New Building Dedication Special Edition

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Nursing
Special Thanks...
to all of the friends and supporters of the FIU College of Nursing & Health
Sciences who have contributed so generously to the building campaign.
Pick Your Seat, Leave Your Legacy
The principal seats of knowledge of the new NHS Building are located in the
impressive 300-seat auditorium on the first floor of the Classroom/Lab Wing.
We thank the following CNHS supporters for their generosity in the “Name Your
Seat” Campaign to help secure the future of nursing and healthcare education at FIU.
Alan W. Smith, Inc.
Athletic Training
Faculty/Alumni/Students
Beverlin Allen
Taime Armenteros Roque
Prof. Elizabeth Azutillo
Class of 2009 Anesthesiology
Nursing
Class of 2010 Anesthesiology
Nursing
Class of 2011 Anesthesiology
Nursing
Dr. Charles Buscemi
Doreen Coombs
Dr. Helen Cornely
Valerie Diaz
Dr. Lucie Dlugasch
Carol Drozdowicz Gow
Arthur & Amelia Finkle
Capt. Jacinto J. Garrido
Jennifer Gober &
Jason Powe
Dr. Juan Gonzalez
Prof. Vince &
Daisy Gonzalez
Deisy Gonzalez
Dr. Josephine Gordon
Prof. Vanessa Gordon
Prof. Yhovana Gordon
Dr. Jeffrey Groom
Dr. Divina Grossman
Patricia Harris
Amy Hicks
Dr. Sande Gracia Jones
Dr. Florence Keane
Kinetic Kids, Inc.
Sandra Kreul
Prof. Carol Lambdin
Maria T. Leik
Karen Levin
Prof. Diane Loffredo
Christine Marambio
Victor Martinez
Mathew Forbes Romer
Foundation, Inc.
Prof. Jampierre Mato
Prof. Elizabeth Olafson
Margarita Ollet
Dr. Yvonne Parchment
Byung S. Park
Past & Present Occupational
Therapy Faculty
Dr. Carol Patsdaughter
Dr. Sue Phillips
Dr. Sharon Pontious
Dr. Luz Porter
Dr. Carol Pyles
Dr. Marilys Randolph
Nancy Roberts
Prof. Pamela Shaffner
Prof. Dana Sherman
Sigma Omega Zeta
Southeast Mechanical Contractors
Brent Spechler
Sprinklermatic AFS
Trainor Glass Company
Wendy Urso
Joanne Van Nostrand
Wal-Mark Contracting Group, LLC
Prof. Linda Wunder
Carolyn Zaumeyer
To select and name an auditorium
seat online, visit:
http://cnhs.fiu.edu/advancement
• BSN
Generic
Foreign MD-to-RN
RN to BSN
• MSN
Adult Health
Child Health
Family Health
Nurse Anesthetist
Nursing Administration
RN to MSN
• PHD
Health Sciences
Dr. Alma Abdel-Moty
Daniel Acevedo
Nancy P. Adams
Robin M. Adams
Terry Ahern
Amparo Alvarez
Yairis Alvarez
Jacqueline E. Amazon
Tamara Eve Anderson
Barbara F. Andrews
Patricia Aponte
Areanne Aragon
Carla F. Arauz
June Arellano
Yaqueline Arjona-Monteagudo
Crystal G. Barcenas
Hale M. Barrett
Leonel Blandon
Guerna Blot
Eunice E. Boyce
Teresa Brasac
Catherine Budd
Dean W. Bunkowske
Liudmila Camejo
Dori & William Cameron
Margarita Carbonell
Marie Jocelyne Cerisier
Marianne Cesarotti
Maria Luisa Chamorro
Melissa Choto
Kimberly G. Christian
Pui Keung S. Chu
Christina Clemente
Lynn Nelson Coleman
Kathleen M. Collister
Jacqueline Colon
Virgilia Corces
Maureen Grace Corpuz
Marta Ayleen Costas
Adam Crelling
Pia Cristancho
Van Cronkhite
Alexina Claire Crovella
Yoel Cruz
Teresita Cueto
May Dahl
Lissette & Jesus Del Risco
Victor A. Delgado
Lauren Diamond
Carol A. Dietrich
Florrette Douglas
Stephen Dressler
John Edmund Duffy
Maria Dumlao
Ekambaram Ellan
Bernadette Emerick
Maria Estrada
Anne Marie Farinas
Susan Lynch Fischer
Patricia Forsyth
Susan E. Gabriel
Rosalie I. Gioino
Sandra Gomez
Arturo Gonzalez
Jacqueline Gonzalez
Jorge Gonzalez-Barrera
