Construction of Integrated Health Studies Building will begin this month
Construction on the Center for Integrated Health Studies could begin as early as this week, said College of Health Professions Dean Thomas Masterson.
An official groundbreaking ceremony will take place at 11 a.m. April 19 on the south lawn outside of the Health Professions building.
Trees have been cleared from the lawn west of the HP building to prepare for the construction of the new center, which will be attached to the current HP building.
The construction of the $26 million center was approved by the Central Michigan University Board of Trustees at their meeting June 29.
Masterson said students can expect to see a fence put up around the construction site soon.
The new building will include classrooms, a 150-seat auditorium, laboratories dedicated to specific programs like the physician assistant program and the physical therapy program and an inter-professional education center.
“All of our clinical programs have to learn to work together to care for patients,” Masterson said.
A slideshow with blueprints of the proposed building is available to view on the CHP webpage on the CMU website.
Construction is currently on schedule and should be completed by the end of summer 2019.
