Myron Brown - Drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 1991 NBA draft.
Joe Attieh - (2008 Graduate) World Series of Poker Main Event, No Limit Texas Hold'em champion.
Stanley Joseph Dziedzic, Jr.- (1972 Graduate) an American wrestler who earned a bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
Accreditations
National Recreation and Park Association
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
American Physical Therapy Association
Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education
Programs (for Athletic Training)
Council on Social Work Education
Middle State Association of Colleges and Schools
National Association of Musical Therapy
National Association of Schools in Dance
National Association of Schools of Music
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
National League for Nursing, Inc.
Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP)
Student Media
SRU has a student newspaper, radio station, and closed-circuit campus TV station.
The Rocket, a weekly newspaper with a circulation of 3,000
Slippery Rock's unofficial mascot is Rocky — The Pride of The Rock. Technically the university has no official mascot. "Rocky" and "Rock Pride" are initiatives of the Student Government Association and the Department of Athletics.
The announcement of Slippery Rock's football scores is a tradition at University of Michigan football games, begun in the 1950s by Michigan Stadium's public address announcer. Slippery Rock was so popular with UM fans that on Sept. 29, 1979, Slippery Rock played in-state rival Shippensburg at Michigan Stadium, in front of 61,143 fans, a record for a Division II football game (Shippensburg won, 45-14). Slippery Rock played a second game at "The Big House" in 1981, attracting 36,719 fans in a 14-13 loss to Wayne State University.
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