NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Lipscomb University is now offering an undergraduate nursing program on its campus and plans a new $8.5 million nursing building to draw more people into a field that continues to have shortages.
Lipscomb financial officer Danny Taylor told The Tennessean that investing in the facilities coincides with growth in the academic programs (https://bit.ly/oq9G7o). The Churches of Christ-affiliated school has seen record enrollment each fall since 2007, and its total number of students has almost doubled. This fall, its enrollment was
4,018.
Roger Davis, who is dean of Lipscomb’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, said the 24,000-square-foot, three-story nursing building will open in July and have classrooms, faculty offices, study space and clinical labs.
There were 95 students enrolled in the Lipscomb’s School of Nursing this fall, but Davis says he expects that number to double over the next couple of years with help from the new building.
A nursing program had been a partnership with Vanderbilt University beginning in 2003, Davis said.
“We had a great partnership with Vanderbilt, but we’ve grown so much that we can stand on our own,” he said. “Students are looking for that individually focused and community service aspect. They want to know that they matter.”
