The Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum (ALLM) reopened to the public in the Fall of 2021. The 21,000 square foot facility recently received a $7 million renovation and expansion project. The building and contents total an insurable value of $7,295,182.
The building is a two-story, brick facility with a 140-seat auditorium. The first-floor houses galleries and updated exhibits detailing the upbringing of Lincoln, his self-education and rise in politics. The Kinkaid Gallery, highlighting Lincon’s early life, both the Lincoln and Constitution exhibits, items from Lincoln’s time in the White House, the story of LMU gallery, depicting the history of LMU’s dedication to Lincoln, and the Rose gallery, displaying Civil War weaponry and medical equipment, are all contained on the Museum’s first floor. The ALLM exhibits some of the rarest memorabilia and items of any Civil War collection in the country.
The mission of the ALLM is to collect, preserve, and exhibit artifacts and archival materials concerning Abraham Lincoln, his contemporaries, the American Civil War, and the study of Lincolniana. To support the mission of the ALLM, the museum provides workshops, seminars, forums, courses, outreach programs, and research opportunities for individuals and groups to examine the life of Abraham Lincoln, the field of Lincolniana, and the forces that contributed to the Civil War.
The 24, 974 square-foot, three-story brick building was the first built by the University in 1904. Avery Hall is the oldest classroom facility on campus. It has served multiple purposes throughout its history. It was built as a dormitory and was later renovated to hold classrooms. As the location for many core liberal arts courses like English, history and philosophy, it is safe to say that most Railsplitter alumni have Avery Hall memories. Today, Avery is home to the Paul V. Hamilton School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. It houses classrooms, a digital communications lab, fine arts practice space and faculty offices. Avery Hall’s building and contents have a total insurance value of $7,149,236.
Avery Hall is the main campus facility where learning occurs for the majors, minors, concentrations, and general education courses pursued by students through the School of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. This facility provides all of the necessary tools for instruction: technology, whiteboards, furnishings, offices, study areas, etc. It provides space for students, staff, and faculty to learn and work in a solid learning place and safe and secure environment. Every classroom has technology for teaching and learning using Symposium devices and Notebook software. In addition, classrooms are equipped with whiteboards (where needed) and document projectors. Larger classrooms have secondary monitors to ensure all students have a visual vantage. The building has nine classrooms. Two of them are seminar-style rooms. One classroom is used mainly by music classes and is equipped with music practice rooms, equipment areas, and technology appropriate for ensuring success for that learning process. One classroom is used mainly by the Media-Communications program and is equipped with green screens, TV monitors, media software, and 2114 PCs for editing and other media learning purposes. All faculty are provided with office space, with four faculty offices sharing space with multiple faculties. Faculty offices are grouped by floor by field of study which facilitates discussion and scholarly dialogue. Avery Hall, room 102, has computers available for students to use when classes are not scheduled. Avery Hall has three floors with long hallways; at the end of each of the second and third floor hallways are sitting/study areas where students can gather. The main lobby has a small lounge with seating for about six students. The building is equipped with wireless service to facilitate students’ technology needs. Every floor has a copier system for faculty and student use for making copies, scanning and more. Students can use their ID numbers to pay for copies. All entranceways, front and back, are secure, utilizing card-swipe entry. The front door is ADA compatible. Avery Hall has one elevator. It is accessible by everyone and is maintained on a routine basis. The building is equipped with a fire alarm system, smoke detectors and fire extinguishers and meets the code requirements for fire and safety.
The Business/Education Building is a 30,000 square foot steel frame, brick, and concrete facility located on LMU’s 1,000-acre campus in Harrogate, TN. The total insurable value of the building and its contents is $6,575,000.
The facility houses both LMU’s School of Business and the Carter and Moyers School of Education. The building welcomed students in the summer of 2007. There are fourteen offices on the first floor and twenty-two offices on the second floor. This building is technology rich and is complete with two computer labs, the Center for Teaching and learning Excellence Instructional Technology Lab (CTLE), and the Center for Collaboration. The CLTE contains a computer lab with six workstations with webcams and microphone headsets used for training.
The building houses eight classrooms, a conference room, and spacious lounges for both student and faculty use. All classrooms are equipped with digital multimedia presentation equipment allowing for instructional delivery of learning materials and displaying of video resources, SMART Podium or Crestron Technology, and wireless Internet. Two classrooms are equipped with teleconferencing capabilities providing students and faculty the capacity to communicate with remote sites, giving students the opportunity to virtually attend classes and events not available at their home campus. This capability facilitates interaction among larger and more diverse groups of students. The building utilizes geothermal heating and cooling.
The quality of instructional and academic facilities for LMU’s Business and Carter & Moyers School of Education programs are evident. Rooms are well furnished, comfortable, accessible, and feature excellent lighting. Parking and security are adequate. The Business/Education Building has adequate office and meeting space for faculty, students, and administration. The facility is modern with excellent learning resources and wireless Internet access.
The School of Education is accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) and its facilities are reviewed as part of the program accreditation process.
The LMU School of Business is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) and its facilities are reviewed as part of the program accreditation process.
The Cedar Bluff facility is located in Knoxville, Tennessee, and houses the Caylor School of Nursing, LMU’s schools of business and education. The Cedar Bluff building and contents total an insurable value of $100,000.
The building includes a lobby area equipped with a reception desk that accommodates two staff members, student and visitor lounges, and a security desk. The building also includes a large, open student area that includes eleven tables, thirty-four chairs, and a sofa. Students have access to three vending machines, a refrigerator, four microwaves, a sink and television. A faculty workspace is also provided within that contains networked, multifunction equipment for printing, faxing, scanning, and photocopying. This facility has two large multi-stall bathrooms and single faculty restrooms. Additionally, there is a dedicated office and storage room for the on-site Information Technologist that supports the faculty and students.
Resources available for student use include a fully staffed library that includes tables and chairs, two large student study rooms and a computer lab. The computer lab is equipped with workstations to accommodate thirty students with additional open table space and an instructor’s podium/workstation. The Cedar Bluff campus also has a conference room that can accommodate twelve individuals, with additional seating when necessary.
There are seven classrooms located in the building. The largest seats one hundred-twenty students, two additional medium sized classrooms seat seventy-two and sixty, respectively, and the four smaller seat forty, thirty-nine, thirty-six, and thirty-seven. Each classroom has access to secured wired and wireless Internet and contains a networked PC-DVD combo with a Smart Sympodium interactive pen display.
