Greek and Student Life
The school's Greek system, consisting by some estimates of 15% of the school, includes Kappa Alpha Psi, Sigma Chi, Alpha Eta Rho, Phi Delta Theta, and Sigma Nu fraternities and the Delta Sigma Theta, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Delta Delta, Alpha Epsilon Phi, Alpha Delta Pi, and Gamma Phi Beta sororities.
53 percent of all students live on campus in one of three different residential halls and eight different apartment-style housing facilities. Most residence halls provide academic and social events as well as host programs that acclimate incoming students to the college experience.
While Greeks do offer some social events, many residence halls host their own events, though alcohol policies are strictly enforced.
The student center of the University (the Davis Student Commons Building) includes a fitness center overlooking the St. Johns River, a sports-themed dining facility named Nellie's (after the school mascot), a game room for all campus community members, while serving as a focal point for campus life. The facility opened in October 2006.
Student life at Jacksonville University includes opportunities in a diverse range of activities and organizations. Besides fraternities and sororities, there are multicultural groups, arts groups, political and social action groups, service and professional groups, religious groups, sports and recreation groups, academic and professional groups, and special interest groups.
There are also a variety of campus ministries on campus. In 2011, yet another campus ministry, Campus to City Wesley Foundation, started meeting at JU.
Campus media organizations include the student newspaper (The Navigator), the campus radio station (JU108), the literary and arts magazine (The Aquarian), the student run broadcasting station (Dolphin Channel), and the yearbook (The Riparian). The Jacksonville University Student Alliance serves the needs of the student body as a whole by electing representatives from the university's student organizations, residential communities and colleges. In addition, the Florida Leader magazine ranked JU as the third-best positive student life experience out of the 28 private colleges and universities in the state, citing the small campus size, peer and faculty relationships, and the close-knit campus community that JU has to offer.
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