Schine Student Center
"The Hildegarde and J. Myer Schine Student Center" by Original Edward Larrabee Barnes Associates; Renovation Mackey Mitchell Architects , Original construction 1985; Renovation 2019 to present
The Schine Student Center serves as a hub for student activity on campus. The building includes the 1,500-seat Goldstein Auditorium, a dining center, lounges,a bookstore, and meeting spaces as well as serves as the home for many student organizations and the offices of Student Centers and Programming Services. The three-level building has four wings that all radiate from the central atrium, a design concept intended to reflect the diverse intellectual, cultural, and social interests of the Syracuse University community.
Although there had been discussions of the need for a student union dating all the way back to a 1911 Daily Orange editorial demanding a student union be built and the construction of a student union was included in the 1927 Pope-Baum plan for the campus, SU did not have a student union until the Schine Student Center was constructed in 1985. The Schine Student Center was made possible by a generous donation by Renee Schine Crown, Class of 1950 and SU Board of Trustees member, and was named after Renee Schine Crown’s parents, Hildegarde and J. Myer Schine.
Since the summer of 2019, the Schine Student Center has been undergoing a major renovation to make the building a more student-centered environment that celebrates the vibrancy and diversity of student life. The guiding design principles for the renovation were based on input from 1,100 members of the SU community. These design principles include the need for a welcoming and vibrant hub for students that encourages lingering, flexible environments that support a vast range of activities, natural lighting, and scenic views. The renovations include an 8,600 square foot expansion to provide even more space for student activities, a new dining experience, and an outdoor terrace. The renovated Schine Student Center will also become the new home for the Disability Cultural Center, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, and the LGBT Resource Center.
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