Date set for health sciences center groundbreaking, campaign launch
Who / What:
- ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ Dream Big campaign launch
- Groundbreaking for health sciences center
When:
Friday, Sept. 15, 2023
Campaign Launch—Student Union at Hubbard Hall (front lawn)
- 9 a.m.-9:30 a.m. — Program with dignitaries, ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ dance team and a surprise reveal
- 9:30-10:25 a.m. — Breakfast
Groundbreaking for health sciences center ― adjacent to Parliament Village
- 10:30 a.m.-11 a.m.― Program
Background:
Texas Woman’s University will break ground on a $107 million health sciences center designed as a hub for community and rural health efforts, which will significantly expand health care education, research and service. The center will spur collaborative programming among the university’s five colleges, with a specific goal to graduate 30% more nursing and health care professionals and support the state’s plan to produce more health professionals.
The 136,000-square-foot facility will be built on seven acres adjacent to Parliament Village, a ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ residential community, and will serve students in the allied health care fields—such as nursing, physical therapy and occupational therapy—with a special emphasis on preparing students to serve in rural settings. The building will include state-of-the-art labs, classrooms, collaborative workspaces, outdoor clinic sites and a teaching kitchen, as well as community health care clinics and training spaces for students.
Additionally, ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ will launch the public phase of the $125 million Dream Big Campaign, ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ’S first-ever comprehensive fundraising campaign, which will commemorate the university’s 125th anniversary in 2026.
Funds raised will support ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ’s continued growth and leadership development in health and life sciences, financial and business services, entrepreneurship, technology, and aviation. Additional details will be revealed at the launch, as well as the amount raised to date and the campaign’s major contributors.
Key Participants:
- Carine M. Feyten, Ph.D., Texas Woman’s University chancellor and president
- Stacie McDavid, ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ System Board of Regents chair
- John Harper, ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ Foundation board chair
- The Honorable Lynn Stucky, Texas State Representative, District 64
- The Honorable Gerard Hudspeth, Mayor, City of Denton
- Mary L.A. Stanton, ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ alumna, volunteer, donor
- Paula Clutter, Ph.D., ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ interim dean, College of Nursing
- Christopher Ray, Ph.D., ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ dean, College of Health Sciences
- Lisa Rampy, ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ interim vice president, University Advancement and Alumni Engagement
- ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ Student Ambassadors, Jane Nelson Institute for Women’s Leadership
Where:
304 Administration Drive
Denton, Texas 76204
Parking:
Images / Campus B-Roll:
Other Information:
Dream Big Campaign Hashtags: #DreamBig²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ #²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ125
Media Contact
Matt Flores
Assistant Vice President, PIO, University Communications
940-898-3456
mattflores@twu.edu
Page last updated 10:07 AM, September 1, 2023