Ground broken for new GSU student health center

$8.3 million project to expand student care

Robert Whitaker (second from left), Georgia Southern University's vice president for business and finance, talks with Jayne Perkins-Brown (left), the university's senior associate vice president for student affairs and enrollment management, while Lori Durden (center, back turned), a member of the University System of Georgia's Board of Regents, talks with University President Brooks Keel (partially hidden) and Dr. Brian DeLoach, the university's medical director (right) interviews a reporter after a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday afternoon for the university's new Health Center on Plant Drive, across from the Nessmith-Lane Conference Center. - photo by JASON WERMERS/staff

Health Center Groundbreaking 068 — Robert Whitaker (second from left), Georgia Southern University's vice president for business and finance, talks with Jayne Perkins-Brown (left), the university's senior associate vice president for student affairs and enrollment management, while Lori Durden (center, back turned), a member of the University System of Georgia's Board of Regents, talks with University President Brooks Keel (partially hidden) and Dr. Brian DeLoach, the university's medical director (right) interviews a reporter after a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday afternoon for the university's new Health Center on Plant Drive, across from the Nessmith-Lane Conference Center. - photo by JASON WERMERS/staff

If construction stays on schedule, one year from now, Georgia Southern University students will get on-campus care in a new Health Center with three times as many exam rooms as the current clinic. Officials broke ground Wednesday afternoon for the $8.3 million, 39,000-square-foot Health Center, across from the Performing Arts Center on Plant Drive. The planned facility will not be about “bells and whistles,” but meets a critical need, said Dr. Brian DeLoach, the center’s medical director.

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