Williams College of Business

The Williams College of Business has taken its place among the nation's most dynamic business schools. A series of innovative and successful initiatives have contributed to dramatic increases in corporate interaction, national visibility and prominence, and enrollment. To sustain this considerable momentum, the Hoff Quad includes a new facility to better serve the college's expanding needs.
  • Opened in August 2010
  • Provides new home for one of the nation’s top-ranked business schools according to U.S. News & World Report, the Princeton Review and Business Week.
  • Adds 17 high-tech, spacious classrooms to campus
  • Features Wall Street-style trading room with scrolling stock tickers and state-of-the-art technology, including Bloomberg financial database terminals
  • Provides space for executives-in-residence to work closely with students
  • Features 88,000 square feet, four floors and centers for entrepreneurship, data-mining, applied finance, business ethics and academic advising
  • Provides environment and programming for Fortune 500 companies like Procter & Gamble, Kroger and Chiquita to educate and employ our students

Stephen Smith

The new Williams College of Business is named for Stephen and Dolores Smith. As a student, Stephen Smith learned there was more to business than making money - that morals and ethics were equally as important. These principles, instilled in him by the Jesuits, guided him throughout his career in the investment industry. In return, the 1968 graduate has guided Xavier as a member of the Board of Trustees and helped keep Xavier at the forefront of excellence in business education.