In April 2022, the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media opened the new Curtis Media Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The 13,000-square-foot, three-story building features a broadcast studio and control room, podcast studio, “makerspace” flexible learning area, and two divisible classrooms equipped for HyFlex learning.
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Construction was made possible by a $10 million gift from the family charitable foundation of broadcast entrepreneur Don Curtis, a 1963 alum and founder of Curtis Media Group. “It is my vision that this building will provide a place where dreamers and believers can come and learn for years to come,” Curtis said, “and hopefully prepare for a future that makes for a better North Carolina.”
The AV system supporting the media-focused activities in the building is the…