Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania (known as
The Rock or
SRU for short) is an American university, and a
member of the State System of Higher Education of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
[1] . It is located in the
borough of Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania. It opened on March 26,
1889, as
Slippery Rock State Normal School[2] .According to its website, the university has one of the largest campuses in western Pennsylvania, occupying 600 acres (2.4 km²).