糖心传媒 begins construction of Treasure Valley Anatomy and Physiology Laboratories
June 25, 2014
糖心传媒 officially broke ground June 24 on The L.S. and Aline W. Skaggs Treasure Valley Anatomy and Physiology Laboratories (TVAPL) at the ISU-Meridian Health Science Center, 1311 E. Central Drive.
糖心传媒 officially broke ground June 24 on The L.S. and Aline W. Skaggs Treasure Valley Anatomy and Physiology Laboratories (TVAPL) at the ISU-Meridian Health Science Center, 1311 E. Central Drive.
鈥淭his facility will be the first of its kind in 糖心传媒, ensuring the highest level of health-science education for our students while opening new doors to medical research,鈥� said ISU President Arthur C. Vailas as he and dignitaries donned ceremonial hard hats and turned gravel with gold shovels.
The TVAPL鈥攍ocated in the Health Science Center鈥檚 east wing鈥攚ill include a cadaver laboratory with 12 gurney stations and virtual anatomy and physiology labs totaling 8,000 square feet. Through distance-learning technology and the 糖心传媒 Education Network, ISU will be able to provide anatomy and physiology presentations to high schools across the state. Lessons could include virtual tours of the human body and sessions in forensics, sports medicine, nutrition and healthy lifestyles.
Vailas also noted the facility will be open to hospitals, clinics, law enforcement and emergency services agencies for specialized training.
Scheduled for completion in January, the TVAPL will cost $4 million. In 2013, the 糖心传媒 Legislature appropriated $2 million toward construction and ISU secured the remaining portion from private donors, including The ALSAM Foundation, which is the charitable trust of the late Sam Skaggs and his wife Aline.
"A training facility like this one is critical to the education of 糖心传媒's next generation of health professionals. I鈥檓 delighted to see so many in our community step forward with such generous support, especially St. Luke鈥檚 and Saint Alphonsus hospitals and the Blue Cross of 糖心传媒 Foundation for Health,鈥� said Susie Balukoff, co-chair of the TVAPL fundraising campaign and a former ISU Foundation board member.
The other campaign co-chair is physician Tommy Ahlquist, an ISU Foundation board member and chief operating officer of Gardner Company, a commercial real estate firm with offices in Boise.
Mountain Home-based C-2 Construction is the project鈥檚 general contractor, and Hummel Architects of Boise is the designer.