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Initially established in 1985, the Health Professions Education Center was created as a learning center for students studying nursing and other allied health professions. The space was composed of two large teaching rooms with a one-way glass partition for observation work done by both Nursing and Communication Science students. A room with 12 individual media-study carrels, equipped with self-contained film-strip, slide, and VHS machines was also available to students. The HPEC hoped to establish an environment in which students could expand their knowledge and develop their skills.

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In 1989, thanks to a grant from the Fuld Institute of Technology in Nursing Education, the center was expanded to include a Small Conference Room, a Computer Teaching Lab, a Computer Lab, and the Osborn Conference Room. The renovation not only provided more space to house our ever-growing media collection, but also increased space for small-group work, tutoring, self-paced computer instruction, and individual media-preview carrels. This integration was critical in allowing students to move through the videotapes, slides and other educational programs at their own pace; thereby improving students’ retention of new materials, practice assessments, and other clinical skills without jeopardizing a patient’s safety.

 

In 1992, the HPEC once more underwent a physical renovation, resulting in more floor space for the center to increase its media holding, integrate more computer-based learning through CAI’s, and add small-group learning rooms, as well as a research support center. The division of space allowed the HPEC to increase rooms to direct individual and small group learning experiences.

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Beginning in 2004, the Hunter Bellevue School of Nursing successfully implemented the original Becoming Excellent Students in Transition to Nursing (BESt) program with students from under-represented, minority, disadvantaged, and first-generation immigrant populations. Today, the BESt program is hosted through the HPEC and continues to provide nursing students with personalized learning outside of the classroom.

The Learning Center strives to create an environment that encourages and enables students to individualize their education through a variety of tools, and maximizes the effectiveness of instruction through innovative teaching methods.

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Our Future

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The HPEC looks forward to the  building announced by Governor Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams for the Science Park and Research Campus Kips Bay, an innovation hub that will be the first of its kind in the state. Driven by an historic investment from the city and state, SPARC Kips Bay will make New York a global leader in creating and attracting accessible jobs in life sciences, health care, and public health by creating a pipeline from local public schools to careers in these growing and essential fields. . With the prospect of uniting the Health & Science programs within one campus, the HPEC plans to seamlessly integrate our media and professional services in the new location. Unprecedented fellowship and research possibilities will result from this state-of-the-art space, giving the HPEC an opportunity to further improve our learning services and resources for all of the Hunter College Community.