Kennesaw State’s four-story promise to nursing

In December, construction will begin on a four-story building for the WellStar College of Health and Human Services at Kennesaw State University. The $60 million project includes 10 classrooms, 18 labs, four computer labs, five seminar rooms, a 230-seat auditorium, a research center and 120 faculty offices.

Kennesaw State produces one of every five Bachelor of Science in Nursing graduates in Georgia. Yet the college turns away more than 80 percent of qualified applicants because of classroom shortages.

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Completion of Kennesaw State University’s WellStar College of Health and Human Services building in 2010 will allow 100 more nurses to take classes each year. An additional 250 students annually will be able to pursue the college’s other health and human services programs.

Once the building is completed, an additional 100 nursing students will be able to take classes each year. An additional 250 students annually will be able to enroll in the college’s other health and human services programs.

The 196,000-square-foot building will be in the heart of the main campus. It will house the WellStar College Global Center for Social Change and will focus on exercise science, biomechanics, physical education and sport sciences.

The building, scheduled to open in 2010, will be environmentally friendly and LEED-certified.

— This report is a reprint from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.