A Message from the Dean

Nov 7, 2018

Transforming Our College—and Our Students

This August, Xavier University welcomed its largest freshman class ever—almost 1,400 new students—at the same time Xavier’s signature project, the Health United Building, began rising out of the ground. As part of Together. For Others. The Campaign for Xavier University, the creation of the HUB and its health-focused programming will be transformative for students in the College of Professional Sciences, which today supports over 3,200 graduate and undergraduate students—an increase of 21 percent in just three years.

Made possible, in part, by a unique partnership with TriHealth, the Health United Building embraces the health and well-being of all students on campus and will be a significant advance for the College, whose academic departments will be largely based within the new $50 million structure.

As detailed on the following pages, construction of the HUB ushers in a new era for students of the College and the entire University. When it opens in the fall of 2019, students in the health professions will, for the first time in the history of the University, be together in common state-of-the-art teaching and learning space. They will have the opportunity to interact with one another across academic disciplines and engage in interprofessional teaming exercises. In so doing they will be better prepared to serve our communities and our citizens.

The HUB will also be the new headquarters for our longstanding Health Services Administration academic program. For the first time, the HSA program will have a home of its own—and a unique space on the fourth floor of the building named in honor of former director Edward J. Arlinghaus. Alumni of the program, who benefited from his leadership, are being asked to contribute to the $1.5 million cost of its construction.

The HUB is also the focal point for the newly launched Center for Population Health, now poised to coordinate and deliver the latest developments in the field of Interprofessional Collaboration and Education as it applies to the health of both individuals and society. The University is seeking $5 million to name the center and support the cost of operations.

Finally, Xavier faculty are collaborating with TriHealth leaders on an Academic Innovations Partnership to develop courses that give students educational experiences in TriHealth health-care and other community settings. Everyone, from students to the community, stands to benefit. Donations to the Dean’s Fund will help support the program.

We invite you to join us on this exciting journey to build a better society by focusing on the health of our College and its students. Your philanthropic support will help create innovative learning space, develop academic programs, support research, and catalyze our ability to prepare our graduates for lives of service, for and with others. We all stand to benefit from the transformation that lies ahead. Together we can make it happen.

Paul Gore, Dean, College of Professional Sciences