Visit Cooper Hall

Tiered classrooms are ideal for lectures, student presentations, and guest speakers. The classrooms are fully interactive and integrated with both wired and wireless instructional technology. The room’s layout and microphones make it easy to move about and participate in class discussions.

Active learning classrooms are designed for student collaboration. With LCD screens around the room, students always have a good view of presentations. Each table, or “pod,” is equipped with microphones, outlets, and inputs to share laptop screens onto the TVs so they can present from their seats. When not in use for teaching purposes, students can use these spaces for studying.

The 300-seat auditorium hosts a wide variety of events, including the White Coat Ceremony and the Littlefield Leadership Lecture.

More than half of Cooper Hall’s second floor is devoted to the Center for Technology-Enhanced Nursing (CTEN), a suite of fully functional, simulated environments where students get to practice their skills hands-on. Our active learning environments address health care’s standard of excellence: team-based, patient-centered care that stretches from the first clinic visit or hospital admission to in-home monitoring, encompassing the entire continuum of care. When clinical sites closed their doors to student nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic, the remainder of their clinical hours were completed in CTEN, ensuring on-time completion for graduating students.

In the Shapiro Hospital Suite, students get to use state-of-the-art technology and experience high-pressure, high-stakes health emergencies in a safe setting. The human patient simulators can re-create health scenarios at every stage of patients’ lives. The hospital suite includes:

• 1 patient & visitor waiting area
• 4 hospital rooms
• 2 control rooms
• 2 debriefing rooms
• 1 fully functional patient bathroom
• 1 medication room
• 1 nurses’ station

The Weikel Clinical Education Suite helps students develop and practice nursing skills in a fully functioning clinic. The clinic area allows students to practice with specially trained actors who simulate behaviors and symptoms of real patients in different scenarios. Nearby, the eHealth Laboratory familiarizes students with the quickly developing discipline of e-health and telehealthcare. The clinical suite includes:

• 6 examination rooms
• 1 large skills lab
• 1 patient waiting area

Students can practice providing care in a fully functioning one-bedroom apartment that simulates where a patient might reside. This area is equipped with floor sensors, cameras, and a state-of-the-art video recording and debriefing system.

Located on the first floor, Curran Commons is the most popular place to meet up with friends, classmates, and colleagues. This versatile space has work stations, whiteboards, various seating areas, and even a fireplace!

Students and staff stop at Revive to fill their cup of coffee and grab a snack before their next class or meeting.

On warm, sunny days, students can be found in the courtyard hanging out, studying, or attending classes.

Located on the fifth floor, Williams Corner is a quiet spot to work as a group or independently. You can also get some fresh air on the balcony.

Treadmill desks located on the second and third floors get the body moving while also allowing for work to get done.

Three different rooms on the first floor are designed for students to take time for mental well-being.

Cooper Hall has a one-mile indoor walking path, perfect for an indoor workout during cold or rainy days. When weather permits, take a scenic walk or bike ride outside on the nearby Lakeshore Path.

Learn more about the incredible life of nursing pioneer Signe Skott Cooper, for whom Cooper Hall is named.

Explore the major events that shaped the School of Nursing over the last 100 years.

Take a journey through time as you explore 100 years of history through photos from the School of Nursing.