Millersville University of Pennsylvania

Location

• Located in Millersville, Pa.; population: 8,168 (2010 Census)
• 250 acres of gently rolling landscape at Millersville campus
• Downtown Lancaster campus - The Ware Center is located at 42 North Prince Street, Lancaster, PA 17603
• Millersville is located 3 miles from Lancaster city
• 1 1/2 hours from Philadelphia
• 1 1/2 hours from Baltimore
• 2 1/2 hours from Washington, D.C.
• 3 hours from New York City
• 3 1/2 hours from Pittsburgh

Housing

Student Services, Inc. is in the process of building the final phase of a three phase project comprising eight new residence halls at Millersville University.[8] Once the new halls are complete, the University will maintain Bard and Gilbert Halls as overflow housing with Gaige Hall planned for demolition in the spring of 2016. Other housing options include Shenks Hall, Reighard Hall (formerly the Inn at Millersville), Brookwood Court and Healthy Living apartments.

• 2,232 students live in eight suite-style residence halls on campus.
• Coed, by wing or floor
• Theme areas: First Year Experience, Honors College, International Students, Center for Service Learning and Leadership
• 1,228 live in local off-campus housing
• 5,365 (approx.) commute from home

Lombardo Welcome Center

On August 29, 2015, local community members Samuel and Dena Lombardo announced a gift to Millersville University of $1.2M for the creation of the University's new Welcome Center and first state-of-the-art Net-Zero energy building on campus. This building, named the Lombardo Welcome Center, opened in January 2018. Equipped with solar panels, state-of-the-art energy-efficient glass, and an interior design inspired by feng shui principles, the Lombardo Welcome Center will produce as much energy as it consumes. ^[9] On the grounds of former Hull Hall, the Lombardo Welcome Center houses the offices of Admissions, Housing & Residential Life, University Marketing and Communications, and the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs & Enrollment Management.

Francine G. McNairy Library & Learning Forum

McNairy Library at Millersville University

Originally built from 1965-1967 on the grounds of Old Main, the Helen Ganser Library closed its doors in 2011 for an extensive 2-year renovation project and re-opened in 2013 as the Francine G. McNairy Library & Learning Forum. The entire complex is named after Millersville's 13th President, Dr. Francine McNairy, who began her career at Millersville first as Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs before becoming President in 2003.^[10] Ganser Hall, named for Helen A. Ganser (1911-1952), librarian and head of the Library Science Department,^[11] is the 9-story building that houses the University's academic collection. Serving as the academic heart of campus for over 40 years, Ganser Hall's beginning with the two famous "Bookwalks" of 1967.

During the renovation, Library Services was temporarily relocated to Gerhart Hall (22 East Frederick Street). A network of conveyor belts wound around the 9-story stairwell at the beginning of the project so the general collection could be boxed and shipped for temporary storage. Renovation of the building not only brings the academic heart of campus up to ADA Compliance, but also includes redesigned smart classrooms, natural lighting and a café serving Starbucks.^[12] On Monday August 26, 2013 the new library finally opened its doors to the Millersville University community as a new, dynamic home for over 500,000 books, 100,000 periodicals, and dozens of other resources, including a brand new reading room as well as a room with garden views of campus.^[13]

Currently, the Library offers a laptop borrowing service for students, has rooms available for reservation, is home to a 24-hour study room^[14] and is a part of the EZ-Borrow network, where students, faculty and staff can request a book from another library and arrives in as little as four days to the circulation desk.^[15] The Library also hosts several student-worker positions each semester.^[16]

Winter Visual & Performing Arts Center

Millersville University Music Students utilizing the tech in the piano lab.

Built as an expansion of Lyte Auditorium in Alumni Hall,^[18] the new Charles R. and Anita B Winter Visual and Performing Arts Center has a new entrance off Cottage Avenue in Millersville. The grand opening occurred on Friday, October 12, 2012 after two years of renovations to the original structure, Lyte Auditorium. Named for local philanthropist Charles Winter, whose daughters are both Millersville graduates,^[19] The new Visual and Performing Arts Center, a $26 million construction and renovation project,^[20] enhances the original 29,041-square-foot building of 700 seats with a 59,452-square-foot addition.^[21] Part of the University’s master plan to effectively use and reuse existing land, facilities, and infrastructure, the new Winter Visual & Performing Arts Center houses features a concert hall, recital hall, performance hall, classrooms, a recording studio, piano lab, a music library, faculty offices and more.^[22] Known by students as the VPAC (for Visual and Performing Arts Building), other features of the state-of-the-art building are a scenery shop, soundproof classrooms, several sitting areas, a music library and approximately 20 Soundlok rooms, which are modular sound-isolation rooms for practicing.^[18]

The Ware Center

A crowd watches a performance at The Ware Center

The Ware Center is a performing arts center in Lancaster, PA and the Lancaster city campus of Millersville University. Located on North Prince Street at the end of Lancaster's Gallery Row, the Center is part of the Millersville University’s Department of Visual & Performing Arts.^[23][24] Originally designed by architect Philip Johnson, the $32 million building opened in 2008 as the home of the now defunct Pennsylvania Academy of Music.^[25][24][26] Since 2010, it has hosted classes for nearly 1,000 Millersville University students during Fall and Spring semesters.^[27] Various art exhibits and live performances are held at this venue throughout the year, and the facility can be rented out as a private event venue and banquet hall.^[25]

Degree programs and certifications

According to the 2017-2018 undergraduate course catalog Millersville University offers:^[29]

• 55 bachelor's degree programs
• 2 associate degree programs

According to the Graduate and Professional Studies catalog, Millersville University offers 62 graduate programs:^[30]

• 3 doctoral degree programs
• 22 master's degree programs
• 40 certificates and certifications

Colleges

• College of Science and Technology^[31]
• College of Education and Human Services^[32]
• College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences^[33]
• College of Graduate Studies and Adult Learning^[34]
• Honors College^[35]
• Corporate University^[36]

Music Fraternities

• Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia

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Honor societies

• Phi Sigma Pi (Honor Fraternity—mixed gender)
• Delta Phi Eta (Honor Sorority)