Vashti Gordon
Bellen L. Grand
Nadege Guerrier
Fiorella Gutierrez
Norella Gutierrez
Julio Cesar Hernandez
Ivelisse Hernandez-Obeso
Nola Holness
Elsie & Gene Howard
Hector Huerta
Lisa Ibata
Mary Louise Jorda
Denise Kamsler
Mary E. Kasprak
Jane Katzen
Vladimy Lafontant
Eugene & Leah Kinnaird
Dee S. Lear
Marlene Ledo
Merina Lee
Alma Liu
Fang Fang Liu
Paolo V. Lizardo
Alice Long
Olga Lopez
Cynthia L. Marano
Patricia McCown
Joyce Mendez
Tamy Lyn Migoski
Winsome Anglin Miller
Fernando Miranda
Andrea Mohammed
Celia M. Mola
Christopher Moody
Caridad Moreno
Monica Musiet
William D. Myers
Eduardo Navarro
Carmen S. Nieves
JoAnn Nieves
Sherifat Joke Orukotan
David Pastor
Rebecca Pedroso
Alexis Pena
Ana Penenori-Montoto
Daniel Piloto
Gail Pucker
Troy Register
Maite Reimundo
Linda Reiser
Aleena Richards
Rick W. Rike
Melody S. Rodgman
Jessica Rolon
Ramona Menguez Salinel
Glen Sampson
Brian Sexton
Andrea Seymore
Katherine Ann Simcic
Sharon M. Southee
Peter Spagnoli
Leslie Spencer-Applewhite
Freddy St. Phar
Mindy Talley
Karline M. Telusma
Kathleen Thibeault
Rosa N. Thornton
Barbara A. Toboul
Beverly Torbert
Gracelle Toussaint
Jaime Valencia
Manuel L. Vales
Raquel Van Der Biest
Lilia M. Vento
Gloria Vignau
Alice White
Irene Fernandez &
William J. Cardenas
Sandra Williams
Wyrlene Williams
Angela Wright
Stephanie Wright
Roman Zalac
Thank You to our Dedication Day event sponsors: Baptist Health South Florida • Anesthesia Associates of Greater
Miami, PA • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida • Kendall Regional Medical Center • Memorial Healthcare System • Miami Beach
Anesthesiology Associates, Inc. • United HomeCare Services • Vitas • Brasa Nova Grill • Elsevier • Health Foundation of South
Florida • Sheridan Healthcare • Health Council of South Florida • Health Choice Network • Sharon Fine
Dedication Day
February 4, 2010
• Communication Sciences
& Disorders
• Health Information Mgmt.
• Health Sciences
• Occupational Therapy
• Physical Therapy
NHS Building
Stats & Facts
• 5 stories, 2-wings
totaling 115,000 sq. ft.
• 300-seat auditorium for
large classes, events
• One 90-person distance
education classroom
and two 60-person
classrooms
• 15 teaching, research
and training lab areas
Altruistic Alumni,
Faculty & Friends
Special Edition Community Report
• Athletic Training
FIU College of Nursing & Health Sciences Dedicates
New $34 Million Building, February 4, 2010
• 6 conference rooms
• “Student-centric” design
with dedicated group/
individual study areas,
social gathering spots
• Modular design
features to facilitate
flexibility and
accommodate user
requirements over
the full life span of
the building
• Wet research lab space
with flexible generic
spaces for bench research
• Eco-friendly LEED
building, featuring
environmentally
sustainable design
elements throughout
• Home to Miami’s first
“Green Roof”
• Aesthetic elements
that promote a vision of
health and wellness
• “Disaster-resistant”
design for hurricane
and flood mitigation
with backup power
for critical systems
Advanced Teaching, Research Facility Raises Bar for Nursing & Healthcare Education
On February 4, 2010, Florida International
University (FIU) College of Nursing & Health Sciences
(CNHS) kicks off a day-long celebration to dedicate its
extraordinary new teaching and research facility on the
Modesto A. Maidique Campus.
