Excerpt from the Dayton Business Journal
A $2.8 million building project is underway at a local university's satellite campus.
Wright State University-Lake Campus in Celina is expanding Andrews Hall by some 7,000 square feet. The project will make way for a new Library and Technology Center, science education classroom and research lab, as well as space for the bachelor of science in nursing program.
The Lake Campus broke ground on the project in fall 2018, and construction is expected to be completed by the start of the fall 2019 semester.
The campuses' newest construction project will provide needed space for the blossoming nursing program, university officials say. About two-thirds of the expanded space in Andrews Hall will house the Nursing Simulation Learning Resource Center, tripling the space available to nursing students at Lake Campus.
The new space also will provide more opportunities for students to get hands-on training. It will include a six-bed open lab space for students to practice skill development; two private rooms; and a simulation room equipped with a high-fidelity simulator.
The high-fidelity simulator allows nursing students to participate in simulation scenarios to improve their critical thinking and assessment skills. It creates “real-life” situations in which students provide care to the simulator in a safe environment. Students can administer medications, assess heart and lung sounds, insert catheters and provide CPR to the mannequin while under the supervision of faculty members.
