Gonzaga set to host influx of UW medical students
Thursday, June 30, 2016
Crews are updating Gonzaga University’s Schoenberg Center to host 100 medical students starting studies Aug. 22, and that attendance includes the largest first-year class in Spokane undergoing University of Washington School of Medicine training.
August also will mark the first time UW medical students have taken courses on Gonzaga’s campus, under a new joint agreement between the universities announced in February. For the 2016-17 academic year, the partnership will support 60 first-year medical students, up from 40 in the previous year, after an infusion of new state Legislative funding in 2015.
Additionally, 40 second-year medical students will be doing coursework at Schoenberg Center.
“We have been working diligently to make sure we could get the students started this fall,” says Suzanne Allen, vice dean for academic, rural, and regional affairs for the UW School of Medicine. She’s worked on preparations for the UW-GU regional health partnership agreement with John Sklut, Gonzaga’s chief of staff to the president. See more.
