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Millersville University of Pennsylvania
File:Millersville seal.png
MottoSeize the Opportunity
TypePublic
Established1855
Endowment$11.8 million
PresidentFrancine G. McNairy
Undergraduates7,206
Postgraduates988
Location
Millersville
,
Pennsylvania
,
USA
CampusSuburban, 190 acres (770,000 m²)
ColorsBlack and Gold
   
MascotMarauder and sidekick Skully- Land pirates
Websitewww.millersville.edu

Millersville University of Pennsylvania is a public university in Millersville, Pennsylvania, USA, 3 miles (5 km) southwest of Lancaster. Millersville University is a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.

History

Millersville University was established in 1855 as the Lancaster County Normal School, the first state normal school in Pennsylvania. It subsequently changed its name to the Millersville State Normal School in 1859 and Millersville later became a state teacher’s college in 1927. It was renamed Millersville State College in 1959 and officially became Millersville University in 1983. Millersville is one of 14 state owned universities administered by the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and one of two schools located in south-central Pennsylvania.

Biemesderfer Executive Center

Completed in 1894, Biemesderfer Executive Center, also known as the Old Library, is the centerpiece of Millersville University's campus. The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees designated $27,500 for the construction of the library in 1891 with the contract awarded to Lancastrian D.H. Rapp, who submitted the lowest bid in a blind auction.[1]

The Pond

Millersville University is known for its beautiful campus and at the heart of the campus is Millersville's pond. Home of Miller and S'ville, Millersville's resident swans, the pond was originally a brickyard in the 1800s.[2]

Resident Life

Millersville University runs and operates nine Residence Halls which are divided into the North Side (3 Halls) and South Side (6 Halls) of campus. The university has several residence halls which are designated for freshman, Bard, Gaige, Hull, and Harbold. Diehm is the designated hall for students in the university honors college. Hobbs, Gilbert, Lenhardt, Burrowes, and Diehm are for upperclassmen students, though freshmen may be placed in those halls as well. The library on campus is called the Helen Ganser Library.

Organization

Undergraduate programs and 20 graduate programs within its six college components:

  • School of Science & Mathematics
  • School of Education
  • School of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Honors College
  • Corporate University
  • Professional Training and Education

The school is probably best known for its programs offered in education and the natural/physical sciences. Most notably, Millersville is recognized as having one of the top undergraduate Meteorology programs on the East coast.

The School of Science & Mathematics includes the following departments:

  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Science
  • Earth Sciences
  • Mathematics
  • Nursing
  • Physics

Academics

Academic Majors

Ganser Library
  • Anthropology
  • Art
  • Art Education
  • Biology
  • Biology Education
  • Business Administration
  • Chemistry
  • Chemistry Education
  • Communication
  • Computer Science
  • Earth Sciences
  • Earth & Space Science Education
  • Economics
  • Elementary Education
  • Elementary Education/Special Education
  • English
  • English Education
  • French
  • French Education
  • Geography
  • Geology
  • German
  • German Education
  • Government and Political Affairs
  • History
  • Industrial Technology
  • Technology Education
  • International Studies
  • Mathematics
  • Mathematics Education
  • Meteorology
  • Music
  • Music Business and Technology
  • Music Education
  • Occupational Safety & Environmental Health
  • Oceanography
  • Philosophy
  • Physics
  • Physics Education
  • Procrastination
  • Psychology
  • Social Work
  • Sociology
  • Spanish
  • Spanish Education
  • Speech Communication
  • Special Education

Athletics

The Millersville Marauders participate in 21 intercollegiate varsity sports competing against other NCAA Division II teams (Wrestling competes as a Division I Independent). Millersville is a member of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) conference. Millersville University also has a premier men's rugby team that is a member of the Eastern Pennsylvania Rugby Union and has had success competing on the Division I level, with an undefeated season and Championship victory in 2007.

Notable alumni

Controversies

In April 2007, The Snapper, the university's student newspaper, published an article that highlighted the omission of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation from the university’s Discrimination Policy.[3] University administrators have not amended the policy, despite a popular petition. A “Silencing the Hate” campaign was held from April 16 to April 20, 2007 that included various educational seminars, discussion forums, and a “day of silence” protest.

Also in April 2007, Stacy Snyder, a 27-year old mother of two, filed a $75,000 federal lawsuit against Millersville University alleging that she was denied a teaching certificate and education diploma as a result of a picture on her MySpace page labeled “drunken pirate” in which she is shown drinking out of a yellow Mr. Goodbar cup while wearing a pirate hat.[4] The university claimed that she was promoting "underage drinking," though she was, in fact, well over the legal drinking age of 21. She was, instead, awarded an English degree.[5] The University denies the allegations but declined to elaborate further, citing federal privacy laws.[6]


The Great Marauder Mail Outage

The event known as "The Great Marauder Mail Outage" after a popular Facebook group started on Thursday, January 2010 by Joseph James Moore (a meteorology major who thinks he knows absolutely everything there is to know about absolutely everything, look him up on Facebook) when students noticed that their Marauder Mail accounts, the school's official form of communication was down. The School made an official announcement stating acknowledging that it was down. Millersville University posted the message onto a rarely visited website among the majority of the student body saying "

Marauder Mail is currently unavailable. The problem has been identified and vendor support has been contacted, but we do not have an estimate on when services will be restored at this time. We will provide updates as they become available."

on Monday, February 1st 2010 Millersville Released the following on MyVille, again.

"Marauder mail is still unavailable. Information Technology staff continues to work closely with vendor support; our case has been escalated to the highest tier support. Faculty and staff are aware of the outage. We will provide further updates tomorrow morning."

Students are still unable to read their emails, much to the annoyance of students campus wide.

Notes

  1. ^ Slotter, Carole L. The Centerpiece of the Campus (Science Press, 1982) Library of Congress # 82-62395
  2. ^ Downey, Dennis B. We Sing to Thee (Millersville University of Pennsylvania, 2004) ISBN 0-9759340-1-5
  3. ^ Capanear, Katie (2007-04-05). "Silencing the Hate brings light to discrimination against gays". The Snapper. Retrieved 2007-05-02.
  4. ^ "College Sued Over "Drunken Pirate" Sanctions: Woman claims teaching degree denied because of single MySpace photo". The Smoking Gun. 2007-04-26. Retrieved 2009-11-19.
  5. ^ Associated Press (2007-04-29). "School sued over MySpace photo response". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 2007-05-02.
  6. ^ "Millersville University Statement on Ms. Stacy Snyder Lawsuit" (Press release). Millersville University. 2007-04-30. Retrieved 2007-05-01.
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