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Junick Foundation
Donates $50,000 To TWU Houston Campus Building Campaign
11/5/04
HOUSTON —
In recognition of a $50,000 building campaign gift from the
Junick Foundation to Texas Woman’s University, the wellness
center at TWU’s new Houston campus will be named the
June C. and Richard A. Anderson Fitness Center. The Andersons,
who were life-long advocates of physical fitness and preventive
health care, established the foundation.
“My parents
were always interested in preventing illness and staying healthy,”
said Chris Anderson, the couple’s daughter and foundation
trustee. “TWU trains health professionals to be prevention
oriented and to emphasize health promotion. My family is delighted
to contribute to TWU’s building campaign, as we need
nurses, nutritionists, health care administration professionals
and occupational and physical therapists for our aging population.”
TWU will break
ground in February 2005 on its new urban campus at the Texas
Medical Center.
“We want
the students, faculty and staff at the Houston campus to have
a place to keep themselves healthy,” said TWU Chancellor
and President Dr. Ann Stuart. “The Junick Foundation’s
gift means they will have an outstanding facility in which
to do so.”
Recognizing changing
needs in health care education, TWU’s new 10-story,
202,000 square-foot campus is designed to accommodate both
current and future teaching methods and practices. The campus
will have four, 40-seat classrooms; two, 40-seat distance
education classrooms; five, 60-seat classrooms; four, 120-seat
lecture halls; one, 250-seat lecture hall; seven, 4-person
study rooms; four nursing labs, an anatomy lab, a 120-seat
computer lab and a media center. Amenities include an outdoor
plaza, four feet above street level; a one-stop student center
and five student lounges.
The new campus
will allow TWU to more than double its Houston enrollment
to 3,000 students.
TWU established
its Houston campus in 1960 by expanding its nursing program
to the Texas Medical Center. Today, the campus serves almost
1,300 students majoring in nursing, physical therapy, library
science, health care administration, occupational therapy
and nutrition.
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For Further
Information Contact:
Roy Kron
Director of News and Information
Tel: (940) 898-3456
e-mail: rkron@twu.edu
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