2022 Knauss School of Business Tour Booklet

Welcome to the Knauss Center for Business Education — where business meets purpose. Each space within the 120,000-square-foot complex is intentionally designed to create an innovation and collaboration ecosystem.

Groundbreaking technology, active learning classrooms and labs, a production studio and a student startup incubator are all designed to empower our students to remake the future of business.

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Success Center

The Student Success Center is a hub for all student support services including advising, admissions, career development and more. The space will provide the opportunity for students to develop their interpersonal communications skills in our InComm rooms, and enhance their design thinking skills within the Busch family Production Studio.

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Enterprise In st i t u te

The Brink Small Business Development Center is ranked as the #1 startup accelerator in San Diego and provides world-class training and one-to-one consulting to innovation-driven companies. The San Diego Angel Conference within the Free Enterprise Institute connects angel investors to entrepreneurs in a learn-by-doing environment to support scalable startup investments.

The

Catalyzer

The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Catalyzer breeds innovation by helping students turn bold ideas into booming startups and values-driven enterprises. We give students the tools and resources to embrace their most creative ideas to solve global challenges.

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Advisory Sui te

Located in the premier location within the new complex, the Business Advisory Suite provides breathtaking views of Mission Bay and San Diego downtown, and serves as the destination for engagements with Knauss School of Business supporters invested in its success. The space will be outfitted with high-end furnishings, state-of-the-art technology and a catering/prep kitchen.

This Business Advisory Suite will be perfect for connecting with alums and the San Diego business community.

Th e Denni s Zocco & Da n Ri vet t i Finance L a b (made possible by the generosity of the Dean family) The Finance Lab will enable Knauss School students to experience real-world projects in partnership with local, regional and national companies. Students will develop advanced financial analysis skills being used by thought leaders in the financial services-related industries.

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Analytics L a b

The Data Analytics Lab will enable Knauss School students to develop advanced business analytics skills through training on the most impactful software tools being used by thought leaders in "Big Data." Students work with our faculty to expand their industry connections and network, while developing practical skills to advance their careers.

Active Lear ni ng C la s srooms All classrooms are active learning spaces designed to deliver our students the highest quality courses enabled with the most innovative learning methods.

Leading-edge technology can live-stream class sessions between the Knauss School and our global business school partners in other countries.

These active learning classrooms will include movable furniture configurable for any pedagogical practice, and extra space for project-based learning.

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Nexus T heater

The Nexus Theater is a large meeting space and classroom that can be reconfigured through a movable wall to merge the classroom and meeting space to accommodate large events. The Nexus Theater also connects seamlessly to the exterior courtyard, providing an open flow on the ground floor across the entire KCBE/Olin complex.

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Collaboratory

The San Diego Regional Collaboratory is an open floor plan conference room with six co-work/shared offices. The Collaboratory provides open, glass-enclosed offices that can be used to build stronger connections with the region by offering co-work space to facilitate project-based learning, further integrate curricular, co- and extra-curricular activities and lease space for student startups.

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Store

Located in one of the most visible, high traffic areas of the complex right next to the San Diego Café, the Store offers coffee, specialty drinks and light snacks 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The Store is equipped with facial recognition technology from San Diego’s Accel Robotics making it one of the first truly cashierless stores in the nation.

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