Before a crowd of faculty, staff, students and alumni, Cal State Long Beach (CSULB) recently dedicated the campus’s new School of Nursing Building, a $4.3-million project that is the first addition to the university’s nursing facilities since 1975.
With nearly 10,600 gross square feet, the new building includes teaching labs, a computer lab, faculty and administrative offices and support spaces for the School of Nursing. Construction on the project was completed at the beginning of the fall semester, and students will begin attending classes in the building next spring semester.
“You don’t know how happy I am,” said Loucine Huckabay, director of the CSULB School of Nursing, when she took to the podium. “This is indeed a day we have been waiting for many years, and this day was made possible through the efforts of many individuals, families and our wonderful service partners.”
“This is the place where professional nurses will be educated to transform the healthcare delivery system and meet the challenges of reform for the betterment of patient care,” Huckabay explained. “As the largest component of the healthcare workforce, nurses are uniquely positioned to be in the forefront and take charge to ensure that acceptable, high-quality care is available to all of our nation’s diverse populations.”
