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Campus Scene IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Creighton University To Build New Health Sciences Campus
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY—a Jesuit, Catholic university located in Omaha, NE— has reached an agreement on the construction of a new, nearly $100 million health sciences campus in midtown Phoenix, AZ, a significant expansion of the university’s current presence in the state.
Phase one of the project includes a new building totaling 200,000 square feet and even- tually will house nearly 800 Creighton health sciences students in Arizona. The expansion will include a four-year medical school, nursing school, occupational and physical therapy schools, pharmacy school, physician assistant school, and emergency medical services program. A second building adjacent to the first may be added in the future.
Construction on the new building will begin in spring 2019, the first on the Phoe- nix site in decades, and is expected to be completed in spring 2021. In the interim, Creighton University’s College of Nursing, which launched its first Phoenix-based Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program in January, will move into a temporary home in Phoenix effective January 2019.
Ask the Expert
This Month
Classroom Furniture
What is ‘active
learning?’
IN GENERAL, ACTIVE LEARNING MEANS
students engage with the material, participate in the class, and collaborate with each other. Rather than sitting passively while listen-
ing to an instructor, or doing independent heads-down work, the student may work with his peers, follow an interactive project-based curriculum, participate in robust discussions, or a variety of other activities which ensure the student is immersed in the subject at hand.
Researchers have found that the more students are engaged, the greater their progress and retention. When instructors utilize active learning, they often find students display a deeper understanding of the course material. What’s more, today’s Millennial and Generation Z students tend to prefer the more dynamic environment which active learning provides.
In active learning spaces, the instructor may choose to engage students further by al- lowing them choices. For example, the choice of which task to focus on, which peers to work with, or where to work within the classroom. Or even outside of the classroom, such as in a corridor or other space in the building.
In addition to providing choices, active learning classrooms are most effective when the furnishings are flexible, mobile, and able to support whatever activity is taking place in the space at that time. Ideally, the instructor or students can rearrange the room without help from the custodial staff.
Consider using classroom furniture that can be reconfigured easily. Also, choose chairs that enable students to interact with each other, and with the instructor. Utilizing a va- riety of furniture types also supports personal choice and ownership, while providing a space that resonates with students at all levels.
Lisa Schmidt, LEED-AP, is the director of Strategic Initiatives at National Office Furniture. She can be reached at Lisa.Schmidt@National OfficeFurniture.com.
Yale Unveils Plans
for Peabody Museum
Yale University has announced an addition and renovation to the historic Yale Peabody Museum of Natural His- tory in New Haven, CT.
This undertaking will be the first major work on the landmark build- ing since it opened in 1925, and will modernize the Peabody Museum by substantially increasing exhibit space and on-site collections.
The new construction, designed by Centerbrook Architects, will be a four-story infill addition between the Peabody and neighboring Environmental Science Center (ESC). The addition will feature a new glass entrance tower that faces the adjacent Kline
Geology Laboratory (KGL) and a dramatic sky-lit four-story central gallery.
The Peabody Museum is among the oldest and largest university-based natural history museums. The current collections include more than 13 million objects and represents more than 4 billion years of geological, biological, and human history.
St. George’s University
Expands Tuition
Refund Program
St. George’s University, on the island of Grenada in the West Indies, has announced the expansion of its “Pay It Forward” program, which will permit
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