The Pioneer, Student's Magazine: Vol. 53, Issue 1

Features
CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY FOR
STUDENTS IN THE MEDICAL FIELD
Space for students will be expanded and be completed by
Fall of 2021
By KATIE KITTLITZ
Staff writer
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UNDER
CONSTRUCTION
Jezreel Proo’/ Staff Illustration
MANY STUDENTS MAY KNOW
OF PIERCE College’s ever-growing
dental hygiene, veterinary technology,
and EMS programs. Students who are
part of these departments are often seen
walking around campus in their scrubs
after a long day of class. These are three
important departments that require lots
of space and updated technology for
students to be successful in their studies
and workplace.
To combat the growing population of
people joining these programs, a new
building on Pierce College’s Fort Steilacoom
campus is in the early stages of
planning. With a proposed completion
date of Fall of 2021, this building will
provide much more room for opportunities
with the advanced technology it will
provide.
Choi Halladay, vice president of administrative
services at Pierce College,
emphasizes the needs of students who
are part of these programs, and how this
construction will benefit them. “This will
expand the amount of space that they
have by a lot,” says Halladay. “It will make
it all state of the art, and a space that represents
the kinds of work environments
that most of the students would actually
go to work in.”
In fact, for the veterinarian department,
it’s not only the students who need
the extra space. According to Salvador
Hurtado, the Veterinary Technology
Program Director, this expansion will
provide an opportunity for different
animals’ environment to be taken care of
as well.
September. 20, 2019 / Vol. 53, Issue1