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SALINA, Kan. (AP) — A $7.5 million campaign to move the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Salina campus to downtown Salina is 84 percent of the way to its fundraising goal.
The Salina Regional Health Foundation announced Wednesday that more than $6.3 million has been raised in the Blueprint for Rural Health campaign, including a $2 million grant received last week, The Salina Journal (http://bit.ly/2bqJbft ) reports.
The grant came from the Dane G. Hansen Foundation, and is the campaign's largest gift.
"We have a ways to go, but it has been extremely well received up to this point," said Tom Martin, executive director of the Salina Regional Health Foundation.
The foundation bought a former bank building in May for the medical school's relocation. Officials say the new building offers more than double the current location's space, and will allow the possibility of expanding class.
The move is expected to take place in June 2018 after major renovations have been completed.
The medical school opened in 2011 on the Salina Regional Health Center campus. The Salina program is the smallest four-year degree program in North American, according to class size and community setting.
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Information from: The Salina (Kan.) Journal, http://www.salina.com
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