Jastak-Burgess Hall
on East Main Street, behind Elliott Hall, Newark
Constructed in 2006

Jastak-Burgess Hall is the home of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures and includes the department's administrative offices, its Foreign Language Media Center and faculty offices. The Rollins Conference Room also is located in Jastak-Burgess Hall. The new building combines two former fraternity houses, Sigma Phi Epsilon (built in 1922) and Sigma Nu (built in 1929), both designed by the architectural firm of Day & Klauder, which also planned the 40 acres that comprise or border The Green, purchased for the University by P.S. du Pont in 1915. Jastak-Burgess Hall is named in honor of UD alumna Dr. Sarah Jastak-Burgess and her husband, Leslie M. Burgess, whose gifts in support of the building and numerous donations of art and artifacts place them among the highest rank of University benefactors.