Rutgers to Dedicate New Nursing Building in New Brunswick; Offers Modern Classrooms and Labs for Teaching, Research

Date

March 25, 2009

WHAT:	Dedication of new College of Nursing Building in New Brunswick, including facility tour
WHO:	Richard L. McCormick, president, Rutgers University Lucille Joel, interim dean, College of Nursing, Rutgers University James M. Cahill, mayor, New Brunswick Steven J. Diner, chancellor, Rutgers University, Newark Joseph F. Vitale, New Jersey state senator, 19th legislative district Stephen K. Jones, president and CEO, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
WHEN:	2 p.m., Tuesday, March 31
WHERE:	College of Nursing Building, 110 Paterson Street, New Brunswick
BACKGROUND:	The Rutgers College of Nursing has built a new 18,000-square-foot building to better serve its 250 nursing students in New Brunswick. The building provides modern classrooms, faculty offices, a lecture hall, an expanded clinical learning laboratory and examination rooms. Replacing two older facilities on the university’s College Avenue Campus, the new building features technologically advanced practice laboratories that will better prepare nursing students for careers in hospitals, nursing homes, home care and community health care settings. The Rutgers College of Nursing is an international leader in advanced practice nursing education and nursing research. It was the first in New Jersey to offer research doctorate (Ph.D.) degrees in Nursing in 1989, and this year, it will award its first professional doctorate (DNP – Doctor of Nursing Practice) degrees. Faculty and students participate in many federally funded research programs aimed at promoting healthy living among the state’s diverse populations.

Media Contact: Carl Blesch
732-932-7084 x616
E-mail: cblesch@ur.rutgers.edu