What's inside: A new era for Tippie.
From a striking new event space to cutting-edge labs, every corner of Tippie’s transformed campus is designed to support connection, innovation, and real-world learning.
Take a look inside the spaces that will shape the next generation of business leaders:
1
PREMIER EVENT SPACE
Designed for up to 150 people, Tippie’s first-ever dedicated event space will accommodate student and faculty conferences, lectures, and upscale social gatherings. On “off” days, the space will be available as student study space.
2
ATRIUM
Dubbed “the heart of Tippie,” this light-filled space will be a meeting place and a gathering spot, with comfortable seating, tables, and study spaces.
3
ACTIVE LEARNING CLASSROOMS
Two new 40-60 student classrooms are being designed with flexibility in mind to support a range of different activities including group work. A third, 90-seat classroom will also be added.
4
LABS
Analytics, AI, sales, and communications lab spaces will be outfitted with future-focused technology such as augmented and virtual reality tools to give students opportunities to practice business skills for today and tomorrow. The spaces identified are for the communications and business analytics labs.
5
EXECUTIVE CONFERENCE ROOM
A 24-seat boardroom overlooking the “Natural Pearl” sculpture on the business green and the iconic Pentacrest will be a premier meeting space for strategic planning sessions, dissertation defenses, and professional gatherings with leadership teams and visiting executives.
6
STUDENT SUCCESS HUB
A centralized home for students will offer expanded academic support, a home for student organization activities, and Tippie Thrive resilience coaching.
7
CONNECTOR
A new entrance from the T. Anne Cleary Walkway will include a lobby on the ground floor. The four-story space will also include upper-floor bridges that integrate Gilmore Hall to the Pappajohn Business Building.
8
ENTREPRENEURIAL LEARNING HUB
The hub will be a home for students from across campus as well as students in Tippie’s newest major, entrepreneurship. Hosting co-working spaces, coaching rooms, and speaker events for some of today’s most successful entrepreneurs, it will be a place where new business ideas launch.
9
FINANCE INSTITUTES SUITE
Several industry-specific institutes in finance (e.g. Hawkinson Institute and Vaughan Institute for Risk Management and Insurance) will have dedicated space for executives in residence, events, and activities.
10
DEPARTMENT NEIGHBORHOODS
New department suites will bring together previously scattered faculty with adjacent offices and common areas, allowing for more interaction and collaboration with each other and Ph.D. students, as well as serving to help attract top faculty. The finance and economics departments are currently penciled in for the identified locations.
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This story appeared in the Fall 2025 issue of Tippie Magazine.
Early conceptual design renderings by Neumann Monson Architects.