The clinical skills lab consists of eight stations, each simulating a hospital room. Each station is equipped with a hospital bed, IV pole, table, and head wall with an oxygen/suction compressor set up. There are three low-fidelity patient care mannequins in the skills lab. The skills lab is stocked with equipment and supplies to allow students to practice a multitude of skills in a simulated clinical environment. In addition to the storage in the lab, there is a large storage room located off the skills lab for storing additional equipment that is used in the skills and simulation labs. The skills lab also has tables and seating for 23 students in a classroom style set-up.
The simulation lab has four simulation rooms and a control room with audiovisual connections. These simulation rooms are equipped to emulate a true clinical environment with hospital bed, high-fidelity simulator mannequins, cardiorespiratory monitoring, communication board, and head walls that contain suction and oxygen simulation.
The School of Mathematics and Sciences also maintains the Cumberland Mountain Research Center (CMRC) building on the Harrogate campus. The Cumberland Mountain Research Center (2,700 ft2 ) was created in 1990 for the purpose of providing research and training opportunities. The two-story building occupied by the Research Center was originally constructed in 1920. The building contains classrooms and small laboratory facilities. The CRMC building has a total insurance value of $312,359 with the building and contents. CMRC was renovated in 2010. It includes several faculty offices and research labs for three faculty members in the conservation biology disciplines. These research labs have capabilities for microscopy and microbiology including natural gas, ice, ductless fume hood and incubators. A large conference room on the second floor facilitates social gatherings. Fieldwork can be supported as this building also has washer, dryer, and shower facilities.
The Richard A. Gillespie College of Veterinary Medicine, “LMU-CVM,” facility is located on LMU’s 1,000 acre, historically enriched campus in Harrogate, TN. The school welcomed students into the facility in May 2019.
LMU-CVM’s building and contents total an insurable value of $21,085,706. The building is a three- story, 85,000-square-foot facility. The facility includes two large lecture halls, accommodating a total of 528 individuals, 7,000 square. ft. communications suite that includes 24 state-of- the-art simulation laboratories with recording capabilities for student-patient-client encounter trainings. This is the most of any CVM in the U.S. The remainder of the building houses basic and clinical sciences classrooms, student break areas, study rooms, faculty offices and flexible space to accommodate small groups, active learning, wellness activities and student club events.
The building’s third floor is home the Center for Animal and Human Health in Appalachia (CAHA) and Center for Innovation in Veterinary Education and Technology (CIVET), serving as the focal point for faculty and student research collaboration and supporting the university’s commitment to enrich the lives of people and communities in the Appalachian region and beyond.
Students of LMU- CVM spend three years studying in the Richard A. Gillespie College of Veterinary Medicine facility in conjunction with clinical skills and anatomy classes taking place at the Debusk Veterinary Teaching Center in Ewing, VA. The LMU-CVM team supports student success by a well-designed, innovative curriculum that embraces change within the veterinary community ensuring graduates leave practice-ready. The utilization of a hybrid distributive model for the clinical year where students learn at sites such as University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (UKVDL), animal shelters, the DVTC and private practice clinical affiliates prepares graduates to make immediate impacts upon the communities they serve.
LMU-CVM’s DVM program is accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association Council on Education (AVMA COE) and the LMU-CVM Veterinary Medical Technology degree programs are fully accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association Committee on Veterinary Technician Education and Activities (AVMA CVTEA). LMU is certified to operate in VA by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV).
DCOM at LMU-Knoxville is situated on 11 acres in a growing residential and business district west of downtown Knoxville, TN. The facility brings together medical students, faculty, staff, and administration in a state-of-the-art teaching and learning environment. The additional location includes four lecture halls, a clinical exam center and simulation center, skills lab, learning labs, and classrooms as well as student activity and administrative office space. The interior functionality of the facility is suitable for the requirements of the additional location for the College of Osteopathic Medicine. The site plan meets or exceeds all local and state building requirements. The design fits comfortably with the architectural character that defines Lincoln Memorial University yet provides a foundation for an LMU Health Sciences Campus in Knoxville.
The Knoxville location consists of two existing buildings separated by a large parking area. The main academic building for the expanded Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine program is over 110,000 square feet and supports the academic and clinical skills training of osteopathic medical students with two auditoriums (a 321 seat and a 360 seat), twenty-six mock clinical exam rooms, two pod gross anatomy labs, eight high fidelity simulation labs and a classroom with 46 osteopathic manipulation tables.
The modern anatomy lab allows faculty to train students in small group dissection teams. Adjacent to the anatomy lab is an anatomy preparation area plus a large walk-in refrigerated cooler capable of holding seventy cadavers.
The facility is equipped with the latest in classroom and lecture design and technology. The Knoxville building has been designed to accommodate a lecture-based systems curriculum complemented by clinical cases. This innovative curriculum will be taught in a team learning environment.
The Knoxville facility has comparable academic and instructional spaces as described below:
A building adjacent to the main facility accommodates the bench research needs of hired faculty. Square footage of 3,500. The research space will include the following:
The Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine (LMU-DCOM) facility is a state-of-the-art, four-story building. The facility is located on LMU’s Harrogate campus and measures 103,609 square-feet. The DCOM building houses the medical college and the Physician Assistant Program. Here Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) and Master of Medical Sciences (MMS) in Physician Assistant (PA) Studies students attend lectures and practice clinical scenarios with trained patient actors. The building's simulation lab allows students the chance to interact with sophisticated computerized mannequins to rehearse life saving measures. DO students also learn manual medicine techniques -- the hallmark of osteopathic medicine -- inside the Osteopathic Principles and Practice (OPP) lab. For those few moments in their busy schedules when the students can relax, the pool table and spacious outdoor patio come in very handy. The total insurable value of the building and its contents is $22,600,000.
The LMU-DCOM building was designed to accommodate a traditional lecture-based systems curriculum. The classrooms and laboratories utilize clinical instructional methods that incorporate state-of-the-art technology. Large lecture halls were designed to accommodate classes for traditional lecture-base experiences or divided into small groups for team-based learning experiences. The current teaching facilities include lecture halls, standardized patient suites, simulation centers, learning labs, and classrooms as well as student activity and administrative/faculty office space. The site plan meets or exceeds all local and state building requirements.
Lecture halls provide tiered seating and are well‐equipped with audiovisual technology and wireless Internet access. All of the lecture halls are designed to allow team learning and teaching with interactive group discussions. The lecture halls have wireless networks with redundant hard wiring, set up for distance technology, course capture, state-of-the-art audio and video and multiple large screens at the front of the room with supporting monitors for enhanced viewing. Available equipment for instructor use includes computer displays for a mix of DVD, video, and state-of-the-art HD projectors. Each student space within the lecture halls has data, interactive response, and electrical connections; all chairs are adjustable for ergonomically correct seating. Restrooms and wide hallways for circulation are adjacent to the classrooms.
