KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — A 30,000-square-foot health complex in Kearney is nearly complete.

The new $19 million Health Science Education Complex at the University of Nebraska at Kearney is set to open in August. The complex is a collaborative effort between UNK and the University of Nebraska Medical Center and will be operated by the medical school.

Officials from the two schools are now visiting with regional health care providers to share what the new facility may mean for them.

Juliann Sebastian, dean of UNMC’s College of Nursing, hopes that the new facility will keep graduates in the area and provide greater access to health care in rural Nebraska.

UNK has about 850 pre-health majors, and that’s expected to grow to 1,000 by fall 2016.