I love Susquehanna. My daughter graduated in 2020 and had a fabulous education. She was a double major in art history and photography. She studied a semester in Florence.
Here’s the scoop: The campus itself is very liberal, I would say. The professors went into mourning along with the kids when Trump won. When I visited campus (which I loved to do), I saw quite a few persons of color.
The surrounding area, however, can be pretty racist. My daughter did get tired of that. She had a Black boyfriend from Selinsgrove at the school, and he told her how hard life could be.
She came home much more liberal than when she started college. She’s now involved in a lot of liberal causes. Very different politics from her father and me, but I’m proud of her compassion and dedication.
Originally, she had planned to stay in Pennsylvania, close to her boyfriend, but she decided the area was too conservative and moved back to Portland, which is very liberal.