State leaders, officials and members of academia were among hundreds who gathered for Texas A&M University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences unveiling of its new $120 million complex.
The multi-million dollar complex was designed in response to a 2009 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s ruling to fulfill the state’s veterinary medical education needs, according to The Eagle.
“This iconic educational building will be a game changer for our college, for Texas A&M University and for the education of the future leaders who will impact veterinary and biomedical professions for the next 100 years,” Carl B. King Dean of Veterinary Medicine Eleanor M. Green told the group.
The facility includes study spaces, teaching laboratories and classroom areas, which will allow students to learn and provide the infrastructure needed to prepare for the future.
“It will allow students to learn the way they want to learn,” Green said. “Fundamentally, we wanted a facility that could accommodate the needs for veterinary medical education as far into the future as we could imagine.”
U.S. Senator John Cornyn presented Green with a concurrent resolution by the U.S. Senate celebrating the opening of the facility.
“Going into its second century, the future of the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences has never looked brighter,” Cornyn said. “Beyond this beautiful new building, Texas A&M is working with its system schools to make sure that every part of Texas has access to the tremendous veterinary care provided by those coming out of this institution.”
Texas Tech University announced last year its intention to build a large animal veterinary school outside of Amarillo in response to the coordinating board’s ruling.