Ground Breaking
On Nov. 30, Temple University will break ground on its new state-of-the-art facility, Alter Hall, at 11 a.m., at Liacouras Walk and Montgomery Avenue, the site of this future home for The Fox School of Business and Management. With its central location and its spectacular curved metal roof, the $79 million Alter Hall will be a centerpiece of Temple’s Main Campus.
At the ceremony, Temple President Ann Weaver Hart and Fox School Dean M. Moshe Porat will be joined by Gisela and Dennis Alter and other community and Temple dignitaries.
The festive groundbreaking, a celebration for all Fox School stakeholders — students, faculty, alumni, staff and the greater community and neighborhood — will also feature the ROTC color guard, the Pep Band from the Boyer College of Music and Dance and Hooter the Temple Owl.
In its use of technology, Alter Hall itself can be described as groundbreaking. Working with tech consultants at Acentech, Inc., world-renowned architect Michael Graves and his Philadelphia partner Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann are designing this much-needed new building to reflect The Fox School’s globally recognized quality and its emphasis on technology.
Temple University and the Fox School will spend more than $8 million on technology and telecommunications. The building will incorporate innovation in smart classroom design, one of the longest stock tickers in the United States, a trading room/business simulation center, and other technology for teaching and learning designed to prepare students by mirroring a business environment.
