The College of Business and Management has begun plans for renovation and expansion.
The renovation project is only in the planning stages. The expected timeline for the project is two to three years from conception to completion.
The current plan is based on the expansion of the third floor of Curtiss Hall, where the College of Business and Management is currently located.
The faculty offices currently are crammed, with the classrooms scattered all across campus. Faculty are not easily accessible, with their classes all over campus and their offices hard to locate.
The renovation aims to make faculty accessible for students. The expansion is intended to centralize the College of Business and Management in a single location.
The vision for this project asks the following question: how can the University educate its business students better?
Therefore, the renovation and expansion project aims to create collaborative gathering spaces in the hallways for students, more space for student interaction with faculty, more tech savvy classrooms, and a more accessible hub for the college.
The renovation is also intended to create a face for the College of Business and Management so that its faculty members can more easily forge connections with local businesses.
Due to the amount of collaboration between the college and local businesses, input is being gathered from those businesses on how they would like students to be prepared to enter careers in those fields.
Input is also being pulled from the students themselves.
A student advisory council has also been giving feedback on the plan to renovate and expand the college.
A great deal of input has gone into council that has been giving feedback on the plan to renovate and expand the College of Business and Management.
A great deal of input has gone into this project from students, faculty and the business community. It is a large renovation and expansion requiring a great deal of consideration.
The project is being funded by both state funding and a significant amount of fundraising on the college’s part.
“We’re very excited for the potential for what we can do for our students,” said Rema Yelkur, the dean of the College of Business and Management.
The renovation and expansion of the College of Business and Management will continue during the next few years.
