FLORENCE, SC (WMBF) - With $15 million secured, models are being made and Florence is forging ahead with plans to build a new medical facility. <\/p>\n
The Francis Marion University Health and Sciences Complex will be a 52,000 square-foot building \"that will accommodate state of the art nursing medical training - that's just extraordinary, said Dr. Fred Carter, President of FMU. It will be built at the intersection of Irby and West Evans Street. <\/p>\n
On Monday, the university unveiled preliminary renderings of what that three-story, L-shaped building will look like. <\/p>\n
The front of the building will sit along West Evans, complete with a large outside area for student studies and outdoor activities. <\/p>\n
And when the medical school is complete in the fall of 2016 it will complement surrounding buildings in downtown Florence. <\/p>\n
The building will celebrate the architecture downtown, and with the old post office across the street, we certainly didn't want a duplication but we were hoping that would play off of that and capture some elements of the old Trust building, and I think we have done a wonderful job, said Ray Reich, Downtown Florence Development Manager. <\/p>\n
It's in this new building that students from both Francis Marion University and the University of South Carolina will learn. <\/p>\n
University leaders said the health and science complex will help FMU meet the need ofexpanding medical programs. <\/p>\n
We have added on to our bachelor of science and nursing program. We have added on master's degree in nurse practice and nurse education. This next year we will add a master's degree in physician's assistance, Carter said. <\/p>\n
All of these added degrees and the new health sciences complex started with a need found here in the state of South Carolina. <\/p>\n
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