203 2nd $1.7 Million Federal Building Grant to Palmer
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Dynamic Chiropractic – February 11, 2002, Vol. 20, Issue 04

2nd $1.7 Million Federal Building Grant to Palmer

By Editorial Staff
DAVENPORT, Iowa - Palmer College of Chiropractic has received its second $1.7 million federal grant to assist in the expansion of its library and learning resource facilities.

The previous $1.7 million in funding came in December 2000 (see www.chiroweb.com/archives/19/03/16.html).

Both allocations were authorized by the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) appropriations subcommittee, and both fundings were secured by Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), the ranking member of the LHHS.

"There are 20 million Americans receiving chiropractic care (yearly), with half a million of those patients in Iowa," noted Senator Harkin. "I'm pleased that I was able to secure funding for expansion of this important Iowa institution."

"He (Senator Harkin) has been and continues to be a stalwart supporter of chiropractic, and of Palmer College," noted Gary Mohr, the executive director of Palmer's community and government relations. "These federal funds will go a long way toward making our new library and learning resource center a reality."

"To our knowledge, this total is the largest-ever appropriation from the federal government for a single building project on the campus of a chiropractic college," said Palmer Chancellor Michael Crawford, alluding to the combined funding of $3.4 million for the expansion of the Palmer library and learning resource facilities.

In addition to the library improvements, the $3.4 million grant will go to improving the conference center; the chiropractic research data center; the federal government depository; the distance learning center; the chiropractic archives and special collections; and work areas for the faculty.

Palmer officials predict that the learning resource center will be the "largest, most advanced space for chiropractic learning." The center will provide a technological link between the Palmer Davenport campus and the Palmer campuses in San Jose, California, in Port Orange, Florida, and with the 18,000 Palmer alumni.

Plans for the learning resource center are being developed, and no date of completion has been determined.

Editor's note: This is the third government building grant to the college since October 2000, when the National Center for Research Resources, a division of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, awarded $1.3 million to the Palmer Chiropractic University Foundation for renovation and expansion of the Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research (see www.chiroweb.com/archives/18/24/17.html). Since October 2000, Palmer has received $4.7 million in federal building grants.

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