T E X A R K A N A M A G A Z I N E
THE AESTHETICS OF ACADEMICS BY TIFFANY HORTON, HORTON DES I GN STUDIOS
Have you ever wondered why a community our size would need three separate colleges?
That answer is quickly settled when you learn just how unique each campus is. For instance, did you know that University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana (UAHT) is on the verge of installing Arkansas’ first ever college solar training lab? Were you aware the students at Texas A&M University-Texarkana ( TAMU-T) have access to their own Starbucks? What about the cutting-edge, industry standard equipment used in the trade courses at Texarkana College (TC)? These twenty-first century facilities are paving the way toward the quality educational options available in our area, and these are just the beginning! The beautiful campus of Texas A&M University-Texarkana includes the BASS (Building for Academic and Student Services) and the Lois and Carey Patterson Student Center, two of the city’s fine educational facilities. The BASS opened in the Spring of 2019 and is home to the newly added mechanical engineering program, the state-of-the-art nursing program, and other key components such as the admissions and financial aid offices. Walking up to the building, you are met with large, beautiful windows and the perfect balance of modern and traditional. The main lobby is open and inviting. The first floor focuses on the mechanical engineering lab. TAMU-T began offering the mechanical engineering program in the fall of 2020 and that lab boasts several equipment stations that allow students to experience everything from electrical circuits to thermodynamics. On the third floor of the BASS is a mock hospital, complete with a variety of simulators. It feels as if you have stepped into a functioning hospital, and there are “patients” at every turn. Carol Flores, Simulation Lab Coordinator said, “It’s an eight-bed hospital designed to be somewhat like an ICU.” In the mock patient rooms are patient monitoring systems showing heart rhythm, pulse ox and other vitals on equipment identical to what you would find in a standard patient room. Instructors can program the simulators to run very specific scenarios and even have them talk to the students in the same way a patient and nurse might interact. While one student or group works through a scenario, another group can watch from the
Inside the Lois and Carey Patterson Student Center at Texas A&M University-Texarkana
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