TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology has received a $15-million lead gift from an anonymous donor to support construction of a new academic building that will provide collaboration workspaces, design studios, flexible classrooms, chemistry laboratories and faculty innovation spaces.

A groundbreaking ceremony will be held during the college’s Homecoming on Oct. 6 for the 60,000-square-foot, three-story building on the east side of campus, between Moench Hall and Myers Hall. The $29-million building will open for the 2021-22 school year.