The new $34 million Nursing & Health Sciences
(NHS) Building encompasses 115,000 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 serves all departments of the
CNHS: Nursing, Physical Therapy, Occupational
Therapy, Communication Sciences & Disorders, Athletic
Training, Health Sciences, and Health Information
Management.
CNHS administrators worked closely with the globally
recognized architectural firm HOK and its lead architect,
Yann Weymouth, to create one of the most
technologically advanced and innovative nursing and
healthcare teaching facilities in the region.
Dr. Divina Grossman, Dean of the College, remarked
on the excitement generated by the new building,
“The technology and resources that come with the new
building will foster cutting-edge nursing and healthcare
education standards and practices, support important
research discoveries, and set the benchmark for
advanced academic studies and instruction in nursing
and health sciences.”
The Dedication Day Celebration begins with a
symposium in the morning, Addressing the Nation’s
Healthcare Priorities Through Research & Leadership. This
thought-provoking forum features two panel discussions
with leaders from the National Institutes of Health, the
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, as well as
distinguished CNHS alumni. The celebration continues in
the afternoon with a special presentation by University
and College administrators and dignitaries, a ribbon
cutting ceremony, tours of the building, and guest
receptions with musical entertainment.
The Gateway to FIU’s Academic Health
Sciences Center
The NHS Building stands as the gateway to the
University’s highly anticipated campus health center. The
Building’s distinct 5-story, 2-wing (Classroom/Lab Wing
and Administrative Wing) structure connected by upperlevel walkways creates a gateway that straddles the
proposed Avenue of the Sciences. This leads to the
Academic Health Sciences Center emerging on the
northeast corner of the Modesto A. Maidique Campus.
Next on the landscape will be the new Miami-Dade
County Health Department building, co-located with the
Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work,
and the Miami-Dade County Ambulatory Care Center.
Grossman continued, “Our new building represents this
University’s commitment to produce highly skilled,
culturally competent nurses and healthcare professionals
who will serve our communities. We welcome the continued support from the community, private enterprise and
government in translating this vision into concrete reality.”
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Simulation at Core of Real-World Teaching
Mock Hospital, Outpatient Clinics and Rehab Center
Promote Advanced, Interdisciplinary Instruction and Collaboration
At the educational core of the new NHS
Building are the third floor Simulation
Center (SimCenter), and the fourth floor
Rehabilitation Center (RehabCenter).
These Centers feature special labs,
technology, and real-life care settings (e.g.
hospital stations, exam rooms, residential
venues) that can be used individually or
together in a variety of combinations to
accommodate instruction within and
across the College’s disciplines.
The underlying concept is to create
functionally flexible laboratories that
promote interdisciplinary collaboration.
“The Sim and Rehab Centers allow
students across the spectrum of our
healthcare disciplines to learn under
different real-life, real-time scenarios, from
emergency/trauma response to at-home
rehabilitation care, and to learn their
professional role in the context of a
patient’s complete healthcare team,”
explained Dean Divina Grossman.
The SimCenter emphasizes nursing and
critical care instruction and features stateof-the-art equipment and instruments for
hands-on use by students. The technology
makes possible enhanced clinical and
critical thinking training by incorporating the latest cutting-edge
simulation, digital imaging projection and closed circuit monitoring,
and web-based technologies. Highlights include:
• Basic Nursing Lab: a real-size mock-up of a hospital unit, with
15 adjoining patient beds laid out around two centralized
nurses stations.
