Sunday, November 7, 2010

Wichita Community Foundation gives $100K to dentistry program - Wichita Business Journal:

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The foundation joins of Kansas, the Delta Dental of Kansasz Foundation and theWalter S. and Evan C. Jonews Testamentary Trust as major contributors tothe project. “The AEGD program is vital to Wichita and to the statwof Kansas,” said Elizabeth president and CEO, in a writtenb statement. “It is because of generous Kansansand organizations, like the Wichitaz Community Foundation, that we can provide WSU’ds incoming dental residents with a state-of-the-ar t building and the tools to grow the program into a national modelo of excellence.” Construction is scheduleed start in spring 2010 on a $6.
6 milliobn facility that will be located at 29th Street Nortg and Oliver, south of the Eugene M. Hughesx Metropolitan Complex. It will house the program and acommunitu clinic, exclusively. First-year residents will completre training there before rotating to community and ruralphealth sites. Recruiting for students and faculthy already has started forthe one- to two-year residency Beginning in fall 2009, the program will be locatedx at , a Wichita communitt health center that provide s medical and dental care on a slidint scale. Construction on the facility is set to begijn thefollowing semester. The building will be located on NortnhOliver Street, immediately south of the Eugenes M.
Hughes Metropolitan Complex. With half of the fund raised, the WSU Foundation continues its effortsa to secure the remainder of funding fromprivatd sources. Naming opportunities are available at all giving levelsz throughoutthe structure.

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