Susquehanna has an attractive campus of about 220 acres. Well-kept lawns and athletic fields add to its year-round beauty. More than 50 buildings span a period of more than 140 years.

Buildings.

• Selinsgrove Hall, the University's first building, houses administrative offices. Built in 1858, largely through the generosity of the people of Selinsgrove, it is on the National Register of Historic Places. The University added an elevator and ramps to provide equal access for the disabled in an extensive 1991 renovation.

• Seibert Hall, built in 1901 and renovated in 1985, was named for donor Samuel Seibert. A handsome Greek revival building on the National Register of Historic Places, it is a multipurpose facility with the upper two floors used for student residences. The lower two floors house the offices of the School of Arts, Humanities and Communications and the School of Natural and Social Sciences, the departments of Education and Mathematical and Compuer Science, the Office of the Registrar, the Center for Computing Services and the 200-seat Isaacs Auditorium.

• Steele Hall, originally completed in 1913 for the science program, was named for Charles Steele. An extensive renovation in 1992 added an elevator to the building which now houses the departments of Economics, History, Political Science and Sociology.

• Bogar Hall, dedicated in 1951 and renovated in 1990, is home to the departments of Art, Modern Languages; and Philosophy, Religion and Classical Studies. It also contains the 170-seat Benjamin Apple Lecture Hall.

• Heilman Hall is the home of the University's Department of Music. A generous gift from May Heilman funded construction of the building in 1958. An extensive Heilman renovation and expansion project to be completed in 2002 will provide a new joint home for Susquehanna music and art programs, including a new 320-seat concert hall.

• Fisher Science Hall, expanded and renovated in 1990, contains classrooms, laboratories, office and research space for the departments of Biology, Chemistry, Geological and Environmental Science, Physics and Psychology. The building is designed to encourage collaborative research between faculty and students and among departments. Equipment includes a gene sequencer, scanning electron microscope, a sophisticated instrument room with nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, a hologram room with an optics table, and one of the largest reflecting telescopes in Pennsylvania. Fisher also includes a greenhouse and an environmental chamber.

• Apfelbaum Hall, completed in 1999, is a high-technology center for the entire campus, as well as home to the Sigmund Weis School of Business and the Department of Communications and Theatre Arts. The building features three multimedia computer laboratories, a state-of-the-art presentation classroom, two television studios, and 600 information technology dataports - one for every seat in the classrooms, team study areas and student lounges.

• The Charles B. Degenstein Campus Center, opened in 1968, is the hub of student life at Susquehanna. It includes the 600-seat Evert Dining Hall, the bookstore, the Encore Cafe snack bar, Charlie's coffee house, and campus radio station WQSU-FM. A 1992 addition includes a 450-seat theater and the Lore Degenstein Gallery. The Campus Center is home to the offices of Student Life, Campus Activities, Multicultural Affairs, the Center for Career Services and the Center for Service Learning and Volunteer Programs. The building was named in 1981 to honor Charles B. Degenstein, a generous Susquehanna benefactor.

• The Art Studio, renovated in 1990, provides a spacious site for studio instruction in drawing, painting, design and photography.

• The Sports and Fitness Complex, completed in 2001, includes a field house, fitness center, the Orlando W. Houts Gymnasium, a swimming pool, weight room, and other facilities for fitness, intramural and intercollegiate athletics. The 51,000 square-foot field house includes a six-lane, 200-meter indoor track, four multi-purpose playing courts for basketball, tennis and volleyball, and indoor team practice space for field sports. An extensive selection of weight training and fitness equipment is available in the fitness center, which was named for Susquehanna parent and friend Dr. Clyde Jacobs and his wife, Alice Ann Patterson '58 Jacobs. The sports and fitness complex also includes indoor racquetball courts, student lounge and study spaces, and Clyde's Place, which offers cafe-style dining for lunch and snacks,

• Weber Chapel Auditorium, completed in 1966 and seating 1,500, features a revolving stage with performance facilities on one side and a chancel on the other. It is named in honor of Gustave Weber, University president from 1959 to 1977. The building includes the Horn Meditation Chapel, the Greta Ray Lounge, the Office of the Chaplain, and two organs - one built by Lynn Dobson and the other a 3,000 pipe, three-manual Möller.

• The Office of Admissions is located at 514 University Avenue, the Office of Financial Aid at 512 University Avenue and the Office of Continuing Education at 530 University Avenue.

• Pine Lawn, constructed in 1929 and expanded and extensively renovated in 2000, is the home of the president of the University.

Library and Computing Services. The fully automated Blough-Weis Library offers study space for more than 500 students. The collection exceeds 270,000 bound volumes and more than 116,000 microforms, 13,000 videos, compact discs and other recordings, and 3,000 pieces of printed music. The collection also includes pamphlets, corporate reports and subscriptions to more than 2,400 print and electronic periodicals. The reference collection contains multimedia databases and electronic indexes to many periodicals.

