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35 reasons to celebrate
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Reason #1
1797 The USS Constitution is built.
The USS Constitution is one of the
main reasons America won the War of
1812 and retained its independence.
In 2012, the 200th anniversary of the
war, the Institute will build a
beautiful student lounge overlooking
this historic ship.
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Reason #2
1862 Building 34, which later
houses Institute administration,
is renovated to become a
cannonball factory. Heavy iron
doors between floors and suites
are strategically placed to
protect persons in other parts of
the building if a cannonball
unintentionally explodes.
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Reason #3
1941 The American Society
for Nondestructive Testing is
founded in Building 34. This,
along with the building's
military significance, will get
the building a spot on the
National Register of Historic
Places.
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Reason #4
1972 E. Lorraine Baugh,
who later became Chair of
the Board of Trustees at the
Institute, co-founds the
National Black Nurses
Association, concurrently
founding the New England
Regional Black Nurses
Association.
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1974 The Charlestown Navy
Yard formally closes as a naval
shipyard. In the course of 174
years, it had constructed over
200 warships and repaired
thousands more.
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Reason #6
1977 The Institute is
founded by Massachusetts
General Hospital, the
third oldest hospital in the
U.S.
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Reason #7
1977 The Institute's
original logo is a
chambered nautilus, a
creature that grows its
shell in spirals,
symbolizing the
anticipated incremental
growth of education at
MGH.
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Reason #8
1981 The MGH
School of Nursing, the
predecessor to the
Institute, graduates its
last class and closes its
doors. The School was
the oldest continuously
operating nursing
school in America.
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Reason #9
1985 The MGH
Institute formally
incorporates, with an
independent board of
trustees separate from
the MGH board. Prior
to this, the Institute's
degrees were granted
directly by MGH.
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Reason #10
1992 Bette Ann
Harris, who was the
first student to receive a
degree from the
Institute in 1983,
becomes Director of the
Institute's Physical
Therapy Program.
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Reason #11
1995 The Institutes Program in Communication
Sciences and Disorders (CSD) introduces the first
masters level curriculum to offer dual teacher licensure
in speech-language and reading, recognizing that the two
are deeply interconnected. Five years later, the American
Speech-Language-Hearing association emulates this idea
with changes to its policies for practice.
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Reason #12
1998 The Institute
passes the 1,000
alumni milestone.
Just 12 years later, in
2010, the Institute
will be enrolling
over 1,000 students
per semester.
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Reason #13
1999 U.S. News & World
Report ranks the Institutes
Doctor in Physical Therapy
program among the nations
top ten. In subsequent years,
the Speech-Language
Pathology program and the
Direct-Entry Nursing
program also become
nationally ranked.
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Reason #14
2001 Professor and Trustee
Jeanette Ives Erickson, Senior
Vice President of Patient Care
Services and Chief Nurse at MGH,
is profiled in How Jane Won, a
book detailing the lives
of highly successful women.
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Reason #15
2001 Institute alumni spring
into action after the September
11 attacks and join the
Massachusetts Disaster
Medical Assistance Team to
provide aid at Ground Zero.
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Reason #16
2002 The Institute launches Project Yoda, designed to
implement a state-of-the-art student information system,
which takes two years to complete and involves the entire
Institute community. The project included a customized
Clinical Affiliations module, the first of its kind and a
model for the industry.
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Reason #17
2002 The Institute
participates in the
"American Pride"
celebration, sponsoring
parade entry fees for
students marching in
support of gay, lesbian,
and bisexual rights.
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Reason #18
2002 The Institute turns
25 and purchases Building
36 in the Charlestown
Navy Yard as its
permanent location,
dedicating it as the
Catherine Filene Shouse
Building.
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Reason #19
2002 The Institute
awards the first Doctor of
Physical Therapy degrees,
the first doctoral level
degree awarded by the
Institute. The new degree
is awarded to 30 entry-
level students and 61
students in the
Transitional DPT
Program.
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Reason #21
2005 A team of Institute
students and professors
travel to Swaziland for two
weeks to provide health
care, returning there in
2010 and 2012.
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Reason #23
2006 The Institute
adds a prohibition
against transgender
discrimination to its
Non-Discrimination
Policy. Students begin
holding co-curricular
lectures on transgender
health care issues and
advocate for transgender
health information
programs.
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2007 The Institute
launches one of the first
four Doctor of Nursing
Practice programs in the
country.
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Reason #25
2008 The Institute
expands into Buildings
34 and 39 in the
Charlestown Navy Yard
to accommodate its
growth and plans for the
future.
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Reason #26
2010 The Institute moves
its annual Commencement
Ceremony to the Hynes
Auditorium in Boston
afteroutgrowingits previous
location at the Harvard
Medical School
Quadrangle.
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2010 The Chronicle of
Higher Education names
the Institute A Great
College to Work For.
The Institute earns the
distinction again in 2011
and 2012.
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2010 The Institute wins the
Council for the Advancement and
Support of Education District 1
Gold Communication award for
its newly redesigned Web site.
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Reason #29
2011 The Center for Interprofessional Studies and
Innovation is founded. The Center joins the School of
Nursing, created in 2009, and the School of Health &
Rehabilitation Sciences, created in 2010, to form the
Institutes diverse and substantial academic suite.
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Reason #30
2011 The Institute
opens its innovative
Physical Therapy Lab.
Along with the
Institutes renowned
Speech, Language, and
Literacy Center, these
labs help meet the
communitys health
and wellness needs.
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Reason #31
2012 MGH, the
founder and a major
clinical affiliate of the
Institute, is ranked the
#1 hospital in the
country by US News &
World Report.
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Reason #32
2012 The Institute launches an
innovative Master of Science in
Health Professions Education.
The MS-HPEd is one of the first
in the country to offer a
concentration in clinical
simulation education. The
program is offered in
collaboration with the Harvard
Macy Institute and the Center for
Medical Simulation.
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2012 The Institute
broadcasts its annual
Commencement
Ceremony live via the
Web for the first time in
its history.
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Reason #34
2012 The Institute launches a PhD in
Rehabilitation Sciences, one of fewer
than 20 such programs in the country.
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Reason #35 2012 The Institute opens state-of-the-art
space at 2 Constitution Center, adjacent to
the Navy Yard, providing an interactive
classroom, rehabilitation labs, dedicated
research space, and a student lounge with
a front row view of the USS Constitution.
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