First Floor:
The building’s two auditoria measure 3,744 square feet each and comfortably seat 224-247 individuals and provide ADA accommodated seating. The labs measure 4,200 square feet and are equipped with 44 exam tables and eight cadaver tables each. Six (6) high fidelity simulation labs are also available on the LMU-DCOM building. Also, on the first floor, fifteen (15) student conference rooms (4,800 ft2) are ideal for small group course activities, for osteopathic medical students wishing to study and for tutoring. These identical rooms seat up to ten (10) individuals around a large conference table. Each table is wired for data and power both for the students’ convertible notebooks and for the monitor hanging on the wall. The room allows for students to wirelessly connect to the monitors for projection of images, videos, and presentations from individual convertible notebooks. A camera and microphone located in each room allow for the instruction of students from a distance. Whiteboards are located in each room. Osteopathic medical students are provided access to these rooms by swipe card during building access hours, which are 24 hours, Sunday through Thursday and 6:00 am – 2:00 am on Friday and Saturday. Conveniently located near the auditoria on the first floor is a multi-purpose classroom seating approximately 40, which is available for reserve by student organizations, presentations for small groups, and community projects. The technology is equivalent to that of the auditoria.
Second Floor:
The second floor houses the offices for basic medical sciences faculty and staff, anatomy lab, OPP lab (4,200 ft2), and clinical exam rooms. The anatomy lab is purposed for gross anatomy labs, clinical skill training, and surgical skills training. The room is equipped with tables and seating. Each table has cable connections to a TV monitor mounted in the ceiling in front of the table. Under the monitor, a cadaver table is also assigned to each small group. Two cameras, one following the instructor at the podium and one mobile, are strategically located to allow the instructor to project images viewable on all the monitors in the room. The monitors are also used to project video clips, software programs containing 3-D images of dissected specimens, micro specimens as seen through a microscope, and other educational media. View boxes are strategically placed in the room for the review of hard copies of X-Ray, CT and MRI correlations. Several whiteboards are located throughout the lab. Each lab presentation can be digitally video recorded and available online for student or participant access. Live interactive video communication between the anatomy lab, auditoria and fifteen (15) small conference rooms is available for expanded teaching and learning. The Osteopathic Principles and Practice (OPP) lab is a multi-use lab equipped with forty-four (44) electric osteopathic manipulation tables. An OPP demonstration stage is equipped with a podium, a specially designed osteopathic manipulation table, and four pan-tilt-zoom cameras. One camera is angled to face the presenter, another faces the audience, another is in the ceiling straight above the presenter’s table, and the last camera is under the demonstration table. The demonstration table on stage was uniquely designed with a removable cushion top to expose a Plexiglas table. Demonstration of techniques under the patient is easily visible through the Plexiglas table. Monitors are also strategically placed along the walls of the lab so that all the students are able to view the demonstrations on stage without obstruction. Each lab presentation is digitally video recorded and available online for student access. An electronic stethoscope, otoscope, ophthalmoscope, and digital ECG software are also available for use in the lab during clinical skills sessions. A clinical exam lab with ten (10) patient exam rooms is furnished and equipped to facilitate the evaluation of the ambulatory patient. These rooms are equipped with two (2) monitoring cameras used during the Objective Structured Clinical Exams (OSCEs) and Clinical Competency Practice Exams. Standardized patients, patient models, and simulated patient manikins are used during these exams. Under the management of LMU-DCOM osteopathic physician faculty and staff, this area is shared between osteopathic medical students, nursing students, Physician Assistant students, and Veterinary Medical students. A spacious student lounge serves as a gathering place for osteopathic medical students for the purpose of recreation, relaxation, and fellowship. A pool table, shuffleboard table, soft seating, two televisions, and vending machines are located in the lounge. A smaller lounge is located opposite the student lounge with a ping pong table and outdoor seating. Showers, lockers, and conference rooms are also located on the second floor. These conference rooms can be reserved for both faculty and students for meetings.
Third Floor:
The third floor consists of the LMU-DCOM administration offices, including the Dean’s suite, faculty and staff offices, executive conference rooms, Admissions and Student Services, examination services, assessment office, the center for simulation and training and small classrooms. The simulation suite consists of six (6) rooms which include an operating room, a labor and delivery room, and emergency and critical care rooms. Under the management of LMU-DCOM faculty and staff, this is a shared area for osteopathic medical students, nursing students, and physician assistant students. Full-body Laerdal simulation manikins provide learners the opportunity to work in teams to respond to emergent patient care situations and other clinical simulations. The skills training room is set up for clinical skills, procedures, and cardiac life support training and is equipped with various task trainers and partial manikins. Also located on the third floor is a large, shared study room with cubicles and student lounge or study area.
Fourth Floor:
The fourth floor of LMU-DCOM is occupied by the MMS in PA Studies program. The fourth-floor houses two large auditoria, both seating one hundred individuals each. Both auditoria are equipped with the same audiovisual capability and technology as the auditoria on the remaining floors. The fourth floor also facilitates nine PA study rooms and faculty and staff offices.
The LMU-DO program is accredited by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA). The MMS in PA Studies program is accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA).
Putting students at the forefront of legal education, the LMU-Duncan School of Law (DSOL) is located about an hour from the main campus in downtown Knoxville. Like Lincoln, LMU-Law students learn from practical experience by being active in pro bono work, internships, externships and countless student organizations. Our training ground is state-of-the-art. DSOL is located in the historic Old City Hall building, the completely restored facility includes advanced classrooms with lecture capture technology, well-appointed study rooms, lots of quiet corners for individual study and a fully functional courtroom. DSOL’s building and contents total an insurable value of $ 14,514,124.
The Law School is in close proximity to dozens of large and small law firm offices. Legal Aid of East Tennessee, the legal service provider for 26 counties, is located on campus in a facility restored by the University in 2016-17. This location enables the School to operate an efficient legal externship Program which places upper-level law students in law firm offices, judges’ chambers, district attorney and public defender offices and Legal Aid offices.
The building contains approximately 70,000 ft2 , with 46,076 ft2 currently being utilized for classroom instruction, library facilities, study rooms, offices, student services, and a student lounge. The remaining area of approximately 24,000 ft2 is available for use as the Law School expands its student, faculty, and staff populations.