• 8 Simulation Rooms: individual patient areas, including high-tech
simulated patient mannequins and full complement of diagnostic
equipment designed to simulate an operating room, critical care
unit, emergency room, neonatal/pediatric care unit and primary
care clinic settings.
• 3 Control Rooms: for operating computerized patient care
scenarios and monitoring students’ progress across all
simulation rooms through closed circuit video and recording
equipment.
• 2 Debriefing Rooms: where instructors and students can review,
discuss, and evaluate student performances from the day’s
simulations.
The RehabCenter complements the critical patient care and
treatment capabilities of the SimCenter. The flexible design of the
RehabCenter labs allows for a variety of uses and training scenarios
by the Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Communication
Sciences & Disorders and Athletic Training departments. The labs
of the RehabCenter include:
• Activities of Daily Living Lab
• Neuromusculoskeletal Lab
• Audiology Lab
• Rehabilitation Lab
• Gait Analysis Lab
• Speech & Language Skills Lab
• Pediatric Lab
• Therapeutic Activities Lab
LEAD DONORS
We gratefully acknowledge the
generous gifts of these major
supporters, without whom this building
would not have been possible.
Joan K. Stout, RN/Hugoton Foundation
60-Person Classroom
John & Mary Lou Dasburg
Dean’s Suite, Student Services Center
Jorge M. & Darlene M. Perez
Basic Nursing Lab equipped by
Joan K.Stout, RN from the Hugoton Foundation
Baptist Health South Florida
Computer Lab & IT Center
R. Kirk Landon
Pamela Garrison Prep Station
CNHS Building Takes The “LEED”
FIU’s First LEED-Registered Building Features
Miami’s First “Green Roof”
The new NHS Building was officially LEED registered when construction began, and is
on track to achieve Silver LEED certification, making it the first LEED-certified building in
the University’s history.
LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is a third-party certification
program and the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction and
operation of sustainable green building and development practices.
“This new building will not only be one of the most advanced and dynamic nursing
and healthcare education and research facilities in the region, but also a successful
example of the University’s growing commitment to environmental awareness and
preservation,” commented Dr. Divina Grossman, Dean of the College.
Among the design “eco-highlights” of the new NHS Building is Miami’s very first
“Green Roof.” From the south lobbies of the 3rd, 4th and 5th floors, you can look out
the window and see the low-maintenance “xeriscape” grass and vegetation planted on
the roof of the 2nd floor corridor. In addition to its aesthetics, the “Green Roof,” which
will only be sustained from natural rainwater, will help insulate the corridor below and
absorb the heat of the sun’s rays.
Other eco-friendly features of the NHS Building include:
Sheridan Healthcorp
• Prevalence of windows lets natural light illuminate classrooms and offices.
Conference Room
• Occupancy and daylight dimming sensor lighting in classrooms and offices helps lower
energy consumption.
Gaumard Scientific, Inc.
SimFamily of Five
• Sunrise/sunset timers and sensors manage landscape, building exterior and lobby
lighting operations.
Miami Children’s Hospital
Admissions & Information Center
North Shore Medical Center
Basic Nursing Lab Equipment
• Insulated-laminated glass windows, metal shades and light shelves cut solar loads.
• Energy recovery systems capture energy from cool and dry building exhaust air.
• Variable flow water and air systems are used in the building during off-peak times.
Skanska USA Building, Inc.
Lectern – Distance Education Classroom
Students Find “Comfort Zone”
in New Building
Whether sitting in classrooms in the pursuit of learning, cramming for
tests at study carrels, or socializing with friends in the student commons,
students in the new NHS Building have many “comfort zones.”
CNHS leaders worked closely with the building’s architects to design
the NHS Building to make their students feel as much at home as
possible. “We had a collective vision to make this a student-centric
building,” said Dean Divina Grossman. “Our students are the heart of the
College. We wanted to create a comfortable, calming learning
environment that would be socially welcoming and inviting as well as
academically progressive and replete with advanced education tools and
resources.”
