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Sep 01

Transformational Expansion Creates Spaces for Classrooms, Technology

by jennifer audette

The new AdventHealth University Welcome Center will house non-academic departments such as business, marketing, and financial aid.

Courtesy of HuntonBrady Architects

Renovations at the current Campus Center Building include remodeling the cafeteria to become a student lounge area.

Courtesy of HuntonBrady Architects

The AHU Simulation Center will be a multi-story building focused on state-of-the-art simulation and learning opportunities for students, particularly those in nursing programs.

Courtesy of HuntonBrady Architects

AdventHealth University (AHU) is embarking on the largest expansion project in its 32-year history, a multi-phase expansion and renovation effort that will increase classroom space, provide leading-edge simulation equipment and technology, and create new student spaces.

“As AdventHealth University’s student enrollment continues to grow, we want to provide intentional spaces that promote learning, professional excellence, and well-being,” said C. Josef Ghosn, Ed.D., FACHE, president of AdventHealth University. “This expansion and renovation provides students additional tools, modalities, and opportunities to become proficient in whole-person care.”

The expansion includes:

• Demolition of the former AdventHealth Center for Behavioral Health, and construction of the multi-story AHU Simulation Center, including two immersive-learning lecture halls, dedicated operating room and birthing suites, spacious nursing skills lab, and state-of-the-art manikins with lifelike features and real-world medical issues.

• Creation of the AHU Welcome Center, housing non-academic departments, such as Financial Aid, Marketing, and Business.

• Renovations in the current Campus Center Building to remodel the cafeteria, create more classrooms, and generate more student space.

Construction is expected to be complete by December 2025.

“These new learning spaces will facilitate low-, mid- or high-fidelity simulation for all students, particularly nursing students, allowing them to apply their lessons in hands-on learning environments,” said Arlene Johnson, Ph.D., ANP-BC, FNP-BC, RN, interim dean of nursing at AHU. “We are especially excited about implementing the latest virtual and augmented reality technology that allows students to practice in a safe environment, gain confidence, and excel.”

As the U.S. faces a shortage of nurses and physicians, AHU is striving for ambitious goals to nearly double its student enrollment by 2026, a plan that also includes tripling its nursing student enrollment to more than 1,200 by 2030, to stem the shortfall of health care professionals.

The University’s last campus addition was construction of its three-story Graduate Building in 2014. The current Orlando campus is composed of the three-story Campus Center Building and Graduate Building, and two-story Nursing Building and General Education Building, all containing a mixture of classrooms, lab space, and administrative offices.

AHU offers 24 health care degrees, from associate to doctoral level, and dozens of workforce development certificates. Its location in Denver is celebrating its 15th anniversary in 2024, and construction is underway on a Tampa location that will open in January 2025.

AdventHealth University | September 2024

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