Syracuse University Schine Student Center Wins Top ACUI Facility Design Award
The Association of College Unions International (ACUI) has recognized the transformation of the Schine Student Center at Syracuse University by Mackey Mitchell Architects and Ashley McGraw Architects with a 2023 Facility Design Award of Excellence. The project was recognized as the best project in the extremely competitive Student Union Projects between $35 and $55 million category. The 2023 awards were announced during the ACUI Annual Conference in Boston, Massachusetts on February 28, 2023.
The ACUI Facility Design Awards recognize excellence in the design of student-centered facilities that support campus community building and student learning.
Through hundreds of interactions and engagement opportunities, the Schine Student Center renovation had more input from students than any building initiative in Syracuse University’s history. Their feedback was clear: the dark and outdated student center needed to be more accessible, open, and representative of them—a place where all students feel welcome and connected. Embracing the principles of Universal Design, student-centered design, and planning for diversity, equity and inclusion, the Schine Student Center has been revived into a vibrant campus gateway, returning its focus to its original mission and purpose—to serve Syracuse University students.
