Health Sciences grand opening

The University of Saskatchewan invites you to join President Ilene Busch-Vishniac and Premier Brad Wall to celebrate the grand opening of the Health Sciences Building, the largest capital project in U of S history.

By Kris Foster
Media are invited to attend and speakers will be available for interviews following the formal program.

Date: Thursday, May 8, 2014

Time: 11 am - noon

Location: Room 1150 E-wing, Health Sciences Building, 104 Clinic Place (access off Hospital Drive), Saskatoon

Speakers:

The Honourable Brad Wall, Premier of Saskatchewan; Ilene Busch-Vishniac, President, University of Saskatchewan; David Hill, Chair, Council of Health Science Deans, and Dean of the College of Pharmacy and Nutrition; Leslie and Irene Dubé, major donors for the Health Sciences project; Wendell Neubeker, second year pharmacy student; and John Schulte, second year medicine student.

Also in attendance will be:Â The Honourable Rob Norris, Minister of Advanced Education and the Honourable Dustin Duncan, Minister of Health.

This state-of-the-art facility will support collaboration between students, faculty and researchers in all health science disciplines, and will help the U of S educate health professionals using a team-centered approach.

Pay parking is available in Lot 1 (across from Place Riel) and in the Health Sciences underground parkade (access off of Clinic Place).

Not in Saskatoon? The program will be live streamed at healthsciences.usask.ca.

For more information, contact:

For more information, contact:

Lesley Porter, Communications Co-ordinator

Council of Health Science Deans

University of Saskatchewan

Tel: (306) 966-6077

Email:Â lesley.porter@usask.ca