MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The University of South Alabama celebrated a major milestone Thursday, as construction on the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine reached its halfway point.
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Dignitaries, community leaders, and medical students gathered for a beam signing ceremony, adding their names to the final vertical beam before it was put into place.
The 250,000-square-foot facility is being built with more than 2,000 tons of steel.
Once completed, it will allow the program to expand its class size from 80 first-year medical students to 100, with the ability to eventually grow to 120…