Oakland University set to build new $61 million building in Rochester

Oakland University is set to build a new Human Health Building in Rochester now that the state will pay for $40 million of the $61 million project.The School of Health Sciences and the School of Nursing will occupy the 157,300-square-foot structure. The university plans to build the new space to facilitate the education of more medical professionals, thus helping address the looming shortages of health-care professionals. The new building will provide state-of-the-art simulation labs, media center, distance learning classrooms and a public health clinic for pre-symptom treatments. The new Human Health Building will complement the new Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, which is set to open in 2010.The push for new and improved medical education facilities is part of the Oakland Medical Initiative. The idea is to help cement Oakland County and Oakland University as centers for the rapidly growing health-care industry.Source: Oakland UniversityWriter: Jon Zemke