Fueling the future

Fueling the future

For 100 years, business education at SMU has shaped world changers and created a community of diverse thinkers and industry leaders. As the Cox School of Business focuses on the future, our new strategic vision will prepare tomorrow’s business leaders for the upcoming global economic landscape. To foster educational excellence and collaboration, our renovation and expansion project will provide the facilities needed to train students for an ever-more collaborative and technologically integrated world.

A foundation for excellence

Building on the history and existing footprint of Cox School of Business, the new and renovated facilities will inspire students, welcome visitors and promote new ways of approaching Cox School’s unique opportunities and thought-provoking challenges during its second 100 years.

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Sponsoring the next era
SMU is blazing a trail into the next era of business education. Enter our virtual experience to experience the new classrooms and collaborative spaces in the Cox renovation and expansion project. We invite you to join our illustrious group of supporters in taking SMU’s enterprising spirit out into the world.

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Explore the future facilities

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Heppner Family Commons
Heppner Family Commons The central hub of the Cox School, providing students and faculty with dynamic, open spaces to spark discussion, promote collaboration and encourage a “9 a.m. to 9 p.m.” environment, where new ideas can be shared.
Crum Family Auditorium
Crum Family Auditorium Home to guest lectures, academic presentations and visiting corporate partners with seating for an audience of up to 400, making it one of the largest auditoriums on SMU’s campus.
Business Library
Business Library A specialized library located on the lower level near the Behavioral Lab, offering career preparedness programs and cutting-edge technology along with resources for in-depth research in real estate, marketing, risk management and operations management, among other topics.
CAFÉ
CAFÉ A crucial space for productivity and collaboration, supporting a “9 a.m. to 9 p.m.” environment in the neighboring Commons, offering faculty and students quality food options and expanded hours to fuel academic activity.
Career Management Center
Career Management Center An expansive, centrally located, 6,600-square-foot center dedicated to the development and career advancement of Cox School students, offering a kitchen, multiple changing rooms for job interviews and 12 dedicated meeting rooms for interviews with corporate partners, company information sessions, career coaching, resume-building assistance, career workshops and cultivated networking events.
Courtyard
Katy and Kyle Miller Courtyard A sprawling, revamped outdoor space located in the heart of the SMU campus and Cox School that promises collaborative discourse, thought-provoking instruction and engaging events in an airy, open environment centrally connecting the school’s numerous facilities.
Dean's Suite
Dean's Suite A centrally located space crucial to the operations of Cox School of Business, housing the dean’s office and his administrative team as well as the JPMorgan Chase Parlor. The suite will support collaborations with industry partners and Dallas leadership representatives, while still being available to the school’s faculty, staff and students.
Center/Institute Suites
Center/Institute Suites Dedicated spaces for each of the Cox School’s 10 institutes and centers – including the Brierley Institute for Customer Engagement, the Bridwell Institute for Economic Freedom, the Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship, the EnCap Investments and LCM Group Alternative Asset Management Center/The Don Jackson Center for Financial Studies, the Robert andCourtyard Margaret Folsom Institute for Real Estate, the Maguire Energy Institute and the Albert W. Niemi Center for Economic Growth and Leadership Development, among others – with unique, dynamic facilities to support the students of Cox School and SMU, including administrative offices, meeting rooms and spaces to host workshops and presentations.
BBA ADMISSIONS, ACADEMIC ADVISING AND RECORDS SUITE
BBA ADMISSIONS, ACADEMIC ADVISING AND RECORDS SUITE A hub for BBA student advancement and recruitment, with offices for undergraduate administration and records. The suite will also include spaces for academic advising and assistance.
COMMONS OVERLOOK
COMMONS OVERLOOK An open, inviting expanse between the Commons and the EY Gallery, offering sweeping views of the Commons and Katy and Kyle Miller Courtyard, easy access via a striking, central stairway and additional study spaces and collaboration areas.
DISTANCE LEARNING LAB
DISTANCE LEARNING LAB A 2,000-square-foot suite featuring state-of-the-art spaces for various forms of online instruction, offering synchronous studio-style classrooms with advanced recording equipment and video walls capable of displaying up to 35 remote students for more immersive instruction, as well as studios for filming on-demand lectures, with real-time editing capabilities.
DISTANCE LEARNING LAB
GRADUATE ADMISSIONS SUITE An expansive 3,620-square-foot suite on the third floor, centrally located overlooking the Katy and Kyle Miller Courtyard and adjacent to the Terrace. The suite will be home to the admissions offices for Cox School’s growing graduate programs.
TERRACE
TERRACE A rooftop event space designed to take advantage of the North Texas seasons for outdoor events, receptions and academic gatherings. The Terrace will overlook the Turner Centennial Quadrangle and Crain Family Centennial Promenade and offer striking views of SMU’s campus.
BEHAVIORAL LAB
BEHAVIORAL LAB A 1,700-square-foot lab prominently located near the Auditorium, offering a broad range of market research opportunities in controlled environments with 35 technology-driven workstations, including various forms of monitoring and control of thermal, visual and auditory cues for individual study.
FACULTY LOUNGE
FACULTY LOUNGE A dedicated space at the heart of the faculty floor on the second level, adjacent to the EnCap Investments and LCM Group Alternative Asset Management Center/Don Jackson Center for Financial Studies and the Albert W. Niemi Center for Economic Growth and Leadership, for Cox School faculty to share expertise, celebrate individual and departmental accomplishments and collaborate in groundbreaking research and innovation.
CLASSROOMS
CLASSROOMS Dynamic, upgraded academic spaces including traditional lecture halls, cluster-style classrooms and hybrid model classrooms, that enhance the educational experience through revolutionary technology, project-based learning, modern pedagogy and collaborative research. Tour classroom naming opportunities in our virtual experience. Pictured above: example of a cluster-style classroom.

