Construction at the UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School’s expansion has progressed, with university leaders gathering with students on Friday to celebrate the latest construction milestone.
UNC hosted a “topping off” ceremony for Steven D. Bell Hall, which saw the final steel beam of the structure put into place high above the ground. Before a crane picked up and helped secure it into the building’s shell, the Kenan-Flagler community members gathered to sign their names and leave messages on the beam.
Kenan-Flagler Business School Dean Mary Margaret Frank spoke at Friday’s ceremony before the I-beam was lifted into place, saying she had her mentors from the school in mind as she signed the metal.
“UNC Kenan-Flagler gave me a network of mentors — both faculty, staff, and peers — that helped me to grow and become much more than I thought I could be,” Frank said.
“I look forward,” she later added, “to the opportunity for more people to have their own experience and extend that UNC Kenan...
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