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THURSDAY, OCT. 19, 2023
University breaks ground on health sciences building Students, staff, administrators, Trustees, community attend ceremony
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I’m so excited about this building, what it means for our current and future generations of students, as well as our faculty and rest of our University community.” — Elmhurst University president Dr. Troy VanAken
as well as our faculty and rest of our University community,” he said. The 45,000-square foot, state-ofthe-art facility will be a hub for the nursing, public health, occupational therapy, and communication sciences and disorders programs. The new facility will house a simulation space and virtual reality lab, as well as a new speech-language-hearing clinic, classrooms, offices and labs. It also will also house the Jans Center for Veterans, a resource center for student veterans and students actively serving in the military. Diane Salvador, dean of the School of Health Sciences, said the new building will benefit not only faculty and students, but also members of the broader community. For example, the new speech-hearing clinic will be more accessible to clients, and the larger space will allow for more patients to be seen, as well as the opening of an interprofessional
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Elmhurst University leaders (from left) Kent Dahlgren, Wes Becton, Hugh McLean, Diane Salvador and Troy VanAken, as well as Elmhurst Mayor Scott Levin, have a few laughs after using shovels to officially break the ground for a new health sciences building on Thursday, Oct. 12. The 45,000-square foot, state-of-the-art facility will be a hub for nursing, public health, occupational therapy, and communication sciences and disorders programs. The $30 million facility is scheduled to be completed by the spring of 2025. More photos inside.
ISP squad car reportedly struck while handling a crash near I-290 and York On Oct. 12 at approximately 3:54 a.m., Illinois State Police (ISP) officials investigated a two-vehicle crash involving an ISP officer’s squad car that was reportedly hit by a motorist who allegedly failed to move over nearI-290 westbound and York Road in Elmhurst. On the above date and time, an ISP Troop 3 trooper was stationary on the right shoulder of I-290 westbound with emergency lights activated, handling a
crash. A Nissan Rogue, traveling westbound, failed to move over, striking the rear driver side of the ISP squad car, according to police. The trooper was outside of the squad car at the time of the crash and was uninjured. The driver of the Nissan, 23-year-old Isaac L. Blount
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During a ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 12 attended by a large crowd of Elmhurst University employees, trustees and students and community leaders, the University broke ground on a health sciences building that will become a multidisciplinary hub for learning and innovation. Hugh McLean, chair of the Elmhurst University Board of Trustees, opened the event by recalling that a similar gathering hadn’t taken place since 2008, when the West Hall residence hall was completed. “For the last 15 years, we’ve been waiting for another opportunity to break ground and do great things,” he said. Elmhurst Mayor Scott Levin congratulated the University, highlighting the close relationship that the City of Elmhurst and the University have enjoyed for decades, and “the prestige that this University brings to our city.” “Health care is a leading industry in this country and in our economy,” he said. “The University has recognized this and invested heavily in health care services through their programs. This new health sciences building will add so much to the campus.” Elmhurst University President Dr. Troy D. VanAken expressed gratitude to city officials for their collaboration, and also thanked University trustees and donors, faculty, administrators and staff for the “great teamwork, leadership and partnership across campus that has brought us to this day.” “I’m so excited about this building, what it means for our current and future generations of students,