Marcus Welcome Center
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History:
The Marcus Welcome Center – WSU's new "front door" – opened in May 2005.
The center includes a 100-seat auditorium and has displays to tell the university's story through graphics and memorabilia contributed by alumni.
The building project is funded by private donations and mill levy money WSU receives from Wichita and Sedgwick County. Donors have given several million dollars so far, with the lead $1.35 million gift having been provided by Howard and Rose Marcus. Howard's parents, Sam and Milly Marcus, had funded the Marcus Center for Continuing Education.
Wichita State University purchased the previous building in 1969; it was built in 1929 and served as the clubhouse of what was then Crestview Country Club until the university acquired it.
From 1974 until 2000, it had served as a continuing education center. It had also housed the University Club.
More recently, the center provided temporary office space for athletics while renovations were done on the Henry Levitt Athletic Complex.
Continuing education classes are now held at the Eugene M. Hughes Metropolitan Complex.