University of San Diego to Host Groundbreaking Ceremony for Knauss Center for Business Education

SAN DIEGO, California -- Today at noon the University of San Diego will break ground on a facility that represents the future of business education — the 72,000-sq.-ft. state-of-the-art Knauss Center for Business Education.

Please note: Due to current limits on gathering sizes, we cannot host media on campus for this event. However, by 3 p.m. this afternoon the media relations office will be sending out video interviews and b-roll for use in media coverage. We can also coordinate interview requests. Please reach out if you are interested in covering this event.

WHAT:          Knauss Center for Business Education Groundbreaking Ceremony

WHO:            USD School of Business Dean Tim Keane, USD Board of Trustees Chair Don Knauss and his wife Ellie Knauss, President James T. Harris III, and others

WHERE:       Knauss Center building site next to Olin Hall (west end of campus)
                        University of San Diego

WHEN:          Monday, April 12 at noon

When completed alongside a renovation of the existing Olin Hall, the complex will total 120,000-sq.-ft. and will unify all of the USD School of Business’ academic programs, centers and institutes under one roof. The complex will include instructional spaces, collaboration spaces, data analytics and financial labs and is planned to open for classes in fall 2022.

The building is named for the chair of USD’s Board of Trustees, Don Knauss, the former CEO of Clorox, and his wife, Ellie Knauss. The Knauss’s generous $20 million gift in 2017 helped solidify the final planning and construction of the complex.

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Strengthened by the Catholic intellectual tradition, we confront humanity’s challenges by fostering peace, working for justice and leading with love. With more than 8,000 students from 75 countries and 44 states, USD is among the Top 20 Best Private Schools for Making an Impact according to The Princeton Review. USD’s eight academic divisions include the College of Arts and Sciences, the Knauss School of Business, the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering, the School of Law, the School of Leadership and Education Sciences, the Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science, the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies, and the Division of Professional and Continuing Education. In 2021, USD was named a “Laudato Si’ University” by the Vatican with a seven-year commitment to address humanity’s urgent challenges by working together to take care of our common home.