Motivated by a desire to give back to the community where he founded and grew his business enterprises and raised his family, Sal H. Alfiero, with his wife Jeanne, made a generous gift to the University at Buffalo School of Management. Gifts from many of the School's alumni and friends, with additional funding from the State University of New York, have rounded out the funding for the $6.5 million project.

To be named for the Alfiero family, the new student-focused structure will contain facilities supporting the academic, career and professional-development activities of students within the School of Management .

The facility will feature a dramatic glass atrium, which will serve as an entranceway to a student center with an Internet café, three high-tech classrooms, academic and career-advisement suites, an entrepreneurship suite and dedicated space for student clubs, meetings and group projects. Wireless computer technologies will be integrated throughout the building, giving management students around-the-clock access to business research and market data. The building's atrium will feature a mosaic "recognition wall" honoring the contributions of $10,000 or more to the School during the Campaign for UB.

“This is the community where I started my business and where I have benefited from the tremendous support of many people,” Alfiero said. “I think UB is a tremendous asset for our community and for the entire state, as reflected by the national prominence achieved by the School of Management and the university's other professional schools.”

To see the Alfiero Center construction in progress, please link to our live webcam ( http://www.sucf.suny.edu/project/webcam.shtml )

 

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