This school is a mess. It's physically rotting and dangerous to attend. The historic society needs to step up the spending so that students aren't becoming physically ill by attending. The dining hall is the worst food I could imagine, and More
There are so many things wrong with this place. Hopefully President Sterritt will fix it, but please check back in a few years, when the credit system makes sense and Title 9 is effective, rather than go right now.
There are a lot of good people who end up here, and a number of good teachers. That's about it.
The longest running all women's college in the nation, founded in 1772. With a spirit of sisterhood, female empowerment, and Moravian faith values, this school is the perfect place for individualized academic growth within a tight-knit community.
Best school for my daughter. She has grown so much.
Salem is the first women s college in this country, and it continues to provide innovative and exceptional education to this day. It is a small college, but that is it s strength small classes, leadership opportunities, and a unique community you won t find anywhere else.
It is not a huge university, but a personable college, and this only adds to the quality.
Salem College had a fantastic fine arts division with unique and critical programs that are very needed but sometimes overlooked by profit minded larger institutions.
The music department offers a great opportunity to work with Dr. Barbara Lister-Sink, an innovator and pioneer in injury prevention within the professional music field. While injuries are far too common with professional musicians, knowledge and experience with prevention and recovery is sadly too lacking in the field.
Dr Lister-Sink has championed the need and worked tirelessly to bring this deficit to light while at the same time implementing standards and measures aimed at eliminating this ignorance.
Anyone who has the opportunity to study under her mentorship will benefit greatly.
This was one of the worst years of my life. They have a tradition that allows hazing of the underclass, in the middle of the night around 3-4 in the morning all the seniors run through the hallways pounding on the underclassmen s doors with hammer, bats and other assorted items. It is has been a long standing tradition that is allowed by the school. With such a high rate of women be survivors of assault and other violent acts it is hard to comprehend why a school would allow just behavior. To wake up in the middle of the night and having 100 + people running, screaming and pounding on doors with large items is not an environment I would ever want to be a part of. They enforce strict rules about guests and micro manage the dorms yet they allow and support hazing on campus. I was bullied by security on campus, they would come in and search my room, flipping things over and leaving things a mess. They never found any alcohol but still searched my room several times in a disrespectful manor. There was a major divide between legacy students and non-legacy students. Girls bullied each other on campus and staff would feed into it. Staff and campus leaders (president, student services) are MIA. I never knew anyone who ran campus, heard from the president, any department heads or other helpful staff. I was lost on campus and felt like there was no one to reach out to. There was no strong bond with the departments until JR or SR years. If you are looking for a women's college go to Stephens College. I ended up transferring and was so glad I did! Amazing community of female leaders and an environment that fosters innovation!
The administration at this institution is deplorable. Living conditions: unacceptable. There's food poisoning that leads to hospital visits; there's mold, snakes, rodents, bugs, etc in the dorms; the floor in my room is bowing, no hot water, some faucets have dark water coming out, ineffective and inefficient systems of heating and air, plaster falling from ceilings, floors that can be so hot that they can melt the bottoms of shoes, etc. Programs and degrees at this school that aren't actually feasible (or really exist), INACCURATE information that's used in the museum and by admissions, such as the HISTORY OF SALEM COLLEGE, especially regarding the college's participation in slavery. Racial and prejudiced slurrs used by some students and faculty that has been left unpunished, no policy for transgender students (and the board is dragging out the decision process for building this policy), and yet-- two weeks after a peaceful sit-in, a new policy is emailed to all of the students about severe restrictions against demonstrations/protests. Students now have to "apply" to demonstrate, in designated spaces during designated times, registering the IDs of students who are participating. If anyone wants to see the documents involved in this issue, such as the call to action that was presented by the students (offering solutions to these problems), emails regarding administrative response to these events, and the document detailing the new demonstrations policy, let me know directly via email.
As a graduating senior, I will dearly miss my Salem family. Salem College has an environment of academic rigor that enriches the lives of its students. The faculty and staff are unparalleled in their commitment to retaining Salem College's reputation as the oldest (and most distinguished) all-women institutions in the United States.
"Strong are thy walls, O Salem."
I graduated from Salem in 2009. The campus is gorgeous and the student-teacher ratio is awesome. I did have my own personal challenges while I was there, but ultimately Salem gave me all the tools and resources I needed to continue on with a successful career. Salem s goal of building strong women, though seen as a positive to those of us in the adulting world, has had its challenges within the institution. Being a small school, a small voice within the student body can gather traction quickly. Some issues from the past year (2017/2018) I would agree with, others I would not. Please do your research and remember that the loudest reviews are going to be the most negative. I m looking forward to seeing how Salem evolves in the next 10 years. Proud alum here.
Edited to add: the review about the hazing is dedicated to one night of the entire year, the same night, every year. It is a senior wakeup call . There is plenty of notice given to the student body and students may plan to leave the campus during this time (classes are canceled the entire next day for the greatest event of the year, Fall Fest!).
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