When the McIntire School of Commerce expanded its curriculum to three years long — and grew its student body by roughly 400 — a corresponding increase in its physical presence on Grounds accompanied the change. The 86,000-square-foot Shumway Hall, funded by a $30 million gift from the Chris and Carrie Shumway Foundation, has been the largest addition to the Breeden Commerce Grounds. The building’s construction was accommodated by a demolition and renovation to pre-existing Cobb Hall, which now sits just across Shumway on the southeast corner of the Lawn.
Bryan Lewis, chief information officer and assistant dean for operations at McIntire, saw to maintaining the University’s architectural vision during the construction project for Shumway.
According to Lewis, a continuous balance between historical precedent and forward-facing ideas had to be struck throughout that process…