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Crews Get Down to Business for New Samford University School By Cindy Riley CEG CORRESPONDENT
The $30 million, 73,270 sq. ft. (6,807 sq m) facility is set for completion by the fall 2015 semester.
New construction at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala., is proving challenging for students and faculty to navigate around campus, as work continues on a new building to house the Brock School of Business. The $30 million, 73,270 sq. ft. (6,807 sq m) facility is set for completion by the fall 2015 semester. “There’s tremendous excitement among the university community,” said J. Howard Finch, dean and professor of finance, Samford’s Brock School of Business. “Students are thrilled, and the new building has helped enhance enrollment in the business school. Faculty and staff look forward to
working and teaching in an invigorating new facility, which should enhance pride and learning effectiveness.” The business school’s new home will include a forum that can serve as many as 400 people for receptions, meetings and lectures. Interactive breakout rooms and a student business incubator are included in the plans, along with an investment portfolio room, two computer-teaching labs and almost a dozen classrooms. “We have an excellent curriculum, faculty members and a wonderful campus; however, our instructional facilities are dated, and there’s no sense of ownership or culture to help our students fully embrace their Brock School of Business education,” Finch said. “The new building will have statesee SAMFORD page 2