The facility is ADA compliant, has state-of-the-art lighting and sound systems, and has an excellent HVAC system. Adequate parking is provided for faculty and staff in a lot adjacent to the building, and adequate parking is available for students in parking lots within easy walking distance of the Law School.
The Law School building has two large classrooms, one medium-sized classroom, and four small classrooms. Additionally, there are two seminar rooms, a jury room which can be configured as a seminar room, and a large courtroom which is also used as a lecture hall. Thirteen study rooms are available for student use. Additional classrooms and seminar rooms can be developed in the presently unused space as the growth in Law School population warrants.
The Law School provides an individual office for each full-time faculty member, and shared-use office space for adjunct faculty members. Each office is fully furnished and equipped with a computer and other appropriate electronic equipment. Ample space is available for expanding the number of faculty offices as the need develops.
DSOL provides office and study space for the various co-curricular programs. The Law Review, the Mock Trial Board, the Moot Court Board, and the Student Bar Association each occupies one office. E. Administrative Office Space The Dean, the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and the Assistant Dean for Student and Career Services and their respective staffs occupy small suites on the second floor. The Admissions, Financial Aid, and Security offices are located in suites on the first floor. All of these administrative offices are easily accessible to students.
Even though the Law Library occupies only 7,188 ft2 , the facility is in fact a “library without walls” with most of its holdings accessible electronically. There is compact shelving with 4,152 linear feet, which is ample for future growth. A printer and copiers are available for student users, and an electronic check-out and check-in kiosk for library material is located near the front lobby. The librarians have individual offices situated throughout the building, in keeping with their embedded “library without walls” mission.
Quiet seating for study and research is available throughout the building. There are 123 seats in four study rooms or areas within the Law Library, and 273 study seats throughout the rest of the building. Many of these study seats (246) are located in nineteen furnished group study rooms. Ample power outlets for laptop computer usage or phone recharging are available throughout the Law School building. Student surveys indicate satisfaction with the Law School facility. Overall, 73% of extended learning site students reported satisfaction with their associated buildings and grounds.
The DeBusk Veterinary Teaching Center (DVTC) is a 1,000-acre learning and research center in Ewing, VA. The center welcomed its first cohort of students in the fall of 2014. DVTC utilizes seven facilities to offer students an enriched, academically robust learning experience that supports graduate ready, hands-on learning in the following skill sets:
Buildings of DVTC constitute a total of 93,303 square-foot of teaching space. DVTC has a total insurance value of including a Small Animal Clinical Skills Center, a Veterinary Student Center, a Veterinary Skills Center, an Equine Stable, an Equine Teaching Center, a Bovine Teaching Center, and an Anatomy Skills Laboratory. The DVTC learning and research center buildings and contents have a combined, insurable value of $35,848,271.
The DVTC complex is predicated on offering the most valuable use of space by providing multi-purpose venues. A space dedicated to a particular function can easily be reconfigured and transformed to satisfy a different need at a later point in time, allowing students to navigate seamlessly throughout the program’s curriculum and facilities.
This is a 6,480 square foot facility that houses eight cattle holding pens, a chute with head gate, rounds room, bathroom, and office. This space is utilized to instruct students in production and heard health.
This building with an animal facility and additional parking were completed in Fall 2023. The building includes a second 4,039 square foot. clinical skills teaching laboratory, a 4,015 square foot microscopy lab, a dividable 142-seat lecture hall, dedicated space for the Center for Innovation in Veterinary Education and Technology (CIVET) simulation research laboratory, separate teaching facilities for the LMU Veterinary Technology program, 21 offices, a student break room, a lactation room, and six student study rooms. An attached building has added canine and feline kennels and small mammal holding facilities to support the expanded student body and concomitant addition of clinical skills laboratory sections.
The Center for Innovation in Veterinary Education and Technology (CIVET) is housed in the VET building and is used for veterinary simulated model development and construction. CIVET was founded in 2017 by LMU-CVM educators who saw a need for advanced training and promotion of educational pedagogy and veterinary educational research. CIVET’s strategic goals include developing and disseminating innovative teaching methods including those that reduce, replace, or refine animal use; offering advanced training for veterinary educators; promoting veterinary educational research; and enhancing collaboration in the field of veterinary education.
The LMU College of Veterinary Medicine is accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA). The physical facilities that Lincoln Memorial University operate and maintain are undeniably appropriate to serve the needs of the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) educational program. Facilities are equipped with the latest technology that support graduate readiness.
The Harold M. Finley Learning Resources Center is home to the Carnegie Vincent Library and the Reed Health Sciences Library. It is both a physical and digital portal for academic resources. Whether you are looking for a print volume in the stacks, access to electronic resources, or seeking academic or research help, this is the place to start. The Tagge Center for Academic Support is also located in the library. LMU provides a variety of free assistance to meet student needs including peer tutoring.
The Harold M. Finley Learning Resources Center (22,288 square-feet) is located on the Quad facing Duke Hall. Funded by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, the original two-story structure of pressed brick and Indiana limestone was completed in 1906. Additions include the Bert Vincent Memorial wing and the Finley Learning Resources Center.
On May 5, 1974, the Bert Vincent Memorial wing, a 6,500 square-feet addition, was officially dedicated honoring the well-known Knoxville newspaper columnist who had a lasting interest in Lincoln Memorial University; the addition was built with gifts from thousands of people throughout the United States. Another 9,850 ft2 addition and major renovation of the original Carnegie facility was completed in 1987, made possible through matching grants from a family trust and The Kresge foundation. On December 11, 1988, the entire complex was named in honor of Dr. Harold Finley, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and longtime benefactor of Lincoln Memorial University. The Carnegie-Vincent Library houses a computer lab equipped with high-speed Internet, including wireless access. The Piper family gift (from the estate of Ms. Ethel Piper) allows the library’s holdings to be searched via the integrated library catalog system. The Lon and Elizabeth Parr Reed Medical and Allied Health Library opened on the second floor of the Carnegie-Vincent Library in the fall of 2006; the health sciences collections are housed within the medical library. Also, a music library named in honor of Dr. Mabel D. Smith, a former LMU music professor, is located on the first floor of the library. The music library was made possible by a generous donation from one of Professor Smith’s former students, Paul R. Keen. The University Archives are housed in the Finley Learning Center.
The Carnegie-Vincent Library and the Reed Health Sciences Library comprise most of two floors of the library building. During 2014, the Tagge Center for Academic Excellence was relocated to the library, which allows for collaboration of the information literacy librarians and the Tagge Center staff and tutors. The library areas of the building have one library instruction room/computer lab with 20 computers and an instructor workstation, two additional computer labs (10 computers each), and five group study rooms. Twenty-nine (29) laptop computers are also available for checkout. Other seating exists for 147 library users at small and large tables, soft chairs and sofas, individual study carrels, and in study rooms. The amount of seating is adequate. The number of desktop computers and laptop computers is sufficient to meet demands.
