Student life at Brockport is a culture with a history dating back to when our school first opened for classes in December of 1841. Many elements of that culture have changed, for example student's rooms are no longer heated with wood stoves, and the school's role in regulating student behavior has been much reduced. Many things have not changed though - many students do still live on campus, just as they did 150 years ago, and while some expectations of student conduct change with the fashions of the times, others, like the desire to learn and grow, are still expected and fostered. Some things have come, left, and then come again, like the Greek Letter Societies. They were a major element in student life from the 1870s to the 1930s, were absent from the campus from the 1940s to the 1970s, and came back in the 1980s. Other things like the "daisy chain" and hazing of earlier student generations have not made a reappearance - yet!
The life and culture of college students makes for a fascinating, fast-paced kaleidoscope of American social history, and Brockport's past is no exception. Click on the items below to sample Brockport student life over the years.
