Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony Kicks Off Queens University Partnership with Atrium Health
Queens University of Charlotte cut the ribbon on a newly renovated, on-campus health and wellness center to be operated by Atrium Health. Part of a recently announced multi-year agreement to enhance student health services, Atrium Health will manage university health and wellness services, including behavioral health and sports medicine.
“This partnership is a very big deal for the entire Queens community and, most importantly, our students,” said Queens University President Dan Lugo. “We know that students flourish in the classroom and in the community when they have access to a comprehensive suite of world-class wellness support resources and health services. Atrium Health’s partnership and presence on our campus elevates and enhances the services that our students have access to on campus and in the Atrium network. It also gives us access to Atrium Health’s full portfolio of expertise in meeting our strategic goal of creating a stronger culture of community wellness and integrates the full spectrum of our students’ care from physical, to behavioral health and sports medicine in state-of-the-art ways that were previously impossible.”
The celebratory event featured a facility tour as well as remarks by President Lugo and Ken Haynes, enterprise executive vice president and president of the Greater Charlotte Region for Atrium Health.
President Dan Lugo of Queens University of Charlotte (left) and Ken Haynes of Atrium Health (right)
“Atrium Health is pleased to join forces with Queens University of Charlotte to bring the highest quality care to campus, in terms of health and wellness, mental health, and sports medicine,” said Haynes. “We are grateful to President Lugo and Queens University leadership for making this profound commitment in direct service of their own students so that they can both feel their best and be their best.”
The health center will now offer point-of-care testing, acute care management, virtual care, and medication dispensing with Atrium Health clinical employees. The behavioral health center will offer enhanced services which include a 24/7 crisis hotline and virtual care. The sports medicine facilities will incorporate Atrium Health athletic trainers, two team physicians, a sports nutritionist, and a physical therapist.
“Our strategic framework outlines a vision to become the leading, private, national university in the Charlotte region,” Lugo said. “That vision includes building strategic partnerships and launching additional initiatives to equip our students and community members with the skills to live healthy, balanced, and full lives. Meaningful collaboration with partners like Atrium Health puts us on the road to making that vision a reality.”