Workbench Collection

The ROCKvoices Oral History Project features full audio and transcripts of interviews as well as select video clips from interviews of past and present SRU faculty, staff, presidents and alumni. Hear the wonderful stories of the people who have shaped this institution from Slippery Rock State Teachers College, through the Slippery Rock State College years and into the Slippery Rock University of today.

The Alternator is "a publication reflecting progressive and sustainable alternatives to our mainstream energy and technology options" (Alternator, v.10 no.1, spring 1996). "The Alternator: a generator for alternative currents in agriculture, energy, and lifestyles," was a publication from Slippery Rock University that was created by the ALTER (Alternative Living Technology and Energy Research) Project and ran from 1987-2004. Originally conceived by Robert Macoskey, for whom the Macoskey Center is named, the ALTER Project started as a means to educate students and the public about ways they can contribute to improving the condition of the environment through changes in their own lifestyles. "The Alternator" began as a means to garner more publicity for the ALTER Project and eventually also became a vehicle for the Sustainable Systems program.

Victory Bell was created by George Miller in January 1942. An Art Department faculty member at Slippery Rock State Teachers College (SRSTC), Miller corresponded with Slippery Rock students serving in World War II. The newsletter featured excerpts and news from these students' letters. Victory Bell was distributed to soldiers associated with SRSTC all over the world.