UMass Amherst College of Nursing to Celebrate Major Investment in Springfield Center

***MEDIA ADVISORY***

DATE:       Tuesday, April 17, 2018
TIME:        1 p.m.
WHERE:   UMass Center at Springfield, 1500 Main St., Springfield, Mass.

Officials from the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s College of Nursing will join UMass Amherst Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy, Spacelabs Healthcare President Sujit Kumar and Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno to open a newly expanded College of Nursing laboratory that will enhance nursing education at the UMass Center at Springfield. The Springfield center is an important pipeline for UMass Amherst to train nurses for the region’s healthcare sector.

Following the announcement, there will be a brief tour with students of the new Spacelabs equipment recently donated to the nursing program that provides a hospital workstation simulation experience.