Plans have been announced for the construction of a three-story, 75,000 square foot structure to be built on the campus of Arizona Western College in Yuma.
The building will go up as the result of a partnership between the two-year college and the Yuma Regional Medical Center to provide a wide variety of health care education with programs in behavioral health, radiologic technology, nursing, medical assistance, and medical billing and coding.
The school’s partnership with the Yuma Regional Medical Center, said Arizona Western College President Daniel Corr, “is a true demonstration of what is possible when industry and advanced learning come together for the greater good of the communities we serve.”
As planned, the new facility will house classrooms, offices, and a simulation lab, among other features. Besides providing medical training for the school’s students, it is hoped that the new facility will additionally serve to prevent what has been described as a “brain drain” of local students moving out of the southwest Arizona region to obtain healthcare training elsewhere.
If all goes as planned, work on the new facility is expected to launch sometime next year.
Located at 2020 S. Avenue 8E, Arizona Western College was founded in 1963 and currently has an enrollment of just over 8,000 students.
By Garry Boulard
