的 Future of Business Education at WKU
的 Future of Business Education at WKU
Through flexible classrooms; new technology; intentionally designed areas for team projects; spaces designed to emulate real-world working environments; and more, the new 113,000-square-foot, modern 商学院 building is set to transform the way we teach, how we support students and how we prepare them for 职业生涯.
Located on the space formerly occupied by Tate Page Hall, the new Gordon Ford College 的商业大厦将:
- Better equip and prepare students
- Serve as a point of pride for the WKU Community and the Commonwealth
- Support the pedagogies, teaching and research of the faculty and staff and GFCB’s ongoing enrollment growth, while serving as the destination of choice for business 教育
- Support and enhance the regional business community
- Encourage innovation, invention, creativity, and active learning
- Provide flexible classrooms, new technology, intentionally designed areas for team projects, spaces designed to emulate real-world working environment
- Support GFCB’s mission to prepare the next generations of business professionals through resources such as a virtual reality simulation space, trading lab with access to Bloomberg Terminals, a one-stop-shop Student Success Center, and a Center for Financial Success
- Transform the way we teach, how we support young people, and how we prepare them for 职业生涯
- Celebrate and modernize 150 years of business 教育 in the region
的 project is scheduled to break ground this summer and be completed in the fall of 2025.
"This innovative building celebrates the nearly 150-year history of business 教育 in our region, while also marking an exciting new chapter for our beloved university." -提摩太C总裁. Caboni
的 new building will have a modern, flexible, open-space interior that supports active learning, academic innovation, curriculum enhancement, and a strong community. 的 spaces will more uniformly serve the needs of students, elevate the teaching and research of the faculty and staff, and support ongoing enrollment growth for the Gordon Ford 商学院. 图片由 ©詹斯勒.
WKU’s 2008-2014 Capital Plan cited the need to construct a new home for the Gordon 福特商学院. 的 2021-2031 Campus 总体规划 confirmed that Grise Hall had exceed its useful life and identified a new location (the former site of Tate Page Hall) for a new business building. In April 2022, the Kentucky General Assembly 批准了74美元.4 million for the construction of a new building.
A 指导委员会, led by GFCB Dean Christopher Shook, has been working with the 架构师的 詹斯勒(芝加哥) to design a space that will elevate business 教育 at WKU. 詹斯勒(芝加哥) visited campus and met with key stakeholders, including Gordon 福特商学院 faculty, staff, and students, as well as other members of the WKU Community to gather 反馈和征求意见.
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图片由 ©詹斯勒.
A Great 商学院 Needs a Great Place to do Business.
"Creating a space where students have all they need to study, practice and engage with each other is critically important to us." - Dr. Evelyn Thrasher, Senior Associate Dean, Gordon 福特商学院
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的 project is scheduled to break ground this summer and be completed in the fall of 2025.
的 113,000-square foot-building will transform undergraduate and graduate business 教育 in the region and fulfill an important component of WKU’s 2021-2031 Campus 总体规划.
Through flexible classrooms; new technology; intentionally designed areas for team projects; spaces designed to emulate real-world working environments; and more, the new 113,000-square-foot, modern Gordon 福特商学院 building is set to transform the way we teach, how we support students and how we prepare them for 职业生涯.
的 College, named after alumnus Gordon B. Ford, who gave the largest gift in the College’s history in 1998, will retain the name “Gordon 福特商学院.”