Published 18 January 2018
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source
Ross Medical students leave St. Kitts, start classes in Knoxville
Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 18, 2018 – Over 1,000 medical students who relocated to St. Kitts after their Ross University Medical School campus in Dominica was destroyed by Hurricane Irma have left the Federation and have temporarily relocated to Knoxville, Tennessee in the United States to continue their education.
The ship, which the students resumed classes has also left St. Kitts.
The school worked out an agreement with Lincoln Memorial University to relocate to facilities owned by LMU in west Knoxville.
The 1,400 students started classes on Monday of this week. Knoxville and LMU officials held a welcome ceremony for the students and faculty on Tuesday.
“We’re really, really, excited to get here, it’s much more than we could have hoped for, only four months after the hurricane destroyed our campus, so it’s a tremendous opportunity that we’re very thankful for,” said RUSM student Micah Renicker.
School officials aren’t sure when they will be able to return to their campus in the Caribbean.
Photos show Ross University School of Medicine students listen to a lecture in a new lecture hall in Knoxville on Tuesday, January 16, 2018.
