SPOTLIGHT

The T. Boone Pickens Foundation focuses grants to organizations that operate in its core giving categories (see “About TBPF”). The current partner spotlight is Texas Women’s University, a primarily for women institution dedicated to excellence through academic achievement, research and creativity, innovation and collaboration and committed to fiscal accountability.

TWU educates students to succeed as they pursue careers, research or graduate study in the liberal arts, sciences, health, education and business professions. By setting high expectations and high ideals, TWU prepares its graduates to lead personally and professionally fulfilling lives.

A $5 million Pickens Foundation gift to TWU was a lead gift in a campaign to fund construction of its new T. Boone Pickens Institute of Health Sciences-Dallas Center. The Pickens donation is the largest single gift from an individual to TWU.

“A key objective of my philanthropy is advancing health and medical research and care,” Mr. Pickens says. “To achieve quality health care, a skilled nursing community is vital, and I am impressed with what TWU is doing in this field. They have the vision and the background to ensure nursing care in Texas — and nationally — takes a significant step forward for the benefit of current and future generations.”

The gift is part of TWU’s $55.5 million fundraising campaign. The T. Boone Pickens Institute of Health Sciences – Dallas Center will combine TWU’s current education sites near Parkland and Presbyterian hospitals. The new state-of-the-art facility is being constructed at the TWU Parkland location in the heart of Dallas’ renowned Southwestern Medical District.

TWU will offer programs in nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, healthcare administration, and library science at the new T. Boone Pickens Institute of Health Sciences-Dallas Center. The TWU Stroke Center-Dallas also will be housed in the facility.

“When you combine TWU’s eight consecutive semesters of enrollment growth with the national shortage of healthcare providers, the reason for TWU’s new T. Boone Pickens Institute of Health Sciences – Dallas Center becomes clear,” says TWU chancellor and president Dr. Ann Stuart. “Mr. Pickens’ generous gift lays the foundation for a building that will allow TWU to continue graduating quality healthcare professionals for years to come.”

TWU’s T. Boone Pickens Institute of Health Sciences-Dallas Center will create a 190,000-square-foot “campus in one building” at the Parkland site. The new Center’s design will include parking, industry-standard/state-of-the-art technology as it applies to the education of healthcare professionals, and allows for educating together the disciplines needed for a team approach in patient care. The Center, which will be built in two phases so classes will not be interrupted, is scheduled to open in 2011.

For more information on TWU’s new T. Boone Pickens Institute of Health Sciences - Dallas Center, visit www.twu.edu/dallascampus.