Mihaylo Hall Building Begins
 Construction
begin winter 2005 on Steven G. Mihaylo Hall,
new home to the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics, and
the grounds surrounding it. A new gateway to the campus,
Mihaylo Hall will be built next to Langsdorf Hall on
the southeast corner near the Fullerton Marriott Hotel.
The $87.5 million building will provide
a sense of place to business students, says Dean Anil
Puri, with about 10,000 square feet dedicated to student
spaces. It will also allow the college to have a central
home as it relocates its headquarters from Langsdorf
Hall. Opening is anticipated in fall 2008.
Steven G. Mihaylo Hall is named for
a Cal State Fullerton business administration graduate
who went from being the sole employee in a one-man shop
to chairman, president and chief executive officer of
Inter-Tel, a publicly traded provider of communications
hardware, software and services. Mihaylo has made a
$4.5 million pledge to the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics
– the largest pledge of cash in the university's history.
"We are one of the largest accredited business
school in the U.S., but our current facility
is inadequate. For instance, 60 percent of our classes
are held outside Langsdorf Hall, and half of our faculty
are in other locations," Puri says. "Besides providing
the state-of-the-art technology, this new design truly
meets the needs of our students and faculty, who value
collaboration in their work."
Mihaylo Hall will include a 250-seat
lecture hall, as well as more than 30 modern classrooms, interactive
technology, faculty offices and a networking lab. Architect
for the project is Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, Inc.
As part of the construction, traffic
will be rerouted to streamline the campus' Nutwood Avenue
entrance.
To date, the college has raised $8.1
million of the $10 million in private funding needed to
fund the 190,000-square-foot building, with $53.5
million in state funds provided from Proposition 55.
Other funds are coming from parking, auxiliary and
general funds.
"The biggest complaint our alumni have
is that they came to campus, took classes and then went
home because there was no place for them," Puri said.
"We want our students to have spaces to work together,
as well as quiet areas for self-study. Mihaylo Hall's
central quad and the cafeteria make this a building
where students will want to come and stay."
For more information about Steven G.
Mihaylo Hall:
Contact Marcia Harrison by
E-mail or
at (714) 278-4869
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