UW Opens State of the Art Health Sciences Center |
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by Robert O. Kelley, dean
July 18, 2005 The University of Wyoming's Health Sciences Center, which became operational this fall, is the only facility of its kind west of the Mississippi River.
Not only will the renovated Biochemistry Building be unique, it will also serve the nation's growing need for well educated, well trained providers of health care and social services. It reflects the necessity of providing interdisciplinary education and training for each of the college's professional disciplines.
Students will start classes in the newly-renovated building. The public will have a chance to tour the center during Family Weekend Oct. 7 9, and during homecoming on Oct. 15.
For more information call (307) 766 6556 or e mail admin.hs@uwyo.edu.
The College of Health Sciences was formed in 1984 to consolidate a diverse group of units including pharmacy, nursing, physical education, speech pathology and audiology. Over the years, the individual programs have evolved into one dynamic college.
The College of Heath Sciences has grown to include the School of Pharmacy, Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing, the divisions of kinesiology and health, communication disorders, disabilities studies, social work, the medical education and the public health program. It also includes the family practice residency programs in Cheyenne and Casper, the Wyoming Institute for Disabilities and the Center for Rural Health Research and Education.
All college components collaborate to fulfill the college's mission to promote excellence in health and human services through university teaching, research, and service to literally thousands of Wyoming residents.
Before the center opened, the College of Health Sciences divisions were scattered across campus and throughout Laramie. The fragmented geography limited the college's evolution. Now, all divisions of health sciences with the exception of kinesiology and health located in the recently-renovated Corbett Physical and Health Education Building will be housed together.
The central location will give students the opportunity to learn in an environment that simulates the way health care services are delivered in the field. Pharmacy students will work with nursing students, nursing students will interact with social work students and social work students will learn firsthand the benefits of client referral to audiologists and people specifically trained to work with individuals with disabilities.
The facility will also assist health sciences' faculty members expand already dynamic interdisciplinary research activities.
Great things are in store for the state of Wyoming and the inter mountain region. The College of Health Sciences and the University of Wyoming are working hard to meet the challenges and demands of providing quality health care in the 21st Century.
Posted on Monday, July 18, 2005
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