Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania (known as
SRU for short) is an
American university, and a member of the State System of Higher Education of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
[1] (
http://www.sru.edu/). It is located in the borough of
Slippery Rock,
Pennsylvania. It opened on
March 26,
1889, as
Slippery Rock State Normal School[2] (
http://www.sru.edu/pages/118.asp).
According to its website, the university has one of the largest campuses in western Pennsylvania, occupying 600 acres.