FSCJ Dedicates the Dr. Lois D. Gibson Allied Health Building
Nov 1, 2022, 10:58 AM
WHAT: Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ) is hosting a dedication ceremony of the Dr. Lois D. Gibson Allied Health Building. With her family in attendance, FSCJ will recognize Dr. Gibson’s dedication to the nursing profession and her commitment to its future by naming Building A, which houses both traditional classrooms and educational laboratories for students in allied health and various other programs, in her honor.
A reception will immediately follow in the art gallery.
WHEN: Thursday, December 8, 2016
1-2:30 p.m.
WHERE: Florida State College at Jacksonville
North Campus, Building A
4501 Capper Road
Jacksonville, FL 32218
More Information: Dr. Gibson dedicated more than 40 years of her life to providing compassionate nursing care. She began her career as a staff and operating room nurse at Duval Medical Center in Jacksonville and then served as a charge nurse at John A. Andrew Hospital while studying at Tuskegee Institute. Upon returning to Jacksonville in 1955, she began teaching at Brewster School of Nursing and Stanton Vocational High School.
In 1968, Dr. Gibson joined Florida Junior College (now known as FSCJ) as a nursing instructor and coordinator and was named Director of Nursing in 1976. She later served as the Dean of Health Services from 1986 until her retirement three years later. Among her many contributions, she led the processes resulting in accreditation of our associate in nursing degree by the National League for Nursing and a $3 million grant to construct Building C to house the nursing program, a 300-seat auditorium, 12 classrooms, four nursing skills labs, labs for microbiology, anatomy and physiology, as well as administrative offices.
Prior to her passing in 2015, she established the Dr. Lois Gibson Book Scholarship fund, which is awarded annually to an African American student in the associate in nursing program with demonstrated financial need and the drive to succeed in their future in nursing.