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April 26, 2010
 
South Arkansas Community College receives $3.5 million stimulus grant

EL DORADO, Ark.—South Arkansas Community College recently received a grant in the amount of $3.5 million from the U.S. Department of Labor through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

The college applied for the grant, dubbed South Arkansas Healthcare Opportunities, in the fall. Only one other institution in Arkansas and 55 nationwide received such a grant among the more than 1,400 applicants.

The grant will be used in part to fund additional instructors, equipment in the campus’ new Health Science Center and new programs such as medical laboratory technology.
Partners in the effort include the Medical Center of South Arkansas in El Dorado; Ashley County Medical Center in Crossett, Ark.; Magnolia (Ark.) Hospital; and Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden, Ark.; among others.

The goal is to strengthen and broaden SouthArk’s ability to educate and train new medical personnel in and around south Arkansas, a move designed to benefit the entire region, according to dean George Roberts of the health and natural sciences department.
“Receipt of the South Arkansas Healthcare Opportunities grant...will greatly benefit South Arkansas Community College and south Arkansas,” Roberts said.