Digging in and Rising up Creighton Healthcreighton Sciences Campus Message from the President
FALL 2019 • • 2019 FALL Volume 35 Issue 3 35 Issue Volume Digging In and Rising Up Creighton Health Sciences Campus Taking Form in Phoenix Message from the President Expanding Our Horizons Follow me: n September, we celebrated a ceremonial groundbreaking for the new Creighton University Health Sciences – Phoenix Campus. @CreightonPres A wonderful complement to our outstanding health sciences CreightonPresident programs in Omaha, this campus, scheduled to open in fall 2021, will eventually serve as an educational hub for nearly 900 Creighton health professions students in Phoenix. Nearly 200 students are currently engaged in our established nursing and medical programs in the city. National data shows a critical shortage of health care professionals in the ISouthwest, and in Arizona and Phoenix, particularly. It is our hope and belief that a new generation of Creighton health professionals — educated in both Omaha and Phoenix — will help address this increasing demand, and do so in Creighton’s Jesuit, Catholic tradition of excellence in academics, clinical care, and service. I join with our Phoenix health care partners, community and government leaders, and organizations and individuals who offer their philanthropic support in expressing my excitement for this new campus and its possibilities. Closer to home, I am also pleased that our enrollment numbers remain robust, in light of an increasingly competitive national enrollment environment. We welcomed the third-largest freshman class this fall, with 1,076 students, to record our second-largest total enrollment of 8,821. Of note, our new physician assistant program is well subscribed, with 24 students. This fall, we also hosted our inaugural Mission Week on campus.
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