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Providing a superb research and
teaching environment is a key measure of
greatness for a business school. The
Smith School’s home, Van Munching Hall,
is one of the most advanced facilities
in the world for management education
and research. Van Munching, dedicated in
1995 and expanded in 2002, boasts
wireless internet access throughout,
data jacks at each classroom seat, and
video and audio conferencing
capabilities in every classroom. What
Van Munching Hall needs, however, is
more space to meet the growth demands
created by Smith’s program excellence.
Spotlight
Construction & Renovation
 The Smith School’s technologically advanced home in Van Munching Hall has helped the school differentiate itself as much as its innovative curriculum and phenomenal faculty.
But space is continually an
issue, as the school adds
additional faculty and graduate
students, and additional
executive- and graduate-level
programs.
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.
With the final stages of
$20-million North Wing addition now under way,
the school will have the additional
space of approximately 38,000 square
feet for
undergraduate classes; more and
better quality space for faculty
and doctoral students; and
increased and more flexible
space for Executive MBA and
custom executive education
programs.
The North Wing expansion is predominantly funded by private donations, and in recognition of donors’ generosity, rooms in the North Wing will be named for donors. Naming opportunities still exist, including five classrooms, an executive meeting room, and a conference room.
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