Wednesday, August 27, 1997

University Center Caters to New Kind Of Student

Sam Houston State University has joined five other Texas universities in a pioneering educational initiative at The University Center in The Woodlands, reports Today@Sam:
The multi-institutional endeavor, the first of its kind in Texas, is designed to provide the burgeoning population of suburban North Houston with convenient access to more than 40 bachelor's and master's degree programs.
Through The University Center, students can obtain degrees from participating universities without ever setting foot on the institutions' main campuses. Freshman- and sophomore-level courses applying to the various degree plans are offered at one of four colleges in the North Harris Montgomery Community College District -- North Harris College, Kingwood College, Tomball College and Montgomery College. Advanced undergraduate and graduate courses are offered at NHMCCD's new University Center by the partner institutions -- SHSU, Texas A&M University, University of Houston, University of Houston-Downtown, Texas Southern University and Prairie View A&M University.

The $10 million University Center facility is slated to open a bit behind schedule, sometime in October, on a 10-acre campus located adjacent to the Montgomery College campus on State Highway 242, just west of Interstate 45 in The Woodlands.

Though the building wasn't quite ready for the beginning of the center's inaugural semester, classes started on schedule in August in space provided by Montgomery College and NHMCCD's nearby Conroe Center. The University Center's charter class will move into the new facility when it is completed.

The three-story, 78,000-square-foot University Center building will feature the latest technological amenities facilitating distance learning. The building will house eight two-way interactive classrooms, eight interactive seminar and conference rooms, an open computer lab with 60 stations and 24 additional computer labs, classrooms and quiet study areas.

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