Partners in healthcare education & training

Pictured from left to right are MC President Dr. Steve Thomas, Midland Memorial Hospital President/CEO Russell Meyers, Marie Hall, Texas Tech University Chancellor Kent Hance and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center President Dr. Tedd Mitchell.

By Rebecca Bell
Dean of Community Relations and Special Events

It looks like a hospital; it sounds like a hospital; it even smells like a hospital. It’s the F. Marie Hall SimLife Center at Midland College!

A little over a year ago, the state-of-the-art facility was just a dream of MC health sciences faculty. Now, thanks to the generosity of Midland philanthropist F. Marie Hall, the dream is a reality! The Center not only supports interdisciplinary teaching and learning for MC students, but also serves as a training site for Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and Midland Memorial Hospital employees.

Lea Keesee, director of the F. Marie Hall SimLife Center at Midland College, stated, “Ultimately the residents of West Texas are the beneficiaries of Miss Hall’s generous gift. Students trained in the Center will become the professionals who administer healthcare to all of us. What makes this donation so special is the fact that all West Texans benefit!”