The Logan University community celebrated the dedication of the Fuhr Science Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and building tour on September 26, 2024. Arlan W. Fuhr, DC (‘61), founder and chairman of Activator Methods International (AMI) and the building’s namesake, spoke during the ceremony.
“My wife and I have continued to invest in this university because it is an excellent place for students to advance their education in chiropractic and health sciences,” he said. “We believe bringing students to campus is the best way to recruit them because once they see it, they realize Logan is the place for them.”
Dr. Fuhr and Judi Fuhr, CEO of AMI, enabled Logan to embark on the 33,426-square-foot renovation and 14,400-square-foot expansion of the building with a generous lead gift of $1 million in 2021. Mrs. Fuhr explained what this ceremony meant to her family and thanked the AMI team, the doctors who furnished the Activator Technique Lab within the Fuhr Science Center, and the entire Logan community.
“From the bottom of our hearts, we thank everyone who helped make this possible, including our 158 Activator instructors from around the world,” she said. “We could not have done this without Logan’s institutional advancement team, Logan’s Board of Trustees and Dr. McDonald.”
During the ceremony, Logan President Clay McDonald, DC (’82), MBA, JD explained how the facility is a testament to the university’s mission and a beacon of its future.
“My vision has always been for Logan to continue to push boundaries to ensure we’re not just participants in health sciences but leaders, innovators and change-makers,” Dr. McDonald said. “The Fuhr Science Center is a manifestation of that vision, embodying the excellence we strive for and the boldness we embrace in our pursuit of advancing education. It is a space where the best and brightest minds will come together to learn, to teach and to innovate, and where the future of chiropractic and health sciences is not just taught but shaped.”
The Fuhr Science Center increases Logan’s capacity for hands-on learning by more than doubling the university’s anatomy lab space, creating new workspaces for hands-on simulated learning, expanding areas available for student collaboration and updating technique classrooms. Kurt Wood, DC, member of Logan’s Board of Trustees, said it’s a space where the future of health science and chiropractic education will be shaped.
“Students will cultivate the skills needed to positively impact the patients they will serve,” he said.
Gail Eller, a trimester 6 Doctor of Chiropractic (DC) student and Logan Student Government president, added that the new building represents more than bricks and mortar.
“The Fuhr Science Center embodies countless opportunities for students,” she said. “Students are excited to learn in such an innovative environment, and there is an energy that comes from having these incredible resources right at our fingertips.”
The renovation and expansion of the building was made possible by hundreds of generous supporters who contributed to Logan’s Advancing Education, Transforming Lives campaign—an investment in leading-edge technology and experiential learning opportunities that have been a part of the university’s curriculum since founder Hugh B. Logan’s first class of seven students in 1935.
“I want to take a moment to express our deepest gratitude to the donors who supported the Advancing Education, Transforming Lives campaign; and to Dr. & Mrs. Fuhr for their generous lead gift in this initiative,” said Theresa Fleck, EdD, CFRE, CAE, CNP, Logan vice president for institutional advancement and admissions. “Without the combined vision from our president, Dr. McDonald and the Fuhrs, this incredible facility would not have been possible. The generosity and contributions of so many will truly have a lasting impact on the lives of students, faculty and future practitioners.”