The Division of the Student Experience: Services, and Programs
Mission
In the context of the University’s mission, Catholic identity and core values, the Division of the Student Experience complements the University’s academic goals by engaging students through an integrated program of services and educationally purposeful learning experiences designed to enhance holistic growth and personal development.
Athletics and Recreation
The Marywood University athletics and recreation program is an integral part of the educational process and provides opportunities for participation in intercollegiate athletics, intramural sports, and varied recreational activities. Its purpose is to provide the student-athletes with opportunities for development of personal skills and to promote competition, sportsmanship and teamwork in an environment that is enjoyable, fair and diverse. The health and well-being of all student-athletes is prioritized, as is the equitable treatment of all persons. At Marywood, we believe that athletics, along with other activities, contribute to preparation for the total life experience. Many student-athlete services and programs are offered that contribute to this life preparation inclusive of value attainment and self-growth.
Marywood sponsors twenty-two NCAA Division III athletic teams plus esports. Twelve sports for women (basketball, cross country, field hockey, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, volleyball) and ten sports for men (baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field) are sponsored, while esports is co-ed. Marywood's varsity athletic teams are members of the Atlantic East Conference (AEC) while esports competes in the National Esports Collegiate Conference (NECC).
Formal and informal recreational opportunities are offered to students, faculty and staff through intramural sports, open recreation programs, wellness classes, and numerous recreational and fitness activities. Facilities include an athletics and wellness center with a 1,500-seat arena, an eight-lane state-of-the-art aquatics center, elevated running/walking track, 5,000 square feet fitness center, two-story climbing wall, dance studio, athletic training room, exercise science lab, team rooms, and many other features. This facility is complemented by a sand volleyball court, tennis courts, softball and baseball fields, and a multi-sport turf field and a natural grass field that accommodate virtually all athletic, recreation, and fitness needs and interests.
Counseling/Student Development Center
The Counseling/Student Development Center (C/SDC) assists students with many challenges, changes, and choices. The C/SDC’s professional staff and supervised graduate student interns respond to a spectrum of student needs, from developmental challenges and adjustment difficulties to assistance with serious mental health concerns. The C/SDC offers confidential individual personal counseling, group therapy, consultation, and crisis intervention services to help students deal effectively with important issues related to their academic and personal growth. The staff is committed to a comprehensive wellness philosophy and fostering an inclusive and supportive campus community. The C/SDC also offers outreach programming focusing on students’ social, emotional, spiritual, intellectual, and vocational well-being.
Housing and Residence Life
The Office of Housing and Residence Life strives to provide a safe, comfortable, secure, and nurturing living-learning environment that enhances students’ academic and personal development while intentionally fostering a sense of community, civic responsibility, and appreciation for diversity. Year round on-campus housing is available for full-time graduate students in three locations on campus: Perpetual Hall, Bethany Hall, and Immaculata Hall. Applications and pertinent submission dates are available on the department website.
Residence hall areas are overseen by a graduate student residence director who supervises the undergraduate and graduate students who serve as resident assistants (RAs) in the residence halls. Selected on the basis of leadership and interpersonal relationship skills, the RAs are trained to develop a stimulating and rewarding living/learning community.
The conduct policies and procedures are administered by the Associate Vice President for the Student Experience.
Residence Halls and Facilities
Immaculata Hall
Accommodates upperclass women in single rooms with common bathrooms.
Perpetual Hall
Provide apartment style living for graduate women. This apartment includes a fully equipped kitchen and a washer and dryer.
Bethany Hall
Provide apartment style living for graduate men. This apartment includes a fully equipped kitchen and a washer and dryer.
A bed, dresser, desk, chair, and closet or wardrobe are provided for each resident. All rooms are connected to the campus network for use with personal computers. Cleaning service is provided for the public areas in the residence halls, and washers and dryers are located in each hall and in the Woodland Residences.
Student Engagement
The Office of Student Engagement coordinates activities and programs to increase students’ leadership skills and to enhance their personal, social, and cultural development through involvement in activities, organizations, and programs offering varied learning opportunities.
Other responsibilities of the office include the New Student and Family Orientation Program, coordination of the formal leadership development/education program, administration of the student engagement budget system, advisement of the Graduate Student Council, recognition and advisement of student organizations, enhancing commuter student life, establishing civic engagement on and supervision of co-curricular activities and related programs.
Student Health Services
The Student Health Services staff is committed to a comprehensive wellness philosophy. On-campus medical services, health information and counseling are available to all students without charge. Student Health Services is staffed by Advanced Practice Clinicians during the fall and spring semesters to meet a student’s health care needs. The office also houses a part-time Registered Dietician. The office works with a collaborating physician, community partners, local urgent cares and area hospitals if needed, to round-out the comprehensive, health care delivery model for Marywood students.
Students living on campus and all international students are required to complete and upload a health history and immunization record (including documentation of compliance with the Pennsylvania law mandating that residents of university-owned housing have received the meningococcal vaccine) to the Student Health Portal. Other students who choose to use these services must upload a completed health history and immunization record before non-emergency services can be provided. Resident students who do not fulfill the health immunization record requirement will be required to live off campus.
All full-time students must furnish evidence of health insurance, otherwise they will be enrolled in a University-endorsed healthcare plan. Additional details about the mandatory student health insurance program are provided each semester. Information is available online and the Student Health Services office.