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75 Years of Achievement 13 e old building wasn't exactly impressive, he said. But with the new building, no longer were faculty or students spread out all over campus or packed into the 50,000-square-foot building across from the library. Jennifer Grey '93 EMBA was the UConn Foundation's director of development for the School of Business at that time. She handled the School's first capital campaign to raise money for the new building. "It was a challenging environment, where the school did not have a robust philanthropic culture," before that time, said Grey. She said that much of the alumni giving to that point had been within the area of athletics. e idea of introducing giving within the business school community — to business alumni and beyond — needed to be communicated. "We were able to promote and leverage a signif- icant matching grant. at was really a catalyst for alumni giving,'' she said. ere were large corporate donors involved as well, and all were very supportive. By the fall semester of 2001, the brand-new School of Business, a $27-million, 100,000-square-foot structure across from Gampel Pavilion, opened its doors. A huge focus of the project, said Veiga, was making the class- rooms as large, but at the same time, as intimate as possible, "some- place where faculty would really enjoy teaching," he said. e building committee visited other schools, such as Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, with architects. "We saw high-tiered rooms for 100 students," Veiga said, which he found an intimidating setting for professors. As a result, the Storrs building has smaller, deeper-tiered seating. Another big goal was to make the building last and look good as long as possible. Bluestone was not only put on the floors, but halfway up the walls as well, to prevent scuff marks. Office space was also a priority and it was important to Veiga that each office had a window. Careful budget management even allowed for $1 million to be spent on new furniture for the building. e University now has a business-learning facility to not only take it well into the future, but also one to solidify its role as a leader in business education. "It's been a transformational time in the School of Business," said Grey. "I, along with other alumni, share a great deal of pride and excitement about future students being able to learn and contribute as leaders in the business community." HARTFORD Colleen McGuire, executive director of the UConn School of Business in downtown Hartford, looks forward to 2017, when the Graduate Business Learning Center (GBLC) relocates nearby to be part of a neighborhood campus anchored by the former Hart- ford Times building on Prospect Street. Since 1957, Hartford has been a strategic home for the School. During the early 1980s, classes were held at the beautiful con- verted mansion at 39 Woodland Street in Hartford, now home to the Connecticut State University system administrative offices. In 1984, the Board of Trustees of UConn voted to consolidate all of the University's programs in Hartford at the West Hartford cam- pus. e Executive MBA program, however, was run out of the UTC Leadership Center in Farmington. In 1998, Travelers agreed to provide free space in its Education Opened in 2004, the Graduate Business Learning Center (GBLC) at 100 Constitution Plaza in downtown Hartford houses the School's Greater Hartford graduate and executive education programs. The GBLC's SS&C Technologies Financial Accelerator is home to the School's Student Managed Fund, among other programs. UConn's West Hartford campus offers the undergraduate business program.