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d Naming gift given for School of Business expansion I Tommy Hamzik Editor-in-Chief @T Hamzik - Two Elon University parents have donat ed the gift for the naming rights of the e^ansion to the Love School of Business. i^Elon announced Tuesday that Jim and Beth Sankey of Charlotte donated the nam ing gift and that the 30,000-square-foot building will be named for Jim Sankey’s i father, the late Richard W. Sankey. . The three-story building, to be called Richard W. Sankey Hall, is currently being ^ designed. It will be located on the north 4 end of the McMichael Science Center park ing lot, adjacent to Colonnades Dining Hall. Robert A.M. Stern Architects of New York is handling the design. This is the first major gift made toward the $8 million goal for the project. The time table for the building’s construction will be set once the funding is complete, according to the release. “This naming gift from the Sankey family is a remarkable example of philan- . thropy in action at Elon,” said President peo Lambert. “As parents of two Elon graduates and an incoming first-year Elon student, the Sankeys have seen first hand the impact and value of an Elon education. Our community is truly grate ful to the Sankeys for their leadership and generosity in support of this important PHOTO COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS Sankey Hall will be located at the north end of the McMichael Science Center parking lot, adjacent to Col onnades Dining Hall. It will house two new academic centers on financial education and design thinking. strategic initiative.’ The Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and the Chandler Family Professional Sales Center will both move into Sankey Hall. This allows for the Porter Family Professional Development Center and Reed Finance to be expanded in Koury Business Center. Sankey Hall will also house two new academic centers that focus on financial education and design thinking. “Sankey Hall is an essential part of the continued growth and success of the Love School of Business,” said Raghu Tadepalli, dean of the Love School of Business. “Multipurpose classrooms, student-facul ty engagement spaces, and academic cen ters that serve the entire university will be located in this new facility, deepening the learning of generations of Elon students by further integrating the Love School with the entire university.” Two of the Sankeys’ children. Clay ’12 and Wes ’13, have graduated from Elon, and their youngest child, Brooke, is plan ning to enroll in the class of 2020. The family has previously made donations to the construction of Alumni Field House and the Numen Lumen Pavilion, among other projects. Men's basketball improves ahead of G\A Tournament Strong CAA road record, final win gives Phoenix confidence Alex Simon Sports Editor (®alexsimon99 After Feb. 25’s home loss to the College of William & Mary, a close game that left the Elon University men’s bas ketball team believing they could have won, head coach Matt Matheny shook his head in disbelief. It was the sixth Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) home game that Elon had lost despite leading for a bit in the second half. The Phoenix finished 2-7 at home in conference play, leaving Matheny searching for answers. “Crazy thing is, we’ve won four on the road in the same league,” he said. “We won more at home last year, but you look at our scores this year and compare them to our scores last year, and they’re a hell SeeCAATOURNAMENT pg. 20 NEWS Get information on candidates running for SGA office id Student presentsTed Talk in Vancouver fi
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