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Juniata College

Services and Facilities

Address

1700 Moore Street
Huntingdon, PA 16652

Website

http://www.juniata.edu

Admissions E-mail

admissions@juniata.edu

Student Services

Basic services offered:

nonremedial tutoring, placement service, health service, health insurance, other

Remedial learning services offered:

study skills

Counseling services offered:

minority student, career, personal, academic, older student, psychological, birth control, religious, other

Career Center

Career services include:

on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training, other

Graduates who enter job market in field related to major:

Within six months of graduation:

70%

Within one year of graduation:

N/A

Within two years of graduation:

N/A

Firms that most frequently hire graduates:

N/A

Library

School has a library on campus?

Yes

School is a member of library consortia?

Yes

Number of books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents:

350,000

Number of current serial subscriptions:

1,000

Number of microforms:

400

Number of audiovisual materials:

2,000

Number of E-books:

N/A

Additional library facilities:

Services include On-line Public Access Catalog, interlibrary loans, database searching. 14 commercial on-line searchable database services available. Collections include the Governor M.G.Brumbaugh Papers, the Abraham H. Cassel Collection, the Snow Hill Collection, the W.Emmert Swigart Collection, the Henry Shoemaker Papers, and the Mutual Benefit Collection. Students have access to the 21 libraries of our consortium of college libraries of cental Pennsylvania known as ACLCP.

Museums or special academic buildings on campus:

365-acre Raystown Environmental Studies Field Station; 315-acre Nature Preserve & Peace Chapel; Early Childhood Education Center; Juniata College Museum of Art; Ceramics studio & Anagama kiln; Sports & Recreation Center including Strength & Fitness Center, Olympic-size pool, 2 gymnasiums, & racquetball/handball courts; 88,000 square-foot, $20 million, state-of-the-art von Liebig Center for Science; Paul Hickes Observatory;Halbritter Center for Performin Arts

Computer Resources

Students required to take a computer course?

Yes

Students required to lease/own a computer?

No

Number of computers available to all students:

360

Internet access available to all students?

Yes

E-mail accounts available to all students?

Yes

Computers available for student use in:

computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center

Number of open, wired network connections available to students:

In the library (excluding computer labs):

10

In classrooms:

200

In computer labs:

100

Elsewhere in the school/university:

1,200

Does the school have a wireless network?

Yes

Areas where wireless network is available:

in some of the libraries (excluding computer labs); in all the libraries; in all classrooms; in computer labs; in administrative/faculty offices and work areas; in all college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing

Total approximate number of simultaneous users that can be accommodated by the wireless network:

500

Recommended computer operating system on campus:

Microsoft Windows

Percentage of college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing units wired for high-speed Internet access:

100%

Student webpages permitted?

Yes

Is online registration for classes available?

Yes

Campus Safety

Campus safety and security services offered:

24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks

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