Nursing + Student Wellness Center Construction

About the Nursing + Student Wellness Center

By constructing a new 32,000-square-foot Nursing + Student Wellness Center, Emporia State University will significantly enhance the academic experience for students and fulfill several logistical and fiscal goals that prioritize infrastructure consolidation and energy consumption. Completion of the new on-campus facility is expected in the fall of 2025.

ESU’s highly-regarded nursing program currently operates at Newman Regional Health’s Cora Miller Hall. Constructing the new Nursing + Student Wellness Center will allow ESU to expand and enhance its nursing program, bring students and faculty to the center of campus and provide the nursing program state-of-the-art labs and learning spaces. The center will also house the university’s student wellness, healthcare and counseling services.

Additional features for nursing students include:

• Simulation rooms: Three medical-surgical (one set up as an emergency department), one LDRP (labor, delivery, recovery, postpartum) and one pediatrics.
• 11-bed skills lab.
• Two adaptable classrooms.
• Spacious student lounge.
• Student success center.

The new center will be built in the heart of campus, where Central Morse Hall was previously located.

Construction of the Nursing + Student Wellness Center has been made possible by the state of Kansas, donors to ESU’s Together, Forward campaign, the Walter S. & Evan C. Jones Testamentary Trust, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee and the Sunderland Foundation. The Jones Trust and the Sunderland Foundation have each awarded ESU $5 million grants for the facility’s construction.

Make a gift today

Funding for this facility is nearly complete, but your support will help us close the remaining gap. Make a gift today to support future nurses and the health and wellbeing of you, your loved ones and the countless other patients they will serve. Visit emporia.edu/supportnursing to make a gift!

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AR images

Explore the interior and exterior of the Nursing + Student Wellness Center through AR images.