Campus Update – Apr 21, 2025
University Announcements Dates and Deadlines Reminders In The News University Announcements End of Year Collection Drive As students prepare…
University Announcements
Giving Day event raises more than $740,000
A total of $741,779 was raised from the generous support of more than 2,000 donors as part of SRU’s annual Giving Day, March 21. The donors included 866 alumni, 242 faculty and staff, and 115 students. Learn more about Giving Day on the SRU website.
OneSIS transition updates
The transition to SRU’s OneSIS Banner for its student information system continues. Please be aware of the following updates and reminders:
- MyRock Audits are live in OneSIS. Waiver/Substitution exceptions have been migrated, and adviser notes will be migrated this week.
- The “RPINs and Times for my Department” report from Cognos is not yet operational in the OneSIS environment, but each dean’s office received a master list of RPINs for their college and were asked to disperse to their departments.
- Class rosters are available to each instructor through their OneSIS MySRU. Faculty can export the class roster to an excel file.
- The Analytics and Decision Support Office continues to work on migrating Cognos reports to the OneSIS environment.
- More information, including summer class registration and circumstances where students need prerequisites in the summer for any Fall 2025 classes, is available on the OneSIS FAQ section on the Academic Records webpage.
If you have any questions, call Academic Records at 724.738.2010 or email academic.records@sru.edu.
Take a brand survey about SRU
You are invited to take an online brand survey about SRU, especially if you were unable to attend one of the live workshops, March 24-25. Contribute your voice by taking this 20-minute survey that will further amplify the feedback and insights that were learned during the interactive live workshops. They will help define the human personality and story of SRU. The fundamental questions will answer:
- Who is SRU at its best?
- What does SRU need to communicate to be most effective?
SRU’s marketing roadmap research is being conducted by Carnegie Higher Education, a leading reputation strategy firm, and responses to this survey will shape their final recommendations.
Dates & Deadlines
March 31: GIESO award nominations due for Night Out event
SRU’s President’s Commission on Gender Identity & Expression and Sexual Orientation is seeking nominations for the Breaking the Silence and the Student Leadership awards.
- Award criteria and instructions on how to nominate someone is available here via an online nomination form.
- Deadline to submit is 5 p.m. March 31.
- Award winners will be honored at the Night Out celebration 5 p.m., April 9 (RSVP by April 2).
For more information, email Bonnie Siple at bonnie.siple@sru.edu.
April 7: Class registration begins for Fall 2025
Current students can begin registering for Fall 2025 classes April 7. Students will register in OneSIS MySRU. The Fall 2025 class schedule is available online.
April 15: Town Hall meeting
The next Town Hall meeting hosted by SRU President Karen Riley is 12:30-1:30 p.m., April 15, in the Smith Student Center Ballroom.
April 25: Registration deadline for Multicultural Senior Celebration
Senior students are invited to register online by April 25 for the Multicultural Senior Celebration that occurs 5-7 p.m., May 8, in the Performing Arts Center, Miller Theater. The event acknowledges the culture, heritage and identities of all SRU students. As participants in the celebration, students will receive a graduation stole of their choosing from the Office for Inclusive Excellence.
On campus this week
Reminders
Increased staff and services at the Student Health Center
SRU’s Student Health Center has made the following enhancements to best serve the needs of our students:
- A full-time nurse practitioner has joined the staff and is available for medical appointments.
- The lab has received preliminary certification, which means the center can now provide both in-house and external lab services.
More information, including a complete list of services, is available on the Student Health Center webpage.
Grow PA Scholarship applications now available
SRU students are encouraged to apply for the PHEAS Grow PA Scholarship Grant Program to earn a scholarship worth up to $5,000. To be considered, students must:
- Be an undergraduate enrolled at least halftime and not yet earned a bachelor’s degree.
- Be enrolled in an eligible program of study as determined by PHEAA.
- Be a current Pennsylvania resident.
- File the 2025-26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
- Meet satisfactory academic progress for Title IV financial aid.
- Sign a Master Promissory Note agreeing to repay all funds received if the work requirement is not met, including any potential interest accrued.
More information, including a link to apply, is available on the PHEAA website. Scholarships are awarded first-come, first-served as it isn’t fully funded.
In the News
Recent media coverage of SRU from around the web:
- With President Trump’s move to attempt to dismantle the Department of Education, uncertainty swirls around student loans –– KDKA-TV Pittsburgh
- 20 People to Know in Higher Education: John Rindy, Slippery Rock University –– Pittsburgh Business Times
- Pittsburgh in 50 Maps considers the Steel City from all angles –– Pittsburgh City Paper
- SRU requests state funding for renovation projects –– Butler Eagle
- Butler County’s population grows for fifth straight year –– Butler Eagle
- Alumni of program lauds opportunities available through AmeriCorps –– Butler Eagle
- SRU hosting Holocaust remembrance program –– Butler Eagle
- Educators tour music nonprofit with historic restored organ –– Butler Eagle
- SRU Hosting Holocaust Remembrance Event –– Butler Radio
- SRU Proposes Renovations To Campus Buildings –– Butler Radio
- International ceramics artist teaches local art students –– Grove City Allied News
- Winning culture leads Grove City standout Greer to The Rock –– Grove City Allied News
- Local students paired with faculty for ‘Dancing with the SRU Stars’ contest –– Grove City Allied News
- Fiddlesticks invites kids of all ages to discover the magic of the symphony on April 5 –– Kidsburgh