New Wing. Great Opportunities

The $38-million expansion of Van Munching Hall, home of the Robert H. Smith School of Business, opened for classes on September 3, 2002. The four-story, 103,300-square-foot space is an attractive, functional, technologically advanced learning environment. The building was specially designed to meet the requirements of Smiths undergraduate and graduate programs, delivering the academic, professional, and social experiences necessary to help prepare our students to lead 21st century organizations.

Joined on every floor to the original wing (opened in 1993), the new facility doubles the size of the business school facility and unites most of the undergraduate and graduate classes under one roof for the first time ever.

The bright, spacious interior includes:

• Eight classrooms including four team presentation rooms;
• A laboratory designed to facilitate the development of key behavioral skills;
• A computer laboratory dedicated to education in financial trading and portfolio management;
• A 24/7 computer lab;
• Four research-focused technology labs;
• MBA student organization offices;
• Graduate student lounge and lockers and changing rooms;
• A student caf that opens to Clocktower Quad;
• And an extensive suite for the Office of Career Management, including a dozen interview rooms, a recruiter lounge, and a career library.

The new space is also home to the Deans Office, Office for Undergraduate Studies, Supply Chain Management Center, Center for Global Business, Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship, Office of Technology Resources, and faculty offices.

Formal dedication ceremonies were held on Saturday, November 9, 2002.