UAA celebrates the groundbreaking of its new Health Sciences Building this afternoon

by Kathleen McCoy  |   

Friday, Oct. 24, 4 p.m.
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The $46 million, 62,500 square-foot building, to be situated next to Providence Alaska Medical Center across the street from the Wells Fargo Sports Complex on Piper St., will deliver state-of-the-art training to students. The new 3-story Health Sciences Building will house the medical, nursing, clinical laboratory and physician assistant programs. Classrooms and student services will be located on the ground floor, instructional laboratories will be located on the second level, with faculty and staff offices on the top floor.

Some of the building's features will include distance classrooms to connect students from rural communities; interactive simulation labs; clinical and instructional labs and classrooms; instructional spaces designed for interactive learning and collaborative hands-on experiences.

The public is invited to attend the celebratory event! Please R.S.V.P. to anias2@uaa.alaska.edu.

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