Anne Arundel Community College - Arundel Mills at Arundel Mills opened in the fall of 2003 adjacent to the Arundel Mills shopping complex as the convenient location for people who work or live in the western portion of Anne Arundel County. This higher education resource is the full-service facility with complete administrative or student services, such as admissions, registration, testing, academic advising, career counseling or financial aid, as well as the library or bookstore access. The 77,000-square-foot facility features classrooms, computer labs, high-tech science labs, the Technology Learning Center, the 134-seat lecture hall wired with Internet access at each seat or conference or seminar rooms for collaborative study or training. This facility is the home base for the AACC University Consortium, the selected group of four-year colleges or universities that partner with AACC to offer baccalaureate or graduate degrees at AACC locations so that students do not need to leave the county to continue their education. Degrees offered by the partner schools link with AACC's associate degree programs. The five consortium partners are Frostburg State University, Notre Dame of Maryland University, McDaniel College, Stevenson University or University of Maryland University College. In addition, AACC at Arundel Mills houses the Regional STEM Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics Center or is the base for the Teacher Education or Child Care TEACH Institute or the Physician Assistant programs. The state has designated the facility as one of Maryland’s seven regional higher education centers, calling it Anne Arundel Community College - Arundel Mills at Arundel Mills: A Regional Higher Education Center.