Join us on May 7 for a celebration of the new Westlawn Hall! Featuring live music, refreshments and guided tours of the building, the ribbon-cutting ceremony is open to all who want to see the new space for gathering, dining and learning.
After 16 months of renovation and construction, Goshen College’s new state-of-the-art Center for Nursing and Public Health in Westlawn Hall opened for its first classes on Wednesday. The renovation project cost about $21 million total.
Located in the heart of campus at the corner of College and Main streets, Westlawn Hall normally houses students and the college’s dining hall. But this week, construction crews moved in as Goshen College broke ground on a massive renovation project that college leaders say will bring their nursing program into the 21st century.
Goshen College ceremonially broke ground on Friday, September 1 for the historic Westlawn Hall renovation project.
There is a critical shortage of healthcare professionals in the region that preceded and was exacerbated by the health crisis of COVID-19. The college’s talented faculty lead a world-class program, but are presently in crowded spaces that limit the growth of these outstanding and high-demand programs. New facilities in Westlawn will provide space for an expanding portfolio of nursing and public health programming to meet the growing needs of healthcare. This article originally appeared in the Fall/Winter 2022 issue of The Bulletin.
221 tons of structural steel, 515 cubic yards of mass concrete and another 37,000 square feet of concrete slabs. All of this and more went into the original construction of Westlawn Hall. This article originally appeared in the Fall/Winter 2022 issue of The Bulletin.
