Student Life
Student Life
Find a home on campus
Wooster students come from 46 states and 32 countries, from all manner of backgrounds and life experiences. They're serious about their academic lives, but they're just as intense about exploring their other interests — and having fun.
Residential life
With Wooster's community living options, where you live can reflect your academic and personal interests. You might share a house with yourFirst-Year Seminar classmates or choose a hall with an international theme. Or you might live in a program house, joining your housemates in a community service project.
Student organizations
Wooster's 120 student organizations reflect the wide range of interests, ideas, hobbies, and passions on campus. Close to a third of all Wooster students make music through one of three choirs, symphonic and marching bands, a jazz ensemble, four a capella groups, and other ensembles. From an improv comedy group to a student-run investment club that manages a portfolio for the College's endowment, there's something on campus for every taste.
Community service
There's a strong ethic of community service among Wooster students. Through the Wooster Volunteer Network and the program houses, they devote hundreds of hours each year to groups like Habitat for Humanity, the Humane Society, and Wayne County Children's Services.
Athletics
Almost a third of the student body competes on one or more of Wooster's 22 varsity athletic teams, and more than 80 percent partcipate in club or intramural sports, from Ultimate Frisbee and broomball to three-on-three basketball and floor hockey. There's even a cricket club that plays an annual grudge match with Haverford College in Pennsylvania.
WooCorps in the News
With the economy in recession and college students facing a tough market for summer jobs, The College of Wooster decided to step up, by more than doubling the number of student jobs available on campus. The result was WooCorps. Cleveland's WKYC-TV reports what happened next. Learn More »