At the Library at the Cedar Bluff site, there are 4 small group tables, 17 chairs, and 2 study chairs. There are 10 laptop computers available for checkout. Computer labs exist outside of the Library at Cedar Bluff to provide additional seating and computer access.
The Library at the LMU-Tampa off-campus instructional site (OCIS) has seating for 10 students with room for more. The LMU-Tampa Library has 15 laptops for students and faculty to check out. The LMU-Tampa OCIS includes a computer lab with 40 desktop computers located directly across from the library. The amount of seating and number of laptop computers are sufficient to meet demands. The library space at LMU-Tampa includes two glass-walled rooms and is open and visible from the high traffic commons area, study room, and computer lab.
The Library at the LMU Tower location in Knoxville has one table with 8 seats. There are 13 carrels that each have a seat, making the total seating at the location 21 seats.
The LMU-Knoxville Library location has 15 tables and 6 carrels. There is a total of 67 chairs available at this Library location.
In recent years, the University moved its fine and applied arts studies to the historic town of Cumberland Gap, just a short bike or car ride from Harrogate. Here students may study and practice pottery, wood-working and three-dimensional art in the Arts Center. Student artwork is displayed in the storefront gallery which is open to the public. Additionally, the University hosts a series of community events as a celebration of the fine, applied, and visionary arts. Any artist – beginner or advanced – is appreciated, encouraged, and challenged. Arts in the Gap has become an annual destination for passionate and aspiring artists.
The Art Studio is located in the town of Cumberland Gap, TN and was renovated for use and opened in the fall of 2012. The one-story brick building and contents have an insurable value of $722,000.
AITG aims to cultivate artists by embracing and connecting community members to the region’s rich, Appalachian culture. To support this mission AITG hosts workshops and performances that work to engage its participants in both cultural and creative practices. Since AITG’s founding over 1,000 participants and 100 artists have been connected. AITG successfully bridges the gap between a preserved tradition and the future of art in the region.
Activities take place in the town of Cumberland Gap, home to LMU’s developing arts complex, as well as on the LMU main campus, five minutes away from Cumberland Gap village, or in the beautiful facilities and natural environment of the Cumberland Gap National Park.
It has facilities for wet and dry art, metalwork, and all types of 3D artwork. It has technology that is state-of-the-art, office space for one instructor, bathrooms and meeting areas for students and faculty. It has a gallery space for exhibitions of professional artists and student work. The building is equipped with kilns, ventilation systems, drainage systems and information technology for the purposes of safe and effective teaching of applied art instruction.
The Chattanooga campus is located at: 555 Walnut St, Building A, South Suite A and Suite B, Chattanooga, TN 37402. The space is approximately 34,101 sq. ft. This space will house the LMU PA program and the LMU Caylor School of Nursing (CSON).
Access to the facility is controlled with swipe-card entrance. The space meets or exceeds State of Tennessee codes. The entire facility is covered by a secure wireless network which is under the control of LMU, and each office has a secure hardwired network connection.
The lobby area is complete with a reception desk and is furnished with couches and chairs for student and visitor use. There are two multi-stall bathrooms for male students and two for female students. Additionally, there is one family use bathroom and one lactation room.
The first floor of the building houses a conference room and a large cafeteria with a host of tables and chairs that are available for student use. There is a library space that contains sixteen cubicles that students can use for study purposes. Students have access to a computer lab with workstations for twenty, plus an instructor, and a fully networked printer. For faculty and staff, a separate break room is available within the nursing space. The faculty/staff breakroom is equipped with a table and chairs, a refrigerator, and a microwave. A faculty workspace is also provided within the nursing space that contains networked, multifunction equipment for printing, faxing, scanning, and photocopying. A Scantron machine is available to assist with exam grading.
There is a convertible classroom that will be shared by PA and CSON. This classroom has the ability to accommodate seating for seventy students on one side and fifty-eight students in the conjoined classroom. An additional classroom located on this floor can seat up to forty students. Each classroom has access to secured wired and wireless Internet and contains a networked PC-DVD combo with a Smart Sympodium interactive pen display.
The clinical skills lab consists of four stations, each simulating a hospital room. Each station contains a hospital bed, IV pole, table, and head wall with an oxygen/suction compressor set up. There are two low-fidelity patient care mannequins in the skills lab. The skills lab is stocked with equipment and supplies to allow students to practice a multitude of skills in a simulated clinical environment. In addition to the storage in the lab, there is a large storage room located off the skills lab for storing additional equipment that is used in the skills and simulation labs. There are four simulation rooms as well as a control room that has audiovisual connection to each sim room. The simulation rooms are set up to simulate the clinical environment, including hospital beds that contain high fidelity simulator mannequins, cardiorespiratory monitoring, communication board, and head walls that contain suction and oxygen simulation. Each room has a storage area as well as a computer and workstation on wheels.
Each full-time faculty and staff member is provided either a desktop workstation or laptop with docking station configured with licensed software sufficient to complete daily tasks and classroom instruction as well as a telephone. There are six single occupancy offices in the nursing footprint with other offices that will be used by the PA program.
The Corbin site is located in the Tri-County Square Shopping Center in Corbin, Kentucky. This facility houses the LMU CSON program. The building is leased, and its contents total an insurable value of $26,265.
Access to the facility is controlled with swipe-card entrance. The facility includes two public restrooms, one for men and one for women. Faculty, staff, and students have access to a lounge with seating for about sixteen with a refrigerator, microwave, coffee maker and two vending machines. There is a computer lab with thirty computers and an instructor workstation as well as standard digital teaching technology, a printer, and a whiteboard. Finally, the site has a conference room that seats eight.
The site includes two classrooms. The larger classroom seats fifty students and the smaller classroom seats twenty-two students. Each classroom utilizes SMART technology, supported by media stations and wireless Internet access. The site has a modern laboratory, which houses microbiology and anatomy/physiology equipment. It includes seating for sixteen students and has standard digital teaching technology and a whiteboard. There is also a preparation and storage room that includes a laboratory refrigerator and freezer, plus storage cabinets for teaching materials.
