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The building at the future Crowder College McDonald County Campus finally has a name; it just hasn’t been released yet.
Pam Hudson, director of development and grants at Crowder, said a currently unnamed donor has made a sizeable enough donation to have the building named after them, bringing the total amount of funds raised that much closer to the $1.5 million goal.
“We have a little over $1 million raised,” Hudson said.
Hudson said the college would release the name of the donor soon. Watch for that in an upcoming edition of the Neosho Daily News.
Many of the donations the college has received for the new campus have been in the form of sponsorships, meaning the donor chose one part of the future campus to pay for.
The library will be named for First Community Bank, who donated $50,000. The atrium and student commons area went for $75,000 each and a small conference room also went for $50,000.
A community room, nursing lab, computer lab and six classrooms have also been sponsored.
As the college prepares to break ground on the new campus this spring, they are also working on a separate expansion in the area.
The nursing program recently received the Missouri Health Wins grant, which will enable them to expand their nursing program into McDonald County, without having to wait on the new campus to be built.
The $904,808 grant, which is meant to serve an additional 150 students, is helping to finance the new program and temporary location.
D’Ann Dennis, director of nursing and health programs, said Crowder officials hope to get the program up and running by this fall.
Dennis said the program would serve students pursuing either a certificate or associates degree in nursing.
She said the expansion is currently being proposed to the board of nursing.
“We’re asking for a maximum of 50 students, 25 per year,” Dennis said. “We’re trying to start in August.”
She said the college is currently working to convert an old lumberyard on Route W in Pineville into the nursing program’s temporary location.
The building at the future Crowder College McDonald County Campus finally has a name; it just hasn’t been released yet.
Pam Hudson, director of development and grants at Crowder, said a currently unnamed donor has made a sizeable enough donation to have the building named after them, bringing the total amount of funds raised that much closer to the $1.5 million goal.
“We have a little over $1 million raised,” Hudson said.
Hudson said the college would release the name of the donor soon. Watch for that in an upcoming edition of the Neosho Daily News.
Many of the donations the college has received for the new campus have been in the form of sponsorships, meaning the donor chose one part of the future campus to pay for.
The library will be named for First Community Bank, who donated $50,000. The atrium and student commons area went for $75,000 each and a small conference room also went for $50,000.
A community room, nursing lab, computer lab and six classrooms have also been sponsored.
As the college prepares to break ground on the new campus this spring, they are also working on a separate expansion in the area.
The nursing program recently received the Missouri Health Wins grant, which will enable them to expand their nursing program into McDonald County, without having to wait on the new campus to be built.
The $904,808 grant, which is meant to serve an additional 150 students, is helping to finance the new program and temporary location.
D’Ann Dennis, director of nursing and health programs, said Crowder officials hope to get the program up and running by this fall.
Dennis said the program would serve students pursuing either a certificate or associates degree in nursing.
She said the expansion is currently being proposed to the board of nursing.
“We’re asking for a maximum of 50 students, 25 per year,” Dennis said. “We’re trying to start in August.”
She said the college is currently working to convert an old lumberyard on Route W in Pineville into the nursing program’s temporary location.
