Brand New Student Center Opens Today at St. Joseph's Hospital College of Nursing

After nearly a year and about $600,000, a new Student Center opened today on the 6^th floor at St. Joseph’s College of Nursing, which was a former residence of the Sisters of St. Francis.

Speakers at the blessing and opening event included: St. Joseph’s College of Nursing Vice President & Dean Marianne Markowitz and St. Joseph’s Health President & CEO Kathryn Ruscitto, and AnneMarie Czyz, sr. vice president for operations, COO/CNO and a graduate of the college. Reverend Joshua Czyz offered the blessing.

“With an increasing number of commuter students from our unique LeMoyne College Dual Degree Partnership, it was important to provide an environment that fosters learning and community building,” said Marianne Markowitz, vice president and dean for the College of Nursing. “The Student Center is a place to study, relax, learn and nurture relationships.”

The Student Center provides a much-needed dedicated testing space, a lounge and dining area, conference room for small group meetings with monitor and whiteboard, and study rooms for small group meetings or individual study with whiteboard painted walls.

Alumni, faculty, staff, the College Governing Board and friends of the college donated $100,000 towards the project with additional funds from an alumnus’s previous alumni’s major gift to the College.

The Student Center was designed by Dwyer Architects, with construction by Hayner Hoyt. Photos are available upon request.

St. Joseph’s College of Nursing is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, 3624 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19104-2680, 267.284.5000, and the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), 3343 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 850, Atlanta, GA, 30326, 404-975-5000. For more information, visit www.sjhcon.edu or call 315-448-5040.

St. Joseph’s Health is a non-profit regional health care system based in Syracuse, N.Y., providing services to patients throughout Central New York and northern Pennsylvania. From primary to specialty to home care, to our Magnet-recognized hospital, and in collaboration with our community partners, St. Joseph's Health is advancing the health of the communities we serve through an expanding range of healthcare services to ensure our patients achieve optimum long-term health. Ranked by Consumer Reports among the top 15 heart surgery centers in the country, U.S. News “Best Regional Hospital” and a 15-time winner of the National Research Corporation Consumer Choice award, St. Joseph’s is widely recognized for quality, value and delivering the highest patient satisfaction. St. Joseph’s Health is affiliated with Franciscan Companies and St. Joseph’s Physicians and a part of Trinity Health.