Administrators from an out-of-state medical college were on campus this week to tour the Richard J. Mazurek, M.D., Medical Education Commons, looking for ideas to incorporate into their own expansion plans.

A delegation from the Medical College of Georgia toured the Mazurek facilities Wednesday and Thursday. Executive Vice Dean Robert Frank, M.D., and Ron Spalding, chief administrative officer of Academic and Student Programs for the School of Medicine, led the group through the building, which officially opened in June.

The visiting officials became aware of the Mazurek through Michael Herbert and Donna Dauphinais, former School of Medicine employees who now work at the Medical College of Georgia.

Roman Cibirka, D.D.S., vice president for Instruction and Enrollment Management and associate provost for Academic Affairs for the Medical College of Georgia, said he had already discovered a “pocketful” of ideas to take back to his college only part-way through the tour. His college is about to break ground for a medical education building and plans to enroll 300 medical students per class beginning in 2020.

“The Mazurek is a magnificent new building, and we’re happy to show it off and explain its features,” Dr. Frank said. “We are more than happy to assist colleagues who are about to launch a similar program.”