Media Advisory
New Veterinary Center Groundbreaking to be Held Nov. 14
Media Contact(s)
Dave Green, College of Veterinary Medicine, (919) 513-6662
Nov. 13, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
North Carolina State University will break ground on a new companion animal veterinary center at the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 14.
Media coverage is invited. Ceremonies will be held under an event tent in the CVM parking lot and the groundbreaking will take place in the pasture immediately adjacent to William Moore Drive. The event is open to the campus community. Parking is available in the "C" lot off William Moore Drive.
The Randall B. Terry, Jr. Companion Animal Veterinary Medical Center, or "Terry Center," will be a 110,000 square-foot, $72 million facility which will more than double the size of the current companion animal hospital, and will help accommodate the more than 20,000 cases referred to the CVM each year. Construction is expected to be complete by 2009.
The new referral hospital is made possible by a $20 million pledge from the R.B. Terry, Jr. Charitable Foundation - the largest private gift ever given to North Carolina State University. The N.C. General Assembly appropriated $38 million for the facility in the recent budget session, and additional private funds will pay for the remainder of the $72 million project.
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