Creighton University has received a $25 million donation from an anonymous foundation for its Arrupe Global Scholars and Partnerships Program that addresses health issues of the international poor as well as a fund for the education of future doctors.
The medical program will benefit roughly 120 students at Creighton campuses in Omaha, Nebraska and Phoenix, Arizona over 10 years beginning in the fall of 2022 fall.
Arrupe Global Scholars will train alongside international health care workers while earning a medical degree. In addition, they will be trained to engage “global health issues” while refining their skills as medical doctors.
Agents of Change
The Arrupe Global Scholars and Partnerships Program is named after Rev. Pedro Arrupe, SJ, the founder of the Jesuit Refugee Service. With the donation, the university is set to become the largest Catholic health sciences educator in the United States.
“True to their namesake, Arrupe Global Scholars, and faculty in Arrupe Global Partnerships, will become the inspiring change agents the world needs,” University President Daniel S. Hendrickson said.
Fr. Hendrickson announces the Creighton University Phoenix Health Sciences Campus. Construction of the first building in midtown Phoenix will begin in spring 2019 with completion by spring 2021. pic.twitter.com/HlVfF6fF8B
— Creighton University (@Creighton) September 18, 2018
Hendrickson and Creighton Board of Trustees chairman Mike McCarthy worked with the donor to design a program that will immediately respond to and provide a sustainable impact on global health.
The project is expected to begin in fall 2022 after a two-week orientation at the Institute for Latin American Concern in the Dominican Republic. The recruitment will be based on “academic achievement, past service to the poor, previous international experience, and interest in pursuing a career in global service.”
