The New Hyde Hall
50 More Years of Excellence
The New Hyde Hall
50 More Years of Excellence
Named for tenth President Harold E. Hyde, who led the growth and success of Plymouth State College through the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s, Hyde Hall has had minimal updates since it opened in 1976. Major renovation is underway.
Hyde Hall is home to Plymouth State’s award-winning School of Business.
- Business is the University’s largest major, enrolling approximately one-third of students.
- It’s the heart of PSU’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Cluster and the central pillar of the Cluster Learning Model.
- The renovated facility will boost enrollment and retention while spurring increased partnerships with businesses and nonprofits.
The $40 million renovation project began in 2023 and is slated for completion in Fall 2025.
- A comprehensive renovation campaign is raising $8 million of the total for state-of-the-art technologies and advanced features.
Wes deSousa ’97, ’18 MBA: “It’s the perfect time to give back.”
Wes made strong connections with the faculty in political science and business, spending a lot of his time in Hyde Hall. He went on to work for Fidelity Investments not long after they opened their Merrimack offices. DeSousa learned about the Hyde Hall project around the same time that he learned his employer was offering a 2 to 1 match for employees’ philanthropic gifts. “I spent so much time in Hyde Hall and had so many great professors,” he says. “Plymouth is one of the reasons I am where I am today. I wanted to give back.” The deSousa family’s $5,000 gift became $15,000 thanks to the generous Fidelity matching gift program.
“I hope other Plymouth State alumni that work at Fidelity will consider how they can pay it forward,” says Wes. “With such a generous match, it’s the perfect time to give back to students at Plymouth State.”
Wes’s wife, Wendy, a graduate of New Hampshire Technical Institute (NHTI), serves in the health profession as a registered dental hygienist. Their daughter, Hayley, graduated from Plymouth State with an interdisciplinary studies degree in 2019 and went on to become a registered nurse. She is a K through eighth grade school nurse for Campton Elementary School. Their son, Derek, graduated in 2023 with a degree in biology and now serves the state of New Hampshire as a laboratory scientist.
In addition to working full-time at Fidelity, Wes serves part-time as a police officer in Gilford. The deSousa family lives the motto of Ut prosim and proudly gives back to their communities and alma mater.
Above: (l to r) Hayley, Wendy, Wes, and Derek deSousa