Moravian College

Educational Resources

Libraries

• Member of library consortia.
• 260,000 books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents.
• 1,200 current serial subscriptions.
• 12,000 microforms.
• 5,000 Audio/Visual items.
• 15,000 e-books.

Museums & Art

Payne Gallery, Foy Concert Hall, Center for Moravian Studies

Computing

Requirements

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

Campus Resources

• 175 computers for student use in locations such as computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center
• 12 Internet connections in libraries.
• 87 Internet connections in classrooms.
• 76 Internet connections in Laboratories.

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 not available.
• 100% of college-owned hosting units are available for internet access.

Wireless Internet Hotspots

• Wifi is available in some of the libraries (excluding computer labs), in all the libraries, in some classrooms, in computer labs

Services

Basic

nonremedial tutoring, placement service, health service, health insurance

Counseling

minority student, career, personal, academic, older student, 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, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)

Campus Life

Housing

Overview

• The school offers housing for students.
• 71% of students live in school housing.
• The school will provide assistance for off-campus housing

Types of housing available

• 11% of housing units are Singles.
• 51% of housing units are Doubles.
• 7% of housing units are Triples.
• 31% of housing units are Apartments.
• 0% of of housing units are some other type.
• In total, there are 49 housing buildings.

Room Accessories

• 33% 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: Mardi Gras, International Club Dinner, Christmas Vespers, Cohen Lecture, Great Artists Series, Homecoming
• Student activities: choral groups, concert band, dance, drama/theater, jazz band, literary magazine, marching band, music ensembles, radio station, student government, student newspaper, symphony orchestra, yearbook
• In total, there are about 68 organizations on campus.
• Honor societies: National or international academic honor societies: Alpha Epsilon Delta (Pre-Med), Alpha Kappa Delta (Sociology), Alpha Psi Omega (Theatre), Alpha Sigma Lambda (Continuing Higher Education), Beta Beta Beta (Biology), Delta Omicron (Music), Gamma Sigma Alpha (Greek Life), Kappa Delta Pi (Education), Kappa Pi (Art), Omicron Delta Epsilon (Economics), Omicron Delta Kappa (Scholarship and Leadership), Phi Alpha Theta (History), Phi Eta Sigma (First-Year Students), Phi Sigma Iota (Foreign Languages), Pi Mu Epsilon (Mathematics), Psi Chi (Psychology), Sigma Pi Sigma (Physics), Sigma Tau Delta (English)
• Religious organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Multifaith Council, Christian Fellowship, Newman Association
• International organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) International Club, Multicultural Club, Muslim Student Association
• Other organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) See Student Handbook at www. moravian. edu/studentLife/handbook02/index. htm
• Student papers: (Appears as submitted by school) Comenian

Travel

• Nearest airport(s) (distance in miles): Philadelphia, PA or Newark, NJ (75), Allentown, PA (5)
• Nearest train(s) (distance in miles): Philadelphia, PA (65)
• Nearest bus-station(s) (distance in miles): Bethlehem (2)
• Public transportation serves the campus.
• Not all students are permitted to have cars on campus.
• 65% of students have a car on campus

Employment

• School employment is available.
• 10% of undergrads are employed with average earnings of 1,200
• Freshman are not discouraged from working.

Greek Life

• There are 3 fraternities
• 2 fraternity houses
• 15% of students are fraternity members
• There are 4 sororities
• 4 sorority houses
• 22% of students are sorority members.

ROTC

• Army ROTC: Offered at cooperating institution (Lehigh University)
• Navy ROTC: Not offered
• Airforce ROTC: Not offered

Additional Policies

class attendance policies set by individual instructors, hazing prohibited, other