CMU Informational Sessions July 14 About Sedalia Campus Programs

FAYETTE, MO (06/30/2011)(readMedia)-- Sedalia-area residents wanting to earn a bachelor's or master's degree close to home through evening classes are invited to attend two informational meetings July 14 to learn about Central Methodist University's Sedalia Extended Studies Program on the SFCC campus, including its Master's degree program for Clinical Counseling.

The meetings will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. (persons may come by at any time) July 14 at State Fair Community College's Fielding Technical Building, Room 232. Central Methodist University representatives will be on hand to discuss CMU's Extended Studies program on the SFCC campus in Sedalia, as well as partnership programs between CMU and SFCC that enable students to earn a four-year degree or a graduate degree such as the Master's in Clinical Counseling from CMU.

Four-year degree programs offered by CMU in Sedalia include Accounting, Business, Child Development, Criminal Justice, Education (Early Childhood, and Elementary, Middle School and Special Education), Psychology and Nursing (RN to BSN: Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree). A Master of Science in Clinical Counseling degree also is offered.

For more information about the July 14 meetings and CMU's Extended Studies Program in Sedalia, contact, or Keith Swanson at 660-596-7316 or by e-mail: kswanson@centralmethodist.edu or Aimee Sage at 660-248-6651 or by e-mail: a sage@centralmethodist.edu.

Founded in 1854, Central Methodist is the only United Methodist Church-related university in Missouri, and welcomes qualified men and women of all faiths and from diverse backgrounds. Its wooded, historic campus hosts a faculty of teachers, mentors, and scholars dedicated to providing extraordinary attention to the individual learner. With offerings ranging from high-school dual credit to graduate studies and a total enrollment in excess of 5,100, its liberal arts and pre-professional programs are centered on a character core that has twice brought Central Methodist national recognition for its leadership in character education. In recent years the University has attracted significant challenge grants regionally from the Mabee Foundation and nationally from the Kresge Foundation to help build a $15 million Student and Community Center on the academic quadrangle, to fund $5 million in major upgrades to its athletic facilities, and to compete a $5.8 million renovation of a historic campus building.

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