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Office of the President
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office of the President
114 Tillman Hall
Rock Hill, SC 29733, USA
803/323-2225
803/323-3001 (fax)

Facilities

Growth and Development Under Dr. DiGiorgio

As the 20th century turned to the 21st, Winthrop completed a series of new or adapted facilities designed to serve the needs and expectations of 21st century students. Projects completed during the DiGiorgio years are valued at more than $150 million and include:

  • Restoration of the Vera Gruber Batten Dining Room and Tuttle Dining Room in McBryde Hall, now on the National Register of Historic Places.
  • Dalton Hall, a new Life Sciences Building – and the first new building on the Winthrop campus in more than three decades.
  • Sims Building, a major renovation to complete Winthrop’s updated sciences complex.
  • The Courtyard, a 404-bed apartment-style facility built adjacent to campus the separate Winthrop University Real Estate Foundation to provide additional housing choices for Winthrop students. Major renovations also have been carried out on campus at Phelps, Lee Wicker, Margaret Nance, Wofford, and Richardson Halls. 
  • The West Center, a 120,000-square-foot, state of the art health, physical education, sport, human performance, and wellness facility. 
  • Carroll Hall, a new high-tech facility for the College of Business Administration, including the Carroll Capital Markets Trading and Training Center. 
  • Owens Hall, a 32,200-square-foot, high-tech, general-use classroom building.
  • The DiGiorgio Campus Center, named by the Board of Trustees to honor the DiGiorgios. This 128,000-square-foot facility houses activities and meeting spaces for clubs and organizations, student recreational facilities, Markley’s food court, Starbucks, the Winthrop University Bookstore, post office facilities, Student Life offices, and board meeting facilities.
  • Major utilities infrastructure and chiller plant upgrades to support growth and development. 
  • Hardin Family Gardens, a donor-supported outdoor facility designed for teaching and learning in a variety of disciplines, as well as a place for individual reflection.
  • Restoration and addition of reflection garden to the Little Chapel, where Winthrop’s first president, David Bancroft Johnson, and his wife are entombed. 
  • Scholars Walk, the central promenade of the Winthrop campus that connects Winthrop’s beginnings – the Little Chapel -- to its future: major facilities joined by special green spaces along a pedestrian walk spanning the heart of campus. 
  • Upgrades to the Winthrop Amphitheater, an outdoor performance, debate, and classroom space. 
  • Dinkins Hall served as a popular gathering spot for students until fall 2010, when the new DiGiorgio Campus Center opened. Now Dinkins Hall is home to the offices of University College and Winthrop’s Academic Success Center. 
  • Barnes Recital Hall, for smaller vocal and instrumental performances. 
  • Winthrop Galleries, located in the Rutledge Building and McLaurin Hall, have been updated to enhance exhibitions and educational programs that celebrate artistic achievement. 
  • Permanent and rotating outdoor art installations, including student art. 
  • Major upgrades to Dacus Library. 
  • Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, with a generous gift from a donor, was recently relocated to a 20,000 square-foot building to hold six million items, including original papers relating to Winthrop's history and South Carolina history. 
  • Renovations to Tillman Hall, which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, included a new roof and wiring upgrades in 2008-2009. The building houses administrative spaces, including the president’s office. 
  • The Olde Stone House, once the home of Winthrop’s grounds superintendent, was renovated to become a “fund- and friend-raising” site at the Winthrop Lake Research, Athletics, and Recreational Area. 
  • Piedmont Wetlands Area at Winthrop Lake, created in partnership with Rock Hill Schools in 2004, offers scientific research opportunities for students from elementary through collegiate levels. 
  • Renovations to Winthrop Coliseum, the 6,100-seat headquarters for the athletic department as well as university and local high schools’ commencements, included new seats and scoreboard, family-friendly food services, concourse monitors of events inside, and improved walkways. 
  • Memorial Tennis Courts, completed in 2003, include 12 lighted courts and seating for 300. The courts were named for members of the men's tennis team who were involved in a tragic highway accident in Hattiesburg, Miss., in 1993. 
  • Winthrop Ballpark, one of the most impressive collegiate ballparks in the South was built in 2001 with a second phase completed in 2008. The facility holds 1,800 spectators. 
  • Terry Softball Complex, home to the Eagle softball program, features four fields and 300 seats. 
  • The Irwin Belk Track, named for Charlotte businessman and philanthropist Irwin “Ike” Belk, is home to the Eagle track & field teams, and encircles a full-sized practice field for soccer, as well as areas for field events, such as discus and pole vault. 
  • Intramural Recreation Fields, a student use facility located at the Winthrop Recreational and Research Complex, features two lighted fields and a building that meets multiple needs for Recreational Services.