Watch it grow: Miami's Clinical Health Sciences and Wellness Facility

By Miami University

March 14^th, 2022

Construction of Miami's new Clinical Health Sciences and Wellness (CHSW) facility began in December 2020 with the removal of the former Student and Employee Health Center (those facilities moved to Harris Hall for the interim). The view above looks north toward Nelly Craig Walker Hall and McGuffey Hall in the background.

Aerial view of the foundation of the building.

Corridor of Excellence

The new building will be part of Miami's first "corridor of excellence," according to Steve Large, assistant vice president for health and wellness. Located on Campus Avenue (at right), its proximity to the Recreational Sports Center (center, at end of the path), Phillips Hall (lower left), and Goggin Ice Arena (upper left) creates a corridor that will naturally promote cross-divisional partnerships in order to advance holistic wellness efforts for the campus and local communities.

A bird's eye (circular) view of steel girders being lifted into place by a crane.

Closer view of girders being lifted into place by a large crane.

Close-up view of two construction workers guiding a girder into place.

The three wings of the building can be seen in this view from above.

The Clinical Health Sciences and Wellness facility will comprise three wings, connected by a “wellness ribbon,” or corridor, connecting three academic programs and three clinics.

The south wing (with roof dormers, above) will house Miami’s TriHealth employee and student health centers, the student counseling service, and Miami's speech and hearing clinic.

The middle wing will house faculty and staff offices, inter-professional lounges and research labs for speech pathology and audiology faculty.

The north wing will house three academic programs: speech pathology and audiology, the Oxford cohort for the BSN nursing program and the new Master of Medical Science (MMSc)/Physician Associate studies program, starting in Summer of 2023.