Media advisory:  MU to Unveil New Clinical Support and Education Building

May 9, 2008

Story Contact: Rich Gleba, (573) 884-0298, GlebaR@health.missouri.edu

WHAT: For the first time, representatives of the media and the University of Missouri community will be allowed inside the new MU Clinical Support and Education Building. The $26.5 million, seven-story structure is connected to the west side of MU’s School of Medicine and hospital complex. The building will house approximately 400 faculty and staff members, fellows, residents, and hospital administrators. It contains the Russell D. and Mary B. Shelden Clinical Simulation Center, and the Cerner Transformation Forum and Standardized Patient Program facilities.

WHO:  Speakers include:
• Brady Deaton, MU chancellor
• William Crist, dean of the MU School of Medicine
• Russell and Mary Shelden, MU Simulation Center founders

WHEN: 10:30 a.m., Monday, May 12

WHERE: Sixth Floor, Clinical Support and Education Building, Shelden Clinical Simulation Center, MU campus

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Editor’s Note: Media parking is available in the lot directly west of the MU medical school and health sciences library.