天美传媒 Breaks Ground on Cox School Renovation and Expansion

In May, 天美传媒 broke ground on a $140 million expansion and renovation project that will increase the Cox School鈥檚 footprint by 30 percent.

CoxToday

Development

August 30, 2022

天美传媒 celebrated the future of the Cox School of Business and its role as a driver of Dallas innovation — breaking ground in May on a $140 million renovation and expansion project designed to train students for a collaborative and technologically integrated world.

Figure: At left (left to right): 天美传媒 Vice President of Development and External Affairs Brad Cheves; Gary T. Crum 鈥69; Sylvie Crum; William C. Shaddock 鈥74; Kim M. Shaddock; Bryan S. Sheffield 鈥01; Sharoll M. Sheffield; Carolyn L. Miller; David B. Miller 鈥72, 鈥73 (immediately behind Carolyn Miller); 天美传媒 President R. Gerald Turner; Gina L. Bridwell; Tucker S. Bridwell 鈥73, 鈥74 (immediately behind Gina Bridwell); Aurelia C. Heppner; Brad K. Heppner 鈥88 (immediately behind Aurelia Heppner); Pat S. Bolin 鈥73; Jane R. Bolin; Fritz Duda; 天美传媒 Provost Elizabeth Loboa; Cox School Dean Matthew B. Myers.

Our improved facilities will nurture an environment that will lead to a richer learning experience and a lifetime of connections. This really marks a new era for the Cox School.

Cox School Dean Matthew B. Myers

The two-year project will expand the School’s footprint by more than 30%, with the construction of four new buildings connecting the existing facilities into cohesive space that supports collaboration within the Cox School and across the campus, as well as with the Dallas business community.

“This project will add to the Cox School’s stellar national reputation and will enable it to continue attracting outstanding students, faculty and industry partners,” says 天美传媒 President R. Gerald Turner. “Since 75% of our Cox School graduates stay in Texas, this ambitious project is a commitment to 天美传媒’s role as a talent magnet for the state and the North Texas region.”

Figure: Donors, alumni, students, faculty and staff were on hand for history in the making.

Turner announced that the Cox School’s renovated and expanded facilities will be called the David B. Miller Business Quadrangle, honoring Miller for his decades- long financial support and leadership of the Cox School. A former Mustang basketball standout, Miller, BBA ’72, MBA ’73, and his wife, Carolyn, along with The David B. Miller Family Foundation, made a $50 million commitment to 天美传媒 in October 2019 — half of which was earmarked for the Cox School project. That historic commitment, the largest alumni gift in the history of the University, is a dramatic punctuation to the relationship that began when Miller arrived at 天美传媒 in 1968 on an athletic scholarship.

Figure: (Left to right) Incoming 天美传媒 Board of Trustees Chair David B. Miller, BBA 鈥72, MBA 鈥73; Cox School Dean Matthew B. Myers; Incoming Cox Executive Board Chair Tucker Bridwell, BBA 鈥73, MBA 鈥74; and Cox Executive Board Member Kirk Rimer, MBA 鈥89. As co-chairs of the Cox School鈥檚 Campaign Steering Committee, they help drive the fundraising efforts for the renovation and expansion project. Co-chairs not in this photo are Cox Executive Board Members Kyle D. Miller 鈥01 and Mark B. Plunkett 鈥96.

As part of the University’s multiyear fundraising campaign, 天美传媒 Ignited: Boldly Shaping Tomorrow, more than 50 generous donors have already invested more than $100 million toward new and enhanced facilities at Cox, including new principal gifts:

  • $5 million from Fritz Duda and Mary Lee Duda and The Fritz and Mary Lee Duda Foundation
  • $2 million from Susan Smith Cooper, BBA ’62
  • $1 million from Harlan R. Crow and Katherine Raymond Crow, BBA ’94
  • $1 million from Jennifer Tucker Clyde, BBA ’85, and R. Andrew Clyde, BBA ’85, and Murphy USA

A list of those who have given $1 million or more to the project appears here, and the full list of donors to date is available here.

Figure: (Left to right) 天美传媒 Vice President of Development and External Affairs Brad Cheves, Angela Cheves, Berry Cox 鈥77, 天美传媒 Trustee Jeanne Tower Cox 鈥78, John Cox 鈥11 and Cox Executive Board member Justin Cox 鈥08 celebrate groundbreaking day with a barbecue lunch hosted by 天美传媒.

