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

The John P. Murtha Center for Education and Workforce Development at IUP Northpointe opened in August 2005.

This state-of-the-art facility provides a wireless environment for the convenience of its students and is comprised of multimedia classrooms and high-tech laboratories.

IUP at Northpointe offers students from urban, rural and suburban areas the chance to begin or complete their degree requirements in a comfortable classroom environment that features smaller class sizes, strong student-faculty interaction, excellent library and laboratory facilities, and an abundance of free parking.

Midway between IUP's Indiana Campus and Pittsburgh, the Northpointe Campus is dedicated to providing access to high-quality academics at a location close to home and/or work.

Its programs include:

• A Great Place to Start, which are first year of courses in 120 majors• Associate's degree in Electro-Optics• Associate's degree in General Studies• LPN to BSN with a degree completion program in nursing• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, which is in collaboration with Butler County Community College

• Master's degree in dducation• Master's degree in nursing in the administration trackFor information on any of these programs, please call 800-889-0872 or visit: www.iup.edu/northpointe.