Emergency Support Needed for Burnett School of Medicine at TCU Students
More than 40 students at the Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth were displaced after a six-alarm fire happened at The Cooper – a large apartment complex located across from the medical school in Fort Worth’s Medical Innovation District.
FORT WORTH — The six-alarm fire at The Cooper apartment complex has affected more than 40 medical students at the Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine at Texas Christian University.
On June 23, the fire originated in the complex’s HVAC system, causing severe smoke damage that is still being assessed. The Cooper, located across from the Burnett School of Medicine’s Arnold Hall in Fort Worth’s Medical Innovation District, was home to many of our students.
We all know how difficult medical school is, and facing this additional challenge is devastating. Not only losing their housing, some of our students have lost many of their belongings and are faced with the challenges of finding new living arrangements, needing basic supplies such as linens and clothing, and replacing cherished belongings.
TCU immediately engaged and is providing temporary housing for our students and the medical school will provide additional assistance to get them back on their feet. Some students have renter’s insurance, and the Red Cross also is available for some basic supplies. As a School of Medicine that is focused on empathy and compassion, many of you already have reached out asking how to help support our students. We have set up a Frog Funding page to allow you to donate to our Student Emergency Fund.
If you would like to help students with a donation through Frog Funding, please click here. We will ensure that affected students have access for funds for immediate needs, such as food, clothing and basic items, as well as longer term needs such as deposit and rent assistance. Your gift to the Student Emergency Fund will move through an established process of oversight and equitable distribution to those in need.
Thank you for considering support to our students in need.
About Student Emergency Fund
Students may face challenges and hardships during their four-year journey through medical school. To help address needs of an extreme and immediate nature, the Burnett School of Medicine established and operates a Student Emergency Fund. The fund is designed to support students who experience “a short-term and unexpected funding need in order to address critical necessities that are impacting their medical school experience.”