More than 1,000 students will use the center each year.
PARAMUS -- A $25.5 million building dedicated to healthcare education will open at Bergen Community College May 17.
More than 1,000 students will use the 63,000-square-foot Health Professions Integrated Teaching Center each year, the college said in a statement announcing its opening.
Simulation laboratories will let students experience labor and delivery, an emergency room and ambulatory pediatrics. The first floor will house a 24-chair dental hygiene clinic to allow students to complete 600 hours of clinical practice and provide low-cost dental care to the community.
The college built the center with funds from the $750 million Building Our Future Bond Act. New Jersey voters in 2012 approved the funding, which allowed colleges in the state to construct and renovate academic buildings.
Bergen offers nine certificate and degree programs in health professions, including diagnostic medical sonography, medical office assistant and nursing. It also offers eight non-credit certification programs.
Nearly 470 students graduated from health professions programs at the college last year.
The college will celebrate the opening of the building with a ribbon cutting May 17.
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