Thompson Named Director of IUP Cook Honors College
Todd Thompson, a long-time member of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania faculty, has been selected to serve as director of the IUP Cook Honors College.
The Academic Affairs Division provides organizational support and leadership for the academic programs of Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Offices and Programs
In addition to the academic colleges at IUP, the Division of Academic Affairs also oversees the following offices and programs:
University College
The University College was created to strengthen IUP’s tradition of promoting student success. The entire campus can utilize the University College staff and faculty to help students navigate their way through the wealth of academic services and resources available to them.
Career and Professional Development Center
The Career and Professional Development Center offers a vast array of services to help students become more confident in their professional development and networking abilities so they can make informed decisions about career opportunities.
Center for Teaching Excellence
The Center for Teaching Excellence seeks to provide constructive and developmental mechanisms for nurturing the excellence in teaching which already exists at IUP.
IT Services
IT Services provides support to students, faculty, and support staff for the centralized computing environment at IUP.
Liberal Studies
All students must fulfill the requirements of the university's core curriculum, also known as the Liberal Studies Program.
Office of International Education
The Office of International Education assists more than 800 international students from 60 different countries during their stay at IUP and helps more than 250 students a year find education abroad.
Registrar
The Registrar's Office oversees student records, class scheduling, and policies as they pertain to the student academic experience.
IUP Free Speech Project
Freedom of speech is not only an important individual right, it's essential to a healthy democracy and absolutely vital to the core mission of the university.
Requests for In-Person Field Experiences
Due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, students or faculty planning summer field experiences must submit one of the following documents in advance:
For official IUP field courses or any international travel, submit the IUP Travel Petition for Mission Critical Activities to the vice president of your division. For personnel in Academic Affairs, the petition form should be submitted to Executive Coordinator Holly Olexo (olexo@iup.edu).
For internships, clinical placements, student teaching, individual student field research, or joint student-faculty field research, submit the Learning Experiences Exemption Request Form. Exemption requests should be submitted to Karen Rose Cercone (kcercone@iup.edu).
Middle States Accreditation
Accreditation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education is one of the vitally important ways IUP serves students, alumni, faculty, staff, and the community.
Accreditations and Program Review
Information on university accreditation, specialized program accreditations, and five-year program reviews.
Electronic Curriculum Repository
IUP's Electronic Curriculum Repository provides access to information regarding all curriculum proposals and changes.
Promotion, Sabbatical, and Tenure
Guidelines, policies, procedures, and forms for faculty applying for promotion, sabbatical, or tenure.
Learning Outcomes Assessment at IUP
Information and contacts regarding the assessment of student learning at both the program and university-wide level
Inspire: INstitutional Success through Program Innovation, Redesign, and Evolution
The Inspire process will evaluate all IUP programs to determine where innovation and redesign are most needed, and also consider ideas for institutional change that could extend beyond the boundaries of a single program, college, or division.