Research and Sponsored Programs Building

The Research and Sponsored Program Building is just beyond Crouch Hall. This facility supports faculty research, funding, and innovation at Tennessee State University. The engineering school has a maker space lab where students and professors work on cutting-edge research ranging from robotics to artificial intelligence. This relatively new building represents the university’s commitment to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

As you walk past the Research and Sponsored Programs Building you will notice what appears to be a wide swath of land the runs from left to right; from John L. Driver Drive on the west to the McWherter Building to the east. This space was once part of Centennial Boulevard. Until the 1960s, motorists could drive directly from 28th Avenue North through the heart of campus.  In the 1970s, this street was closed, along with another road that ran through campus, in order to make the TSU campus more secure and student-friendly.

If you walk a bit further up the sidewalk, you will be confronted with one of the most interesting views on campus. The new building directly in front of you is Tennessee State University’s state of the art Health Sciences Building while the Classical Revival Style Building on your immediate left is the Jane Elliot Building or the Women’s Building. Elliot Hall is part of the next stop.

The next stop is the Jane Elliot Building and Gordon Art Gallery on your LEFT.