Mobile County Commission Invests In USA Building

The Mobile County Commission has approved $5 million for the University of South Alabama (USA) Whiddon College of Medicine’s planned medical education and research building. The funds will be paid with $500,000 per year for 10 years. The planned 250,000-ft2 education and research building is to allow USA to expand its medical class size from a current maximum of 80 to cohorts of 100 students, with a capacity of 125. USA Vice President for Development & Alumni Relations Margaret Sullivan attended the meeting on behalf of the university’s administration and thanked the commissioners for their investment. “This investment will help [USA] address the shortage of doctors in the state and continue to be an economic driver for the county and region,” she said.