Winthrop University is Big Business

These facts were recently handed out at a "State of the City (Rock Hill)" meeting:

WINTHPOP

UNIVERSITY

Thinking of Winthrop University As a Business:

$426,762,864 million insurance replacement value for physical plant  (not including land)

• Winthrop University buys electrical power in bulk wholesale and distributes it over its own network. The campus uses 37,410,939 kilowatts of electricity and 1 million therms of natural gas per year.
• Winthrop University operates its own water and sewer systems.
• Winthrop University owns and operates its own telephone system with approximately 2,000 lines.
• Winthrop University runs its own 26-person campus police department, providing protection and service 24 hours a day.

Winthrop University provides 1,900+ residential students with lodging and restaurant services, including:

•      $70,000 weekly grocery bill for dining services.

•      Preparation of 28,000 meals per week for students (390,000 meals per semester.)

•      Sales of over 35,000 Popeye's chicken tenders during the fall semester.

Winthrop staff handles workloads similar to that of large corporations:

• Maintains 2,000 PC/400 Mac computer inventory with 6,500 network connections
• Processes 47,600 payroll deposits annually.
• Sends out 55,000 invoices annually.
• Processes 57,600 cash receipts annually.
• Handles 15,000 work orders annually.
• Recycles or sends for reuse 375,000 pounds of paper, aluminum, plastic, scrap metal, food scraps, furniture, landscaping debris, cardboard, construction and demolition waste annually.

2011-2012