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Welcome to Orientation College of Health,
Environment and Science Dr. Wendy
Stuhldreher Assistant to the Dean As a courtesy
for others, please silence your cell phone.
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What is a College?

• College of Business, Information and Social
  Sciences (BISS)
• College of Education (ED)
• College of Humanities, Fine and Performing Arts
  (HFPA)
• College of Health, Environment and Science (CHES)

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Important Resources for Students

• Successful Learning A Guide to the First Year
  Studies
• Student Handbook on line at http//www.sru.edu/
  pages/8690.asp

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FYRST

• Making the Transition to College
• Social life
• Freedom
• Attendance
• Fitting in
• and . .

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Time management

• How does your son/daughter keep organized?
• Write things down
• Keep a planner
• Use an electronic planner

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How can you help with the transition?

• Communication
• Are you getting too many phone calls or e-mails?
• No contact?
• Answers doing fine
• Ask for specifics
• Ask leading questions

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Resources for Help

• Tutoring Center (4410)
• Counseling Center (2034)
• Office for Students With Disabilities (4877)

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Family or Medical Emergency

• Notify the Deans office
• Deans office will send official notification to
  all professors teaching your son/daughter

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QPA What is it and how is that determined?

• Quality point average (grade point average)
• Determined by
• number of credit hours
• grades earned (major and cumulative)
• For all programs, you need at least a 2.00

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QPA Calculation Example

• If a student had four (4) courses, all Cs 12 X
  2 points per C 24 quality points.
• Divide that by the total credit hours (12 hours)
  and the student has a 2.00

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QPA Calculation Example

• Course Credits Grade Quality Pts
• History 3 C 6
• English 3 C 6
• Spanish 3 C 6
• Calculus 3 C 6

24/12 2.00 QPA
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QPA Calculation Example

• Course Credits Grade Quality Pts
• History 3 B 9
• English 3 C 6
• Spanish 3 A 12
• Calculus 3 C 6

33/12 2.75 QPA
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FYI About QPAs

• Average SRU QPA
• Freshmen men 2.7
• Freshmen women 2.9

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QPA Calculation Example

• Course Credits Grade Quality Pts
• History 3 D 3
• English 3 C 6
• Spanish 3 A 12
• Calculus 3 F 0

21/12 1.75 QPA
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What options are there if you are not doing well
in a course?

• Good questions to ask
• Are you going to class?
• Are you reading the textbook?
• How do you study?
• Make flashcards?
• Write things down?
• Rehearse questionsout loud?
• Visit the Professor duringoffice hours for help
• Go to review sessions

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What options are there if you are not doing well
in a course?

• Withdraw from course
• Students have until 10th week to drop
• Given a W
• After the 10th week, all students are responsible
  for all assignments, tests, projects, homework,
  etc

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What advice should you give if your son/daughter
has academic trouble?

• Repeat courses with a D or an F
• Best way to improve the QPA
• Erases the F or D from the QPA and replaces it
  with the new (hopefully) better grade
• Withdraw from the University
• Individual basis
• Reality check

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Repeat Policy

• New State System of Higher Education Policy
• You can only repeat a total of SIX (6) courses at
  the university
• You can only repeat a single class THREE (3)
  times

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FERPA - Family Education Rights and Privacy Act

• Confidentiality
• University Personnel and even the Dean is not
  permitted to disclose grades or information about
  academic performance to parents (any third party)
  without written permission

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Chain of Command

• If the student has a with a professor or
  class,need to follow the chair of command
• Professor ? Department Chair ?Dean ?
  Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs ?
  President

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Liberal Studies

• Well rounded, educated individual
• Enlightened vocationals set of intellectual
  skills that helps one understand other cultures
  and have empathy to fellow citizens

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Minors

• Complement your major
• Demonstrate diverse preparation
• Ability to do multiple tasks
• Enhance employment opportunities

Second Language
Gerontology
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Expectations of the Faculty

• Provide syllabus
• Evaluation methods
• Maintain a minimum of five (5) posted office
  hours per week

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Advising

• Students are assigned an advisor
• Who is responsible for making sure students meet
  all program (degree) requirements?
• Student!
• University policy states http//www.sru.edu/PAGES
  /9297.asp
• Recognize that you student are ultimately
  responsible for all your academic choices. .

