{"id":28263,"date":"2019-12-10T05:30:57","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T11:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=28263"},"modified":"2019-12-09T22:38:50","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T04:38:50","slug":"apsu-unveils-vision-for-new-health-professions-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2019\/12\/10\/apsu-unveils-vision-for-new-health-professions-building\/","title":{"rendered":"APSU unveils vision for new Health Professions Building"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AustinClarksville, TN<\/strong> – On Friday morning, Austin Peay State University (APSU) unveiled its vision for a new Health Professions Building that will one day consolidate the University\u2019s growing healthcare-related programs under one roof.<\/p>\n

Those programs include the School of Nursing and the departments of allied health sciences, health and human performance, psychological science and counseling and social work.<\/p>\n

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A rendering of the the proposed Austin Peay State University Health Professions Building. (APSU)<\/p><\/div>\n

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The proposed facility has been in the planning stages for several years, but the project received a boost earlier this fall when the Tennessee Higher Education Commission ranked it as the No. 3 project on the state\u2019s building list.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey (APSU faculty) have done a great job preparing students for these great careers, but campus facilities are really critical in these particular areas,\u201d APSU President Alisa White said. \u201cYou don\u2019t want someone graduating with a health degree using old technology\u2026it\u2019s really important that we provide that opportunity for our students.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 114,600-square-foot, three-story Health Professions Building will be located on Eighth Street, just north of the Maynard Mathematics and Computer Science Building, and it will feature state-of-the-art research labs, active learning classrooms and collaborative learning spaces. If the state approves this project, construction will likely begin in 2021, with the building opening for classes for the fall 2023 semester.<\/p>\n

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The 114,600-square-foot, three-story building will be located on Eighth Street. (APSU)<\/p><\/div>\n

In the last five years, Austin Peay State University has experienced extraordinary growth in the five academic departments that prepare students for healthcare careers, and once these individuals leave campus, they enter one of the best local job markets in the country. In the Nashville area alone, the healthcare industry contributes more than $46 billion and more than 270,000 jobs to the local economy each year.<\/p>\n

Today, the University\u2019s health professions students are scattered across campus, from the McCord Building to the Clement Building to the Sundquist Build to the Dunn Center, but once they leave campus, they\u2019ll work in a field that is moving more toward interdisciplinary collaboration. The new Health Professions Building will encourage this type of collaborative education.<\/p>\n

[320left]\u201cI would lead with the idea of synergy and the idea that we have all these really strong departments, but we don\u2019t have that synergy where we\u2019re in the same place and we can have these practicum experiences that look like hospital experiences or clinical experiences and those types of things,\u201d Dr. Tucker Brown, dean of the APSU College of Behavioral and Health Sciences, said.<\/p>\n

Dr. Karen Meisch, interim dean of the APSU College of STEM, said the public will also benefit from this collaboration because many of Austin Peay State University\u2019s graduates will work as health professionals in Clarksville.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving everybody in that space to be able to work together and understand everybody\u2019s role is going to be really key for them going out and approaching a patient as a team,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Austin Peay State University has the lowest ratio of available square footage to full-time equivalency students in the state. The new building, if approved, will provide much needed space for classrooms, laboratories and faculty offices, while also allowing these programs to grow. Dr. Chad Brooks, associate provost for research and dean of the APSU College of Graduate Studies, said the new building will allow the University to develop more healthcare related programs.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a very optimistic time for Austin Peay State University,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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