Slippery Rock University
President
Karen Riley
SRU engineering student conducts research to improve wearable sensors used in motion capture technology
"Hands-on research" is a term often used to describe how college students learn through active participation in laboratory experiments, but one Slippery Rock University student is taking on a project that is even more literal when it comes to the touch of fingertips. Janey Parks, a sophomore mechanical engineering major from New Brighton, is working in the Advanced Manufacturing Lab in SRU's Vincent Science Center this summer to find ways to improve upon the wearable sensors that respond to touch and capture motion.
Points of Pride
Points of Pride
Points of Pride
Points of Pride
Points of Pride
Points of Pride
Points of Pride
A leader in campus sustainability, Slippery Rock University, with its plan to achieve carbon neutrality by the year 2037, has been recognized as a Green Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education, a Top 100 “Cool School” by the Sierra Club and in The Princeton Review's Guide to Green Colleges.
Slippery Rock University is one of more than 240 institutions recognized with the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, a national standard used by institutions for self-assessment and quality improvement of their community engagement.
Slippery Rock University has 103 student-athletes who have earned the prestigious Academic All-America honor dating back to 1970 when the award originated. The total ranks first among all institutions in the PSAC and sixth among all NCAA Division II.
Faculty-student research is an area of emphasis at Slippery Rock University, from the Physics and Engineering Department receiving a NASA grant to build a portable cryogenic atomic force microscope to the exercise and rehabilitative sciences professors, students and alumni leading innovative research about inter-arm blood pressure differences.
Slippery Rock University’s first- to second-year student retention rate is 82.8% and its six-year graduation rate is 69%, which far exceeds the national average.
Notable Alumni
Notable Alumni
Notable Alumni
Notable Alumni
Notable Alumni
Notable Alumni
Notable Alumni
Robert Stevens ’76 - CEO (Retired) Lockheed Martin Corporation
Charles Sheetz ’78 - Executive Vice President, Sheetz Corporation
Vivian Stringer ’70 - Head Women's Basketball Coach, Rutgers University
Michael Wolf ’88 - Former Secretary of Health, Pennsylvania Department of Health
Brandon Fusco, ’10 – Former NFL football player
University Rankings
University Rankings
University Rankings
University Rankings
University Rankings
University Rankings
University Rankings
Best National Colleges and Universities
Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education
Best Regional Universities – North
U.S. News & World Report
Top Public Schools – Regional Universities (North)
U.S. News & World Report
Best in the Northeast
Princeton Review