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In 2020, the 67,000 square foot Gilchrist Building will be the new home of the Department of Kinesiology & Sport Management (KNSM). The building will house classrooms and offices for Health Education, most of Kinesiology, and Sport Management.
Gilchrist is in close proximity to our other buildings:
- The Human Clinical Research Facility (exercise and aging research)
- Physical Education Activity Program Building (activity courses)
- Player Development Center-West Campus (first responder and athletic research)
First floor of the three story building has public spaces, including a 21st century lecture hall with almost 150 seats for students. There are also three other classrooms, teaching labs, and offices for administration and advising.
The second floor is home to the divisions of Health Education and Sport Management, with classrooms, graduate student labs, and collaboration spaces.
The third floor is outfitted for kinesiology based research. Included are new biosafety research laboratories with support spaces, research dry labs, as well as office and meeting spaces.
Parking for faculty and staff is located behind the building in Lot 113. Plenty of student parking is available in the Fan Field Parking Lots, between Gilchrist and the Bush School.
The Gilchrist Building is located at 2929 Research Pkwy, College Station, TX 77845.
Pictures from the renovation are on the department’s Facebook page.
About Gibb Gilchrist
The building is named after Gibb Gilchrist (December 23, 1887-May 12, 1972), who served as president of Texas A&M University (1944-1948) and the first chancellor of The Texas A&M University System (1948-1953).
The building was named in his honor by the previous occupants from the Texas A&M Transportation Institute.