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Investing in MSU Denver's Infrastructure
As part of the University’s first comprehensive campaign, Roadrunner students, faculty, staff and alumni will benefit from the addition of two new buildings on the Auraria campus. A two-phased Health Institute and the Classroom-to-Career (C2 Hub) facilities are among the campaign’s highest priorities.
C2 Hub
The new state-of-the-art C2 Hub space will bring together programs and services currently scattered across campus so that students will have a central location for all of their career needs where they can meet with employers, access mentors, and participate in professional networking events.
Health Institute
To meet the programming needs of the Health Institute, we are renovating West Classroom to include a new state-of-the-art Simulation Lab and constructing a new 70,000 square-foot state-of-the-art facility that will allow us to increase the number of students we accept and graduate each year by 32 percent.
Health Institute
Phase 1: Simulation Labs
On Sept. 4, 2024, MSU Denver celebrated the Ribbon Cutting of a new Simulation and Skills Lab that will drastically improve the University’s ability to help meet Colorado’s growing health care workforce needs. The new facility, a key component of the University’s multidisciplinary Gina and Frank Day Health Institute, will serve as a training ground for students preparing for careers in nursing and other in-demand health care fields, allowing them to practice clinical skills in simulated hospital and exam rooms.
Phase 2: New Construction
To achieve its bold and transformative vision, MSU Denver must build and create better facilities and research technologies. Today, due to space limitations, MSU Denver’s Nursing program turns away half of all qualified applicants for pre-licensure programs. Our high-demand Master of Social Work program leaves behind 45 percent of its qualified applicants. A new 70,000 square-foot state-of-the-art facility will allow us to increase the number of students we accept and graduate each year by 32 percent.
The facility will also provide simulation technology that decreases dependency on scarce clinical placements, allowing students to graduate faster. Finally, the design will facilitate our vision for interdisciplinary learning and research, offer community-serving clinics, increase collaboration with Community College of Denver’s health programs and enhance industry connections through events and seminars.
Classroom-to-Career Hub
Occupying an entire condominiumized floor of a new 12-story planned development, the $18.6M state-of-the-art C2 Hub space will bring together MSU Denver and Community College of Denver (CCD) career-related programs and services currently scattered across campus so over 22,000 of Auraria Campus students will have a central location for all of their career needs.
Designed with spaces to accommodate all types of planned and impromptu interactions, students will be able to meet with employers, access mentors and participate in professional networking events all in one centralized location.
This designated space for career discovery and preparation — located on the second floor of the student housing tower, just off of the Tivoli Quad — not only makes career planning more accessible to students, it also leverages MSU Denver’s attractive downtown location to blend the Auraria campus community with industry.
The total cost of MSU Denver’s portion of the new construction is $18.6M. In order to leverage a capital investment from the state, MSU Denver must secure a total of $10M in philanthropic support.