OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The University of Nebraska Medical Center has broken ground for a campus welcome center that also will celebrate the medical school’s history.
Officials who earlier this week marked the advent of what will be called the Wigton Heritage Center also shared plans for an $18 million renovation of Wittson Hall on the Omaha campus. Work on the hall already has begun and is expected to be finished in the second half of 2020.
The $8 million Wigton Heritage Center will have meeting and reception space for events and contain interactive displays such as archives, instruments and books that pertain to the history of medicine at the school.
Major funding for the Wigton Heritage Center has been committed by Robert Wigton, a 1969 alumnus of the College of Medicine who served as professor in internal medicine and in several key administrative areas in the college.
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