Date set for health sciences center groundbreaking, campaign launch

Who / What:

• TWU 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, TWU 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 TWU 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, TWU will launch the public phase of the $125 million Dream Big Campaign, TWU’S first-ever comprehensive fundraising campaign, which will commemorate the university’s 125th anniversary in 2026.

Funds raised will support TWU’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, TWU System Board of Regents chair
• John Harper, TWU Foundation board chair
• The Honorable Lynn Stucky, Texas State Representative, District 64
• The Honorable Gerard Hudspeth, Mayor, City of Denton
• Mary L.A. Stanton, TWU alumna, volunteer, donor
• Paula Clutter, Ph.D., TWU interim dean, College of Nursing
• Christopher Ray, Ph.D., TWU dean, College of Health Sciences 
• Lisa Rampy, TWU interim vice president, University Advancement and Alumni Engagement
• TWU Student Ambassadors, Jane Nelson Institute for Women’s Leadership

Where:

304 Administration Drive
Denton, Texas 76204
Parking: https://map.concept3d.com/?id=576#!m/628322

Images / Campus B-Roll:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1o6CoPkq80zrflldv6Bde7CAZi2rTS_ua?usp=sharing

Other Information:

Dream Big Campaign Hashtags: #DreamBigTWU #TWU125

 

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