PCC to Host Grand Opening of Nursing & Allied Health Teaching & Learning Center at SMC Campus in Pueblo

Pueblo Community College will be hosting the grand opening for the Nursing & Allied Health Teaching & Learning Center located on the St. Mary Corwin Campus in Pueblo on Thursday, January 26 at 2:00 p.m.  Everyone who has a tie to this project is invited to attend and celebrate this major addition to higher education in southern Colorado.

This grand opening event will culminate a total group effort between PCC’s administration, faculty and staff working in tandem with the PCC Grant Office and the Foundation to convert the historical East Tower of St. Mary Corwin Medical Center into a state-of-the-art teaching and learning center!

PCC will be highlighting the many program elements housed within this new facility during the January 26 grand opening and the PCC Foundation will be showcasing those individuals, business and organizations who donated in order to make this project possible!

The Pueblo Community College Foundation would like to officially recognize the largest of the 82 donors who committed to financially support this project raising a total of $14,605,685 including:

Mary Jane Voelker – $7,275,000  

Economic Development Administration – $4,900,000

Walter Schepp – $1,000,000

Pueblo Urban Renewal Authority – $500,000

El Pomar Foundation – $250,000

K. R. Swerdfeger, Pueblo Board of County Commissioners and the Robet Hoag Rawlings Foundation have each donated $100,000

Boettcher Foundation – $75,000

The Colorado Heath Foundation and Legacy Bank now InBANK have each donated $50,000

An Anonymous Donor and the GE Johnson Foundation/HW Houston Construction have donated $40,000

Ed & Helen Robinson – $20,000

The Ryals Family Foundation – $15,000

The US Bank Foundation – $12,000

The Buell Foundation – $10,000

The remaining donations were given by 67 individuals businesses and organizations and those donations equaled $68,685.  These donations ranged in amounts from $25 to $7,000.

“The Pueblo Community College Foundation is honored to take the opportunity to recognize those donors who agreed to partner with this project that will advance health care education for southern Colorado,” explained PCC Director Martha Simmons.  “We continue to accept support for this project so that all allied health programs continue to maintain the highest possible standards for our staff and students.  If you would like to join with the PCC Foundation and lend your support to this program of academic excellence at Pueblo Community College, contact the PCC Foundation at 719.544.0677 or email to Martha.simmons@pueblocc.edu.”