Welcome to Edwards Hall!

1. Welcome to Edwards Hall! Edwards Hall History: The majority of Mennonite College of Nursing’s faculty and staff work in Edwards Hall. Edwards Hall was named after Richard Edwards, the second President of our University from 1862-1876. He was originally hired as a math instructor in 1861. The building that is Edwards Hall was opened in 1920, but the building was renovated in the early 1960’s and renamed in memory of Edwards. Edwards was the man who coined the term “Grandest of Enterprises” for the teaching profession. That is also the name of a book that details our history. Capen Auditorium was named after Charles L. Capen in 1928. He attended Harvard and was on the Normal School Board. (Retrieved from http://www.ilstu.edu/map/object.phtml?objectname=Edwards_Hall.)

2. Clinical Labs There are 2 clinical labs used in the Undergraduate and Accelerated Preliscensure programs. Students are in the labs in their first semester of nursing school learning basic nursing skills. They continue to utilize these labs many times each semester during their nursing education.

3. Clinical Labs Nursing skills that are taught in the labs include:

4. Clinical Lab

5. Clinical Lab

6. Lab Classroom

7. LabClassroom

8. Clinical Simulation Lab Students are exposed to simulation in their first semester, and build their skills as they go through the curriculum.

9. Clinical Simulation Lab

10. Clinical Simulation Lab – IV Simulator

11. Clinical Simulation Lab – IV Simulator

12. Clinical Simulation Lab – IV Simulator

13. Clinical Simulation Lab - SimMan

14. Clinical Simulation Lab - SimMan

15. Clinical Lab– SimBaby

16. Clinical Lab– SimBaby

17. Health Assessment Labs In the Health Assessment Labs, students learn how to access the systems of their patients.

18. Health Assessment Labs

19. Health Assessment Labs

20. Computer Lab - Room 305 Edwards Hall, Room 305 is the computer lab for Mennonite College of Nursing. Updates for this lab are made possible in part by funding from State Farm Insurance. All of the nursing programs utilize the computer lab – whether it be for technology training, orientation, research, video conferencing, or basic computer access.

21. Office of Student and Faculty ServicesUptown Crossing Building Due to the increase in faculty this fall and lack of office space at Edwards Hall, the Office of Student and Faculty Services (OSFS) moved out of Edwards Hall in October and relocated their offices to the Uptown Crossing Building. Several Faculty members also moved to this location. This move is temporary, and after the labs move out of Edwards Hall to the new Clinical Simulation Lab next summer, the first floor of Edwards Hall will be renovated to office space. It is anticipated the OSFS office and faculty will move back to Edwards Hall in the fall of 2012.

22. Contact Mennonite College of Nursing Hours: 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday Main Line: (309) 438-7400 Fax: (309) 438-7711 E-mail: mcninfo-L@ilstu.edu Web site: www.IllinoisState.edu/nursing Mailing Address Illinois State University Mennonite College of Nursing Campus Box 5810 Normal, IL 61790-5810