For Nursing students, the site has a clinical skills lab with seating for twenty-two students. It has four stations for demonstration, practice, and clinical simulation. Each station contains a hospital bed, privacy curtain, IV pump, and a table. There is a low fidelity manikin in each bed (male/female). The clinical lab is stocked with equipment and supplies to allow students to practice a multitude of skills in a simulated clinical environment, varying from proper handwashing techniques to more complex skills such as IV insertion and maintenance. There is also a simulation lab where students can complete simulation hours. There is one simulation room as well as a control room that has audiovisual connection to the sim room. The simulation room is set up to simulate the clinical environment, including a hospital bed that contains a high-fidelity simulator mannequin, cardiorespiratory monitoring, communication board, and head walls that contain suction and oxygen simulation.
The program administrator has a private office available at the site. Faculty and staff for the CSON at the Corbin site have access to five single occupancy offices and one double occupancy office. Each office space is furnished with the materials to work efficiently. All ASN student files are maintained in a locked office at the site. Each office has at least one locked filing cabinet. These records are not accessible to students.
The physical resources for the students, faculty, and staff at the LMU CSON in Tampa are sufficient to ensure the achievement of the end-of-program student learning outcomes and program outcomes. The site is located at 3102 E. 138th Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33613. It is housed in a 27,111 square foot, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessible, space that was renovated in August 2017.
Upon entry, large glass doors open to a nursing suite. The nursing suite contains three offices that are utilized by staff such as recruitment, financial aid, and the Program Administrator. Students, staff, and faculty have access to resources and the nursing suite. Outside of the nursing suite, an area is dedicated for security officers to be present on site. The security space is equipped with a landline, cell phone, remote camera monitoring capabilities, and a desktop workstation. There are also multi-stall bathrooms for both males and female students and two restrooms for faculty use.
The building consists of six classrooms. Three classrooms are flat level classrooms and three are tiered classrooms. The three flat classrooms hold a capacity of 23, 28, and 38 students each. The tiered classrooms have fixed seating for 69, 70, and 97 students each. Each classroom has access to secured wired and wireless Internet and contains a networked PC-DVD combo with a Smart Sympodium interactive pen display. The largest of the tiered classrooms is equipped with video conferencing capabilities.
The building contains a computer lab for students with 40 desktop computers with a network printer. Students can print to the network printer from individual laptops in addition to the desktop computers. An additional 15 laptop computers are available for student use upon request in the library. A secure wireless network is available throughout the building for use by faculty, staff, and students.
Two study rooms are dedicated to students for quiet study. One study room has seating for 10 students and a larger study room has seating for 15 students. The building is equipped with a library that maintains a collection of over 200 print items with room for 3,500 more. A dedicated Health Sciences Librarian & Library Systems Coordinator staffs the location for 40 open hours per week. However, students have the ability to access the library outside of the staffed hours. The library has seating for 10 students with the capability to add additional seating. The library space includes two glass-walled rooms and is visible from the high traffic commons area, study room, and computer lab.
The clinical skills lab consists of eight stations, each simulating a hospital room. Each station contains a hospital bed, privacy curtain, IV pole, and table. There are three low-fidelity patient care mannequins and four bladder simulators in the skills lab. The clinical lab is stocked with equipment and supplies to allow students to practice a multitude of skills in a simulated clinical environment. In addition to the clinical skills lab, the building contains three simulation suites as well as a control room that have audiovisual connection to each sim room. All suites are set up to simulate the clinical environment, including hospital beds that contain high fidelity simulator mannequins, cardiorespiratory monitoring, communication board, and head walls that contain suction and oxygen simulation.
The onsite student lounge is equipped with tables and chairs for students with seating for 56 and the capability to accommodate additional students. The student lounge contains two oversized refrigerators, three microwaves, and two vending machines. In the student lounge, two large LCD televisions are available for student use. For faculty and staff, three lounges are available. Each lounge is equipped with tables and chairs, a refrigerator, and microwave.
Each full-time faculty and staff member is provided either a desktop workstation or laptop with docking station configured with licensed software sufficient to complete daily tasks and classroom instruction. A faculty work area is provided that contains networked, multifunction equipment for printing, faxing, scanning, and photocopying. A Scantron machine is available to assist with exam grading. Twenty-two offices are available with the ability to accommodate more than 40 faculty and staff.
Faculty and staff have access to two conference rooms, one with seating for 12 and the other larger with seating for 20. Both conference rooms are large enough to accommodate additional seating if necessary. The conference rooms contain mounted LCD screens with full video-conference capabilities.
The facilities at the Tampa location contain ample resources for students, faculty, and staff. The facility provides a variety of options to support the programs in Tampa.
Dedicated by Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam in October 2012, the 140,000-square-foot Hamilton Math and Science Building is the largest and most advanced facility on campus. This versatile building is used by undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs. There is a mix of large and small lecture spaces ranging from a 400-seat auditorium to group study rooms and advanced research facilities including a microscopy suite. Future health practitioners utilize the nursing simulation lab and large anatomy suite. For a quick break between classes or lunch with friends, the large student lounge on the third floor is the perfect option with its balcony overlooking campus. The building and contents total an insurable value of $56,100,000.
The Caylor School of Nursing (CSON) moved in July 2012 to a beautiful, state-of-the-art Math and Science Building on the Harrogate campus. This building houses coursework offered in nursing, biology, mathematics, medicine, and physician assistant programs, as well as general education courses. Architecturally developed by Barber McMurray Architects, the Math and Science Building encompasses 139,818 ft2, with the second floor of the Math and Science Building covering 34,729 ft2. The Caylor School of Nursing is housed on the second floor of the Math and Science Building, along with four physics and chemistry laboratories. The spacious 4-floor facility provides ample opportunity for interdisciplinary learning. The skills lab for nursing students is on the second floor of the Math and Science Building. This 1,800 ft2 room includes a 24-desk classroom that can be used either in conjunction with the skills lab or closed to provide a separate classroom as needed. The skills lab includes space for eight beds, two sinks, and extra storage/cabinets. The skills lab storage area encompasses 222 ft2 and has ample storage for ASN, BSN, and MSN skills lab equipment and supplies. Nursing students have access to five classrooms as well. The largest classroom is 1,820 ft2 and seats 80 students. There is a 62-seat student classroom totaling 1,447 ft2. There is a second 1,447 ft2 room, which seats 60 people. Both the fourth and fifth classrooms have 1,440 ft2 and seat 36 students each. All of these classrooms are equipped with the latest teaching/learning technology. There is a lounge on the second floor of the new building for rest, relaxation, and study. It includes a refrigerator, sink, and multiple tables and soft chairs. There is also a vending area on the third floor in a large, multidisciplinary student lounge area. Twenty rooms are located on one side of the nursing floor, providing spacious offices for the Dean of Nursing, the Director of Nursing Enrollment, the Graduate Nursing Chair/Directors, and Nursing faculty and staff. All offices are single occupancy. A welcoming reception area for two administrative assistants is easily accessible from the second-floor atrium. In addition, a large Dean’s conference room accommodates ten people. A second faculty conference area, which seats 14, is in the nursing office area, offering ample opportunity for collaboration among professionals. There are four restrooms on the second floor: two public restrooms and men/women private restrooms for faculty/staff which are adjacent to the second-floor atrium. The second floor of the Math and Science Building also has several storage rooms, mechanical rooms, and electrical closets.
