Breaking Ground on the Knauss Center for Business Education

Thursday, April 15, 2021 TOPICS: Academics, Changemaker, Community Engagement, Faculty and Staff

On April 12, the University of San Diego broke 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.

When completed alongside a renovation of the existing Olin Hall building, 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. The Knauss’s generous $20 million gift in 2017 helped solidify the final planning and construction of the complex.