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State, school officials to attend UMKC grand opening in Springfield

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State officials will join representatives of Missouri State University and University of Missouri-Kansas City to officially open the UMKC-branded pharmacy school in MSU’s Brick City downtown.

The event marks the grand opening for the school, where 30 students are enrolled this semester, said MSU spokeswoman Andrea Mostyn.

Gov. Jay Nixon, state Sen. David Sater, R-Cassville, MSU Provost Frank Einhellig and UMKC Chancellor Leo Morton are slated to hold the event alongside teachers and students at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the fourth-floor space in the 327 W. Mill St. building. The pharmacy program was created to address a shortage of health care providers, including pharmacists, in rural Missouri areas, according to a news release.

The third site for UMKC’s doctor of pharmacy program, the Springfield program is administered by UMKC, with students attending classes in Brick City classrooms operated by MSU. Though students are officially registered at UMKC, they have access to some MSU courses, as well as its student health facility, library and fitness center, according to the release.

In January 2013, the MSU Board of Governors approved an agreement to sublease 15,000 square feet of Brick City space for $250,000 per year, according to Springfield Business Journal archives. The Queen City site is modeled after the UMKC School of Pharmacy in Columbia, which opened in 2005.

Build LLC renovated the space for UMKC, making way for three videoconference-enabled classrooms allowing simultaneous classroom transmissions from Springfield, Kansas City and Columbia, according to the release.[[In-content Ad]]

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