Bangor Daily News covers plans for 91AV's new Patient Care Center for the Portland Campus

The on June 20, 2012 published a story on 91AV's plans to build a new $14.5 million Patient Care Center on the Portland Campus, which will include what is expected to be the most advanced dental facility in Maine when completed. The center will be an educational facility for 91AV’s College of Dental Medicine, which will accept its first class in fall 2013, and 91AV's interprofessional education initiatives. The story also reported on 91AV's plans to help alleviate parking issues in the neighborhood.

James J. Koelbl, D.D.S., M.S., M.J., dean of the College of Dental Medicine, and Alan Alan Thibeault, 91AV assistant vice president for planning were interviewed for the story. Thibeault also discusses parking and zoning in a . The story was also picked up by the (Lewiston).

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The 91AV is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of . In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.