College of Nursing Celebrates Expansion of Gilbert Facility
(From left) Gilbert Mayor Brigette Peterson, University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins, MD, Wilbur Wildcat, Kathleen Insel, PhD, interim dean of the UArizona College of Nursing, Rep. Andy Biggs and University of Arizona Health Sciences Senior Vice President Michael D. Dake, MD, cut the ceremonial ribbon for the new and renovated College of Nursing facilities in Gilbert, Arizona.
The University of Arizona College of Nursing celebrated an expansion and renovation of its facilities in Gilbert, Arizona, on Nov. 2 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and tour.
The fourth-floor expansion accommodates the college’s Master of Science in Nursing – Entry to the Profession program, which was previously based at the Phoenix Bioscience Core in downtown Phoenix. The college’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing integrative health pathway has occupied the third floor of the University Building in downtown Gilbert since 2019. The third floor is equipped with a newly renovated eight-bed skills lab and a nursing simulation suite designed to replicate a hospital patient-care setting.
Gilbert Mayor Brigette Peterson oversaw the event as the master of ceremonies. Remarks from University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins, MD, University of Arizona Health Sciences Senior Vice President Michael D. Dake, MD, Kathleen Insel, PhD, interim dean of the UArizona College of Nursing, and Rep. Andy Biggs preceded the ceremony.
The University of Arizona College of Nursing now occupies the entire third and fourth floors of the University Building in Gilbert, Arizona.
UArizona Health Sciences Senior Vice President Michael D. Dake, MD, stands at the entrance of the College of Nursing’s renovated third-floor facility in Gilbert, Arizona.
People who attended the UArizona College of Nursing’s ribbon-cutting ceremony in Gilbert, Arizona, were treated to tours of the newly renovated third and fourth floors.
University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins, MD, an internationally recognized cardiac surgeon, checks the simulated heart rate of a manikin in the College of Nursing’s renovated third-floor simulation lab in Gilbert, Arizona.
Gilbert town council members and mayor join UArizona leadership and Wilbur Wildcat for the College of Nursing’s ribbon-cutting ceremony in Gilbert, Arizona.
Kathleen Insel, PhD, (left) interim dean of the UArizona College of Nursing, celebrates the opening of the college’s new facility in Gilbert, Arizona, with Wilbur Wildcat and Lisa Rulney, MBA, University of Arizona senior vice president and chief financial officer of business affairs.
Gilbert, Arizona, town council member Scott September tries on Wilbur Wildcat’s hat during the ribbon-cutting event at the UArizona College of Nursing’s renovated facility.
Wilbur Wildcat jokes around with University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins, MD, at the UArizona College of Nursing’s ribbon-cutting ceremony in Gilbert, Arizona.
Carla Holloway (left), MEd, the university’s executive director of distance and continuing education, visits with Debbie Robinson, clinical placement coordinator for the College of Nursing, after the ribbon-cutting ceremony in Gilbert, Arizona.