Club sports and intramural sports each offer students a variety of recreational athletics options. However, there are a few key differences between them that may help you decide which path is right for you.
YCP Blog - Getting Involved
In Designed for Action, we meet the students who are making an impact outside of the classroom.
Delaney Bartholow ’24, Abbey Brown ’24, and Gabrielle Haring ’24 embarked on a semester-long overseas adventure in spring 2023 to expand their academic horizons and engage in meaningful volunteer work.
Several groups of York College students spent time learning in international locations during the first part of summer.
In Getting to Know Yo(u)rk, we speak to members of the York College community to shed light on various aspects of the college experience.
Learn the ins and outs of the Campus Activities Board with Vice President, Emma Simpson '23.
Working alongside York Day Early Learning, Jared Townsend '26 and his classmates made suggestions to improve the daycare organization’s marketing and advertising efforts.
The institution hosts 12 fraternities and sororities after welcoming two organizations to campus in the last two years.
Experiential Learning is alive and well at York College of Pennsylvania, and the White Rose Music Fest, held in October 2022, is just one example of how YCP helps students stay engaged with the local community.
Since her first year at YCP, Isabel has known she wants to work in industrial and organizational psychology.
Charlie Green ’23 knows how important a good natatorium is. In fact, YCP’s Natatorium was a determining factor in his college decision.
Ashley Hudak ’23 got to put her York College education to the test during an internship with the Philadelphia Eagles.
In Designed for Action, we meet the students who are making an impact outside of the classroom.
In our On the Ground series, we explore some of YCP’s most memorable places and spaces with help from our own Spartan students.
During National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15, the chapter emphasizes the importance of celebrating Hispanic culture more than ever.
Mikayla Trost ’22 wants to see more girls aspire to be engineers and enroll in engineering degree program
In our On the Ground series, we explore some of YCP’s most memorable places and spaces with help from our own Spartan students.
As you journey through the college search process, the opportunity to get involved in campus recreation should be on your list of must-haves. Wondering what’s so important about campus recreation? Let us lay it out for you.
Charlie Green ’23 was elected for the leadership post of the governing body in April.
Ian Reilley ’23 used his connections and York College of Pennsylvania class work to help him take advantage of a hands-on opportunity to assist with the seven-week York County Junior Golf Association (YCJGA) tour.
For Taryn Cook ’24, the variety of experiences available at Central Market in downtown York presents an appealing atmosphere.
After a two-year hiatus, Spartan athletes welcomed their Special Olympics York County counterparts back to campus to celebrate their shared passion: sport.
On March 24, 2022, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., presented its new members at York College of Pennsylvania.
Stephanie Perago is thankful to be part of the Spartan community and relishes her role as mentor.
Kelly Marie Brown ’22 says the Keystone Kidspace located in the York Armory on George Street, is “exactly what I thought kids in the York area needed.”
In our On the Ground series, we explore some of YCP’s most beloved places and spaces with help from our own Spartan students.
Spencer Smith ’22 is concerned about the environment, and that has led him to research opportunities in the classroom as well as outside class in Costa Rica and Scotland.
This spring, we are celebrating a number of climate-friendly initiatives through the 2022 Sustainability Awareness Campaign, a series of events happening from April 18 - 29.
In Designed for Action, we meet the students who are making an impact outside of the classroom.
The Graham Collaborative Innovation Fellows are addressing real-world issues using the power of design thinking, an approach to problem solving that centers around the human experience.
Resident Assistant hiring season is here, which means that new opportunities are opening up for YCP students to help other Spartans adapt to college life.
“Through the challenges and triumphs,” says Julianna Orkin ’23, “I’m immensely grateful for the opportunities York College has afforded me and will continue to afford me.”
Rachael Finley, Director of Campus Recreation and Cody Seachrist, Assistant Director of Campus Recreation at York College of Pennsylvania, worked to keep students connected and motivated through Recreational sports and workouts.
Every winter, the Office of Residence Life, hosts a hiring process to select RAs for the upcoming academic year.
Gabrielle Ingoglia '20 has spent four-and-a-half years of her life at York College of Pennsylvania. Now, as she prepares to graduate in December 2020, she's sharing some of the lessons learned during her time here.
When Mass Communication majors Heather Fiore (‘22), Mykela Heidel (‘22), and Morrissey Walsh (‘23) learned about an opportunity to help tell the story of African American WWI veteran George A. Wood through a documentary film, they were inspired to get involved.
With social distancing and mask-wearing protocols in place campus-wide, most of the usual recreational athletic activities were canceled for the fall 2020 semester. That meant no intramural basketball, no flag football, no volleyball — nothing that requires players to move within six feet of one another. While new competitions were created for fantasy football, air hockey, table tennis, and other no-contact games, something was still missing. That’s when the campus recreation team discovered a new sport: knocker soccer.