youtube. By leveling up our performance in the classroom and in competition, as well as our leadership in innovation and business, the Schmidt Family Complex supports FAU’s bold vision to be the fastest-improving university in the country — and the world.Opening in 2019, the building will transform FAU’s three key priorities: student success, executive education and athletic excellence.Success for all students starts with services, and the Schmidt Family Complex is North Campus’ hub for academic support.FAU’s iconic Breezeway will extend across North University Drive to The main artery to the heart of campus — University Drive — delivers students and fans directly to Nearly one-third (31%) of the complex will house the College of Business Executive Education degree programs, corporate training, and non-credit professional development programs. Campuses. The History and Tradition Hall will continue to do that as it brings together all of the Owls' finest moments and helps foster the connection between the student-athletes and FAU. Courtesy of HKS Architects
BOCA RATON, Fla. (January 20, 2017) — Florida Atlantic University celebrated the Schmidt Family Complex for Academic and Athletic Excellence this evening with a ceremonial groundbreaking, marking a major milestone for the transformational facility that will play a central role in FAU’s athletics program and help student-athletes excel in the classroom and on the field.
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The Schmidt Family Complex for Academic and Athletic Excellence. It will provide FAU student-athletes with a comprehensive support program focusing on academic, personal and professional excellence. The Schmidt Family Complex for Academic and Athletic Excellence will play a central role to elevate FAU's academic and athletic standing while helping student-athletes reach their greatest potential.
Florida Atlantic University embodies a culture of strategic and collaborative community engagement that results in mutual benefit to the institution and the diverse internal and external communities that it serves. fau facilities home directions to campus schmidt family complex fau stadium (football) abessinio The complex will benefit student athletes from FAU’s athletic department, as well as students in all academic programs. A view from the Breezeway showing the final design of the Schmidt Family Complex. It will include specially designed areas for pre-habilitation, rehabilitation and hydrotherapy treatments, as well as offices for training staff.
It will also celebrate those who have come before and set the highest standards of excellence as an Owl both in the classroom and on the playing field. In addition to a student-athlete academic and leadership center, the state-of-the-art facilities will include the athletic administration offices, a strength and conditioning wellness center, sports medicine center, locker rooms, the FAU MBA Sport Management Program, a history and tradition hall, indoor training center and outdoor practice fields.Since the announcement of the generous gift by the Schmidt Family Foundation, additional gifts have been graciously committed to making the Schmidt Family Complex a reality. As one of FAU's "Football Founders," Baldwin has been one of the university's strongest supporters and has helped grow and develop FAU Athletics and in turn the student-athletes.
The facility received initial funding of $16 million from the Schmidt Family Foundation, the largest single gift in FAU's history. Construction was supposed to begin last summer, according to FAU’s flight plan released back in October 2016. By leveling up our performance in the classroom and in competition, as well as our leadership in innovation and business, the Schmidt Family Complex supports FAU’s bold vision to be the fastest-improving university in the country — and the world. When a student-athlete requires additional care, rooms will be available for FAU team doctors to provide necessary medical examinations and treatments.The 12,000-square-foot Academic Success Center will be the cornerstone of the Schmidt Family Complex.
The first phase of Florida Atlantic University’s Schmidt Family Complex for Academic and Athletic Excellence comprises of 20,000-sq.-ft. of newly renovated, state-of-the-art locker rooms for the FAU Owls football team which include personal nameplates on the lockers, safes for personal belongings featuring charging stations for cell phones and tablets.
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Welcome to the new era of Owl excellence, where education, collaboration and athletics will converge under one renowned roof: The Schmidt Family Complex for Academic and Athletic Excellence.The cutting-edge, 166,000-square-foot complex is the ultimate student recruitment and success center. The Center will include nine tutor suites, a career center, computer laboratories and two study hall rooms to create an environment that fosters well-balanced development and reinforces the highest academic standards and performance while providing the resources to prepare them for careers beyond collegiate athletics.Baldwin, a Boca Raton resident and former Broward County high school teacher, has had a longstanding relationship with the University. The cutting-edge, 166,000-square-foot complex is the ultimate student recruitment and success center.
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With an expanded home, we can offer a comprehensive suite of graduate and professional group study and meeting areas and executive-style classrooms featuring the latest in instructional technology in graduate education.Innovation and responsiveness are key drivers of the College’s trajectory into the top tier of national business schools and the new home for the College of Business Executive Education will allow for ongoing and dynamic growth of its degree programs and executive education.Achieving success on a national level requires the best for our Owl athletes starting with the basics.