Constructed in 2005, the Hawthorn Building houses fifty-six faculty offices and twenty-four classrooms, including the Pechter Family Music Room, seminar rooms, a lecture hall, computer classrooms, faculty offices, and Coasters coffee bar and food service area.
The building consists of approximately 58,800 square feet. Of that total square footage, 10,000 square feet is dedicated to a computer center run by the Office of Information Technology, with offices and classrooms to provide support to the computer center.