Van Munching Hall
Home of the Robert H. Smith School of Business

About Van Munching Hall - South Wing

In 1992 Leo Van Munching Jr. '50, a Smith School alumnus and president of the company holding the exclusive franchise to import and distribute Heineken and Amstel Light beer donated $5 million toward the construction of the college's new home, Van Munching Hall (VMH). The move from Tydings Hall to the state-of-the-art VMH took place in 1993. In 1999, Van Munching donated $6 million in additional funding to help finance the expansion and renovation of the building.

The $38-million expansion of VMH opened for classes in fall 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 Smith's 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, the new facility doubled the size of the business school facility and united most of the undergraduate and graduate classes under one roof for the first time ever. The new wing is one of the most advanced facilities in the world for management education and research for the digital economy. The building has a next-generation technology infrastructure including complete wireless network coverage, four student computer labs, and five netcentric teaching and research labs.

The $21-million 38,000 s.f. North Wing addition opened in 2008, bringing the total square footage to approximate 238,000.