Groundbreaking for remade U.B. business school

Ernest Trefz donated the funding to remake Mandeville Hall as the new school and to hire new faculty and provide scholarships to needy students. New business programs begin in the spring semester with an all-online MBA program that will confer the same degree as the traditional MBA regimen. The building will feature high-tech communications equipment for borderless learning; its completion is expected this winter.

From left, University of Bridgeport Trustee Robert Berchem; U.B. President Neil Albert Salonen; Gov. Dannel P. Malloy; Ernest and Mrs. Trefz; and U.B. Co-Chairman of the Board of Trustees Frank Zullo break ground on the newly renamed Ernest C. Trefz School of Business.
From left, University of Bridgeport Trustee Robert Berchem; U.B. President Neil Albert Salonen; Gov. Dannel P. Malloy; Ernest and Mrs. Trefz; and U.B. Co-Chairman of the Board of Trustees Frank Zullo break ground on the newly renamed Ernest C. Trefz School of Business.

Full coverage in the Nov. 25 FCBJ and online this week.