The Library Web site includes local information and access to Internet resources, conveniently arranged by subject area. The Library online catalog (WebCat) is available from any computer connected to the Internet. The Library also provides Internet subscriptions to several key encyclopedias, indexes, and the full text of more than 1,900 journals that can be accessed from any computer on the campus network, including students' computers in residence halls. Journal articles and book chapters assigned by professors are available online through ERes, electronic course reserves software.

Librarians teach many sessions on research sources for various disciplines including the use of information on the Internet. Reference librarians area available to help students in person, by phone, or by e-mail, for 76 hours per week. In addition, the Library offers interlibrary loan and database searching services. The Library houses a variety of media production and use facilities including a listening room, a language laboratory, and a videoconferencing classroom. The University Tutorial Services are also located in the Library. The Blough-Weis Library is a member of the Associated College Libraries of Central Pennsylvania, Interlibrary Library Service of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Area Library Network, Susquehanna Library Cooperative, and the On-Line Computer Library Center.

The Center for Computing Services (CSS), located on the lower floor of Seibert Hall, provides central computing support for academic programs and administrative offices. The campus Local Area Network (LAN), which supports more than 2,000 Ethernet connections, provides computer connections in all major buildings, including residence hall rooms, through fiber optic cable. Students have access to nearly 300 personal computers in teaching labs, general purpose labs, departmental labs and the Library. These resources provide access to laser printers, the University's Web server, electronic mail, the Internet, shared software, library resources and institutional and other databases. CSS also maintains telephone and voice mail services for the campus. Computing equipment includes more than 20 servers running the Windows NT operating system and a Hewlett-Packard 3000/947 computer.

Residence Halls. Susquehanna has a variety of residence options. All residence halls are connected to the campus telecommunications network and Internet systems.

Hassinger Hall, dedicated in 1921 and extensively renovated in 1992, is a three-story residence hall. The lower level also is home to the Department of English. The building was originally erected largely through gifts from the family of Martin Luther Hassinger.

Smith Hall, Aikens Hall and Reed Hall are residence halls originally completed in 1961 and 1963. They are named for G. Morris Smith, University president from 1928 to 1959; Charles T. Aikens, president from 1905 to 1927; and Katherine Reed, a Susquehanna benefactor. Smith was extensively renovated in 1999 and houses 274 students. Aikens and Reed were renovated between 1990 and 1992 and each house 150 students.

Another residence, West Hall, opened in 1965, accommodates about 160 students. Other students live in North Hall, a women's only residence renovated and expanded in 1998 to house 118 students, and Village West, a modular unit for 12.

Shobert Hall, Isaacs House and Roberts House in the Sassafras Complex, opened in the fall of 1995, offer a townhouse and suite complex for 87 upperclass students. They are named for former chair of the University's board of directors Erle Shobert and his wife, Marjorie; board vice chair Larry Isaacs and his wife, Louise, former president of the Women's Auxiliary; and the late William Roberts, a distinguished Department of Music faculty member, and his wife, Ruth. A second phase of the Sassafras Complex was completed in the fall of 2001 doubling the size of this residential option. Liberty Alley apartments represent a small complex of units that the University purchased in the spring of 2001. These upperclass units are located adjacent to campus off of University Avenue.

The University Scholars' House, completely renovated and renamed in 1994, provides housing for 24 upper-class students completing scholarly work in a personal area of interest.

Susquehanna also has a number of smaller residences including volunteer Project Houses. Some students also live in two fraternity houses on the west side of campus and other fraternity and sorority houses along University Avenue.

Other Facilities. Lopardo Stadium, a new 3,500-seat football and track stadium named for Nicholas A. Lopardo '68, a member of the University's board of directors and Sports Hall of Fame, opened in the fall of 2000. The stadium includes an eight-lane, quarter-mile track and Stagg Field, named for Amos Alonzo Stagg Sr., the Grand Old Man of Football, and his son, Amos Alonzo Stagg Jr., professor emeritus of physical education, who coached Susquehanna football from 1947 to 1952. Six all-weather tennis courts are adjacent to the field. A new Harold Bollinger Baseball Field near West Hall joins nearby outdoor facilities for soccer/lacrosse and softball. There are additional outdoor campus facilities for field hockey, lacrosse, rugby, soccer and intramurals.

The Campus Bookstore in the Degenstein Campus Center sells textbooks and other reading matter, Susquehanna gifts and clothing, supplies and sundries.

The Health Center, in a newly renovated home at 606 University Avenue, is operated under the direction of the University nurse administrator.