Blog Archive Friday Factoid Facilities at Duke Fuqua

Blog Archive Friday Factoid Facilities at Duke Fuqua The Fuqua School of Business is located on Duke University’s West Campus near the intersection of Science Drive and Towerview Drive. Students often congregate in the Fox Center, a 70,000 square foot facility that was built in 2002. Linking the main wings of the school and featuring a café, enormous windows, and a spacious indoor winter garden, the Fox Center is the hub of the school. Students can eat breakfast and lunch there, grab a coffee, conduct team meetings, or just take a breather between classes or during the 15-minute break in each class period. In August 2008, Fuqua opened the 91,000 square foot Doug and Josie Breeden Hall, the “new front door of the School for students and visitors,” as it was described in the student newspaper, the  Fuqua Bulletin. Named after former dean Douglas Breeden (2001â€"2006), the building boasts a three-story atrium, two auditoriums (which seat 126 and 146 people), the expanded Ford Library, three 70-seat lecture rooms, and a suite of tea m rooms. All told, Fuqua’s campus covers nearly 500,000 square feet, with 58 team rooms, ten classrooms, and seven seminar rooms. In February 2015, the school undertook a major renovation project for the R. David Thomas Executive Conference Center. Once completed in mid-2016, the center will add more than 90,000 extra square feet, including a 5,600 square foot ballroom. For more information on other defining characteristics of the MBA program at Duke Fuqua or one of 15 other top business schools, please check out the  mbaMission Insider’s Guides. Share ThisTweet Duke University (Fuqua) Friday Factoids Blog Archive Friday Factoid Facilities at Duke Fuqua The Fuqua School of Business is located on Duke University’s West Campus near the intersection of Science Drive and Towerview Drive. Students often congregate in the Fox Center, a 70,000-square-foot facility that was built in 2002. Linking the main wings of the school and featuring a café, enormous windows, and a spacious indoor winter garden, the Fox Center is the hub of the school. Students can eat breakfast and lunch there, grab a coffee, conduct team meetings, or just take a breather between classes or during the 15-minute break in each class period. In August 2008, Fuqua opened the 91,000-square-foot Doug and Josie Breeden Hall, the “new front door of the School for students and visitors,” as it was described in the student newspaper, the  Fuqua Bulletin. Named after former dean Douglas Breeden (2001â€"2006), the building boasts a three-story atrium, two auditoriums (which seat 126 and 146 people), the expanded Ford Library, three 70-seat lecture rooms, and a suite of tea m rooms. All told, Fuqua’s campus covers nearly 500,000 square feet, with 58 team rooms, ten classrooms, and seven seminar rooms. In 2015, the school undertook a major renovation project for the R. David Thomas Executive Conference Center, turning it into the JB Duke Hotel. Once completed in early 2017, the hotel will encompass the conference center as well as more than 90,000 extra square feet, including a ballroom and nearly 200 hotel guest rooms. For more information on other defining characteristics of the MBA program at Duke Fuqua or one of 15 other top business schools, please check out the  mbaMission Insider’s Guides. Share ThisTweet Duke University (Fuqua) Friday Factoids