Grand Opening set for new Allied Health building at BCCC | Eastern North Carolina Now

For Immediate Release (Media Advisory):

    Grand opening events are scheduled for Monday, Aug. 13, for the new Katie G. Paul Nursing and Allied Health Building at Beaufort County Community College.

    Events are scheduled as follows:

    · 11 a.m. to noon - Open House and welcoming luncheon for BCCC Allied Health alumni including associate degree and practical nurses, medical laboratory technicians and nurse aide graduates sponsored by the BCCC Foundation and Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
    · Noon to 1 p.m. - Updates by faculty for alumni on the future of Allied Health programs at BCCC.
    · 5 to 7 p.m. - Business After Hours and Ribbon Cutting for the Katie Paul Allied Health and Nursing Building sponsored by the BCCC Foundation, the Washington/Beaufort Chamber of Commerce and Vidant Beaufort Hospital.

    All events will be held at the Katie Paul Allied Health and Nursing Building located on the east end of the BCCC campus, 5337 U.S. Highway 264 East, Washington, N.C. 27889.

    The buildings costs of some $6.8 million were paid through grants and loans taken by the county and the college including a U.S. Economic Development Administration grant of $2.5 million, U.S. Department of Agriculture loans and grants totaling $3.3 million, a $200,000 Golden LEAF Foundation grant for a nursing simulation laboratory and state appropriations of $300,000.

    BCCC recently also received a grant of nearly $1 million from the Golden LEAF Foundation to update equipment used by Allied Health faculty and students.

    Individual media interviews with BCCC officials and tours and photographs of the building can be arranged at times other than in the above schedule by calling Judy Jennette, director, public relations at (252) 940-6326 or by email at judyj@beaufortccc.edu.