As construction on the new campus bookstore and the library renovations wind down, the University of West Georgia community can expect a new construction project — funding has been approved to build the new nursing building.
The current facility, in the annex of the Education Building, was built to house about 120 students, 14 faculty and one staff member. The number of students and faculty in the program have more than doubled since the facility was built. The one classroom remaining in the building is not large enough to house most of the lectures so students use other facilities. Rooms were renovated to become offices and there is limited storage – equipment worth thousands of dollars can be found sitting in rooms where it does not belong.
“We’re managing but we could do so much better,” said Ph.D. Kathryn Grams, RN, dean and professor of the School of Nursing.
The building project is part of the state budget signed into law late Tuesday by Gov. Nathan Deal. Construction on the $16 million building cannot begin until after the state sells the bonds to pay for it. Grams said work on the shovel-ready project should begin in the fall and take about two years.
Read more:Times-Georgian - UWG gets approval for nursing building
The current facility, in the annex of the Education Building, was built to house about 120 students, 14 faculty and one staff member. The number of students and faculty in the program have more than doubled since the facility was built. The one classroom remaining in the building is not large enough to house most of the lectures so students use other facilities. Rooms were renovated to become offices and there is limited storage – equipment worth thousands of dollars can be found sitting in rooms where it does not belong.
“We’re managing but we could do so much better,” said Ph.D. Kathryn Grams, RN, dean and professor of the School of Nursing.
The building project is part of the state budget signed into law late Tuesday by Gov. Nathan Deal. Construction on the $16 million building cannot begin until after the state sells the bonds to pay for it. Grams said work on the shovel-ready project should begin in the fall and take about two years.
Read more:Times-Georgian - UWG gets approval for nursing building
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