News Release
NC State to Break Ground on New Veterinary Medical Center
Media Contact(s)
Dave Green, College of Veterinary Medicine, (919) 513-6662
Nov. 11, 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.
Construction for the Randall B. Terry, Jr. Companion Animal Veterinary Medical Center, or "Terry Center," a 110,000 square foot, $72 million facility, is expected to be completed by 2009. This new medical facility is 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.
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.
"The Randall B. Terry Jr. Companion Animal Veterinary Medical Center is a testament to Mr. Terry's love of animals," says Dean Warwick Arden. "When completed, this state-of-the-art medical center will serve as a national model and will provide an outstanding environment in which our faculty and students can promote animal health."
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