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SAU's new Health Sciences Center welcomes students
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DAVENPORT -- St. Ambrose University's new Health Sciences Education Center opened its doors this week to its first students. The $11.5 million center is at Lombard and Marquette streets on the southeast corner of Genesis Medical Center. It unites the university's occupational therapy, physical therapy and nursing departments under one roof. Although a building dedication is planned Aug. 26, U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, got a tour of the facility Wednesday. Sen. Harkin, who secured $1.6 million for the center's construction, said it was an excellent public-private partnership with SAU and Genesis, which provided more than $2 million through a land gift and financial donation from the hospital's foundation. Sen. Harkin said the center was vital in meeting future health care needs. The new center offers plenty of room for additional SAU students in the programs, she said. Ms. Cassady added she hopes to expand the center's "sim family," or patient simulators that let nursing students practice treatments. The center has about eight of the simulators, both adult and children, that function at various levels. Using the simulators, students can practice taking a pulse, reading blood pressures and checking for breathing and bowel sounds. Ms. Cassady said she hopes to buy more simulators -- which start $20,000 and $30,000 for the most basic version -- and even acquire one that gives birth. Askills lab that looks like a hospital ward hosts many of the simulators. In another portion of the center, the home health lab -- an apartment complete with laundry, a kitchen and a bedroom -- lets students practice teaching patients life skills and help those in need. Other areas are equipped with physical therapy equipment. 
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Today is Thursday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2013. There are 222 days left in the year.
1863 — 150 years ago: Messrs. J. and M. Rosenfield have moved their leather and hidestore to the building formerly occupied by Temple Bufords's store. They buy and sellhides, pelts, furs, wool, beeswax, lard, tallow, etc.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The Rock Island Lumber Company has recovered 5,000 of the8,000 logs that were carried away by the Mississippi River flood last week.
1913 -- 100 years ago: John J. Ullemeyer has been awarded the contract to furnish RockIsland fire and police department members with uniforms, at the city's expense.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Work on Aledo's new $38,000 swimming pool was started thismorning at South Park when ground for the pool was broken by Mayor John W. Murphy.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Students and teacher at Moline High School called today "MissLeona Day" day at the school in honor of the government teacher who retires at theend of the school term. Although she's been teaching for 43 years at the school, Miss Dayfound a new way of arriving at the school this morning. At 7:30 a.m., a police squad carpulled up in front of Miss Day's home and escorted her to school. A caravan of students' cars joined the procession along the way.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Barbecue cooking and riverfront antics are planned for Discover the
River Day Saturday in Leach Park, Bettendorf. A 5K run, wind surfing, a canoe race, hogcalling and more will round out the day under the Interstate 74 bridge.
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