Building
Connections
When the newly renovated Grant Center, home of the Offutt School of Business, opened in January, everyone gushed over its light-filled atrium and Scandinavian-inspired architecture. State-of-the-art technology in the classroom inspired students and faculty alike. During the past semester, the renovated space has proven itself by offering more than beautiful lines and resources. As the newest extension to the Concordia campus, it has discovered its own rhythm. From early morning studying to latenight group gatherings, students and faculty are learning to embrace the space. From the beginning, Grant Center was designed to be more than a strip mall of classrooms for business students. Its lounge and study niches make it easy to hold informal conversations and impactful discussions. Classrooms are designed to make sharing ideas and concepts easy. Today, Grant Center is a place where business students learn accounting alongside the nuances of networking. Biology students study anatomy late into the night, claiming a hallway study pod and whiteboard. And a clarinet quartet presents a noontime performance, a musical pause before the rush of finals. A sense of community is born. â– Photos: Ann Arbor Miller/Chris Shinn
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