Students are already taking advantage of the countless seating areas
throughout the building, such as comfortable chairs, sofas, lounges and
benches where they can congregate, pore over notes from the latest
chapter in their text books, or even take a well-earned nap between, not
through, classes.
Other “student-friendly” features include:
•Student Activities Center
•Student Services Center
•Student commons area, café and patio
•PhD carrel room
•Student lockers
Mathew Forbes Romer Foundation, Inc.
Pediatric Evaluation Lab
Dr. Kathleen K. Blais
Lectern – Auditorium
SimRoom
Gaumard SimFamily
Patient simulators being utilized in the NHS Building include the Gaumard SimFamily of
Five: mother, father, two children and newborn patients. Patient simulators are used in the
instruction of adult, pediatric, neonatal and advanced patient care. The SimFamily of Five
was donated by Gaumard Scientific, Inc., developers of interactive computer-operated
adult and pediatric patient mannequins used in healthcare education.
Landmark Moments
April 10, 2008
February 6, 2009
June 5, 2009
February 4, 2010
Dean Grossman and students break
ground on the new NHS Building site.
NHS Building is “Topped Off” – a construction milestone
marking the moment the final piece of concrete is put into
place to complete the roof of a new building.
Construction company Skanska USA
Building, Inc. held an Appreciation
BBQ for more than 220 of its workers
and subcontractors.
Official dedication of
the Nursing & Health
Sciences Building.
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Special Thanks...
to all of the friends and supporters of the FIU College of Nursing & Health
Sciences who have contributed so generously to the building campaign.
Pick Your Seat, Leave Your Legacy
The principal seats of knowledge of the new NHS Building are located in the
impressive 300-seat auditorium on the first floor of the Classroom/Lab Wing.
We thank the following CNHS supporters for their generosity in the “Name Your
Seat” Campaign to help secure the future of nursing and healthcare education at FIU.
Alan W. Smith, Inc.
Athletic Training
Faculty/Alumni/Students
Beverlin Allen
Taime Armenteros Roque
Prof. Elizabeth Azutillo
Class of 2009 Anesthesiology
Nursing
Class of 2010 Anesthesiology
Nursing
Class of 2011 Anesthesiology
Nursing
Dr. Charles Buscemi
Doreen Coombs
Dr. Helen Cornely
Valerie Diaz
Dr. Lucie Dlugasch
Carol Drozdowicz Gow
Arthur & Amelia Finkle
Capt. Jacinto J. Garrido
Jennifer Gober &
Jason Powe
Dr. Juan Gonzalez
Prof. Vince &
Daisy Gonzalez
Deisy Gonzalez
Dr. Josephine Gordon
Prof. Vanessa Gordon
Prof. Yhovana Gordon
Dr. Jeffrey Groom
Dr. Divina Grossman
Patricia Harris
Amy Hicks
Dr. Sande Gracia Jones
Dr. Florence Keane
Kinetic Kids, Inc.
Sandra Kreul
Prof. Carol Lambdin
Maria T. Leik
Karen Levin
Prof. Diane Loffredo
Christine Marambio
Victor Martinez
Mathew Forbes Romer
Foundation, Inc.
