About the University Center

Who We Are

The University Center, a consortium-based center, provides high quality educational opportunities for the residents, workers, and employers of the Lake County region .

The University Center enables students to remain living and working in Lake County while they complete their higher education . The academic programs come to the students--via classroom courses or online courses or a blend of the two--instead of requiring the students to go to the main campuses .

The University Center strives to provide students in higher education programs with: • Opportunities for effective and efficient transfer from prior institutions to a University Center member institution; • An educational philosophy of continuous and lifelong learning in constantly changing environments; • Faculty committed to high academic quality; • Services and staff responsive to the array of placebound learners and their needs for access, flexibility, and convenience; • Innovative uses of technology to enhance the learning experience and to enable remote participation and collaboration; • Facilitated inter-institutional cooperation for program planning and delivery; • A diverse range of academic programs; and • Access to both public and private higher education .

The “Academic Programs” section of this guide provides more detail about these programs and services, as does the University Center’s website [www .ucenter .org] .

For members of the Lake County community who are not seeking degree programs, the University Center provides: • State of the art facilities for business meetings, workshops, training and conferences; • Meeting support services to remove logistical barriers to successful knowledge-sharing activities; • Learning programs to support the continuing education needs of Lake County workers across a variety of industries; and

Open Houses enable prospective students to explore their academic options.

• Programs and services to enhance networking and business partnership development among Lake

County employers and workers . • Certificate programs with tight focus on a specific set of skills .

The Educators’ Center page describes how the Center works to meet the professional development needs of pre-K-12 school districts .

where we are

Grayslake: The University Center of Lake County facility at 1200 University Center Drive in Grayslake includes 27 classrooms and computer labs, administrative and faculty offices, and a conference center.

North Chicago: Through its Alliance for Health Services, DePaul University offers the Master's Entry to Nursing Practice Program at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in North Chicago.

Great Lakes: Through an arrangement with the Navy College Office, Southern Illinois University Carbondale also offers classes at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center.