The building houses two 64 station teaching laboratories with microscopes and equipment necessary for laboratory instruction in histology, bacteriology, parasitology, hematology, and immunology. This space includes a Microscopy Service Laboratory for research, which includes light microscopy room, confocal microscopy room, scanning electron microscopy room, a Mass Spectrometry Service Laboratory for research which includes four mass spectrometers (Ion trapping, GC-MS, TSQ Quantum GC-MS, LC-QMS), and research laboratories ranging from single (546 ft2) to multiple (1638 ft2) investigator laboratories. Students have access to the two 26- and 38-station computer labs located on the second floor. Students have access to laptops containing essential software to fulfill educational requirements and have wireless access throughout the building to access Internet and electronic resources.
Approximately 25% of the fourth floor (4,650 ft2 laboratory and research offices) is devoted to research. The research laboratories include a tissue culture laboratory with multiple Type IIAZ Biosafety Cabinets, incubators, microscope, and additional rooms for DNA preparation, project rooms (2), autoclave room, fume hood room, and equipment room. Equipment includes -20 C and -80 C freezers, Millipore distilled water system, balances, autoclave, dishwasher, ultracentrifuge, chromatography, spectrophotometers, tabletop microfuge, and clinical centrifuge.
Benches are equipped with natural gas, electricity, and student storage at each student workspace. Easily accessible shut-off valves are in the hallway outside the lab. Electrical breaker boxes for the lab outlets and equipment are located in each lab. Each workstation allows the student to sit in an ergonomic, height-adjustable chair with knee space. Sinks with hot and cold water are situated at opposite ends of the main benches to improve traffic flow. Wide spacing between benches also improves safety. Each lab has at least one ductless fume hood to reduce energy usage and hazardous exposure in the lab and in the air outside. Each lab also has full, standard classroom technology with Internet, digital projection, and SMART Board capabilities. Each lab has two ADA compliant workstations and a sink. Equipment, models, and microscopes appropriate for the teaching and learning function of each biology lab are provided. This includes fluorescent, compound, and dissecting microscopes, incubators, refrigerators, freezers, micro-centrifuges, electrophoresis apparatus, gel imaging, nanodrop spectrometer, PCR thermocycler, and preparatory centrifuge for instruction and research projects in molecular genetics and microbiology. The teaching lab for undergraduate anatomy has arm and leg models plus organ system models. There are also tools and trays for dissection of fresh and preserved specimens. Introductory and general biology lab instruction is delivered in labs with identical floor plans but with equipment appropriate to that type and level of instruction. The Hamilton Math and Science Building also has three wet labs for teaching and learning chemistry and physics. Physics labs are conducted in a multipurpose lab that also contains a bank of ductless fume hoods that may be used for projects or flex space for chemistry. Physics, chemistry and biology have computer-interfaced experimental apparatus. The most pronounced application of computer-interfaced lab apparatus is in the teaching and learning of physics where the technology to collect data directly from the apparatus is used by each student team. General and organic chemistry labs are arranged and equipped in a similar floor plan as the biology lab absent natural gas at each station. In some cases, this is replaced with vacuum and/or compressed air. In general chemistry, numerous experiments are conducted with direct collection of data also using computer interfaced sensors. In the organic chemistry lab, there are 16 ductless fume hoods as well as 16 open workstations so that students may use the proper engineering controls, depending on the experiment, to separate and control hazardous fumes. As students in chemistry progress into organic chemistry, upper-level courses, and individual research projects with faculty mentors, more sophisticated instrumentation is utilized. A separate instrument room of approximately 1,000 ft2 houses FTIR, UV/Vis, atomic absorption, and fluorescent spectrometers. The suite also includes rheometry and gas chromatography. This is where one ducted fume hood is located, as well as a GC-Mass Spectrometer for undergraduate instruction. On the first floor of the building there is also a 400 ft2 room which houses a 400 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectrometer capable of 2-D structural analysis of pure organic materials. On the fourth floor of the Hamilton Math and Science Building, faculty members of the School of Mathematics and Sciences share space with faculty from the DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine (DCOM). This space is also used by students who are part of a research team or are working on their own research project under the mentorship of a faculty member. Collaboration also occurs as some faculty members work on similar model organisms such as C. elegans. The space contains a common instrument core area with ice, purified water, autoclave, dishwasher, ultra-centrifuge, preparatory centrifuge, ultralow freezer, gel and 96-well plate imaging, microscopes, isolation hoods, fume hoods, incubators, freezers, and refrigerators. The entire building is covered with a secure wireless network as well as network ports. The Hamilton Math and Science Building also contains two dedicated computer labs. One computer lab has 25 terminals, and one has 33 terminals. These rooms also have full classroom technology as described above, including SMART Boards and digital projection. Developmental Mathematics is taught in the smaller computer lab so that students may practice computational problem solving with software and receive immediate feedback from quizzing and testing. This has been found to increase the speed and effectiveness of learning for these students. Numerous assessment instruments are also delivered using the online interface of these computer labs. The Hamilton Math and Science Building also includes numerous study rooms on the first and second floors that are available for undergraduate students. These have large whiteboards and comfortable seating to facilitate group study sessions. On the third floor, there is a 1,400 ft2 lounge with tables and an adjacent balcony with seating. These spaces are actively used for study sessions as well as for sharing meals among the student community. Vending machines are in this space also.
The Schenck Center for Allied Health Sciences was constructed in 1991 and underwent renovations in 2011-2012 to better cater to the needs of the Veterinary Health Science and Technology Department. In December 2023, it was officially transferred to the School of Engineering. This single-story, 6,800 square foot building comprises office space, a classroom with smart technology, a dedicated lab space tailored for civil engineering materials labs, two 3D print rooms, a student lounge, and various storage rooms. The building is equipped with smart boards, a MakerBot replicator z-18 3d printer, a Bambu labs x1 carbon 3d printer, and aggregate testing equipment for civil engineering materials labs. The largest room functions as a classroom and is adjacent to the laboratory classroom. The School of Engineering faculty and staff occupy offices within the building. The total insurable value of the building and its contents is $670,560.
