Educational Resources

Libraries

Music Library, Prevo Science Library, Visual Resource Center

• Member of library consortia.
• 783,190 books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents.
• 2,859 current serial subscriptions.
• 378,085 microforms.
• 20,568 Audio/Visual items.
• 11,678 e-books.

Museums & Art

A newly opened Peeler Art Center including studio and gallery space, recently completed a large rennovation and addition to our Julian Science and Math building, McKim Observatory, Performing Arts Center, Anthropology Museum, Shiozuo Iikubo Asian Museum

Computing

Requirements

• Students are not required to take a computer course.
• Students are required to own or lease a computer.
• Recommended computer operating system: Other

Campus Resources

• 424 computers for student use in locations such as computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center
• 288 Internet connections in libraries.
• 67 Internet connections in classrooms.
• 314 Internet connections in Laboratories.
• 3,643 Internet connections elsewhere on campus.

Student accommodations

• Email accounts are available to all students.
• Internet access is available to all students.
• Student web-pages are permitted.
• Online class registration is available.
• 100% of college-owned hosting units are available for internet access.

Wireless Internet Hotspots

• Wifi is available in all the libraries, in some classrooms, in all classrooms, in computer labs, in administrative/faculty offices and work areas, in some of the college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing
• Campus wireless internet hotspots are not available.
• Approximately 1,000 students can be on the network at once.

Services

Basic

nonremedial tutoring, women’s center, placement service, health service

Remedial

reading, math, writing, study skills

Counseling

minority student, career, personal, academic, psychological, birth control, religious

Career

on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training

Campus Safety

24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, student patrols, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)

Campus Life

Housing

Overview

• The school offers housing for students.
• 99% of students live in school housing.
• The school does not provide assistance for off-campus housing.

Types of housing available

• 27% of housing units are Singles.
• 43% of housing units are Doubles.
• 4% of housing units are Triples.
• 26% of housing units are Apartments.
• In total, there are 62 housing buildings.

Room Accessories

• 15% of rooms are equipped with sprinkler systems.
• 100% of rooms are equipped with fire alarms.
• 100% are equipped with high-speed internet connections.

Extracurricular

• Alcohol is permitted on campus.
• Popular events on campus: Relay for Life, Dance Marathon, Little 5 Bike Race, Special Olympics, Ubben Lecture Series, Spring Concert, The Monon Bell Football Game, Performing Arts Series, DePauw Little Theater
• Student activities: choral groups, concert band, dance, drama/theater, jazz band, literary magazine, music ensembles, musical theater, opera, pep band, radio station, student government, student newspaper, student film society, symphony orchestra, television station, yearbook
• In total, there are about 102 organizations on campus.
• Honor societies: Alpha Kappa Delta, Alpha Psi Omega, Chi Alpha Sigma, Eta Sigma Phi, Kappa Delta Pi, Lambda Alpha, Lambda Pi Eta, Mortar Board, Mu Phi Epsilon, Omicron Delta Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma, Pi Delta Phi, Pi Kappa Lambda, Pi Lambda Upsilon, Pi Sigma Alpha, Sigma Delta Pi, Sigma Pi Sigma, Theta Alpha Kappa, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Psi Chi
• Religious organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Catholic Student Association, DePauw Christian Fellowship, Gospel Choir, Hillel, JC Christian Fellowship, Rede: Student Pagan Alliance, Young Life, Bismillah: Muslim Student Association, Sojourners, Word and Table, Chaplain’s Interfaith Advisory Committee
• International organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Association of African American Students, Association of Students Interested in Asia, Gospel Choir, Hillel, International Student Association, Ladies Advocating Cross-Cultural Excellence, Men of Excellence in Cross-Cultural Alliance, Committee for Latino Concerns, Bismillah: Muslim Student Association, Wamidan: World Association of Musicians, Instrumentalists, and Dancers, X-Cell
• Other organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) A Midwestern Review Magazine, Amnesty International, Backpacking Club, Bike Club, Black and Gold Student-Alumni Association, Cheerleading, Chemistry Club, Circle K, College Democrats, College Libertarians, College Republicans, Colleges Against Cancer, College Mentors for Kids, Crew Club, Dance Marathon Planning Committee, D3TV- DePauw Student Television, DePauw Cappella, DePauw Debate Society, DePauw Entrepreneurs Association, DePauw Fencing Club, DePauw Freeculture, DePauw Poms, DePauw Progressive Network, DePauw University Competitive Knowledge Squad, Equestrian Club, Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, Film Society, Friends United for Nature Consciousness, Geology Club, German Club, Hapkido Club, Independent Council, Interfraternity Council, International Student Association, JC Christian Fellowship, Little 5 Steering Committee, Little Theater, Men Against Rape, Men’s Rugby, Panhellenic Council, Philosophy Club, Physics Club, Resident Students Association, Rock Climbing Club, Society of Biologists, Student Athletic Advisory Committee, Student Organized Drinking Alternatives, Tae Kwon Do Club, The Mirage Yearbook, Tigers for Life, Tiger Pep Band, Timmy Foundation, Union Board, United DePauw, WGRE, Women Against Rape, Women’s Lacrosse Club, Women’s Rugby Club, X-Cell , Young Economists Society
• Student papers: (Appears as submitted by school) The DePauw (twice per week)

Travel

• Nearest airport(s) (distance in miles): Indianapolis (35)
• Nearest train(s) (distance in miles): Indianapolis (45)
• Nearest bus-station(s) (distance in miles): Cloverdale, IN (8)
• Public transportation does not serve the campus.
• All students are permitted to have cars on campus.
• 63% of students have a car on campus

Employment

• School employment is available.
• 13% of undergrads are employed with average earnings of 524
• Freshman are not discouraged from working.

Greek Life

• There are 13 fraternities
• 11 fraternity houses
• 72% of students are fraternity members
• There are 11 sororities
• 7 sorority houses
• 68% of students are sorority members.

ROTC

• Army ROTC: Offered at cooperating institution (Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology)
• Navy ROTC: Not offered
• Airforce ROTC: Offered at cooperating institution (Indiana University)

Additional Policies

class attendance policies set by individual instructors, hazing prohibited