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What happened to renaming Coffman Memorial Union?

by Isabella Morden Wheeldon | Senior Campus Reporter | Published April 21, 2026

Do you know the history of the buildings you walk into every day?

Seven years ago, a cohort of academics and students assembled a task force to urge the University of Minnesota Board of Regents to change buildings with controversial names. Despite a years-long battle, Nicholson Hall remains the only building renamed.

Nicholson Hall, now known as 216 Pillsbury Hall, awaits a formal title at a nameless standstill — the Board never got past removing its former name.

Coffman Union, Nicholson Hall, Middlebrook Hall and Coffey Hall, the other 3 buildings recommended in the task force report, have also remained untouched since the Task Force on Building Names and Institutional History Report.

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