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Advising

• Keep folder of important documents
• Progress sheets
• My Rock Audit
• Waivers
• Transfer courses
• Financial aid materials

My Rock Audit
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My Rock Audit

• My Rock Audit
• Report prepared for students each semester that
  tracks their progress toward their degree program
• Review every semester

My Rock Audit
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My Rock Audit

• Red means still need to take
• Green requirement fulfilled

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Liberal Studies Requirement

• Major Requirements

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Accelerated Programs

• SRU has agreements with several graduate programs
  
• Accelerated means you get in quicker than
  typical
• Enter after junior or in some cases sophomore
  year
• Call these 3 3 or 2 3
• Translation 3 years in undergrad major
• Early admission into grad school without
  completion of the bachelors 3 years of grad
  school

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Lake Erie College of Medicine Pharmacy Degree3
3 Program Chemistry2 3 Biology

• Students must take the required courses in exact
  sequence spelled out by LECOM
• NO Advanced Placement (AP) courses
• No summer school
• No transfer courses
• MUST FOLLOW EXACT GUIDELINES

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The 3 3 program

• Doctorate in Physical Therapy (DPT) at SRU
• Take first 3 years of undergrad work meet all
  requirements and gain admission to the DPT
• First year of DPT counts as their last (senior)
  year of undergrad
• Upon successful completion students of DPT year
  1- awarded a diploma B.S.
• Rigorous program
• Still have the option to complete in 4 years and
  gain admission just like others with bachelors
  degrees

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3 2 EngineeringSRU and Penn StateCollege of
Engineering and Earth Science

• Three years, or the equivalent at SRU
• What will the student study?
• liberal arts and science subjects along with
  pre-engineering courses
• Then what?
• Guarantee of admission if they take required
  course of study and meet QPA requirements
• Enter the Pennsylvania State University and
  complete the engineering major course
  requirements

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3 2 EngineeringSRU and Penn StateCollege of
Engineering and Earth Science

• What degree does the student earn?
• successful completion will lead to an appropriate
  baccalaureate degree from each institution
• BS in Physics from Slippery Rock
• BS in Engineering

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3 2 EngineeringSRU and Penn StateCollege of
Engineering and Earth Science

• Why is this a win-win situation?
• To provide a student who has not yet decided
  between engineering and other disciplines,
  additional time to make that decision while at
  the ROCK
• To enable qualified students to receive both a
  liberal and technical education at relatively low
  cost
• Provide benefit of teaching-focused institution
  while at SRU taking pre-engineering curriculum

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3 2 EngineeringSRU and Youngstown State
University

• Enroll in SRUs physics program
• Complete math, science and pre-engineering
  electives
• Beginning of 4th year transfer to YSUs Rayen
  College of Engineering and Technology
• Upon successful completion of that 4th year
• Earn BS in Physics from SRU
• Complete a 2nd year (year 5) at YSU
• Earn bachelors degree in engineering
• Bonus Two degrees in 5 years!

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3 2 EngineeringSRU and Youngstown State
University

• Admission Criteria
• SAT combined 820 or ACT 17
• High school class rank upper two thirds
• 2.0 grade point average at SUR by end of junior
  year
• Completion of YSU admission forms

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3 2 EngineeringSRU and Youngstown State
University

• Affordable tuition
• 60 yrs of engineering excellence at YSU
• Work-study cooperatives and experience
• Growing job markets in Ohio and Pennsylvania

Why choose this option?
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Can students take summer school to lighten
their academic load?

