West Texas A&M University officials announced on Thursday the addition of a building for veterinary science to its capital plan.
At a Thursday event at WTAMU, officials announced the addition of a $22.8 million building for veterinary education, research and workforce opportunities as part of its $90 million agricultural capital plan. The announcement followed a special vote by the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents on Thursday morning that added the veterinary building to the capital plan.
Officials are calling the building the Veterinary Education, Research & Outreach (VERO) Center. The VERO Center will be constructed adjacent to West Texas A&M University’s new Agricultural Sciences Complex and a new Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) facility in Canyon.
Texas A&M President Michael Young called the addition a "perfect" collaboration for West Texas A&M University.
“This arrangement is a perfect model of how, through collaboration with the System’s regional universities and state agencies, we can expand our reach and our impact on the lives of Texans,” Young said in a statement.
The VERO Center is expected to be completed by 2020.
WTAMU President Walter Wendler speaks at the Thursday announcement.
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