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Michael D. Chason |
IMMEDIATE JULY 5, 2005
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TIFTON—The new Health Sciences building at
Floyd Wright, Vice President of
Fiscal Affairs said, “We expect the building to be finished a few weeks ahead
of schedule.”
The 41,424 square foot, $7.2 million building
will serve two functions. The building will be the site for classrooms and
clinical labs for nursing students, as well as house the student health center
for everyone on the ABAC campus. The classrooms and labs will make up
three-fourths of the building’s space leaving the remainder for the student
health center.
Eight classrooms will be in the new
building, including two that seat 100 students each. Four general labs are included in the plans
as well as three small specialty labs.
Administrative offices for Nursing
and Health Services Division Chair Wanda Golden and her faculty and staff will
move from Gaines Hall into the new building upon its completion.
Tom Call, Interim President of ABAC,
said, “This building will give us space for our students that we just don’t
have right now. Nursing is our biggest major, and this building will give us
the space and facilities it deserves.”
The new building will be located on
the site formally occupied by Creswell Hall and the
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