The Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology is constructing a $15 million health sciences building on its Pleasant Gap campus.
The 32,500-square-foot building will be next to the existing campus and will include three levels of housing study rooms, lecture halls and clinical labs, reports Centre Daily Times.
Labs will include a mock doctor’s office, a nursing skills lab, a surgical tech room, a scrub room, a patient recovery room, an occupational therapy room and other spaces. The building also includes a large outdoor patio.
The school's postsecondary students will primarily use the building. Construction of the new facility will enable students to earn degrees in nursing, surgical technology, assistant occupational therapy and health care management.
Funds for construction will come from a $3 million allocation from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to build the second floor of the building.
Construction is expected to be completed in early 2025.
