Indiana University of Pennsylvania's new Northpointe Regional Campus is located off Route 28 at Exit 18 in Armstrong county.

The John P. Murtha Center for Education and Workforce Development at IUP Northpointe opened in August 2005. It provides a wireless environment for students and is comprised of multimedia classrooms and high-tech laboratories.

The Northpointe Campus is dedicated to providing access to IUP's high-quality academics at a location close to your home and work.

Undergraduate programs on at the campus:

The Great Place to Start program provides the first year or more of courses in any of IUP's 140-plus majors. By commuting to Northpointe, students can save more than $5,000 in their first year by avoiding room, board, health, and activity fees while attending classes Monday through Thursday.

Earning an associate's degree in electro-optics puts the graduate on the fast track to a challenging high-tech career. Electro-optics students learn how to implement this revolutionizing technology in such areas as medicine, defense, environmental monitoring, homeland security, and computers. Students wanting to expand their knowledge in this field may continue at the main campus and complete a bachelor's degree in the applied physics/electro-optics track.

The anticipated offering of the associate's degree in paralegal studies is a collaborative program with Clarion University. All courses will be offered on the Northpointe Campus through a combination of personal instruction and video-conferencing technologies. Students can earn this degree in as little as two years.

Licensed practical nurses are enrolling in a program to advance their nursing career by earning a bachelor's degree in nursing. Both full-time and part-time options are being evaluated to meet the needs of these nursing students.

Students can earn a bachelor's degree in marketing at the Northpointe Campus. Previous college classes may transfer to IUP for an even quicker graduation. This is a collaborative program between IUP and Butler County Community College.

Graduate programs on IUP's Northpointe Regional Campus:

IUP has helped teachers pursue graduate study by developing a master's in education degree program where students earn 6 graduate credits per semester and attend class only one night per week. The next cohort starts in fall 2007.

Is it time to advance your career in education and/or training by earning a master's degree in adult education and communications technology? This program balances academic training with practical field experience. It prepares graduates to work in careers such as trainers, educators, instructional designers, and program directors in organizations, including business and industry, health care, higher education, government, schools, and social agencies.

The master's degree in nursing, education track prepares registered nurses with a bachelor's degree for advanced nursing positions as nursing faculty, educators, trainers, etc. Students will complete the master's program in only two years. The next cohort starts in fall 2008.

For information, call 800-889-0872 or visit: www.iup.edu/northpointe.