August 2007

Health center dedicated during
Palmer Homecoming 2007

A ribbon-cutting ceremony for Pisciottano Hall highlighted the 2007 Palmer Homecoming weekend.

More than 1,800 individuals, including prospective students and their guests, celebrated the 2007 Palmer Homecoming on the Davenport campus August 9–11. The celebration included the ribbon-cutting ceremony at Pisciottano Hall, the new Palmer College of Chiropractic’s Academic Health Center.

Registrants were also able to earn up to 16 hours of continuing-education credits throughout the weekend, as well as shop at more than 77 vendors at the college’s Homecoming Expo. Palmer’s Homecoming is the college’s premier continuing-education and networking event for Palmer alumni.

The new health center, named after Drs. Maurice and Laurel Pisciottano, both Palmer alumni who gave a $3-million challenge pledge to Palmer’s $35 million capital campaign, has 50,000 square feet in three stories. The $10.6 million building received $3.4 million in federal support.

In addition to the pledge from the Pisciottanos, which was the largest alumni contribution, the capital campaign also included a $750,000 challenge grant from The Kresge Foundation, as well as $1.75 million in pledges from the Bechtel Trusts. The Kresge Foundation grant was the first ever awarded to a chiropractic college.

The Palmer Academic Health Center in Pisciottano Hall includes a welcome center, community outpatient clinic facilities, clinical learning resources, digital radiology services, and services for chiropractic rehabilitation and sports injury, workers’ compensation, and personal injury.

Source: Palmer College of Chiropractic, www.palmer.edu

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