Ribbon cut on renovations at UMMC School of Nursing in Oxford

By Annie Oeth University of Mississippi Medical Center

JACKSON – The next generation of registered nurses is being educated by the University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Nursing in newly renovated classrooms and labs at the South Oxford Center, which will boost the number of nurses in North Mississippi.

The state-of-the-art spaces were celebrated with a Wednesday ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by state, local and medical leaders. Tours of the areas, including a high-tech classroom with a dozen interactive computer display screens and additional simulation labs that include manikins that move, blink and display vital signs.

“This is a special day, no question about it,” said University of Mississippi Chancellor Dr. Glenn Boyce at the ceremony. “This renovation represents th