About this Location
The $17.9 million Ferrell Academic Center, completed in 2012, was funded entirely by donations, including a capstone gift from Jim and Elizabeth Ferrell. The generosity and sacrifices of many donors and the prayers of the Memorare Army made the building possible.
The building has been in full operation since the Fall of 2012, housing classrooms, several academic departments, and administrative offices.
The Ferrell Academic Center interior features many symbols of Benedictine College, including four pillars in the rotunda, the college seal mounted on the building and featured on the floor, and statues of Saints Benedict and Scholastica. The exterior of the building architecturally quotes from other buildings on campus, including the archway of Elizabeth Hall, the peaked roofs of the Abbey and St. Benedict Hall’s frontispiece.