About the Charles B. Wang Center
A Visionary Gift
The
Charles B. Wang Center, a celebration of both Asian and American cultures,
is one of the most beautiful and inventive buildings given to any university. Here
you'll experience spaces
of surprising traditional beauty juxtaposed with the latest in communications
technology. Filled with light and air, graced by gardens inside and
out, the Center offers spaces suitable for conferences, performances,
exhibitions,
and celebrations.
Dr. Shirley Strum Kenny, president of Stony Brook University, has worked closely with Charles B. Wang to make the Center a reality. “Charles’s unique vision,” she says, “has created a truly remarkable gift. It will inspire many journeys of the mind and the imagination, help us discover and share each other’s cultural treasures,and add a vibrant new dimension to Long Island.”
Our Mission
The Charles B. Wang Center initiates and collaborates
with academic departments, student groups, community organizations, and
individuals in presenting the
public with a multifaceted, intellectually sound, and humane understanding
of Asian and Asian American cultures, and their relationship to other cultures.
The Wang Center is also a presenting venue for events of cultural, professional
and intellectual calibre that are initiated by and involve the various
components of Stony Brook University, Long Island communities and organizations
as well as other regional, national, and international constituencies.
The Wang Center is non-partisan and non-sectarian, and upholds the values
of
pluralism, democracy, and equality.
"Celebrating Asian and American
Cultures”
The
Charles B. Wang Center is designed
as a vital space for multi-disciplinary and multicultural
dialogues.
The
120,000-square-foot building was officially presented to Stony Brook
University by Charles
B. Wang on
October 22, 2002. It was
the largest single
private gift ever received by the State University of New York 64-campus
system.The Wang Center
is used for conferences, art exhibits, film festivals, lectures, seminars,
and performances. It is open to all Stony Brook students,
faculty, and staff as well as the surrounding community.
It includes exhibit spaces, an interdenominational chapel, an Asian food court, a theater, two lecture halls, a series of interior and exterior pools and terraces, and more than 35,000 square feet of sprawling gardens. A fiber optic network will enable students and professors at Stony Brook to exchange ideas across the world in real time, regardless of their physical location.
Visit Us
The Wang Center is open to the public Monday to Friday, 9:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with Asian food available from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00
p.m. Guided tours are available by appointment. Please call 631-632-6320 to schedule a tour.
