Curtiss Hall Overview
- Building was finished in 1997 and was named after Charles B. Curtiss. Charles was a businessman who served for 32 years on the SVSU Board of Control and was chair for many years. The building cost $33 million.
- The three-story glass-enclosed atrium was named after William A. Groening, a member of the group that worked to create both SVSU and Delta College. He served as the first chairman of the SVSU Board of Control.
- University Conference Center: Also in Curtiss is a 1,000-seat conferencing center equipped with two-way audio-visual media technology.
Home to the College of Business & Management
The third floor is home to the College of Business and Management. The CBM is well respected nationally, with many faculty earning the most prestigious awards and honors at the University. Many faculty members have received grants, including the Business International Education Grant, and other endowments to further their work. The SVSU Accounting Department has had very high pass rates in the statewide Certified Public Accountant Examinations. The CBM is accredited by “The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business - AACSB International,” which only the top 5% of all programs worldwide receive.
Programs include accounting, law, finance, economics, management, marketing, and general business. There are also several organizations students can join including:
Cardinal Business Edge
AIESEC
Alpha Chi National College Honor Society
Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor Society
Delta Sigma Phi
Finance Club
Programs include accounting, law, finance, economics, management, marketing, and general business. There are also several organizations students can join including:
Cardinal Business Edge
- Competitive, two-year leadership development program for freshmen in college of business and management
- Goal is to "develop critical life skills." and uses business and academic leaders as mentors
- Students within the program will be housing together
- Criteria
- Limited to 25 students
- Receive scholarship for study abroad
- Have a minimum 3.2 high school GPA and minimum 1160 SAT score
- If you qualify, upon admissions to the University, additional information is sent the student
AIESEC
- A network of students who work to provide international internships to students
Alpha Chi National College Honor Society
- Academic honor society to promote academic excellence
Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor Society
- Honor society serving business programs accredited by AACSM International
Delta Sigma Phi
- Co-ed international professional business fraternity
Finance Club
Performing Arts
- Malcolm Field Theater: This performing arts auditorium seats 556 people. This venue is often used for guest speakers and theater events.
- Rhea Miller Recital Hall: This auditorium seats 437 people
- Black Box Theater: Used for small plays and seating approximately 90 people.
- Choir: sound proof rooms for choir practice and music courses,
Barnes & Noble Campus Bookstore
- The Bookstore sells new and used textbooks, trade books, art and class supplies and University apparel and gifts. Locating the right books for class is made easier by the friendly store personnel who can assist your student. Tell your student to bring a printout of his/her class schedule to the Bookstore; it will make locating materials a lot easier.
- Bookstore purchases can be made by check, cash, debit card, MasterCard, Visa, Discover and American Express. Financial aid recipients may be eligible to purchase books and supplies with any excess aid dollars available after paying for tuition, fees and housing charges.
- Books: All textbooks (used, new, recommended, study guides, and lab manuals) can be bought at the campus bookstore. The bookstore is now providing ISBN numbers with the list of required textbooks that can be found on Cardinal Direct.
- Supplies & Apparel: The bookstore also sells school supplies, snacks, computer software, magazines, SVSU clothes, mugs, and more!
- The bookstore now offers a price match program with Amazon. If the book can be found from an Amazon provider for a lesser price, they will match the price in the bookstore.
Julia Stacey Edwards Bell Tower
- Dedicated on October 17, 1998
- Honors Julia Stacey Edwards
- Its four bronze bells were cast in the Netherlands
- It plays Westminster Chimes on the hour, also chimes on the half hour
- The funds for the bell tower were donated by her husband, in honor of the location where he proposed.
Amphitheater
- Just outside of Curtiss Hall is the Amphitheater. This can be used for outdoor soliloquies, plays, and class lectures.
- Something interesting is that if one stands in the middle of the circle (where the lower brick is) one can sing/talk towards the seats, and his or her voice will echo back to the speaker, but not around campus.