The grand vision of Mays Business School is to be the preeminent public business school in America, by incorporating leading-edge technology to create a growth culture that aims to attract, recruit, and retain the higher caliber of students, faculty, and staff. The building's programmatic elements include classrooms and instructional labs, Flex Online Studios, student and community spaces, food service to include a bakery-café experience and a full-service restaurant, and office and administrative spaces for all of the Mays Business School graduate programs. The facility will also feature advanced extended reality (XR) stages equipped with state-of-the-art audio/video media and augmented and virtual reality technology. To attract and retain top graduate students, the new building will offer comprehensive amenities including high-caliber food services, collaboration spaces, study areas, and cutting-edge learning technology. The exterior elements of this project include covered seating and gathering areas with access to electrical outlets, outdoor dining spaces, bicycle parking, and pedestrian connection to the Mays Business Education Complex through enlarged sidewalks and planned areas of tree preservation zones to protect established trees and landscaping that provide natural shading. This project will also include the abatement and demolition of Adriance Lab (0510), adjacent to Lot 18, along with the accompanying fenced Adriance Recycle Center.