Prof. Jampierre Mato
Prof. Elizabeth Olafson
Margarita Ollet
Dr. Yvonne Parchment
Byung S. Park
Past & Present Occupational
Therapy Faculty
Dr. Carol Patsdaughter
Dr. Sue Phillips
Dr. Sharon Pontious
Dr. Luz Porter
Dr. Carol Pyles
Dr. Marilys Randolph
Nancy Roberts
Prof. Pamela Shaffner
Prof. Dana Sherman
Sigma Omega Zeta
Southeast Mechanical Contractors
Brent Spechler
Sprinklermatic AFS
Trainor Glass Company
Wendy Urso
Joanne Van Nostrand
Wal-Mark Contracting Group, LLC
Prof. Linda Wunder
Carolyn Zaumeyer
To select and name an auditorium
seat online, visit:
http://cnhs.fiu.edu/advancement
• BSN
Generic
Foreign MD-to-RN
RN to BSN
• MSN
Adult Health
Child Health
Family Health
Nurse Anesthetist
Nursing Administration
RN to MSN
• PHD
Health Sciences
Dr. Alma Abdel-Moty
Daniel Acevedo
Nancy P. Adams
Robin M. Adams
Terry Ahern
Amparo Alvarez
Yairis Alvarez
Jacqueline E. Amazon
Tamara Eve Anderson
Barbara F. Andrews
Patricia Aponte
Areanne Aragon
Carla F. Arauz
June Arellano
Yaqueline Arjona-Monteagudo
Crystal G. Barcenas
Hale M. Barrett
Leonel Blandon
Guerna Blot
Eunice E. Boyce
Teresa Brasac
Catherine Budd
Dean W. Bunkowske
Liudmila Camejo
Dori & William Cameron
Margarita Carbonell
Marie Jocelyne Cerisier
Marianne Cesarotti
Maria Luisa Chamorro
Melissa Choto
Kimberly G. Christian
Pui Keung S. Chu
Christina Clemente
Lynn Nelson Coleman
Kathleen M. Collister
Jacqueline Colon
Virgilia Corces
Maureen Grace Corpuz
Marta Ayleen Costas
Adam Crelling
Pia Cristancho
Van Cronkhite
Alexina Claire Crovella
Yoel Cruz
Teresita Cueto
May Dahl
Lissette & Jesus Del Risco
Victor A. Delgado
Lauren Diamond
Carol A. Dietrich
Florrette Douglas
Stephen Dressler
John Edmund Duffy
Maria Dumlao
Ekambaram Ellan
Bernadette Emerick
Maria Estrada
Anne Marie Farinas
Susan Lynch Fischer
Patricia Forsyth
Susan E. Gabriel
Rosalie I. Gioino
Sandra Gomez
Arturo Gonzalez
Jacqueline Gonzalez
Jorge Gonzalez-Barrera
Vashti Gordon
Bellen L. Grand
Nadege Guerrier
Fiorella Gutierrez
Norella Gutierrez
Julio Cesar Hernandez
Ivelisse Hernandez-Obeso
Nola Holness
Elsie & Gene Howard
Hector Huerta
Lisa Ibata
Mary Louise Jorda
Denise Kamsler
Mary E. Kasprak
Jane Katzen
Vladimy Lafontant
Eugene & Leah Kinnaird
Dee S. Lear
Marlene Ledo
Merina Lee
Alma Liu
Fang Fang Liu
Paolo V. Lizardo
Alice Long
Olga Lopez
Cynthia L. Marano
Patricia McCown
Joyce Mendez
Tamy Lyn Migoski
Winsome Anglin Miller
Fernando Miranda
Andrea Mohammed
Celia M. Mola
Christopher Moody
Caridad Moreno
Monica Musiet
William D. Myers
Eduardo Navarro
Carmen S. Nieves
JoAnn Nieves
Sherifat Joke Orukotan
David Pastor
Rebecca Pedroso
Alexis Pena
Ana Penenori-Montoto
Daniel Piloto
Gail Pucker
Troy Register
Maite Reimundo
Linda Reiser
Aleena Richards
Rick W. Rike
Melody S. Rodgman
Jessica Rolon
Ramona Menguez Salinel
Glen Sampson
Brian Sexton
Andrea Seymore
Katherine Ann Simcic
Sharon M. Southee
Peter Spagnoli
Leslie Spencer-Applewhite
Freddy St. Phar
Mindy Talley
Karline M. Telusma
Kathleen Thibeault
Rosa N. Thornton
Barbara A. Toboul
Beverly Torbert
Gracelle Toussaint
Jaime Valencia
Manuel L. Vales
Raquel Van Der Biest
Lilia M. Vento
Gloria Vignau
Alice White
Irene Fernandez &
William J. Cardenas
Sandra Williams
Wyrlene Williams
Angela Wright
Stephanie Wright
Roman Zalac
Thank You to our Dedication Day event sponsors: Baptist Health South Florida • Anesthesia Associates of Greater
Miami, PA • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida • Kendall Regional Medical Center • Memorial Healthcare System • Miami Beach
Anesthesiology Associates, Inc. • United HomeCare Services • Vitas • Brasa Nova Grill • Elsevier • Health Foundation of South
Florida • Sheridan Healthcare • Health Council of South Florida • Health Choice Network • Sharon Fine
Dedication Day
February 4, 2010
• Communication Sciences
& Disorders
• Health Information Mgmt.
