Supporting Healthcare Professions Students
Community Howard is a proud supporter of the transformative building project at Ivy Tech Kokomo's campus, which include a new state-of-the-art Health Professions Center. Thanks to the hospital's contribution the student commons in the new Health Profession's Center, which is slated to open next year, will be named the Community Howard Regional Health Student Commons. The student commons, located off the Health Professions Center glass-walled atrium just outside a new community room, will offer comfortable seating, convenient charging stations for laptops and tablets, vending machines, and study areas.

A groundbreaking ceremony commemorating the campus-wide transformation was held in August 2018. Community Howard president Joe Hooper said of the project, "I hope the Community Howard Regional Health Student Commons can be a place where students find inspiration, rest and comradery as they pursue the challenging calling of being a caregiver."
Leaders Serving Kokomo
Through a commitment to providing exceptional care locally and Community Howard Regional Health’s strong partnerships with many local service agencies, Community Health Network has a strong focus on the needs of the Kokomo community. That commitment extends well beyond the walls of the hospital and physician offices in Kokomo. Hundreds of leaders from across Community Health Network who attended a recent Community leadership event in Kokomo used the opportunity to give back in a special way. Fanning out at 11 locations across Kokomo, Community employees lent a hand to 10 different local agencies, knocking out projects ranging from cleaning a veteran’s housing complex to painting at an early learning center.

Local agencies that benefited included:
- The Crossing, a school that serves at risk students who have dropped out of school
- YMCA
- Camp Tycony and The Early Center
- Bona Vista, an organization that offers early learning programs as well as programming and jobs for adults with disabilities
- Kokomo Housing Authority’s Garden Square apartment complex
- City of Kokomo and the Kokomo Historical Society/Seiberling Mansion
- Kokomo-Howard County Public Library
- Family Services Association
- Project Access, an organization that helps the underinsured with access to healthcare
- United Way of Howard County
Photos
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