Centers and Institutes

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Health and Wellness

Our health and wellness services include counseling, assessment of learning and behavioral problems, health and fitness screenings, nutrition counseling and education, and diagnosis and treatment of speech, language, and hearing disabilities.

Center for Applied Psychology

Facilitates assessment, psychotherapy, consultation, education, and research for the local community. It houses four clinics staffed by doctoral students and IUP faculty members who are licensed psychologists.

Center for Health Promotion and Cardiac Disease Prevention

Dispenses health education, screenings, and fitness intervention programs to IUP, area school districts, and other community entities.

Child Study Center

Provides assessment and short-term treatment of learning or behavioral problems, consultation to parents and schools, identification of disability or giftedness, and other services.

Institute for Rural Health and Safety

Offers driver education programs and first responder and emergency response team training to the community.

Speech, Language, and Hearing Clinic

Provides diagnosis and treatment for people with speech, language, and hearing disabilities.

Business, Industry, and Government Partnerships

These research centers provide intensive English education for non-native speakers, research assistance in a variety of fields, business training and consultation, procurement assistance, mine maps, homeland security information, occupational safety and health consultation services, and excavation, surveying, and other archaeological services.

Administration and Leadership Studies Research and Training Center

An applied interdisciplinary research and training center that supports sponsored research, program evaluation, policy analysis, technology transfer, and training.

American Language Institute

Offers intensive programs in English as a Second Language.

Archaeological Services

Offers consultation, on-site surveys, and site evaluations and excavations to assist in the location and preservation of sites and artifacts.

ExcEL Center: Excellence in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Works to enhance the culture of entrepreneurship, innovation, and new venture creation throughout the university and local community.

Center for Family Business

Provides professional presentations and the opportunity for roundtable discussion on relevant topics with other representatives of family businesses in informal, facilitated groups.

Institute for Cyber Security

Facilitates faculty/student interactions in research, presentations, publications, and workshops to promote the need to ensure security and integrity of information.

Management Services Group

Provides consulting and business services to ongoing and startup businesses, both profit and nonprofit.

Institute for Mine Mapping, Archival Procedures, and Safety

Shares knowledge and expertise in archiving, digitally recording, and geographically referencing historical coal mine maps.

Pennsylvania OSHA Consultation Program

Assists private-sector employers in understanding and voluntarily complying with safety and health regulations enforced by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Center for Research in Criminology

Conducts and promotes scholarly research in criminology and criminal justice.

Small Business Development Center

Equips entrepreneurs with the education, information, and tools necessary to build successful businesses.

Small Business Institute

Provides support services to local businesses and organizations from business students teamed with faculty members with professional consulting backgrounds.

Software Development Center

Develops software, builds software systems, and works to improve the software development expertise of the region.

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Education and Training Opportunities

Educational services range from English education and resources for gifted students to sports camps and training for police and emergency responders. At your fingertips, you'll have a variety of educational services to children, families, schools, human service agencies, professionals, and more.

Administration and Leadership Studies Research and Training Center

An applied interdisciplinary center that supports sponsored research, program evaluation, policy analysis, technology transfer, and training.

Center for Career and Technical Personnel Preparation

Helps to prepare and update career and technical educators.

Child Study Center

Provides assessment and short-term treatment of learning or behavioral problems, consultation to parents and schools, identification of disability or giftedness, and other services.

Criminal Justice Training Center

Offers noncredit training programs for police recruits and law enforcement personnel.

Institute for Rural Health and Safety

Works to solve problems relating to highway safety, provides driver education, and provides first responder and emergency response team training.

Institute for Cyber Security

Facilitates faculty/student interactions in research, presentations, publications, and workshops to promote the need for security and integrity of information.

IUP Community Music School

Provides noncredit private lessons, ensembles, and classes in music to students of all ages in the university community.

Literacy Center

The Bill and Judy Scheeren Literacy Center provides assessment and instruction for children and adolescents who need assistance with reading and writing.

Mid-Atlantic Addiction Research and Training Institute for Community and Behavioral Health

MARTI is a consortium of academic and professional experts in the fields of alcohol abuse treatment, domestic violence intervention, and related mental health issues.

Institute for Mine Mapping, Archival Procedures, and Safety

Offers expertise in archiving, digitally recording, and geographically referencing historical coal mine maps.

Software Development Center

Develops software, builds software systems, and works to improve the software development expertise of the region.

Center for Statistics Education in Pennsylvania

Brings quantitative literacy and hands-on use of mathematics' manipulatives to K-12 teachers.

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Student and Faculty Services

A number of services for students and faculty members are offered through our research centers and institutes. Those services include research assistance, professional development, and civic-engagement and real-world experience.

Center for Digital Humanities and Culture

Supports scholarship, proof-of-concept explorations, and project applications of digital technologies in humanistic inquiry.

Frederick Douglass Institute

Serves as a resource for information about and advocacy on issues relating to cultural diversity at IUP.

Center for Film Studies

Develops opportunities for grant funding to support the study and production of film and media scholarship at IUP.

Institute for Cyber Security

Facilitates faculty/student interactions in research, presentations, publications, and workshops to promote the need to ensure security and integrity of information.

Software Development Center

Develops software, builds software systems, and works to improve the software development expertise of the region.

Center for Teaching Excellence

Provides constructive and developmental mechanisms for nurturing excellence in teaching at IUP.

The Wood Center at IUP

Offers instruction from the concept stage to the construction of woodworking projects.