Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Receives $6 Million for Building Expansion

The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHSON) has received a $6 million gift to expand its current nursing building. The E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation of Philadelphia graciously donated the gift to help fund the necessary expansion.

The five-story, 41,000-square-foot project is scheduled to begin in Fall 2018 and will be an expansion of the current Anne M. Pinkard building. Since their first gift in 1990, the Carpenter Foundation has given more than $12 million in support of JHSON’s initiatives including the nursing building, community health efforts, and an endowed professorship.

Patricia Davidson, dean of the School of Nursing, tells Hub.JHU.edu, “This gift is incredibly important to securing our future as a school that provides the very best education and opportunities. The Carpenter Foundation has been integral to our success over many years, and their support of a new building will help us expand our current footprint and create an enhanced space to collaborate, research, and improve health care locally and globally.”

Once completed, the new nursing space will feature collaborative research areas, a student-centered study cube, contemporary and flexible learning spaces, expanded event areas, a more prominent building entrance, and glass surfaces overlooking the community.

As JHSON has transitioned to an all-graduate curriculum, the school has outgrown its current home and is in need of more space that will help its students look to the future, transforming nursing education and research for years to come. To learn more about the plans for building expansion, visit here.