The new 45,000-square-foot Health Sciences Building at Elmhurst University opened Oct. 3 amid ribbon-cutting pomp. The state-of-the-art facility now houses the Departments of Nursing, Public Health, Occupational Therapy, and Communication Sciences and Disorders.

The $30 million building was financed through existing funds from philanthropic gifts, grants and reserve funds, officials said.

“The institution needed it, the community needed it,” said Heather Hall, dean of the School of Health Sciences and professor in the Department of Kinesiology. “It is allowing our various health professions across campus to come together into one space.”

The Nursing Department alone has 436 students. There are 166 in the Communication Sciences and Disorders program and 54 in the Masters of Occupational

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