• No if LECOM 3 3 or 2 3
• No advanced placement for LECOM
• Yes for any other 3 3 programs

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Transient Student In Coming Freshman

• Take courses at
• Community College
• 4-yr institution
• Have transcript sent to SRU
• Credits transfer NOT GRADES
• Make sure you choose something that is helpful
  toward graduation
• Suggest liberal studies course or
• Basic competency course
• Let orientation advisor know your intention
• Phone call to admissions to verify

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Transient StudentAfter Freshman Year

• Take courses at
• Community College or accredited 4-yr institution
  until last 30 credits
• Process transient clearance form BEFORE take
  courses have advisor approve
• Have transcript sent to SRU
• Credits transfer NOT GRADES

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Visiting StudentOnly after Freshman Year
Take course at sister school ANY State System of
Higher Education School with permission Have to
have 12 hours before they can do this Credits AND
GRADE transfers
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Changing Majors

• High percentage of students change majors
• Emphasize choosing a variety of courses initially
• Emphasize liberal studies requirements

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A word about finances

• Credit cards
• Caution studentsabout the overuse ofcredit
  cards
• Marketed to college students because parents
  typically pay the bill
• Debt burden correlated to
• poor academic performance
• to behaviors not conducive to health!

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A word about working

• Work is not a reason to miss class
• Working full-time unrealistic
• Education is an investment
• Focus on the future and invest time into your
  studies NOW

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A word about Textbooks

• Dont sell textbooks from your major classes
• Should be building a professional library
• Study for certifications
• Look up terms and key concepts

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Coming to SRU is a Great Choice!

• Ability to enhance major with a minor
• Student-faculty research real mentoring!
• International Experiences
• Student Chapters of Professional Organizations
• Accompany faculty to professional meetings
• State of the art technology
• Top-notch laboratory facilities

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We have great programs in this collegeFaculty
and Students work together to do great things!
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Biology

• Bethany Hemlock workingin the Botany Lab with
  Dr. Mark Shotwell

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Biology
Dr. Beeching with Biology interns studying
dolphins.
Traveling toChincoteague Island in Virginia
near the MarineScience Consortium
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Biology
Dr. Simon Beeching working with Ginger Ruffner
studying fish behavior. Fishes actually are
BIPARENTAL! Both Mom and Dad take care of
babies. Quite rare in fish!
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Biology
Above and Below dolphins! Chincoteague Island
in Virginia
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Biology
Off to work forHabitat for Humanity
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Chemistry
Rebecca Boska doing statistical analysis for
aBiochemistry Project with Dr. Birckbichler
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Exercise Science Students collecting data in the
Performance Laboratory
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How much can you lift? Exercise Science students
doing performance assessments.
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Part of Exercise Science is Wellness
Taking blood pressures fora client
Designing a personaltraining program for a client
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Group Fitness classes Exercise Science
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Exercise Science Food Drive for the Slippery
Rock Community Food Cupboard
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Athletic trainers do their thing assisting
with a softball injury
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Athletic Training
Assisting Football players for injuries and
during warm-up
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Student in the Adapted Physical Activity Minor
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Storm Harbor Equestrian Center
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Community Health Program Student Faculty
Research Department of Health and Safety
Students Amanda Hopwood (far L) and Penny
Bodenhorn (far R) Presenting research at the
American College Health Associationmeeting with
Dr. Kimberly Forrest and Dr. Wendy Stuhldreher
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Community Health Students presenting research at
the American College Health Association Meeting
in Toronto
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Community Health MajorsAttending the
Pennsylvania Public Health Association Meeting
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Safety majors atHAZWOPER Training
Department of Health and Safety
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Department of Health and Safety
SRU Safety Major in capsule used for the Que
Creek Mine rescue
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SRU Safety Majors visiting NIOSH Mine Safety
Training Site
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Department of Geography, Geology and The
Environment
Assateague, Maryland Trip Annual Department Field
Trip for Majors
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American Association of Geographers Annual
Meeting at New Orleans Students Rick Minshull,
Erin Heffron Kate Maynard, and Annie Normand

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Department of Geography, Geology and The
Environment
Student-faculty research GeographyPoster
Presentations
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Department of Geography, Geology and The
Environment

