>> STEPHANIE HUDSON: AS OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO GRAPPLE WITH A SHORTAGE OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY OFFICIALLY OPENED THE DOOR TO A NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART HEALTH SCIENCES BUILDING THAT WILL NOT ONLY TRAIN HEALTH CARE WORKERS OF TOMORROW BUT IS ALREADY SERVING THE COMMUNITY TODAY WITH LOW-COST CARE. I GOT A LOOK AT WHAT IT HAS TO OFFER AND THE PEOPLE WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE. THIS IS THE NEW EPICENTER OF HEALTH EDUCATION IN HAMPTON ROADS. >> SO WHAT A BELLY YOU'RE WALKING ON? THE MOON? >> FROM OUT OF THIS WORLD EXERCISE SCIENCE TO SPEECH AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY FOR OUR SMALLEST CITIZENS. SO KIND THINKING THAT OUT. THEN KEEPING TO OUR ELDEST OR INJURED. HERE WE COULD PEEL THE POTATO. WE ALSO HAVE ADOPTED NIGHTS. SO INSTEAD OF CUTTING STRAIGHT DOWN, YOU KIND OF ROLL IT. THE JUST OPEN ELMER COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES ♪ >> IS ENERGIZING THE NEXT GENERATION OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. THIS PLACE IS SPACIOUS. >> AND I MEAN, THE WINDOWS ARE BEAUTIFUL. >> WITH THAT BIG SMILE, IT'S NO WONDER LAURA NORRIS IS STUDYING DENTAL HYGIENE, THIS TO USE PRESIDENT PROUDLY POINTS OUT ADDRESSES HEALTH DISPARITIES. COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN COME HERE WITHOUT INSURANCE TO GET CARE, WHATEVER THAT THE HEALTH NEEDS. MAYBE HAVE THE PROGRAMS. YOU HAVE THE FACULTY EXPERTISE. WE HAVE THE POSITIONS TO ADDRESS. THOSE TO YOU. IN EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL MERGED EARLIER THIS SUMMER. ULTIMATELY WE WANT OUR CLASSROOMS TO MIRROR THE COMMUNITIES WE WORK AND LIVE AND >> AND HAVING SCHOLARSHIPS AND FACILITIES SUCH AS THIS IS A GREAT TESTAMENT TO OUR ABILITY ACHIEVE THAT GOAL AND NONE OF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT GENEROUS GIFTS FROM PRIORITY AUTO FOUND THERE, DENNIS AND JAN ELMER. HOPEFULLY WE GET THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST AND KEEP THEM HERE AND RAISING THEIR FAMILIES IN HAMPTON ROADS. THE EL MAR COLLEGE SEEMS TO BE DRIVING US. IT JUST REALLY OPENS UP THE WORLD FOR US AS STUDENTS IN THAT