Capital Campaign

Logan Launches Advancing Education, Transforming Lives Campaign

Since founder Dr. Hugh B. Logan’s first class of seven students, Logan University’s curriculum has incorporated real-world, evidence-informed, patient-centered practice into daily instruction. Now, more than 85 years since its founding, Logan remains dedicated to teaching students the long-standing traditions of chiropractic technique while also preparing them to work in an integrated and ever-evolving health care environment.

As part of this commitment and thanks to a generous lead gift of $1 million from Arlan W. Fuhr, DC (’61) and Judi Fuhr, Logan plans to renovate and expand the newly named Fuhr Science Center. Construction on this project, and a separate renovation of the Administration Building, will begin following a groundbreaking ceremony on May 12, 2022.

Once complete, the updated 47,826-square-foot Fuhr Science Center will house state-of-the-art anatomy labs, an anatomage center, chiropractic technique labs, radiography center, student collaboration and study areas, and faculty offices. Updates to the Administration Building will include a remodeled Learning Resource Center and administration entry, classrooms and student collaboration spaces.

Guided by the university’s mission and vision, the Advancing Education, Transforming Lives campaign is an investment in experiential, hands-on learning that will be funded through three efforts: financing through an existing long-term relationship with the university’s banking partner, a strategic spend in cash reserves and a fundraising campaign.

The resources needed to respond to the fast-changing landscape of education and the cost to continuously provide the most up-to-date technology can be limiting for any university. Logan is a fiscally healthy institution with solid financial standing—an advantage that many peer institutions lack. The expansion and renovation of the Fuhr Science Center and Administration Building, at a total cost of $28 million, will ensure the university continues to be at the forefront of evidence-based health care.

Logan is fortunate to have many qualities that differentiate it from other colleges and universities: hands-on learning, tailored curriculum, world class faculty, a vibrant campus life and community, and the dedication of our alumni and friends—its biggest strength as an institution. Your impact goes beyond simply encouraging Logan students. Your support makes a significant difference to the thousands of future patients Logan alumni and students will treat. Visit www.Logan.edu/Campaign to learn about the ways you can support Logan University or contact the Office of Development at Development@Logan.edu or 636-230-1877.

Meet the Donors who are Making a Difference

XAIVIER TIPLER, DC (’06)

As a member of Logan’s Board of Trustees as well as the advancement committee, Dr. Xaivier Tipler sees the campus renovations as a strategic investment in Logan’s future.

“The updated labs and new technology will give students the opportunity to learn every day in a high- tech environment that puts Logan at the forefront of health sciences education,” said Dr. Tipler.

Through his practice and coaching business—Proficient Chiropractic and Evoke Chiropractic Coaching, respectively—and involvement in the American Black Chiropractic Association and Logan, Dr. Tipler always strives to pay it forward.

“There were doctors who came before me who contributed to where I’m able to be right now,” he said. “It’s our responsibility as Logan alumni to ensure the university stays relevant and progresses the chiropractic profession. We’re passing the torch and providing opportunities for the future doctors to come.”

LOIS WARD, DC (’63)

Dr. Lois Ward and her husband, Gary F. Ward. DC (‘62), have been longtime supporters of Logan University. The couple practiced together for 43 years in Farmington, Missouri, and was part of the group that donated funds to purchase Logan’s current campus back in the 1970s. Now, Drs. Ward are supporting the Activator Lab in the Fuhr Science Center.

“As I’ve heard stated by others many times: Somebody has to plant the trees that other people sit under and enjoy—we aren’t personally going to use the lab, but coming generations will,” said Dr. Lois Ward. “The ultimate recipient is the patient.”

One of the first Activator Methods instructors, Dr. Lois Ward became interested in Activator because it told her where and when to adjust and, most importantly, when not to adjust. The rest, she said, is history. She went on to teach the fundamental class for 25 years and helped produce textbooks and Activator’s first online program.

“It was a privilege to be part of the growth of Activator Methods and work with Dr. Fuhr for all those years,” she said. “Working with the Activator Technique made such a difference for us and for our patients.”

JAN ROBERTS, DC (’79)

Dr. Jan Roberts has lived a life of adventure. He spent time as an exchange student in Sweden and visited the Arctic Circle in college. After earning a bachelor’s degree in history, he skied professionally for three seasons and bicycled through Europe for seven months. Years later, after discovering chiropractic following a devastating injury that ended his professional ski career, he graduated from Logan, opened a successful practice in Farmington, Maine, and began traveling around the world teaching Activator Methods and providing sports performance care to the world’s best ski racers during the World Pro Ski Tour®. To this day, he uses Activator Methods to serve the world of skiing as team chiropractor at Carrabassett Valley Academy, a world-class ski and snowboard academy near his home in Maine.

Having learned that the more he gives, the more he receives out of life, Dr. Roberts is now paying it forward by supporting the Activator Technique Lab in the Fuhr Science Center and encouraging fellow Logan graduates to do the same.

“None of us are as smart as all of us, so let’s collaborate and make something better than any of us could dream,” Dr. Roberts said. “Somebody has to be the first chiropractor on the moon or Mars … They may go through this laboratory. This is the future.”