Upper Iowa University offers classes in Quad Cities, to open educational center in Summer 2011
Daniel Marvin is the director of the new UIU Education Center in the Quad Cities, Iowa.
FAYETTE, Iowa (November 4, 2010) — Upper Iowa University is currently registering students for courses to be offered in the Quad Cities beginning January 10, 2011. The courses will be available in an interim location until UIU officially opens its new Quad Cities Center. The UIU Quad Cities Center will be the Fayette-based University’s 17th educational center in the United States.
Fritz Oppenlander, director of the UIU North Central Region, said Upper Iowa University is in the process of selecting a location for the new center on the Iowa side of the Mississippi River in the Quad Cities area and that the center should be fully operational by early summer.
“The Quad Cities is an important location for Upper Iowa University, especially given our recent articulation agreement with the Eastern Iowa Community College District, which enables students from Clinton Community College, Muscatine Community College and Scott Community College to transfer seamlessly to UIU to complete a four-year degree,” said UIU President Alan G. Walker. “We look forward to having a full-fledged educational center to serve students from throughout the Quad Cities area, and we welcome them to the UIU community.”
Oppenlander said the UIU Quad Cities Center will offer courses leading to the completion of 13 majors: accounting, business administration, criminal justice, emergency and disaster management, health services administration, human resources management, human services, interdisciplinary studies, management, marketing, psychology, and public administration. Students also may take courses online to complete their degree, he added.
Daniel C. Marvin has been named director of the UIU Quad Cities Center. He comes to Upper Iowa University from Spoon River College where he was director of its Macomb, Ill., Campus. Previously he was coordinator of recruitment and retention efforts and academic support program specialist at West Kentucky Community and Technical College, Paducah, and a social service worker at Mayfield Youth Development Center, Mayfield, Ky. He earned his master’s degree in organization and management at Capella University as well as a post-master’s certificate in enrollment management and is currently completing his doctorate in leadership for higher education at Capella. He also earned bachelor’s degrees in psychology and criminal justice at Murray State University, Murray, Ky.
For more information about the Quad Cities Center or to apply, visit www.uiu.edu/quadcities. Or contact the Center Director at 563-359-7111 or marvind@uiu.edu.
Contact:
Monica Bayer Heaton
Executive Director of Communications and Marketing
Phone: 563-425-5773
Cell: 515-291-2070
heatonm@uiu.edu
About Upper Iowa University
Founded in 1857, Upper Iowa University is a private, not-for-profit university providing undergraduate and graduate degree programs and leadership development opportunities to over 6,600 students—nationally and internationally—at its Fayette campus and learning centers worldwide. Upper Iowa University is a recognized innovator in offering accredited, quality programs through flexible, multiple delivery systems, including online and independent study. For more information, visit www.uiu.edu.