Ribbon is cut! Lynn Pippenger Hall for the Kate Tiedemann College of Business is officially open! ✂️?pic.twitter.com/ng4h4H38nc
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— USF (@USouthFlorida) January 17, 2017
Lynn Pippenger Hall for the Kate Tiedemann College of Business (KTCOB) celebrated its ribbon cutting on Jan. 17. The KTCOB is dually accredited in both business and accounting — one of the few business schools worldwide to have done so. The four-story building features 68,000 square feet of classroom, office and common spaces, which includes a new Wealth Management Center and Consumer Insight Lab.
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Education enrichment is paramount
“As a university system with a strong entrepreneurial spirit and deep commitment to student achievement, we are eager to lead and seize the future,” said USF System President Judy Genshaft in a release. “The Kate Tiedemann College of Business in Lynn Pippenger Hall provides a strong foundation on which our students and faculty will continue to build the knowledge and know-how to meet today’s complex employment demands. It will be a cornerstone of this community’s economic development—and a stepping stone for its future.”
What a great day in @StPeteFL hearing from @ChancellorSoph at the #grandopening of the @USFSPTiedemann #welovetheburg #liveworkplaylearn pic.twitter.com/SSWtioNi7m
— Pinellas Econ Dev (@PinellasBiz) January 17, 2017
Three historic gifts made this dream possible
Faculty members believe the new state-of-the-art facilities will reinvigorate the student experience on campus. The furniture inside the building is made from live oaks that had to be cut down during the construction of the facility. The building was made possible with support from key community leaders, resulting in legislative funding of $27 million over the course of three years.
The hall is named for Lynn Pippenger, a former Raymond James executive who contributed $5 million in March of last year to fund scholarships for students studying accounting/finance. Two other rather significant gifts came from Kate Tiedemann, who gave $10 million in 2014, and Ellen Cotton, who gave $1 million in 2016. With major improvements made at Eckerd College, SPC and the University of Tampa, the entire Tampa Bay area is becoming a bastion for higher education.
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