Syracuse University is a private, coeducational university located at the geographical center of New York State. Its 12,128 full-time undergraduate and 3,916 full-time graduate students are drawn from all 50 states, some 85 foreign countries, and a variety of economic and social backgrounds. They enroll at the University to satisfy diverse educational objectives.
    Founded in 1870 in a downtown office building, the University moved during its second academic year to the Hall of Languages, the first building constructed on 50 acres of farmland purchased as the permanent site for the building of a traditional campus. During more than 135 years, the small, coeducational liberal arts college established by the Methodist Church has thrived, winning international recognition as a nonsectarian, academic community of 13 colleges and schools offering opportunities for study in more than 200 subject areas in the professions and the liberal arts. The University offers a superb faculty, numerous resources for study and research, and an enormous range of opportunities for personal growth through intellectual, cultural, and social community activity.
    More than 65 percent of students enrolled at Syracuse live in University housing. They choose from large residence halls, apartments, fraternities, and sororities, and enjoy options to live in special residential communities based on social, academic, religious, and cultural affinities. At the heart of the 200-acre campus is the central quadrangle—the Quad—an open area of green lawn and pleasant paths bordered by academic buildings. The Carrier Dome, a 50,000-seat domed stadium, is a short walk southwest of the Quad. It hosts major athletic evens as well as concerts, shows, and exhibitions and is the largest of the University’s many venues for live events, including theaters, auditoriums, and meeting rooms of every type. Hendricks Chapel, at the west end of the Quad, is the center of campus spiritual life, offering worship services for dozens of religious groups as well as lectures, musical events, and meetings.
    Syracuse University is chartered by the New York State Board of Regents and accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Accreditation for each of the colleges and schools is maintained in accordance with the regulations of the appropriate professional association. Since 1967, Syracuse has been one of a select group of North American universities chosen for membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities.

University Facilities
Syracuse University activities take place in more than 300 buildings on its campus of approximately 900 acres. The University’s Main Campus contains 170 buildings used for academic purposes, University-operated housing, food services, and other auxiliary operations. Manley Field House, Hookway playing fields, Goldstein Student Center, and apartments in the Skytop and Slocum Heights areas are located on the University’s South Campus.
    The Science and Technology Center houses the Center for Advanced Technology in Computer Applications and Software Engineering (CASE), and components of two major academic units: the College of Engineering and Computer Science (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering), and the College of Arts and Sciences (Department of Chemistry). Academic space for the humanities programs of the College of Arts and Sciences is concentrated in the Hall of Languages and Huntington Beard Crouse Hall on the north side of the Quad. Facilities for instruction in the sciences are situated along the south and east sides of the Quad, in Lyman Hall, Sims Hall, the Biological Research Laboratories, Bowne Hall, the Physics Building, and Heroy Geological Laboratory. The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, located in Maxwell Hall and Eggers Hall, offers graduate education in the social sciences.
    The College of Visual and Performing Arts comprises the School of Art and Design, Department of Drama, Setnor School of Music, Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, and Department Transmedia.
    The School of Art and Design has facilities located in Crouse College, the Comstock Art Facility, Smith Hall, and the Dorothea Ilgen Shaffer Art Building. The Lowe Art Gallery and the University Art Collection are housed in Sims Hall. Public spaces in academic and administrative buildings are used to display faculty and student work and pieces from the permanent collection. The Department of Drama is located in the Regent Theatre Complex, which also houses Syracuse Stage, a regional Equity theater company. The Setnor School of Music is located in Crouse College. The Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies is located in Sims Hall.
    The L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science has facilities located in Link Hall, Hinds Hall, and the Center for Science and Technology.
    The School of Architecture is temporarily located at the newly renovated Warehouse in downtown Syracuse. The College of Human Services and Health Professions is located in  Sims Hall and at 426 Ostrom Avenue.
    The Whitman School of Management is housed in a new building at 721 University Avenue, near Marshall Street.
    The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications is located in a two-building complex on Main Campus.
    The School of Education is located in Huntington Hall north of Main Campus. The school’s Hoople and Gebbie Clinics are adjacent to Huntington Hall.
    The College of Human Services and Health Professions’ School of Social Work is located on the main campus in Sims Hall.
    University College is located at 700 University Avenue, between Adams and Marshall streets.
Academic Computing Services and facilities for administrative data processing are located in Machinery Hall.
    The College of Environmental Science and Forestry, a unit of the State University of New York, is located on its own campus adjacent to Main Campus.
    Syracuse University’s Utica College is located in Utica, New York.
    Approximately 7,200 students reside in University housing, located on Main and South campuses. Housing options include single rooms, double rooms, and suites in traditional residence halls and one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments. A wide variety of programs and activities in the residential units complement the classroom experience.
    There are five dining centers where students subscribing to meal plans eat. Several snack bars and other eating locations, with a variety of operating hours, offer a wide menu selection.
    Areas for student activity and campus recreation are located in buildings on Main and South campuses. The Carrier Dome is a multipurpose arena covered by an air-supported roof. While the full Dome is designed to accommodate intercollegiate football and other field events, seating is rearranged for basketball and other University and public events. The University occasionally brings musical and cultural events to the Carrier Dome, as part of its educational, extracurricular program. An international student center, the Women’s Building, Watson Theater, Robert B. Menschel Media Center, and several other facilities accommodate student extracurricular programs. The Schine Student Center contains recreation and dining areas as well as student organization offices. The adjacent Goldstein Auditorium is a multipurpose space with a seating capacity of 1,800. Archbold Gymnasium, Flanagan Gymnasium, and the Women’s Building contain swimming pools, gymnasiums, exercise rooms, a dance studio, and courts for racquet sports. Manley Field House also is available for indoor recreation and student activity programs. Outdoor tennis courts and playing fields are located on both the Main and South campuses. The Goldstein Student Center on South Campus serves Skytop and Slocum Heights students and families.
    Hendricks Chapel, on Main Campus, is the focus of programs of the dean of the chapel. The St. Thomas More Chapel serves Roman Catholic students. The Winnick Hillel Center for Jewish Life serves Jewish students on campus.
    Auxiliary service facilities of the University include University Health Services; the main bookstore in the Schine Student Center as well as several branch bookstores; and the Goldstein Alumni and Faculty Center. University administrative functions are conducted in Crouse Hinds Hall, the Women’s Building, and Steele Hall on Main Campus and in the Skytop Administrative Services Building and 621 Skytop Road on South Campus. Offices of physical plant and maintenance services, warehouses, and the commissary are located at Ainsley Drive and Jamesville Avenue.
    Through the Division of International Programs Abroad, academic programs of many schools and colleges are held in foreign countries. University facilities provide owned and leased space for academic and administrative programs in London, England, and Florence, Italy. Regular programs in France and Spain are conducted in leased facilities.
    The University owns and operates Minnowbrook Lodge, a conference center at Blue Mountain Lake in the Adirondack Mountains. In New York City, the University-owned Joseph I. Lubin House is used for activities of the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid and the Office of Development. Lubin House is used for New York metropolitan-area alumni functions, and some academic programs as well. In Washington, D.C., the Paul Greenberg House provides offices for academic and continuing education programs.

