More than 400 community members attended the Union Square Campus ribbon cutting on August 5, 2016. After the brief program, guests gathered on thee sidewalk and Union Square Campus leaders, neighborhood leaders, and nursing student led the countdown. The ceremony was followed by a reception and tours.
On Tuesday January 19th, the Union Square Campus Inc. (USCI) Board of Directors unanimously passed a resolution in support of the 2015 Connect NC Bond Referendum. The $2 billion bond referendum includes $1.3 billion for higher education capital construction, repair, and renovation.
If the referendum passes in March, $90 million dollars would fund North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s construction of a new engineering facility, $105 million dollars would fund The University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s construction of a facility for both undergraduate nursing and other sciences, and $9.5 million would support new construction, repairs, and renovations at Guilford Technical Community College.
It has been 15 years since the last general obligation bond was authorized to upgrade our state’s infrastructure. The USCI Board asserts that these facilities will educate graduates with the skills to meet Guilford County’s job growth where there are not qualified candidates today
Members of the Union Square Campus Board of Directors are: Harold Martin, Chancellor, NCA&T; Frank Gilliam, Chancellor, UNCG; Randy Parker, President, GTCC; Tim Rice, retired President and CEO, Cone Heath; Therence Pickett, VP/General Counsel, Volvo Trucks / Mack Trucks; Jim Bryant, Bryant and Associates; Carole Bruce, Partner, Smith Moore Leatherwood; Ed Kitchen, COO, Joseph M. Bryan Foundation; Pat Danahy, retired President and CEO, Greensboro Partnership; and Rosalind Fuse-Hall, President, Bennett College.
The Greensboro News & Record reports on the “topping out” ceremony held at the Union Square Campus this week. Read all about it here.
Union Square is just the beginning, reports Yes! Weekly. Read all about it here.
The Triad Business journal has reported on a possible project within a “stone’s throw” of Union Square. Read more about it here.
The Union Square Campus will educate the next generation of in-demand nursing professionals.
From the article:
“There’s such high demand for nurses at all levels and there’s a great demand for nurses to increase their skills to a higher level,” said Ed Kitchen, who has been working on the project intensely for the last three years.”