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Bismarck, North Dakota
BSC Health Sciences A new multimillion dollar Health Sciences facility, complete with a simulated hospital, is inspiring the next generation of healthcare workers in North Dakota. For years, Bismarck State College’s (BSC) Health Sciences programs have been housed in downtown Bismarck, miles from the college’s main campus. Students and faculty were rapidly
simply didn’t have the space for the students,” said Mari Volk, Dean of Current and Emerging Technologies. “This new building has allowed us to not only expand our current programs as far as how many students we can take, but also expand our course offerings.” BSC’s new Health Sciences building, which opened its doors in June 2019, is equipped with the stateof-the-art-technology and equipment needed to prepare students for careers in healthcare. In addition to traditional classrooms, the building
outgrowing the existing space, and facing a statewide shortage of healthcare workers, BSC knew it was time for a change. In 2014, the BSC Foundation purchased the Unisys property adjacent to campus in order to accommodate future growth of BSC programs. “We had cramped quarters and couldn’t expand our programs because we
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