Hours of Operation

ACADEMIC SEMESTER
Academic Buildings
Monday-Friday	7 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Weekends and Holidays	open by arrangement

Check with the Dean's Office of each college for specific building’s hours.

E.S. Bird Library
Monday-Thursday	8 a.m. to midnight
Friday	8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Saturday	10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Sunday	10 a.m. to midnight
Holidays	closed

Extended hours adapted to semester schedule.
Click "Hours of Service" on the library's web site: library.syr.edu

Student Activities
Open by arrangement.

SUMMER SESSIONS
Academic Buildings
Monday-Friday	7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Weekends and holidays	open by arrangement

Check with the Dean's Office of each college for specific building’s hours.

E.S. Bird Library
Monday-Thursday	8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Friday	8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday	10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday	noon to 8 p.m.

Student Activities
Open by arrangement.

Graduate, Law, and other professional schools expand schedules during certain periods. Information on specific academic programs and activities can be verified by calling 315-443-1870.

Library
Syracuse University Library serves the information and research needs of the University community. The collections, which include approximately 3.1 million volumes, 21,000 journals and serials, and 7.3 million microforms, are located in several libraries on campus. E.S. Bird Library, the largest of the libraries in the system, houses the humanities, social sciences, fine arts, media resources, government publications, maps, and special collections. The science and technology and the mathematics libraries are in the Carnegie Building. Separate libraries for physics and geology are adjacent to the academic disciplines they serve. An architecture reading room, located in the Warehouse, includes materials in its discipline.
    The University’s online catalog, SUMMIT, provides access to the holdings of Syracuse University libraries. Containing some 2.2 million records, it includes the holdings of the Law
Library and the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry library. Visit the library’s web site at library.syr.edu.
    The library’s special collections, located on the sixth floor of E.S. Bird Library, contain 100,000 rare books and 31,125 linear feet of manuscripts. Among noteworthy collections are the papers of journalist and photographer Margaret Bourke-White and the archives of Grove Press. The Belfer Audio Laboratory and Archive contains 340,000 sound recordings, including one of the country’s largest collections of wax cylinder recordings.
    Syracuse holds membership in the Association of Research Libraries and, for regional resource sharing, is a member of the Central New York Library Resources Council.
    Library policies and procedures emphasize respect for library materials that are shared among many, and the need to maintain an atmosphere conducive to study and research. The Syracuse University Student Handbook contains general regulations; students are responsible for knowing and adhering to them. Library policies and procedures related to specific services, such as borrowing and returning books, paying fines, and using media or reserve materials, are available at each of the libraries.
    The Douglas Barclay Law Library in E.I. White Hall and the F. Franklin Moon Library at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are separately administered, although their collections are available to the University community. Library hours and policies may vary.

