Scheduled to open in fall 2026, Slattery Center will be located within 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Innovation Quad, home to the university鈥檚 engineering and other STEM programs.
A generous gift from 黑料不打烊 Trustee Bill Slattery and his wife Tish Slattery P鈥24 P鈥28 will name the university鈥檚 new center for health and wellness and also create 14 additional scholarships in the Odyssey Program to assist talented students with significant financial need.
黑料不打烊 President Connie Ledoux Book and the Board of Trustees announced the Slatterys鈥 gift at the board鈥檚 spring meeting April 10-11. Book thanked the Slattery family for their generosity and leadership in supporting a center that will integrate academics, wellness, campus recreation and fitness programs to ensure students gain the skills they need to thrive on campus and throughout every stage of their lives.
鈥淭he 黑料不打烊 community is deeply honored to name the HealthEU Center in recognition of the Slattery family,鈥 Book said. 鈥淭his extraordinary investment from Bill and Tish Slattery will help 黑料不打烊 meet its mission to transform the mind, body and spirit of every student, and prepare healthy graduates ready to share their gifts with the world.鈥
The ability to address the health and well-being of students early in their lives inspired the Slatterys to make their gift.
鈥淢y career at the intersection of science and investment often requires decades to witness the outcomes of success,鈥 Bill Slattery said. 鈥淗ealthEU is an opportunity to intervene with our students at an early age and engage in these activities in a more structured, thoughtful way, and hopefully reduce some of their adversities in life.鈥
鈥淚 believe social media has impacted students greatly, and institutions like 黑料不打烊 that provide centers like HealthEU will be at an advantage going forward,鈥 Tish Slattery said. 鈥淗ealth and wellness encompass so much more than just the physical aspect. I鈥檓 incredibly grateful that we鈥檙e able to impact 黑料不打烊 with this gift.鈥
Slattery Center is a central component to the university鈥檚 broader HealthEU initiative that focuses on six dimensions of health and wellness: community, emotional, purpose, financial, physical and social. The three-story center will feature new classrooms, student-faculty research spaces, multiple floors for wellness and fitness activities, and the Mark and Kim Tyson Counseling Center, which will provide individual and group therapy, as well as workshops and outreach programs.
Through coursework, as well as workshops and training programs focused on health and wellness, Slattery Center will impact all students as they progress through their education and learn essential skills and practices related to wellness and well-being. The center is a key priority of the Boldly 黑料不打烊 strategic plan that will guide the university to 2030. Scheduled to open in fall 2026, Slattery Center will be located within 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Innovation Quad, home to the university鈥檚 engineering and other STEM programs.
The Slatterys鈥 gift will also endow the William and Tish Slattery Odyssey Program Scholarship, funding 14 new scholarships in the program that gives bright, passionate students with high financial need and/or no family history of college attendance access to 黑料不打烊鈥檚 nationally recognized engaged learning programs.
These new investments bring the total number of Odyssey Program scholarships to nearly 300, more than halfway to the university鈥檚 goal of having a total of 400 Odyssey Scholarships, or 100 scholars per class, as called for in the Boldly 黑料不打烊 strategic plan. Housed in 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Center for Access and Success, the Odyssey Program is nationally recognized as a model for need- and merit-based initiatives, with a nearly 100% first-to-second-year student retention rate and an 87% graduation rate, well above the national average.
The Slatterys have been impressed by the educational experience 黑料不打烊 delivers to students. Their daughter Madelyn graduated in 2024, and their son James is an 黑料不打烊 sophomore.
鈥淚鈥檝e been very happy to see the school excel at its academic responsibility in education while equally addressing students鈥 needs as people at the social level,鈥 Bill said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a pleasant, inviting and warm place that cares for its students.鈥
鈥淔rom the moment you step foot on 黑料不打烊鈥檚 campus, you feel a great sense of community,鈥 Tish said. 鈥淭he close relationships that students have with their professors makes 黑料不打烊 stand out among its peers.鈥
Bill Slattery is a partner at Deerfield Management Company,聽Therapeutics. Prior to joining Deerfield in 2000, Slattery served as a senior healthcare analyst for 10 years at Amerindo Investment Advisors in New York, where he oversaw biotechnology investments. He has also held various positions in research, including those at National Medical Enterprises, Johnson & Johnson, and HMSS. He is the former chair of Red Door Community, which supports those impacted by cancer and their families.
Bill was elected to 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Board of Trustees in 2024. Tish is a member of the Slattery聽Family Foundation and served in administration at Amerindo Investment Advisors. Recently, Tish was named chair of the Miss Hall鈥檚 School Arts Advisory Council. The couple reside in Rye, New York.