Spaces to spark new ideas

Floor plan lower level

Reserved spaces

  • 1 The Heppner Family Commons
  • 2 Beth and Barry Kitt Suite
  • 3 Crum Family Auditorium

Naming opportunities

  • 4 Maguire Energy Institute
  • 5 Career Management Center Suite
  • 6 Business Library
  • 7 Behavioral Lab
  • 8 Distance Learning Lab
  • 9 Café
  • 10 Business Library Reading Room

Other opportunities include the Testing Center Suite and several classrooms.

 

Reserved spaces

  • 1 EY Gallery
  • 2 Gina L. and Tucker S. Bridwell Suite
  • 3 Katy and Kyle Miller Courtyard

Naming opportunities

  • 4 Commons Overlook
  • 5 Dean’s Suite
  • 6 BBA Admissions, Academic Advising and Records Suite
  • 7 Graduate Student Services Suite
  • 8 Lobby – Maguire Building
  • 9 Lobby – Crow Building

Other opportunities include the Graduate Student Lounge, Overlook Lobbies, suites housing the Business Leadership Center and Alumni & External Relations, and several classrooms.

Floor plan level two

Naming opportunities

  • 1 Brierley Institute for Customer Engagement
  • 2 Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship
  • 3 Folsom Institute for Real Estate
  • 4 Albert W. Niemi Center for Economic Growth and Leadership Development
  • 5 EnCap Investments and LCM Group Alternative Asset Management Center/Don Jackson Center for Financial Studies
  • 6 Dean’s Boardroom
  • 7 Faculty Lounge
  • 8 Faculty Wing – North
  • 9 Faculty Wing – South

Other opportunities include the Engaged [Global] Learning Suite, Seminar Room, and Faculty Wing Lobbies, as well as suites housing the Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship and Niemi Center for Economic Growth and Leadership Development.

Floor plan level 3

Naming opportunities

  • 1 Graduate Admissions Suite
  • 2 Terrace
  • 3 Terrace Lobby

Fund the future

For information about giving opportunities in support of the renovation and expansion of Cox School of Business facilities, please contact Ashley Pitts, Director of Development, at 214-768-4988 or apitts@smu.edu.

A foundation for excellence

Building on the history and existing footprint of Cox School of Business, the new and renovated facilities will inspire students, welcome visitors and promote new ways of approaching Cox School’s unique opportunities and thought-provoking challenges during its second 100 years.

Cox campus overhead
Give now