The LMU Tower is located in the historic North Knoxville, TN neighborhood of St. Mary’s Hospital. The building welcomed LMU’s Caylor School of Nursing (CSON) students in the spring of 2021 and most recently introduced LMU’s College of Dental Medicine (LMU-CDM) in the Fall of 2022. The 166,887 square-foot, thirteen story building and contents total an insurable value of $58,000,000.
The first four levels of the facility are for parking with 18,453 sq. ft. per floor. CSON programs utilize space on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floors, while the remaining are dedicated to LMU-CDM, approximately 154,000 sq. ft. The 8th floor is used as office space and the 9th floor is home to forensics.
The facility includes classrooms and lecture halls, a library and reading rooms, studies, student lounges, conference areas, and several offices and business spaces. Classrooms are wheelchair accessible, with ergonomically designed seating and writing surfaces to support learning and allow faculty to embed “hands on” learning activities. The classrooms are equipped with computers, audiovisual technology, and recording capabilities. Each classroom has access to secured wired and wireless Internet and contains a networked PC-DVD combo with a Smart Sympodium interactive pen display. The Medical library located on the 4th floor is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to LMU-CDM and CSON, along with the adjacent quiet study spaces. Study areas are equipped with whiteboards, ethernet ports, power outlets, twenty individual study cubicles and a computer lab with thirty desktop computers, a network printer, PC-DVD combo, and a Smart Sympodium interactive pen display. The student lounges are equipped with tables, chairs, a kitchenette, refrigerators, microwaves, and vending areas. Conference rooms are amply dedicated to each program and are used to conduct meetings and allow for private discussion of sensitive and/or confidential matters. The LMU Tower was designed to accommodate a lecture-based systems curriculum complemented by clinical cases. For this purpose, large lecture halls, with seating capacity of 160 individuals, have been designed to allow students a traditional based lecture while simultaneously allowing space for students to be divided into small groups for a team-based learning approach. Each lecture hall is equipped with computers, audiovisual technology, accessible power outlets, and have recording capabilities.
The 1st floor consists of four classrooms, a lobby, student breakroom, faculty/staff breakroom, faculty workspace equipped with a scantron machine for assisting with exam grading, conference room, storage room, and faculty offices. The 2nd floor has a similar, multi-functional layout. There are four classrooms, a study area, lobby, student breakroom, and a clinical skills lab. The clinical skills lab houses eight stations, each simulating a hospital room. Each station is complete with a hospital bed, IV pole, table, and head wall with oxygen and suction set-up. There are four low-fidelity patient care mannequins in the skills lab and fully stocked medical equipment and supplies to allow a fully simulated clinical environment. Also located on the 2nd floor is the simulation lab. This lab contains four simulation rooms and a control room with audio visual connection. The simulation lab is also intended to mimic a clinical environment and is equipped with hospital beds, high fidelity simulator mannequins, cardiorespiratory monitoring, communication board, a computer workstation on wheels, and wall oxygen and suction. An adjacent classroom allows students to observe and/or debrief scenarios.
The 3rd floor is dedicated to LMU-CDM and houses four classrooms, a large lecture hall that can be divided into two smaller, a conference room, storage areas and office space. The 4th floor is similar and consists of two classrooms, a large lecture hall that can be divided, a library, study, conference room, student lounge, and office space.
The 5th floor houses the simulation laboratory, bench laboratory, wet/dry lab, technology lab, and 586 dedicated student lockers for personal items. The simulation laboratory consists of one-hundred and twenty dental simulator models each with a Kilgore manikin, doctor delivery with Bien Air electric handpiece, assistant package, doctor stools, and an adjustable overhead light. There are nine handwashing stations with supply cabinets, faculty stations, a faculty workstation with AV capabilities and plasma screens for student viewing. The Bench laboratory consists of one-hundred and twenty Nevin laboratory benches with vacuum drawers, task light and stools, ten handwashing stations, and an eye-washing station. The wet/dry laboratory consists of sixteen laboratory stations each with a sink and plaster traps, one eyewash station, eight model pour-up stations, fourteen dental vibrators and plaster stone bines, eight Patterson model trimming stations, and three Red Wing polishing lathes. Benchtops are also strategically placed throughout the labs and equipped with three ProCure units and six Patterson VacuFormer units. On the 5th floor technology lab there are two Sprint Ray ProS 3-D printers, two wash stations, two curing units, and equipment to make orthodontic aligners.
The LMU-CDM clinic, Dental Clinic-Center for Excellence (clinic) and The Center for Research Education and Technology (CRET), provides oral healthcare to people of East Tennessee and surrounding areas. Patient treatment areas are located on the 6th and 7th floors of the LMU Tower. The clinic uses a cloud-based clinical practice management software VATECH ® imaging system with an IS office on the 1st floor dedicated to technical management for clinical operations. The CRET space on the 6th floor includes thirty-one clinical treatment areas and is designed to mimic a general dental practice and offers dental exams, cleaning, extractions, restorative dentistry services, and cosmetic dentistry services. CRET houses eleven private operatories with Adec, Midwest, DCI, Sirona, Royal and Forest model dental chairs and have radius over-the-patient delivery units, assistant package, overhead light, cabinets, doctor and assistant stools, networked computers, A-dec 300 dental chairs, and a sink. The clinic and CRET share reception, business, and radiology space. The 7th floor clinic has forty-five clinical treatment areas, four of which are designed for patients with special needs, a waiting area with integrated reception and business offices. Treatment areas are equipped with A-dec 300 dental chairs, radius over-the-patient delivery, assistant package, stools, an overhead light, an Oregon cart, a networked computer, and a sink. The clinic is also equipped with a designated imaging room with a Smart Plus VATECH combination panoramic, cephalometric and CBCT radiographic machine, four mobile x-ray units, and five EzRay Air VATECH portable handheld x-ray units.
The 5th, 6th, and 7th floors have dedicated space to CAD/CAM equipment. The 6th and 7th floors house a total of seven sterilization areas, equipped with autoclaves, instrument washers, ultrasonic cleaners, and drying and wrapping areas.
The 8th floor has 38 office spaces and two conference rooms. Each office is equipped with secure storage drawers, desk and chairs, bookshelf, phone, and computer. Forensics is located on the 9th floor and is complete with a virtual anatomy lab. The lab contains two Anatomage tables, utilized for virtual dissections and teaching medical gross and head and neck anatomy.
