On April 10, Florida International University (FIU) will hold a groundbreaking ceremony at University Park Campus in Miami for an extraordinary new teaching and research facility for the College of Nursing & Health Sciences (CNHS).
Slated to open in December 2009, the new $34 Million CNHS building will also become the gateway to the Universitys highly anticipated Academic Health Sciences Complex on campus. Friends of the University including South Florida health care, social and civic leaders will join President Modesto Maidique, CNHS Dean Divina Grossman and school administrators, faculty and students as they celebrate this landmark moment.
Grossman remarked on the excitement generated by the prospect of the new building, “The technology and resources that will come with the new building will foster cutting-edge health care standards and practices, support important research discoveries, and set the benchmark for advanced academic studies and instruction in nursing and health sciences.”
CNHS administrators are working closely with the globally recognized architectural firm H.O.K. to create one of the most technologically advanced and innovative health care teaching facilities in the region. “We are creating a highly productive and attractive space that provides an exceptional level of interdisciplinary teaching, research and learning opportunities,” explained Yann Weymouth, lead architect on the project for H.O.K. The five-floor structure will encompass just over 100,000 square feet of space housing state-of-the-art interactive skills laboratories, extensive computer suites, specialized training, evaluation and study areas, and ample lecture classrooms. The facility will serve all seven departments of the CNHS: Nursing, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Communication Science & Disorders, Health Information Management, Athletic Training, and Health Sciences.
Grossman continued, “The new building represents this Universitys commitment to produce highly skilled, culturally competent health care professionals who will serve our communities. We welcome the continued support from the community, private enterprise and government as we translate this vision into concrete reality.”
