1999: SHRP gets a new home

Published on Monday, June 23, 2025

By: Gary Pettus, gpettus@umc.edu

During its 69-year history, the University of Mississippi Medical Center has made contributions to the state, and the world, in medicine, science and education. Each month, we’ll recognize at least one of these major accomplishments.

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In 1999, a new building for the School of Health Related Professions was completed on the UMMC campus; the old building was renovated for faculty and staff offices. That same year, the school’s physical therapy program transitioned to a master’s level degree. A quarter-century earlier, in 1973, physical therapy had become the school’s first bachelor’s program, a change that came two years after the Mississippi State Institutions of Higher Learning had approved the establishment of the school – originally called the School of Allied Health. SHRP has now awarded more than 6,000 degrees, including those in PT, occupational therapy, health administration, health informatics and information management, radiologic sciences and many more.