PITTSBURG, Kan. — Officers at Pittsburg State College broke floor Thursday on a virtually $7 million simulation hospital to be constructed adjoining to McPherson Corridor, house to the Irene Ransom Bradley Faculty of Nursing.
The undertaking will embrace building of an roughly 10,000-square-foot addition, plus focused renovations to the present constructing that may accommodate cohorts of 120 college students, giving them the chance to “convey their expertise to their scientific websites and locations of employment after commencement,” stated Kathleen Flannery, president and CEO of the PSU Basis and vp of college development.
Highlights of the undertaking will embrace related management rooms, a debriefing room, a ready space, a research space, storage and restrooms. Mixed, the undertaking will contain roughly 24,000 sq. toes.
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The groundbreaking marked an thrilling second for college and college students, stated Mary Carol Pomatto, a former director of the Faculty of Nursing and presently the dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences.
“The simulation hospital brings a lot extra to our college and to the college,” she stated. “It modifications the scholar expertise, and as , offering transformational experiences to our college students is what we do.”
These experiences are much more crucial within the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which shed a lightweight on the wants of well being care and the talents that will likely be required of future nurses, Pomatto stated.
“In gentle of the latest pandemic, demand from the well being care trade for certified nurses, suppliers and well being care staff has elevated,” she stated. “A simulation hospital outfitted with state-of-the-art expertise and tools will present an incredible, hands-on studying setting and permit instructors to stage real-life eventualities in a protected setting.”
College officers introduced the undertaking in January 2020, saying that it aligned with PSU’s strategic plan and would assist meet the demand for nursing graduates.
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It was funded by presents from personal donors who acknowledged a have to develop entry to well being care professions to extra college students, stated Lynda Banwart, a nurse practitioner, graduate of the Faculty of Nursing and chair of the PSU Basis.
“Nurses should be ready to deal with the rise in calls for of sicker sufferers, new applied sciences and care environments which might be ever-changing,” she stated. “This simulation hospital will help college in getting ready nurses for this dynamic setting.”
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A man accused of carjacking another man in Pittsburgh was found shot following a traffic stop in the vehicle police said he stole.
Pittsburgh Police said Monday that officers were first called to the area of Friendship Avenue for a ShotSpotter alert and when they arrived at the scene, a man told them he had been carjacked by another man.
The man told police that during the carjacking, he fired two gunshots at the man, who then left the area in the stolen vehicle.
Police say they then issued an alert for the stolen vehicle, which was headed out of Pittsburgh, headed eastbound.
According to police, a short time later, Pitcairn Police saw a vehicle that matched the description from Pittsburgh Police that was driving erratically.
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Police say officers from Pitcairn stopped the vehicle along Broadway Boulevard in Monroeville and found the driver had been shot in the arm and in the shoulder. Police say the man was identified as the suspect from the Friendship Avenue carjacking.
The man was taken to the hospital by paramedics and was last listed in stable condition.
Detectives from Pittsburgh Police’s Violent Crime Unit are handling the investigation.
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PHILADELPHIA — The Pittsburgh Pirates concluded their road trip on the east coast and showed that they simply don’t have what it takes to contest with the best in baseball.
The Pirates faced both the New York Mets at Citi Field and the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park and both teams shared a similarity: big payrolls.
The Mets have the highest payroll in the MLB at $323,099,999, marked by their record signing of free agent outfielder Juan Soto for $765 million over 15 years. The Phillies aren’t far behind at $284,210,820, the fourth highest in the MLB.
Pittsburgh has a payroll of $87,645,246, the fifth least in the MLB, and it showed on the field.
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Both National League East Division Teams have star power and great depth throughout their rosters, which showed last season, as the Mets made the NLCS and the Phillies made the playoffs for the third straight season.
The Pirates haven’t made the playoffs since 2015 and have just one season above .500 since then. There is a lack of winning that extends from previous team and continues to now, due to poor free agent signings, no identity and poor execution during offseasons, drafts, etc.
Philadelphia and New York will both contend for a World Series this season and currently sit 28-18 and 29-17 overall, respectively. (Fill in). They both have done what is necessary to win and have the players and the team culture to achieve that goal.
The Pirates have just 15 wins from 47 games in 2025 and have the third worst record in baseball. They sit 13.0 games behind the Chicago Cubs at the top of the NL Central Division and the San Francisco Giants in the third NL Wild Card spot.
It’s only the middle of May, but the Pirates have lost this season and it’s going to get much worse before it gets better.
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The Pirates have fought harder and gone after games better under new manager Don Kelly than prior manager Derek Shelton, but hitting the ball successfully and for runs remains a massive obstacle every single game.
Pittsburgh batted .192, 38-for-197, plus 4-for-38 with runners in scoring position over the six games against the Mets and Phillies. They also struck out 53 times, averaging nearly nine strikeouts per game.
The Pirates had two close losses to the Mets, 4-3 on a walk-off on May 12 and 2-1 on May 13, where they were 1-for-9 and 2-for-13 with runners in scoring position, respectively.
They went 1-for-10 in the series against the Phillies with runners in scoring position, which included the 5-2 loss on May 17, where they had no runners in scoring position, with only a Bryan Reynolds two-run home run in the top of the ninth inning as the sole offense in the game.
None of this is much of a surprise for a team that has been terrible all season long from the plate, ranking towards the bottom of most statistics.
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The Pirates rank tied for the worst batting average in the MLB at .217, along with the Chicago White Sox and the Colorado Rockies, at .217 and OPS at .619, along with the White Six, and possess the worst slugging percentage at .322. Their .297 on-base percentage is also fifth worst.
Pittsburgh has also not scored more than four runs in a game since a 9-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels at Angels Stadium on April 23, a 23-game streak. That ties the 2022 Miami Marlins for the longest such streak in a season since at least 1980.
The Pirates offense doing so poorly runined some fantastic performances from the Pirates pitching staff.
Paul Skenes allowed just one run, plus six hits and three walks, while posting six strikeouts over six innings vs. the Mets on May 12 and then just one run, a walk and only three hits, while tying his season-high of nine strikeouts in eight innings against the Phillies on May 18, for his first complete game of his career.
Mitch Keller also excelled in his start vs. the Mets on May 13, where he allowed five hits, two walks and two earned runs and posted a season high eight strikeouts over seven innings.
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All three of those games the Pirates have lost and it’s a trend that the team has had this season, with lack of support for great outings from their starting pitching.
They’ve suffered defeat in seven of 10 games that Skenes has pitched in, despite only allowing 17 earned runs, and have lost seven of the nine games that Keller started. The Pirates have scored 24 runs for Keller and 32 runs for Skenes, averaging to 2.7 and 3.2 runs per start, respectively.
Pittsburgh has not supported their two best pitchers and for fans, it’s understandbly a massive source of frustation for a season they expected improvement and growth.
The Pirates got two important players back from injury in their series vs. the Phillies in first baseman Spencer Horwitz and center fielder Oneil Cruz
Horwitz missed all of Spring Training and the entire MLB season up until this past weekend with a right wrist injury. He did two rehab assignments at both Double-A Altoona and Triple-A Indianpolis prior to his return.
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Cruz missed almost a week with lower back pain after an awkward slide attempt against the Atlanta Braves on May 10. He was day-to-day, but is now back in the starting lineup.
Horwitz went 1-for-6 with a strikeout, starting the past two games at first base, while Oneil Cruz went 0-for-9 and struckout eight times, including four in the shutout defeat to end the series.
The Pirates will need patience with both Horwitz and Cruz, who will look to regain form on the field and at the plate going forward.
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