Board Gives Nod to Dental Building
The University System of Georgia Board of Regents has included a new Medical College of Georgia School of Dentistry building on a capital projects list that it will submit to the Georgia Legislature.
The board added five projects to the list during its June 7 meeting, including a new home for the state’s only dental school. A new building would replace the existing facility on the corner of 15th Street and Laney Walker Boulevard.
The Georgia Legislature will vote on the projects during an upcoming session, “but in the meantime, this is the impetus we need to move forward and begin active fundraising,” said MCG President Daniel W. Rahn. “The total cost of the project is $108 million and the board has approved $78.2 million, so we still need other sources of support to see this important goal through to completion.”
The new facility is vital to optimize the education, research and clinical missions of the dental school, according to Dr. Connie Drisko, dean of the MCG School of Dentistry. The better MCG meets these needs, she said, the better the citizens of Georgia will be served.
“A well-functioning building staffed by outstanding faculty with access to state-of-the-art technology and equipment is vital as we serve our critical role of ensuring second-to-none dentistry in the state of Georgia,” she said.