Scranton Medical School Approved
During Monday's Senate session, Senate Democratic Leader Bob Mellow of Lackawanna County announced that he had just received information that the Commonwealth Medical School's accreditation had been approved by the federal government through the Liason Committee on Medical Education.
Construction has begun on the headquarters for The Commonwealth Medical College, which is scheduled to welcome it’s inaugural class of students in August, 2009. The future Medical Sciences Building is expected to be completed in 2011, serving more than 500 medical and Master of Biomedical Sciences students and 175 full-time equivalent faculty members and support personnel. The site will also include
185,000 square feet of space for classrooms, student support space and research facilities.
At a groundbreaking ceremony in August, it was announced that in addition to the $35 million dollars in state funding secured by Senator Mellow, Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania will add $45 million to it’s original $25 million for the project, bringing the insurer’s total contribution to $70 million. A group of local banks will combine to cover the remaining $40 million needed to build the medical college through a bond offering.
The Commonwealth Medical College will be the first degree-granting medical school to open in Pennsylvania since 1962.
Construction has begun on the headquarters for The Commonwealth Medical College, which is scheduled to welcome it’s inaugural class of students in August, 2009. The future Medical Sciences Building is expected to be completed in 2011, serving more than 500 medical and Master of Biomedical Sciences students and 175 full-time equivalent faculty members and support personnel. The site will also include
185,000 square feet of space for classrooms, student support space and research facilities.
At a groundbreaking ceremony in August, it was announced that in addition to the $35 million dollars in state funding secured by Senator Mellow, Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania will add $45 million to it’s original $25 million for the project, bringing the insurer’s total contribution to $70 million. A group of local banks will combine to cover the remaining $40 million needed to build the medical college through a bond offering.
The Commonwealth Medical College will be the first degree-granting medical school to open in Pennsylvania since 1962.
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