NEW ADDITION
Construction on Building 4 on Palmer’s Florida Campus is nearly complete (below), pictured with a 3D rendering of the space (right).
administration announced plans for a $12 million new building. At 33,000 square feet and enabling the campus to accommodate up to 1,200 students, the fourth academic building will go a long way toward addressing the needs of recent years’ growth. But it also responds to the parallel growth in sophistication seen in the campus’s students and faculty—and in the profession itself. “When we designed the fourth building at Palmer Florida, we tried to imagine not only what the students of today need, but what will serve students for decades to come,” said Dr. Weinert. “The space is designed to support all aspects of the student learning experience – from providing the most advanced technology in the classrooms, to spaces that foster collaboration and will encourage students to discuss and study what they’re learning in class.” Currently under construction and scheduled to open this fall, the two-story facility will boast two anatomy labs, four technique rooms, and four lecture-style classrooms—each one state-of- the-art and tailored to the specific needs of a top chiropractic education. Study spaces, faculty offices, and classrooms will round out the space, freeing up room in the existing campus buildings for new uses. For Joy Lewis, Ed.D., M.S., associate dean of life sciences, the opportunity to develop new facilities from the ground up, as opposed to retrofitting an existing building, means an opportunity to exercise the utmost attention to detail, from where outlets and drawers are best placed to how noise from pipes could interfere with instruction and learning.
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Then there’s technology. In the anatomy labs, virtual tools will allow students to explore regional structures, offering enhanced application of concepts learned in class. Hi-resolution cameras and viewing equipment, along with room for additional cadavers and monitors, will enable students to engage with the material on a deeper level. “The training students receive in that lab is critical to their success in this program— and to their ability to deliver effective chiropractic care,” says Lewis. With the help of architecture firm
Studio 483, Palmer has also designed the space with an eye toward the campus culture of camaraderie and collaboration. From modular seating in classrooms and labs to extensive group-study spaces and a patio by the pond, the new building is a place where students will be able to come together with each other and their professors to learn in the best way possible. “We wanted to encourage students to stay on campus and be present, engaged and involved,” says Lewis.
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