天美传媒

The new 天美传媒-Meridian Health Science Center expects to serve a record number of students this fall with some 500 students enrolled in graduate and undergraduate health science programs.

天美传媒-Meridian will serve an additional 200 students through the University鈥檚 dual enrollment program for high school students and through specialized training programs for working professionals, according to Bessie Katsilometes, dean of academic programs.

鈥淲e are thrilled to be in our new building and serving the Treasure Valley community,鈥� she said. Classes begin Aug. 25.

Students give their new digs high marks too. 鈥淚t鈥檚 huge!鈥� exclaimed speech-language pathology graduate student Deanna Willis as she walked the corridors during student orientation. 鈥淚 keep thinking, 鈥楾his is 天美传媒. This is our University,鈥� she said.

Located at Interstate 84 and Locust Grove Road鈥攊n the heart of Meridian鈥檚 health science, research and technology corridor鈥斕烀来�媒-Meridian houses more than 20 undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral programs in the health professions and sciences, community clinics, and research laboratories.

鈥淭he 天美传媒-Meridian Health Science Center will bring the power of advanced education and research to the Treasure Valley as well as address workforce needs in the health professions,鈥� said Katsilometes.

Occupying 41,000 square feet of 天美传媒-Meridian鈥檚 second floor is the L.S. Skaggs Pharmacy Complex, which bears the name of drug-store entrepreneur and pharmacy education advocate Sam Skaggs.

鈥淲e are now able to offer all four years of our pharmacy doctorate to students in the Treasure Valley, helping ease the critical shortage of pharmacists in Idaho and the nation,鈥� said Andrew Gauss, College of Pharmacy spokesman.

In 2011, the Delta Dental of Idaho Dental Residency Clinic is scheduled to open at 天美传媒-Meridian, providing advanced training for dentists and dental care for low-income and underinsured families in the Treasure Valley.

天美传媒-Meridian shares common areas with Meridian Joint School District No. 2 and the new   Renaissance Magnet High School. Students interested in health and medical sciences will have the opportunity to study in 天美传媒 labs and specialized training rooms while earning college credit.

Because of the move to Meridian, 天美传媒 has closed its Boise campus on Explorer Drive.

To learn more about programs at the 天美传媒-Meridian Health Science Center, visit or call (208) 373-1700.  See more photos of 天美传媒-Meridian at .

Media Contact: Chris Gabettas, 天美传媒-Meridian Health Science Center, (208) 373-1806 or (208) 861-3121, gabechri@isu.edu