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A steel beam that will top off the new health education facility in Kearney will make its way across the state this spring, providing Nebraska citizens the opportunity to sign a piece of the structure that will educate hundreds of the state\u2019s health care workers in decades to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Friday, Senator John Arch, the speaker of the Nebraska Unicameral, members of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents and several NU officials signed the beam, which will crown the new Rural Health Education Building in Kearney at a ceremony later this spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new facility \u2013 the second facility of the Douglas A. Kristensen Rural Health Education Complex \u2013 will bring more health care education opportunities to the University of Nebraska at Kearney campus through expanded health programs administered by UNMC. The $95 million facility \u2013 funded through a public-private partnership \u2013 will expand nursing and allied health programs in Kearney, as well as add programs in medicine, pharmacy and public health. The entering class of fall 2025 will be the first to occupy the new building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSigning the beam provides individuals with the opportunity to not only show their support of this project, but to recognize that they are, indeed, the reason this facility is being built,\u201d said UNMC Chancellor Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, who joined in the signing ceremony Friday. \u201cOur mission is to improve the lives and health of those across the entire state of Nebraska and beyond, and the professionals educated within these walls will certainly help to fulfill that mission.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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The beam will make stops across Nebraska before being placed within the Rural Health Education Building in Kearney at a ceremony this spring.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Kristensen, UNK chancellor, agreed: \u201cThe signed beam is a visible reminder of all groups \u2013 philanthropists, alumni, government officials, university staff \u2013 who came together to make this project possible. This facility is a game-changer for health care in rural Nebraska communities, and we can\u2019t wait to fill it with eager, talented students.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The beam, which is about 4 feet long and 40 pounds, will be available for signing in Scottsbluff, Kearney, North Platte, Columbus, Lincoln and Omaha, among other communities. Details for each event are being finalized. The beam also will be available for signature at the topping-off ceremony in Kearney, planned for some time in April.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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