Purdue University-North Central

Educational Resources

Libraries

Audiovisual equipment Television studio

• Member of library consortia.
• 87,160 books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents.
• 395 current serial subscriptions.
• 2,918 microforms.
• 276 Audio/Visual items.
• 0 e-books.

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

• 496 computers for student use in locations such as computer center/labs, library, student center
• 20 Internet connections in libraries.
• 70 Internet connections in classrooms.
• 0 Internet connections in Laboratories.
• 30 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.

Wireless Internet Hotspots

• Wifi is available in all school buildings and on all school property
• Campus wireless internet hotspots are not available.
• Approximately 250 students can be on the network at once.

Services

Basic

placement service, day care, health insurance

Remedial

reading, math, writing, study skills

Counseling

career, personal, academic

Career

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

Campus Safety

24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks

Campus Life

Housing

Overview

• The school does not offer housing for students
• 0% of students live in school housing.
• The school does not provide assistance for off-campus housing.

Extracurricular

• Alcohol is not permitted on campus.
• Popular events on campus: Northwestern Indiana Regional Science and Engineering Fair
• Student activities: student government, student newspaper
• In total, there are about 25 organizations on campus.
• Honor societies: Alpha Sigma Lambda, Beta Beta Beta
• Religious organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Campus Crusade for Christ
• International organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) Multicultural Society
• Student papers: (Appears as submitted by school) The Spectator (once or twice a semester)

Travel

• Nearest airport(s) (distance in miles): Chicago-O'Hare (75), Chicago-Midway (60)
• Nearest train(s) (distance in miles): Michigan City, IN (11)
• Nearest bus-station(s) (distance in miles): Michigan City, IN (10)
• Public transportation does not serve the campus.
• All students are permitted to have cars on campus.
• 100% of students have a car on campus

Employment

• School employment is available.
• 8% of undergrads are employed with average earnings of 779
• Freshman are not discouraged from working.

• There are 0 fraternities
• 0 fraternity houses
• 0% of students are fraternity members
• There are 0 sororities
• 0 sorority houses
• 0% of students are sorority members.

ROTC

• Army ROTC: Not offered
• Navy ROTC: Not offered
• Airforce ROTC: Not offered

Additional Policies

class attendance policies set by individual instructors