The R.N. Ellington Health and Counseling Center was named during a ceremony March 13. Details...
Located on the north side of campus near Moseley Center, the $850,000 health facility is named in honor of Dr. Robert N. Ellington of Burlington, N.C., who has served as ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s college physician for 15 years. The center’s naming recognizes his years of service as well as a main gift Dr. Ellington and his wife Helen have made to the fund-raising campaign for the new building.
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ President Leo M. Lambert praised Dr. Ellington’s dedication to ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students during the celebration. “Dr. Ellington has treated more than 54,000 patients during his career,” Lambert said. “Bob demonstrates old-fashioned caring and he exemplifies the kind of caring that we value here at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ. The naming of the Ellington Center is an important part of our 2001 Founders Week celebration.”
The center, which will open in the fall, will provide ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students, faculty and staff with a wide range of medical and counseling services. It will offer five medical examination rooms, a sick/observation room, rooms for triage, medications, laboratory equipment and shot administration, five counseling rooms, a group conference room, a waiting room and staff office space.