Information Technology and Services
Hinds Hall, 315-443-2677
ITS.syr.edu

Information Technology and Services (ITS) helps students, faculty, and staff use computing for instruction, research, and learning. For students, ITS provides the following services:

Technology Classrooms  The majority of SU’s classrooms are equipped with high-tech presentation systems. Some of the equipment available in these systems include: data/video projectors, PCs, document cameras, DVD and VHS players, and Internet access. Some technology classrooms also support videoconferencing.

Telephone and Cable Television Service    Local telephone and cable television services are provided in every room/apartment in University housing. Telephone features include caller ID, call waiting, three-way calling, and speed dialing. Voicemail is also available at an additional cost. The 74-channel cable television program lineup includes the local network affiliates. Premium services, including digital cable, are available from the local cable company at additional cost.

Network and Internet Connectivity  Students can access the SU computing network and the Internet from their residence hall rooms through ResNET, SU’s high-speed wired, student network. Students can also use laptop computers to connect to the network through wired Ethernet ports that are located in classrooms and public spaces throughout campus or through AirOrange, SU’s high-speed wireless network. AirOrange access points are located in SU-owned buildings both on and off campus.

Public Computer Labs  There are 9 public computer labs located around campus for students to use. All computers are connected to the SU network and Internet, equipped with Pentium processors, connected to high-speed printers, and loaded with an assortment of software. Most labs are open 90 hours per week. Several are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Consultants are available in five public computer labs.

E-mail and Personal Web Sites  The University NetID provides students access to their personal e-mail accounts and space on a centralized server for the development of personal Web pages.

Training  Fundamental training materials and web-based tutorials are available to students to help acclimate them to the SU computing environment. An excellent overview of all the computing services available to students can be found online at ITS.syr.edu/sucomputing.

Problem Resolution, Support, and Consulting  Students can find answers to their computing questions on the ITS web page, ITS.syr.edu, or at the ITS Student Computing Support Centers. Consultants can be contacted in person, by telephone, or through e-mail at consult@syr.edu.

ITS is committed to building an innovative computing environment that facilitates learning and research and that helps students ease into a world driven by technology.

Admissions
To receive information about undergraduate admissions, please contact the Office of Admissions, 100 Crouse-Hinds Hall, 900 South Crouse Avenue, 315-443-3611, or send an e-mail to orange@syr.edu.

Financial Aid
To receive information about financial aid, please contact the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarship Programs, 200 Archbold North, 315-443-1513, or send an e-mail to finmail@syr.edu.

Expenses and Payments
The bursar’s office publishes the Syracuse University Bulletin: Tuition, Fees, and Related Policies, which provides information about tuition, room, meal plans, and other University fees. This publication is available online at bfasweb.syr.edu/bursar/tuitionandfees.html.

Syracuse University Graduation Rate
In compliance with the federal Student-Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act, and regulations of the U.S. Department of Education, Syracuse University provides the following information to current and prospective students: Of the cohort of full-time degree-seeking undergraduate students who first enrolled at Syracuse University in fall 1999, 78.9 percent had earned their bachelor’s degrees as of August 2005. These beginning and end dates comprise 150 percent of the normal length of full-time study (4 years) needed to complete a typical undergraduate degree program. While this calculation meets the act’s requirements for determining a graduation rate, Syracuse University recognizes that many students for diverse reasons are unable or choose not to complete their degrees in a continuous sequence of full-time enrollment and, therefore, that the rate may not accurately reflect the commitment and achievement of its students. Moreover, the act’s stipulation that the graduation rate be that of the cohort of entering full-time students leaves out the significant population of part-time students who constitute an important part of the Syracuse University community.

Nonimmigrant Alien Students
Syracuse University is authorized under federal law to enroll nonimmigrant alien students.

Center for Career Services
235 Schine Student Center, 315-443-3616
students.syr.edu/careerservices/

The Center for Career Services, a unit within the Division of Student Affairs, is a centralized office that provides assistance with job, internship, and graduate school searches and exploring broader career plans. Services are available to all graduate and undergraduate students and alumni. The types of services are varied to meet the needs of all people in all discipline areas and at various stages in career planning and placement.
    Services include: personalized counseling; standardized career guidance testing; resume and cover letter critiquing; on- and off-campus interviewing with employers; workshops on all aspects of the job and graduate school search; Career Resource area with information on employers, careers, and job search strategies; an alumni mentor program (Mentor@SU); a credentials service for letters of recommendations and other documents; access to a web-based service, OrangeLink, that enables students to access internships, job listings, campus recruiting, and alumni mentors; videotaped mock interviews; professional and graduate school advising; special programs for student groups; an online newsletter; an extensive web site; and career fairs and graduate school days.
    Sophomores and first-year students can receive assistance in career planning, writing resumes, and pursuing internships and summer jobs. Juniors can take advantage of these same services and also get a head start on a permanent transition plan. Graduating students can interview with employers, discuss options for further studies, and use the center’s services to achieve their post-graduation goals.
    In addition to the Center for Career Services, the Career Services Network, made up of other all-University offices and offices in schools and colleges, can aid students as they progress through the career planning and placement process.