• Health Sciences
• Occupational Therapy
• Physical Therapy
NHS Building
Stats & Facts
• 5 stories, 2-wings
totaling 115,000 sq. ft.
• 300-seat auditorium for
large classes, events
• One 90-person distance
education classroom
and two 60-person
classrooms
• 15 teaching, research
and training lab areas
Altruistic Alumni,
Faculty & Friends
Special Edition Community Report
• Athletic Training
FIU College of Nursing & Health Sciences Dedicates
New $34 Million Building, February 4, 2010
• 6 conference rooms
• “Student-centric” design
with dedicated group/
individual study areas,
social gathering spots
• Modular design
features to facilitate
flexibility and
accommodate user
requirements over
the full life span of
the building
• Wet research lab space
with flexible generic
spaces for bench research
• Eco-friendly LEED
building, featuring
environmentally
sustainable design
elements throughout
• Home to Miami’s first
“Green Roof”
• Aesthetic elements
that promote a vision of
health and wellness
• “Disaster-resistant”
design for hurricane
and flood mitigation
with backup power
for critical systems
Advanced Teaching, Research Facility Raises Bar for Nursing & Healthcare Education
On February 4, 2010, Florida International
University (FIU) College of Nursing & Health Sciences
(CNHS) kicks off a day-long celebration to dedicate its
extraordinary new teaching and research facility on the
Modesto A. Maidique Campus.
The new $34 million Nursing & Health Sciences
(NHS) Building encompasses 115,000 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 serves all departments of the
CNHS: Nursing, Physical Therapy, Occupational
Therapy, Communication Sciences & Disorders, Athletic
Training, Health Sciences, and Health Information
Management.
CNHS administrators worked closely with the globally
recognized architectural firm HOK and its lead architect,
Yann Weymouth, to create one of the most
technologically advanced and innovative nursing and
healthcare teaching facilities in the region.
Dr. Divina Grossman, Dean of the College, remarked
on the excitement generated by the new building,
“The technology and resources that come with the new
building will foster cutting-edge nursing and healthcare
education standards and practices, support important
research discoveries, and set the benchmark for
advanced academic studies and instruction in nursing
and health sciences.”
The Dedication Day Celebration begins with a
symposium in the morning, Addressing the Nation’s
Healthcare Priorities Through Research & Leadership. This
thought-provoking forum features two panel discussions
with leaders from the National Institutes of Health, the
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, as well as
distinguished CNHS alumni. The celebration continues in
the afternoon with a special presentation by University
and College administrators and dignitaries, a ribbon
cutting ceremony, tours of the building, and guest
receptions with musical entertainment.
The Gateway to FIU’s Academic Health
Sciences Center
The NHS Building stands as the gateway to the
University’s highly anticipated campus health center. The
Building’s distinct 5-story, 2-wing (Classroom/Lab Wing
and Administrative Wing) structure connected by upperlevel walkways creates a gateway that straddles the
proposed Avenue of the Sciences. This leads to the
Academic Health Sciences Center emerging on the
northeast corner of the Modesto A. Maidique Campus.
Next on the landscape will be the new Miami-Dade
County Health Department building, co-located with the
Robert Stempel College of Public Health & Social Work,
and the Miami-Dade County Ambulatory Care Center.
Grossman continued, “Our new building represents this
University’s commitment to produce highly skilled,
culturally competent nurses and healthcare professionals
who will serve our communities. We welcome the continued support from the community, private enterprise and
government in translating this vision into concrete reality.”