Green Center

Cecil and Ida Green

With its elliptical arched columns, the Cecil H. & Ida Green Graduate and Professional Center is perhaps one of the most architecturally distinctive buildings on campus. Built in 1971, it represents a blending of the humanities and technology and was designed as a space for meetings, performances, receptions and banquets, in addition to being an exhibition and conference space. Cecil H. Green was the founder of Texas Instruments and a supporter of the geophysics department as well as other programs on campus.

It is an 85,000-square-foot space comprised of a grand lobby, which acts as an exhibit area, two lecture halls (Metals and Petroleum), reception halls (Friedhoff 1, 2 and 3) and Bunker Auditorium, a 1,100-seat theater. Performances and campus events often take place in Bunker Auditorium, with other large events including the annual MLK event and the biannual Continuum events held in Friedhoff Hall.

The Green Center also houses the Geophysics Department on the second floor and has classrooms and lecture halls.

To learn more, please visit: greencenter.mines.edu