The counseling psychology degree will be offered as a traditional evening program, with each class meeting one evening a week for 14 weeks each semester.

The two degree completion programs to be offered by the college will enable students to finish a bachelor’s degree in either of the two areas of study. Students will need to take or to have taken about half of the required courses at another institution.

Founded in 1921, Rosemont College is an independent liberal arts institution in the Catholic tradition. Building on its historic commitment to the undergraduate education of women, the College has expanded to include a School of Continuing Studies and a Graduate School, both of which are open to women and men.

The State System of Higher Education operates the Dixon University Center. It provides both academic and meeting and conference facilities for the Capital region.

Currently, more than a dozen undergraduate and graduate degree programs and a variety of continuing education opportunities are offered at the center, and more are planned. The colleges and universities involved and the programs they offer include:

Graduate Programs:

Clarion University of Pennsylvania – library science.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania – safety sciences.

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania – Master of Business Administration (MBA).

Millersville University of Pennsylvania – certified employee benefit specialist, long-term care certification and graduate courses for teachers.

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania – criminal justice, educational administration, information systems and public administration.

West Chester University of Pennsylvania – communicative disorders.

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine – clinical psychology.

St. Francis College – human resource management/industrial relations.

Undergraduate programs:

Elizabethtown College – accounting, business administration, computer science/business information systems, corporate communications: public relations/marketing.

Duquesne University, which currently offers both undergraduate and graduate degree programs at the Dixon University Center, will be leaving the consortium and will offer its programs elsewhere in the area.

Two State System universities are developing new programs that will be offered at the center in the future. Indiana University of Pennsylvania will offer a doctor of philosophy degree in administration and leadership studies and Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) degree.

For more information about any of the programs available at the Dixon University Center, situated at 2986 North Second Street, please call (717) 720-4080. Office hours are held from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday; from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays; and from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturdays, when classes are in session.

With more than 96,000 students, the State System of Higher Education is the largest provider of higher education in the Commonwealth. Its 14 universities offer more than 250 degree and certificate programs in more than 120 areas of study. More than 360,000 System alumni live and work in Pennsylvania.

The state-owned universities are Bloomsburg, California, Cheyney, Clarion, East Stroudsburg, Edinboro, Indiana, Kutztown, Lock Haven, Mansfield, Millersville, Shippensburg, Slippery Rock and West Chester Universities of Pennsylvania. The System also operates branch campuses in Clearfield, Kittanning, Oil City and Punxsutawney and several regional centers, including the Dixon University Center in Harrisburg and the University Center for Southwest Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh. The regional centers are part of the Educational Resources Group, which is responsible for coordinating statewide programming.