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American Association of Geographers Annual
Meeting at New Orleans Students making poster
presentationsMike Kotyk, Amy Boyer Kate
Maynard
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D E P A R T M E N T T R I P s
Students on a Geography, Geology and the
Environment Department tripto Sudbury, Ontario,
where they camped at Killbear Provincial Park.
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Geography, Geology and the Environment Department
Geochemistry lab, students measuring flow in Wolf
Creek
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Geography, Geology the Environment Department
Dean DeNicola (faculty) and a student working in
the Slippery Rock Creek watershed
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Department ofGeography, Geology and the
Environment
Geochemistry class, students measuring acid mine
drainage at Jennings Environmental Education
Center
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Department of Geography, Geology and the
Environment Students on Summer Course in the
Arches
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Department of Geography, Geology and the
Environment Students on Summer Research
Experience in the Badlands
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Department of Geography, Geology and the
Environment Students on Summer Research
Experience in the Badlands
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Service Learning Project Planting a Wetland in
West Sunbury as part of the Aquatic Plants
Class
Department ofGeography, Geology and the
Environment
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Reef Surveying
Department ofGeography, Geology and the
Environment

• Students became familiar with GPS units and the
  data that can be utilized from them.

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Beach Profiling
Department ofGeography, Geology and the
Environment

• Students recorded the slope of the beach at
  selected points around the island.

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Island archeology
Department ofGeography, Geology and the
Environment

• Students explored the archeology of the interior.

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Historical GeologySpring 2003
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Paleo. Field TripSpring 2003
Mid-Continent Ordovician
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GGE Department Field TripSudbury Canada Fall
2003
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Service Learning Project Planting a Wetland in
West Sunbury as part of the Aquatic Plants Class
Department ofGeography, Geology and the
Environment
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Department ofParks and Recreation/Environmental
Education

• Therapeutic Recreationstudents go caroling

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Department of Geography, Geology and the
Environment In Costa Rica
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Department of Geography, Geology and the
Environment
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Math
Mathematics Department Nebraska Conference for
Undergraduate Women in Mathematics
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Mathematics Department Nebraska Conference for
Undergraduate Women in Mathematics
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Mathematics Department
Hard work sampling Indian food having fun
at the Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate
Womenin Mathematics. Traveling to Professional
Conferencesis an added value of an SRU
experience.
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• Mathematics Department
• Checking out the displays at the National AMS/MAA
  Meeting in Phoenix

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Mathematics Departmenthaving fun at the annual
Math Major Welcome Luncheon
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Mathematics Department
Students presenting their research
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Mark in a Cave in Lava Beds National Park,
California
Brandon patrolling the Ice Trail at Kenai Fjords
National Park in Alaska
Field experiences in the Department of Parks
and Recreationand Environmental Education
Fighting wildfires in Colorado.
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Department ofParks and Recreation/Environmental
Education

• Therapeutic Recreationstudents go caroling

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Physics Pre-Engineering Majors in Action
Pre-Engineering Physics majors hard at work in
the Engineering Mechanics class.
Dr. Mahmood demonstrating the Physics
departments ARIAS 500 Refractometer.
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Physics Pre-Engineering Majors in Action
Physics Students Developing Holograms in the
Optics Lab.
Physics Majors experimenting with Lasers
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Physics Pre-Engineering Majors in Action
Physics Majors in Dr. Herats Computational
Physics Research Group working on research
projects sponsored by SRU grants (CHES deans
grant and the Faculty-Student research grant)
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Service Learning at SRU
Elementary students building models of the Solar
System
NKU students in Krishna Mukhergees Astronomy
class conducting a planetarium show for
elementary students.
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Service Learning at SRU
SRU physics-secondary Ed. Student demonstrating
an Optics experiment during a Physics workshop
for high school teachers.
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PsychologyDepartment Student Faculty Research
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Psychology Psi Chi Honors Society
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Thank you!
Dean Dr. Susan Hannam, ATC, CHES Assistant to
the Dean Dr. Wendy Stuhldreher, RD LDN

• Contact us at 724 738-4862
• Dean susan.hannam_at_sru.edu
• Assistant to the Dean Wendy.stuhldreher_at_sru.edu