Secchia Center Progress
A New Era of Medical Education Begins With the Groundbreaking for the Secchia Center
A new era of medical education began on April 21 as construction of the Secchia Center medical education building got underway in downtown Grand Rapids.
As you know, the facility is named in honor of Ambassador Peter F. Secchia, an MSU alumnus, long-time supporter of the university and former U.S. ambassador to Italy (1989 to 1993), who provided the lead gift of $10 million for the medical education building.
The $90 million, seven-story, 180,000-square-foot facility will include teaching laboratories, classrooms, offices and student areas. It is located in downtown Grand Rapids, at the base of Michigan Street hill at Division Avenue, across from the Van Andel Institute and Spectrum Health.
We describe this facility as a “signature” building for Grand Rapids and the West Michigan community. From the outside, the design fits the plans and visions of the region. But it will also be signature in terms of what is inside too, with state-of-the-art instructional technologies and a community, health and education partnership that is truly unique to medical education.
I am pleased with how this building embodies the way in which we value community. It captures the traditions and values of the past, as well as the excitement and opportunity of the future.
- Marsha Rappley, M.D., Dean of the College of Human Medicine
Secchia Center Webcam
Now you can see the progress being made on the Secchia Center building in downtown Grand Rapids! Click here to view the Secchia Center webcam.
Photographs from the Secchia Center Groundbreaking celebration.
