College of Allied Health New Building

The University of Oklahoma College of Allied Health is currently housed in one of the oldest buildings on the OU Health Sciences Center campus. The 1928 building, a hand-me-down facility from the College of Medicine, can no longer keep pace in accommodating technology or enrollment with the programs it houses. A 21st-Century facility is required by the 21st-Century sciences practiced in the Allied Health programs of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy; Communication Sciences and Disorders; Medical Imaging and Radiologic Sciences; and Nutritional Sciences and Allied Health Sciences.

To address the need, the OU Board of Regents has approved the planning and construction of a new, high-tech, 114,000-gross-square-foot building. The new facility will house student areas, classrooms and class laboratories, distance education and computer facilities, clinical and research space, the Lee Mitchener Tolbert Center; the John W. Keys Speech and Hearing Center; children’s hearing impaired day-care laboratory, faculty and staff offices, building support spaces, and multi-purpose space to provide the best possible environment for learning for the College’s undergraduate and graduate student population cost for planning and construction of the building is $26 million. OU plans to use state bond funds, internal university funds, federal funds, and $2 million from the sale of the old Keys Speech and Hearing Center for the project.

However, to complete this project, OU and its College of Allied Health must raise $4 million in private funds. We are seeking this funding through gifts from the College’s friends and alumni. We are deeply grateful for your consideration of a gift to the College of Allied Health building. The new building will make a meaningful difference in the education of students in the Allied Health professionals, as well as the patients and the communities they go on to serve.

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