Centre brings healthy boost to region
Construction of the University’s impressive $13.8 million Health and Sport Centre, alongside the Indoor Sports Stadium, represents a bright new future for USC and the Sunshine Coast.
The centre—built over the past nine months by the Evans Harch Group—features world-class facilities for teaching and research.USC Head of School of Health and Sport Sciences Professor John Lowe said the centre included state-of-the-art testing and research laboratories, a gymnasium and purpose-built teaching spaces for a range of degrees.
These include biomedical science, paramedic science, occupational therapy, nursing science, sport science, nutrition and dietetics, psychology and public health.
Professor Lowe said the Health and Sport Centre would provide a huge boost for educating and training the region’s future health workers and in improving community health.
“Sunshine Coast residents will benefit from being able to directly participate in the training of students through various clinics on campus and, of course, by our graduates entering the workforce,” he said.
“And the community also will reap the benefits of research that will be directly applied to them.”
Construction of the new building has been funded by government and private funds, including donations to USC’s Building Excellence Campaign.
This campaign recently received a $500,000 donation from the directors of the Evans Harch Group.A key feature of the Health and Sport Centre is a public psychology clinic that will offer treatment and assessment for a wide range of mental health problems and disorders experienced by adults, adolescents and children.
USC Professor of Psychology Mary Katsikitis said the clinic would be staffed by clinical psychologists who will be supervising psychology interns in their fifth or sixth years of study. Appointment times will be Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. For appointments, contact the clinic tel: +61 7 5459 4514.
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Come along to Open Day
The University of the Sunshine Coast will hold its annual Open Day from 10am to 3pm on Sunday 17 August.
This event is an ideal opportunity to find out about the programs and courses offered in the faculties of Arts and Social Sciences, Business, and Science, Health and Education.
Open Day visitors can attend seminars on job prospects in particular fields, as well as presentations about how to apply to study, financial support options and the University’s support services for students.
A Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre (QTAC) representative will attend the event.
There also will be tours of campus facilities and the chance to chat with USC staff and students. This is an event not to be missed by anyone considering tertiary study. For more details contact Tegan Piggford tel: +61 7 5459 4795.
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