Fayetteville State University in North Carolina recently opened a new $69.3 million education building. Funded through capital appropriations from the North Carolina General Assembly, the four-story, 72,000-square-foot facility brings the HBCU’s College of Education students, faculty, staff, and programs previously located across campus into one academic home.
“Teacher education is not simply one of FSU’s academic programs. Teacher education was our founding purpose,” said Chancellor Darrell T. Allison. “Our state and nation are facing major crises and the need to produce more future teachers and educators. Fayetteville State University answered the call of yesteryear, and this state investment of nearly $70 million at Fayetteville State University will answer the call once again.”
The new facility features classrooms, laboratories, faculty offices, conference rooms, a STEM lab, outdoor learning areas, and collaborative spaces. Classrooms have been equipped with the necessary technology to support contemporary in-person and hybrid instruction.
“This facility gives our faculty new opportunities to innovate in teaching, scholarship, and educator preparation,” said Provost Scott Krawczyk. “It gives our students a modern environment in which to learn their profession. It strengthens our partnerships with schools and communities throughout the region and reaffirms Fayetteville State’s enduring commitment to the future of education in North Carolina.”
In addition to student and faculty facilities, the new building also includes space for community-based programming, including reading clinics, special education programs, and the state-funded North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program.
“There is no public investment more transformative than education, especially for those who call this region home,” said University of North Carolina Board of Governors Chair Kellie Blue. “FSU shines as that example of how a state’s regional institutions are best positioned to meet the needs of the communities that surround them.”
