit] Student Life
- Armory Square: Historic downtown shopping, dining and nightlife center where SU's Warehouse is located
- Marshall Street: Retail street adjacent to SU with some nightlife
- University Hill: The neighborhood where the main campus is located
- University Neighborhood: The adjacent neighborhood where many SU students live
- Westcott: Another adjacent neighborhood where SU students live
[edit] References
- ^ [1]Enrollment
- ^ [2]SU SOA
- ^ [3]SU SIS
- ^ [4]Map
- ^ [5]SU News
- ^ [6]Rome Campus
- ^ [7]SU Abroad
- ^ [8]SU Abroad
- ^ Deppa, Joan, Media and Disasters: Pan Am 103; New York; University Press, 1994.
- ^ Yen, Marianne, "A Tragic End to the Semester." The Washington Post, December 23, 1988, page A07
- ^ Michael Licker (11/10/05). Hilfiger incorporated Ernie Davis' 44 in his designs. The Daily Orange. Retrieved on 2007-02-10.
[edit] External links
- Syracuse University
- Syracuse University Photo Archive
- Syracuse University Athletics Department
- The Connective Corridor Project
- The Daily Orange
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- WJPZ-FM
- WERW-AM
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