OBU to Host Stavros Hall Grand Opening

January 7, 2016

OBU will host a grand opening for its state-of-the-art nursing building, Jane E. and Nick K. Stavros Hall, Friday, Feb. 5, at 2 p.m. The building is located on the northeast corner of the OBU campus in Shawnee, just south of MacArthur Street and west of Kickapoo Street. Attendees will congregate in the Stavros Hall Foyer for the celebration.

The 32,000-square-foot facility is the new home to the OBU College of Nursing and is designed to provide cutting-edge nursing education for both undergraduate and graduate-level students.

Stavros Hall includes five classrooms, a 109-seat lecture hall and a computer lab, as well as spaces for students to study, meet and interact with faculty. The facility features six high-fidelity skills simulation labs, a medium skills lab, a health assessment skills lab, and a home health and bathing training room, totaling 24 beds. The high-tech simulation labs are equipped with the industry’s most advanced medical simulation solutions.

In 2014, Nick Stavros provided the lead gift for construction of the new facility for the OBU College of Nursing in honor of his late wife, Jane, who was the daughter of Victor C. Hurt, legendary OBU athletic director and football, basketball and track coach. The building is named in their honor.

OBU’s nursing program offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree, a BSN completion degree for nurses with an associate degree, an LPN to BSN degree, and a Master of Science in Nursing degree with a focus in either nursing education or global nursing.

In 1952, the Oklahoma State Board of Nursing granted OBU the approval for Oklahoma’s first baccalaureate nursing program. The inaugural class of 11 students graduated in 1956.

If you would like to share memories associated with the College of Nursing, you can share those on social media using the hashtags #OBUNursing or #StavrosHall.