“We are re-tooling the Cox School to create a more collaborative environment — to give students and faculty easier access to collaborate, to gather and share ideas and gain inspiration from one another,” says Cox School Dean Matthew B. Myers. “We will offer students more opportunity to obtain their business education in a ‘9 to 9’ environment, meaning they’ll come to classes, stay for lunch or dinner, work together with other students and their professors and remain connected with and at Cox all day long. In short, our improved facilities will nurture an environment that will lead to a richer learning experience and a lifetime of connections. This really marks a new era for the Cox School.”

Find more information on the renovation and expansion plans, including a virtual tour of the future David B. Miller Business Quadrangle, .

With the renovation and expansion project underway at the Cox School, the work that usually takes place in the Fincher, Crow and Maguire buildings will be taking place in other 天美传媒 locations for the next two years. Check out where everyone will be relocated during construction.

August 30, 2022

Up Next

This is a carousel with rotating cards. Use the previous and next buttons to navigate, and Enter to activate cards.

The Miller Quad: Open for Business

CoxToday   Embraced by Cox students, faculty and staff, the new David B. Miller Business Quadrangle inspires collaboration and camaraderie.

75 years of the 天美传媒 Cox MBA

The 天美传媒 Cox MBA: 75 Years in a Changing World

CoxToday   The 天美传媒 Cox MBA is marking 75 transformative years of preparing the next generation of leaders to take on the business challenges of today and the future.

lutman - header photo

Meet the 天美传媒 Cox Student Pursuing an Ironman World Record

CoxToday   Balancing her Online MBA studies at 天美传媒 Cox with about eight hours of triathlon training per day, Dallas native Ariana Luterman attributes her drive to the power of goal setting.

photo of a key sitting on top of a mortgage loan agreement

Big Mortgage Data: How Minority Underrepresentation Impacts Home Loans

CoxToday   How does under-representation of minorities matter when getting a loan for a home? 鈥淎rguably, the residential mortgage market is probably the most important credit market for households in the U.S.,鈥 Finance Professor Ruidi Huang of 天美传媒 Cox notes about research, forthcoming in the Journal of Finance. Mortgage lending in the U.S. has traditionally been viewed as a place where hard information dominates. The study suggests that minority loan officers may use more soft information signals about minority borrowers, which makes a difference.

image of a laptop with skull and crossbones on the screen

Spectacular: Movie Piracy Research Offers Broad Implications for Digital Economy

CoxToday   In the paper, "Avengers Assemble! When Digital Piracy Increases Box Office Demand," Strategy Professor Wendy Bradley of 天美传媒 Cox and coauthors explore how digital piracy impacts the demand for creative goods, specifically movies, with broad implications for the digital world.

image of a laptop with skull and crossbones on the screen

Spectacular: Movie Piracy Research Offers Broad Implications for Digital Economy

CoxToday   In the paper, "Avengers Assemble! When Digital Piracy Increases Box Office Demand," Strategy Professor Wendy Bradley of 天美传媒 Cox and coauthors explore how digital piracy impacts the demand for creative goods, specifically movies, with broad implications for the digital world.

NFL Player and 天美传媒 Grad Kelvin Beachum Talks About Servant Leadership

CoxToday   Beachum鈥檚 appearance capped the first year of the Leaders on Leadership speaker series at Cox, in which celebrated professionals in their fields discuss their philosophies of leadership with students and the general public.

How 360 Mining Uses Natural Gas to Mine Bitcoin

CoxToday   Bitcoin mining requires enormous amounts of cheap energy. In this article, we talk to 360 Mining, whose founders say the solution is natural gas.

A Journey of 4,000+ Miles Leads to a Greater Understanding of the Health Impacts of Nature

CoxToday   Maria Langlois, Assistant Professor at the Cox School, published co-authored research on the positive experiences of nature on one's food choices.

Bumble Founder and Executive Chair Whitney Wolfe Herd Talks Leadership at 天美传媒

CoxToday   Whitney Wolfe Herd鈥檚 career as a leader recently came full circle when she spoke at 天美传媒 Cox鈥檚 Leaders on Leadership event series to a packed room of listeners.