Eyes turned upward at Texas Woman’s University in Denton today, as a tree-topped beam lifted skyward to mark the topping out of TWU’s $107 million, 136,000-square-foot health sciences center.
The ceremony capped off the progress made since last September’s groundbreaking for the center, which will serve as an inter-professional education facility linking students in the allied health fields with an emphasis on preparing them to serve in rural settings. The building will also expand health-related programming, community outreach, research, and other activities at TWU, the university said.
TWU’s new state-of-the-art health sciences is set to open in fall 2025. The university says it will be “one of its kind” in North Texas, expanding its Denton campus and uniting its five colleges through interdisciplinary programming. [Rendering: AECOM/TWU]
University leaders and representatives of AECOM Hunt and SmithGroup architects took part in today’s ceremony, with attendees signing their names to the beam.
“We’re thrilled at the prospect of expanding health-related activities to better serve our students and the community, and we are excited about launching inter-professional collaborations that bring together multiple disciplines in innovative ways to improve the way we teach and learn,” Angela Bauer, PhD, Texas Woman’s provost and EVP for academic affairs, said in a statement. “The new health sciences center will be a beacon of health education for the academic community and a lifeline for rural North Texans who need greater access to health.”
When complete, the building will include labs, classrooms, collaborative workspaces, outdoor clinic sites and a teaching kitchen, as well as community health care clinics and student training spaces, TWU said. The project is slated for completion in summer 2025 and is set to open in fall 2025.
Clint Binkley, AECOM VP and higher education sector lead of the company’s south region, said that “through skill, dedication, and at times sheer grit, the health sciences center is making its way toward completion.”
“This is a milestone for this project, and we proudly look toward the impact the health science center will have, creating opportunity and opening pathways to new careers, and growing access to health services in some of our most underserved rural communities in need of care,” Binkley added in a statement. “We’re incredibly proud to be a part of the team that has helped make today’s topping out a reality, and I thank each and every one of the talented subcontractors, AECOM Hunt and SmithGroup workers, for their countless hours that brought us to this moment.”
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TWU held a topping-off ceremony Thursday for its $107 million health sciences center east of Parliament Village.[Photo: Leo Gonzalez/TWU]
TWU held a topping-off ceremony Thursday for its $107 million health sciences center east of Parliament Village.[Photo: Leo Gonzalez/TWU]
TWU Chancellor Carine Feyten at the podium during a topping-off ceremony for the university’s $107 million health sciences center. [Photo: Leo Gonzalez/TWU]
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