Firstlook
John Pulichino ’67, ’14 (H) and his wife, Joy Tong ’14 (H), along with their son, Michael Pulichino, helped celebrate the groundbreaking of the home for the Manning School of Business on North Campus. The building is scheduled to be completed in 2017.
$40 Million
Business Building Breaks Ground Business students at UMass Lowell will study in a brand new facility with a four-story atrium, a big-screen LED, streaming stock ticker and technology-enhanced classrooms in a building for which a groundbreaking was held in May. The Pulichino Tong Business Building, which will be home to the university’s Manning School of Business when it is completed in 2017, will become a key component in the continuing transformation of the North Campus. The $40 million building will be named for UMass Lowell graduate John Pulichino ’67, ’14 (H) and his wife, Joy Tong ’14 (H), successful entrepreneurs in the travel-goods industry who have donated $4 million to student scholarships. UMass Lowell leaders envision that the new building will complete an innovation district dedicated to business education and scientific research and development in support of the region’s economy. The building will serve UMass Lowell’s growing population of undergraduate and graduate students studying accounting, entrepreneurship, finance, international business, management and operations and information systems. The centerpiece of the 52,000-square-foot Pulichino Tong Business Building will be the atrium, which will overlook an outdoor plaza formed by the new and existing buildings, creating more green space on North Campus. The new building’s other features will include a finance laboratory designed to simulate on-the-job experiences in the business world, such as a trading room and high-tech classrooms and seminar rooms that can accommodate more than 400 students. n
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UMASS LOWELL MAGAZINE SUMMER 2014
SUMMER 2014 UMASS LOWELL MAGAZINE
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