(20 departments) Maguire Meservey College of Health and Human Services (3 departments, 2 schools: School of Nursing, School of Social Work) School of Education (2 departments) School of Continuing and Professional Studies School of Graduate Studies The university is also home to the Salem State University Honors Program, an approved constituent of the statewide Massachusetts Commonwealth Honors Program. Salem State University is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education. Honor societies In addition to hosting chapters of various disciplinary honor societies, e.g. Delta Mu Delta for business students, the university hosts chapters of two national cross-disciplinary honor societies: Alpha Lambda Delta Phi Kappa Phi Global partnerships Salem State University has partnered with several universities in the People's Republic of China through a consortium overseen by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, including a cohort-based program in English with students from Nanjing Normal University. The university has also entered into partnership with four other international institutions: University of Mannheim, Germany D'Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara, Italy Catholic University of Lublin, Poland University of Guanajuato, Mexico Campus Salem State University is divided into six unique campuses totaling a land-mass of 115 acres with approximately thirty-three buildings. The main campus (North Campus) is located about a mile south of downtown Salem at the intersection of Lafayette Street and Loring Avenue. Within short walking distance from north campus is central campus, south campus, the School of Social Work, and the Richard O'Keefe Athletic Center. The university also operates a maritime facility at Cat Cove on the Salem harbor; located a mile north of the main campus. North Campus North campus is the largest of the five campuses. The majority of the university's arts and science programs are housed within the two academic buildings on north campus; the Edward Sullivan Building and Frederick Meier Hall. A focal point of North campus is the George H. Ellison Campus Center which houses the career and counseling centers as well as a number of student organizations. Freshman resident students are housed on North Campus in Bowditch, with a second housing option being identical building, Peabody. Other facilities on North campus include the Frederick E. Berry Library & Learning Commons, North Dining Commons and Sophia Gordon Performing Arts Center. The Horace Mann Laboratory School stood on North Campus until 2018, when it was moved to the site of the former Nathaniel Bowditch Elementary School in Salem.